Showing results for "Thackeray" in Drama & Plays

Glavnye geroini, miss Emilija Sedli i miss Rebekka (Bekki) Sharp, uchatsja vmeste v chastnom pansione miss Pinkerton. Bekki - sirota, doch' spivshegosja hudozhnika i francuzskoj tancovshhicy. Ona energichna, polna ambicij i uverena v svoem uspehe. Emili - doch' uspeshnogo kommersanta, krotka, mila i dobrodetel'na. Sud'by dvuh sovershenno raznyh devushek otrazhajut nravy togo vremeni. Pokazana zhizn' razlichnyh sloev obshhestva.

Series of five comic tales by William Makepeace Thackeray, adapted by Stephen Wyatt, recounting the rise and fall of early-19th century footman Charles Yellowplush. Episode 1: Charles attracts the attention of an elegant gentleman, Frederick Altamont, who is pursuing the lovely Mary. Charles...

Victoria’s reign was long and presided over the restless expansion of the British Empire and reams of creative genius. Within these volumes we can bring only a glimpse of the richness, beauty and words of the poets and their musings on this remarkable age. Many are world-renowned - Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Kipling, Austin, Hopkins, Hardy and Swinburne. Some are almost forgotten - Patmore, Newbolt, Synge. And some are barely noted - Lyall, Meynell and Merdeith. But together they encompass a great poetical age.