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The World’s Strangest Holy Places

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Some places are so strange they seem impossible. Some are so sacred they changed the world.Across the earth, human beings have built holy places in caves, deserts, mountains, islands, cliffs, forests, wells, bone chapels, and cities of pilgrimage. Some are beautiful. Some are unsettling. Some are so remote or unusual that their existence feels like a miracle of human devotion.The World's Strangest ... Read more

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Some places are so strange they seem impossible. Some are so sacred they changed the world.Across the earth, human beings have built holy places in caves, deserts, mountains, islands, cliffs, forests, wells, bone chapels, and cities of pilgrimage. Some are beautiful. Some are unsettling. Some are so remote or unusual that their existence feels like a miracle of human devotion.The World's Strangest
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The World’s Most Bizarre Beliefs

by Laura Wade ...

Every culture carries its own hidden rules. Some protect. Some control. Some disturb.Across the world and throughout history, people have followed beliefs that shape daily life in ways that outsiders often find astonishing. From forbidden foods and whispered omens to rituals of protection, purity, and unseen forces, these traditions reveal a deeper structure beneath human behavior.The World's Most ... Read more

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Every culture carries its own hidden rules. Some protect. Some control. Some disturb.Across the world and throughout history, people have followed beliefs that shape daily life in ways that outsiders often find astonishing. From forbidden foods and whispered omens to rituals of protection, purity, and unseen forces, these traditions reveal a deeper structure beneath human behavior.The World's Most
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Tipping the Velvet

by Sarah Waters, Laura Wade ...

Series series Oberon Modern Plays
It's 1887 and Nancy Astley sits in the audience at her local music hall: she doesn't know it yet, but the next act on the bill will change her life. Tonight is the night she'll fall in love… with the thrill of the stage and with Kitty Butler, a girl who wears trousers.Giddy with desire and hungry for experience, Nancy follows Kitty to London where unimaginable adventures await.Sarah Waters' debut ... Read more

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It's 1887 and Nancy Astley sits in the audience at her local music hall: she doesn't know it yet, but the next act on the bill will change her life. Tonight is the night she'll fall in love… with the thrill of the stage and with Kitty Butler, a girl who wears trousers.Giddy with desire and hungry for experience, Nancy follows Kitty to London where unimaginable adventures await.Sarah Waters' debut
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Home, I'm Darling

by Laura Wade ...

Series series Modern Classics
“A scalpel-wielding dissection of the fetishisation of wifeliness." - The GuardianEvery couple needs a little fantasy to keep their marriage sparkling. Judy and Johnny are living the 1950s dream, but behind the gingham curtains, being a domestic goddess is not as easy as it looksA dark comedy about sex, cake, and the quest to be the 'perfect' housewife, Laura Wade's incisive study of the ... Read more

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“A scalpel-wielding dissection of the fetishisation of wifeliness." - The GuardianEvery couple needs a little fantasy to keep their marriage sparkling. Judy and Johnny are living the 1950s dream, but behind the gingham curtains, being a domestic goddess is not as easy as it looksA dark comedy about sex, cake, and the quest to be the 'perfect' housewife, Laura Wade's incisive study of the
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Alice

by Lewis Carroll, Laura Wade ...

Series series Modern Plays
The White Rabbit is late for the Duchess. The Cheshire Cat won't stop grinning. And the Hatter is, well, mad. In the middle of it all is Alice, a young girl with a vivid imagination and a family life that's less than perfect.In this new adaptation by renowned playwright and Sheffield native, Laura Wade, you can follow Alice as she escapes her bedroom to find adventure in a topsy-turvy world. Based ... Read more

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The White Rabbit is late for the Duchess. The Cheshire Cat won't stop grinning. And the Hatter is, well, mad. In the middle of it all is Alice, a young girl with a vivid imagination and a family life that's less than perfect.In this new adaptation by renowned playwright and Sheffield native, Laura Wade, you can follow Alice as she escapes her bedroom to find adventure in a topsy-turvy world. Based
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Colder than Here

by Laura Wade ...

Series series Modern Plays
"I walked in and she's sat in the coffin. In the middle of the living-room floor and she's - she's watching telly and laughing"Nobody can ignore the fact that Myra is dying but in the meantime life goes on. There are boilers to be fixed, cats to be fed and the perfect funeral to be planned. As a mother researches burial spots and bio-degradable coffins, her family are finally forced to communicate ... Read more

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"I walked in and she's sat in the coffin. In the middle of the living-room floor and she's - she's watching telly and laughing"Nobody can ignore the fact that Myra is dying but in the meantime life goes on. There are boilers to be fixed, cats to be fed and the perfect funeral to be planned. As a mother researches burial spots and bio-degradable coffins, her family are finally forced to communicate
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Posh

by Laura Wade ...

