Doctor Faustus exists in two versions both of which were edited from performances in the time of Marlowe Both are considered to be authentic but there are notable differences both the b text containing additional scenes as well as different wording Doctor Faustus A text Written to help students make the transition from GCSE to ASA level; Contains a detailed introductory section that puts the play in its historical context; Provides in-depth textual notes; Contains exam-style questions;
Includes: carefully selected extracts from key critical works on the play; Offers additional study skills for AS & A2 learning
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Weary of academic study an eminent scholar turns to magic & makes a deal with the Devil Mephistopheles will serve him & give him whatever he wants but after twenty-four years Faustus must keep his side of the bargain This edition contains a detailed introductory section that puts the play in its historical context in-depth textual notes extracts from key critical works & exam-style questions ...

Dr Faustus is one of the jewels of early modern English drama & is still widely performed today Interestingly the play has come down to the contemporary audience in two distinct versions that have become known as the 'A' & the 'B' texts David Bevington & Eric Rasmussen who edited the original Revels edition over twenty years ago (and are two of the most eminent editors currently working) have hit upon the fascinating idea of presenting both texts on facing pages This allows readers to compare the two 'versions' the 'A' text which is the one closest to Marlowe & the longer 'B' text with additions by Samuel Rowley; in this unique edition the reader is made aware of the changing tastes of audiences the stage history of the play & of just how intricate 'editing' a play can be With a concise & illuminating introduction & relevant notes & images this Revels Student Edition of the 'A' & 'B' texts of Dr Faustus will prove to be an enthralling document & an excellent edition for student & theatre-goer alike -- ...

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Based on the characters created by Scots author AJ Cronin Doctor Finlay updates the popular series of the 1960s Doctor Finlay s Casebook Set in the 1940s the series chronicles life in the town of Tannochbrae as people come to terms with post-war problems & Doctor Finlay prepares to cope with upheaval in his personal & professional life Starring David Rintoul Annette Crosbie Jason Flemyng & Ian Bannen Produced by STV Productions for ITV1 The Complete Collection Series 1
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All 12 episodes of the first series of the popular 1960s medical drama starring Bill Simpson & Andrew Cruickshank Set in a medical practice in the fictional Scottish village of Tannochbrae the series follows the experienced & mildly conservative Dr Cameron (Cruickshank) & his adventurous & enquiring junior partner Dr Finlay (Simpson) The supporting cast

Includes:: Barbara Mullen Eric Woodburn & Effie Morrison The episodes are & It&s All in the Mind& &A Taste of Dust& & The Quack& & Conduct Unbecoming& & What Money Can&t Buy& & Cough Mixture& & Carver Tam& & What Women Will Do& & Snap Diagnosis& & The Dragon Plate& &A Spotless Reputation& & & Behind Closed Doors&

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In this sequel to DR GOLDFOOT & THE BIKINI MACHINE the scheming Dr Goldfoot is back & determined to conquer the world yet again! This time Dr G intends to undermine America by unleashing an army of voluptuous exploding female robots He sends these beautiful weapons of mass destruction out into the world each one programmed to seduce high-ranking generals of NATO countries & then blow them up! The bad doctors plan is nefarious start a war between the US & the USSR Fortunately for the citizens of the globe suave secret agent Bill Dexter (Fabian) is out to foil Goldfoot&s plans which involve kidnapping a prominent American general who bears a striking resemblance to Goldfoot ...

A Sunday Times Book of the Year As featured on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club Dr James Barry Inspector General of Hospitals army surgeon duellist reformer ladykiller eccentric He performed the first successful Caesarean in the British Empire outraged the military establishment & gave Florence Nightingale a dressing down at Scutari At home he was surrounded by a menagerie of animals including a cat a goat a parrot & a terrier Long ago in Cork Ireland he had also been a mother This is the amazing tale of Margaret Anne Bulkley the young woman who broke the rules of Georgian society to become one of the most respected surgeons of the century In an extraordinary life she crossed paths with the British Empire's great & good royalty & rebels soldiers & slaves A medical pioneer she rose to a position that no woman before her had been allowed to occupy but for all her successes her long audacious deception also left her isolated even costing her the chance to be with the man she loved ...

How thin is the line between good & evil? Dr Jekyll has been experimenting with his identity He has developed a drug which separates the two sides of his nature & allows him occasionally to abandon himself to his most corrupt inclinations as the monstrous Mr Hyde But gradually he begins to find that the journey back to goodness becomes more & more difficult & the risk that Mr Hyde will break free entirely from Dr Jekyll's control puts all of London in grave peril ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Dr Tim Middleton Head of English Studies University of Ripon & York In seeking to discover his inner self the brilliant Dr Jekyll discovers a monster First published to critical acclaim in 1886 this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man&s nature & it is the book which established Stevenson&s reputation as a writer Also included in this volume is Stevenson&s 1887 collection of short stories The Merry Men & Other Tales & Fables The Merry Men is a gripping Highland tale of shipwrecks & madness; Markheim the sinister study of the mind of a murderer; Thrawn Janet a spine-chilling tale of demonic possession; Olalla a study of degeneration & incipient vampirism in the Spanish mountains; Will O& the Mill a thought-provoking fable about a mountain inn-keeper; & The Treasure of Franchard a study of French bourgeois life ...