This is the first edition of The Winters Tale" to be developed by & for the RSC the worlds leading Shakespeare theatre company & it

Includes:: unique material to help the reader understand & enjoy Shakespeare on the stage as well as on the page. It is illustrated with photographs of classic & unusual performances. It contains outstanding on-page notes which explain words & phrases unfamiliar to a modern audience including the slang political references & bawdy humour often ignored or censored in competing editions. The book

Includes:: scene-by-scene summary offering an easily understandable way into the play; contains a completely new introduction by Jonathan Bate exploring the text & critical debates around it; a summary of the plays performance history at the RSC & elsewhere; & interviews with important Shakespearean directors Dominic Cooke Adrian Noble & Barbara Gaines discussing key productions at the RSC. This fresh new edition of one of Shakespeares last plays developed with the RSC presents an easy-to-read overview of the plays performance history including interviews with directors Dominic Cooke Adrian Noble & Barbara Gaines & provides concise scene-by scene analyses & textual notes offering innovative new insights into the text."



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Amid the harsh landscape of the Ozark Hills sixteen-year-old Ree is taking care of her mother & two brothers. Her father has put their house up as bail & if he doesn't show up at court it'll be sold from under them. To save her family she needs to track him down but in a community riven with long-running feuds getting answers isn't easy. ...

Rand is on the run with Min but his destination is a mystery to Cadsuane. Mazrim Taim leader of the Black Tower is revealed to be a liar but his purpose remains shrouded in secrecy. Perrin is hunting desperately for Faile now a prisoner of Sevanna's sept. With Elyas Machera Berelain the Prophet & a very mixed army of disparate forces he is moving through country rife with bandits & roving Seanchan.. .while the man called Slayer is stalking the Wolf Dream & Tel'aran'rhiod. In Tar Valon the schemers & counter-schemers in Elaida's White Tower are shaken to the core when Egwene & the rebels appear suddenly outside the walls. In Ebou Dar the Seanchan princess known as Daughter of the Nine Moons arrives
- & Mat who has been recuperating in the Tarasin Palace is introduced to her. Will the marriage that has been foretold come about? WINTER'S HEART is a triumph of epic storytelling & a magnificent addition to a landmark series in the fantasy genre.
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A charming romantic comedy about a hard-up single mum inheriting a stately home
- & a host of headaches. The perfect novel for
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The jealous King of Sicily becomes convinced that his wife is carrying the child of his best friend. Imprisoned & put on trial the Queen collapses when the King refuses to accept the divine confirmation of her innocence. The child is abandoned to die on the coast of Bohemia. But when she is found & raised by a shepherd it seems redemption may be possible. ...

Lia & Cassie were best friends wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies. But now Cassie is dead. Lia's mother is busy saving other people's lives. Her father is away on business. Her stepmother is clueless. & the voice inside Lia's head keeps telling her to remain in control stay strong lose more weigh less. If she keeps on going in this way
- thin thinner; thinnest
- maybe she'll disappear altogether.

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The worlds of business politics & crime collide when two men with the same name from the same family die on the same night
- one
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When Tiffany Aching
- young witch
- steps into a dance she shouldnt the spirit of winter falls in love with her. He gives her

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SAYING IT WITH FROZEN ROSES & ICEBERGS.. . Tiffany Aching leaps into a dance
- & suddenly the spirit of winter is in love with
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Tiffany Aching put one foot wrong made one little mistake.. . And now the spirit of winter is in love with her. He gives her roses & icebergs says it with avalanches & showers her with snowflakes
- which is tough when you're 13 but also just a little bit.. .cool. & just because the Wintersmith wants to marry you is no excuse for neglecting your chores. So Tiffany must look after Miss Treason who's 113 & has far too many eyes learn the secret of Boffo catch Horace the cheese stop the gods from seeing her in the bath
- ' Crivens!' Oh yes & be helped by the Nac Mac Feegles
- whether she wants it or not. But if Tiffany doesn't work it all out there will never be another springtime.. .


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