Series series Student Editions
In an oak-panelled room in a rural Oxford gastropub, ten young undergraduates with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting, intent on restoring their right to rule - and on getting totally "chatueaued". Members of The Riot Club, an elite student dining society, the fraternity starts to fray when they discover they're a guinea-fowl short and the prostitute they've hired is suddenly banished ... Read more

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In an oak-panelled room in a rural Oxford gastropub, ten young undergraduates with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting, intent on restoring their right to rule - and on getting totally "chatueaued". Members of The Riot Club, an elite student dining society, the fraternity starts to fray when they discover they're a guinea-fowl short and the prostitute they've hired is suddenly banished
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Home, I’m Darling

by Laura Wade ...

Series series Modern Plays
How happily married are the happily married?Home, I'm Darling is a dark comedy about sex, cake and the quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife.Judy has Johnny's slippers waiting for him when he arrives home from work, the kitchen's clean, the rooms are aired...yet this is not the 1950s, but a 21st-century 'arrangement' agreed between the two of them. With clothes, furniture and a (faulty) fridge ... Read more

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How happily married are the happily married?Home, I'm Darling is a dark comedy about sex, cake and the quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife.Judy has Johnny's slippers waiting for him when he arrives home from work, the kitchen's clean, the rooms are aired...yet this is not the 1950s, but a 21st-century 'arrangement' agreed between the two of them. With clothes, furniture and a (faulty) fridge
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Theatre in Times of Crisis

20 Scenes for the Stage in Troubled Times

by Mr Edward Bond, Mojisola Adebayo, Ms Sudha Bhuchar, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Zoe Cooper, MS Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, Tim Crouch, Inua Ellams, Mr James Graham, Tanika Gupta, Hannah Khalil, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Mr Alistair McDowall, MR Vinay Patel, Ms Lucy Prebble, Philip Ridley, Mr Christopher Shinn, Simon Stephens, Chris Thorpe, Laura Wade, Anne Washburn, Luckstar Enterprises ...

Series series Methuen Drama Play Collections
Theatre has a complex history of responding to crises, long before they happen. Through stage plays, contemporary challenges can be presented, explored and even foreshadowed in ways that help audiences understand the world around them. Since the theatre of the Greeks, audiences have turned to live theatre in order to find answers in uncertain political, social and economic times, and through this ... Read more

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Theatre has a complex history of responding to crises, long before they happen. Through stage plays, contemporary challenges can be presented, explored and even foreshadowed in ways that help audiences understand the world around them. Since the theatre of the Greeks, audiences have turned to live theatre in order to find answers in uncertain political, social and economic times, and through this
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Breathing Corpses

by Laura Wade ...

Series series Modern Plays
Amy's found another body in a hotel bedroom.There's a funny smell coming from one of Jim's storage units.And Kate's losing it after spending all day with the police.There's no going back after what they've seen.Breathing Corpses was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in February 2005. ... Read more

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Amy's found another body in a hotel bedroom.There's a funny smell coming from one of Jim's storage units.And Kate's losing it after spending all day with the police.There's no going back after what they've seen.Breathing Corpses was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in February 2005.
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The Constant Wife

by W. Somerset Maugham, Laura Wade ...

Series series Modern Plays
I can't help it if you were careless with your cigarette case. I was extremely careful with your heartConstance has everything. A loving family, a beautiful home, a fulfilling career, and a husband as devoted to her as he is to his mistress. When her perfect set up is threatened, Constance fights back but refuses to play by the rules. Can she withstand society's expectations? And can society ... Read more

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I can't help it if you were careless with your cigarette case. I was extremely careful with your heartConstance has everything. A loving family, a beautiful home, a fulfilling career, and a husband as devoted to her as he is to his mistress. When her perfect set up is threatened, Constance fights back but refuses to play by the rules. Can she withstand society's expectations? And can society
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The Watsons

by Laura Wade ...

Series series Modern Plays
What happens when the writer loses the plot?Emma Watson is nineteen and new in town. She's been cut off by her rich aunt and dumped back in the family home. Emma and her sisters must marry, fast. If not, they face poverty, spinsterhood, or worse: an eternity with their boorish brother and his awful wife.Luckily there are plenty of potential suitors to dance with, from flirtatious Tom Musgrave to ... Read more

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What happens when the writer loses the plot?Emma Watson is nineteen and new in town. She's been cut off by her rich aunt and dumped back in the family home. Emma and her sisters must marry, fast. If not, they face poverty, spinsterhood, or worse: an eternity with their boorish brother and his awful wife.Luckily there are plenty of potential suitors to dance with, from flirtatious Tom Musgrave to
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