Showing results for "Grace" in Drama & Plays

Tori (Grace McLean) aims to be the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic. As a child, she raised her younger brother Lamar (John McGinty), defending him against discrimination and neighborhood bullies. Now, with nothing but her body and a hand-built boat, she squares off with her own tormentor: the ocean.

The Mystery of Mary by Grace Livingston Hill, Handsome young Tryon Dunham has just returned home on the train from a business trip one evening when he's accosted by a beautiful young woman at the station. She's terrified that she's being followed and asks Dunham if she may walk with him away from the station. Her manner and appearance are those of a well-dressed and well-bred lady. However, she refuses to tell Tryon her real name or why she is running away. He feels a responsibility for her and arranges for her to accompany him to a dinner party where she delights everyone there with her ...

The Oresteia is a tragedy in three parts written by Aeschylus in the fifth century BCE. After a decade of warfare, Troy had fallen and Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, returned home. His wife, Queen Clytemnestra, had him killed to avenge the sacrifice of her daughter Iphigenia, to obtain the crown and to marry her lover Aegisthus. This murder leads to further bloodshed when their son Orestes in turn kills Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. The trilogy consists of Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides.

The Best Man by Grace Livingston Hill. Cyril Gordon, a young and handsome secret service agent is running from pursuers who desperately want the information he holds. He hides out from them in a church, and then finds himself married to a woman he’s never seen before. A sweet and sometimes, funny, romance, with several exciting chases.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-best-man-by-grace-livingston-hill--6731712/support.

A mature, recently laid off interior designer in NYC finds herself with few options facing a dead end. Finances and prospects are low when out of the blue her phone rings to learn her father whom she had not spoken to in over twenty years is on the phone. He is calling to apologize for saying "my son is dead to me" and now would like to reconcile. This event opens an entirely new possibility never before imagined in small town Texas.

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Grace Sammon is an entrepreneur, educator, speaker, and author. She has started and managed two for-profit and two not-for-profit companies and travelled to 35 states and 8 foreign countries. She is utilizing skills built up over decades as she re-invents herself with her fourth book and debut novel - The Eves - and a return to one of her early loves, radio. The Eves is an intergenerational story about lives lived well and lives in transition. It is a novel that challenges each of us to ask who we want to be in the world, regardless of our age. Grace brings that quest for a good story, ...

Tryon Dunham, a handsome young businessman, returns home from a trip to find himself embroiled in a beguiling mystery. A beautiful, well-bred woman, fleeing an unknown danger, crosses his path at the train station. She refuses to reveal her identity or the reason for her fear. Compelled by an undeniable sense of responsibility, Tryon escorts her to a dinner party where she enchants everyone with her extraordinary musical talents. Later, he aids in her escape from the city. However, her allure and the mystery surrounding her have captivated Tryon. Why was she running away with nothing but the ...

Rainbow Valley was written in 1919 by L. M. Montgomery for the series that began with Anne of Green Gables. Anne and Gilbert's children are growing up! Their new friends, the Merediths, live in the Manse nearby. When the Merediths aren't playing in the graveyard or riding pigs through town, they meet up with the Blythes to play, fish, and study insects in Rainbow Valley!

🏴‍☠️🌊 an immersive fiction podcast, following the journey of a slightly disgruntled pirate and the merchant's daughter who is her unlikely prisoner (gay) (very gay)

Oliver Twist is the well-loved tale of an orphan, who starts life in a workhouse and finds himself embroiled in London's criminal underworld, before being saved by a kind gentleman who knows something of his surprising family history. A satire and social commentary as well as a page-turning yarn, full of grit, wit, and some of the most memorable characters in English Literature. The second published serialised novel by Charles Dickens, The British Library remarks that "it has proven to be one of the best-loved novels in the history of literature".

Immerse yourself in the dark and haunting world of gothic fiction. Experience thrilling stories, atmospheric sound design, and unforgettable characters. Indulge your senses and let the us transport you to a realm of suspense, mystery, and intrigue. Take a break from the everyday and let us take you on a journey into the realm of mystery and suspense with our immersive storytelling.

The first Philadelphia Fringe Festival podcast play The Many Men of Martha Manning is a giddy spoof of the classic radio soap operas of the 40s and 50s. This six-episode "StereoSonic Adventure" takes the plucky 1958 housewife from Pepper Pickle, Pennsylvania, on a wild ride around the world in search of the truth about her missing scientist husband, Bill. She's accompanied by her incomprehensible best friend, Dotty.

George Bernard Shaw embraced the concept of what he called creative evolution. In 1982, after having witnessed the horrors of the First World War, Shaw started work on Back to Methuselah, a large-scale presentation of the story of human development, starting from the Garden of Eden and extended far into the future. The first performance was held in New York in 1922. The five plays included are "In the Beginning", "The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabus", "The Thing Happens", "Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman", and "As Far As Thought Can Reach".

Three Columbia University alums take turns writing chapters of a crime novel without planning, conferring, or revising. What ensues is the raucous, riveting, and ridiculous tale of Moletown and the traveling carnival that descends upon its domain one fateful summer.When a teenage girl is found dead in her bedroom, a serrated blade through her heart, a studly police officer, adolescent computer science genius, self-proclaimed wine mom, and a slew of other indelible characters are spurred on to uncover a conspiracy that may just shake their Pacific Northwestern hometown to its core. Hosted on ...

Floyd Dell has been called "one of the most flamboyant, versatile, and influential American Men of Letters of the first third of the 20th century". Though he was primarily a newspaper and magazine editor, most prominently of the radical left-wing magazine The Masses, he also published many best-selling feminist works. As a staunch advocate of feminism, socialism, psychoanalysis, and progressive education, his writing greatly shocked the American bourgeoisie at the time, to the point where it became so controversial, he was put on trial twice for his subversive literature.

A magical tale of love frustrated, tested, and finally triumphant, A Midsummer Night's Dream has always been one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. It is also one of his most accessible, and its broad humor remains vivid and compelling to this day. On the serious side, as a dramatic examination of love in all its guises - romantic, conjugal, filial, parental, and patriotic - A Midsummer Night's Dream has never been surpassed.

What's more important than love? Winning. Twinemies - the cheesiest, gayest, and sappiest podcast of 2022 is a queer teen rom com musical. Starring competitive twins Darcy and Chloe who in their final semester of high school are partaking in a bucket list bet to decide once and for all who's the 'twinner', Twinemies is a story about the pressure to be perfect, wrapped in a bundle of terrible jokes and overused tropes. Brought to you by SYN Media and the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Give us feedback (and lend us your voice for our intros!) here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6KCYDV8 ...

This play is a fictionalized account of the life of William Shakespeare, beginning from his humble origins in Stratford-upon-Avon with his wife, Anne Hathaway, to his life as a successful playwright in London. This play uses several biographical speculations about Shakespeare's life to tell a fascinating tale, such as his relationship with his wife (to whom he famously left his "second-best bed" in his will), his friendship with fellow playwright and competitor Christopher Marlowe, his interactions with Queen Elizabeth I, and an extramarital dalliance with the queen's maid of honor.

Alice Gerstenberg (1885-1972) was an American playwright, actress, and activist. She is best known for her many feminist plays, which often feature female lead characters and all-female casts (a rare occurrence at the time). This is a collection of ten one-act plays, which cover a wide range of topics -highlights include a lighthearted farce involving gossiping women, a satire about dinner parties, and a comedy about the pretensions of conventional theater, but some plays also touch on more serious themes such as death, war, and the effects of an unhappy marriage.