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Tackling Challenging Issues in Shakespeare for Young Audiences
Shrews, Moneylenders, Soldiers, and Moors: Tackling Challenging Issues in Shakespeare for Young Audiences DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Elizabeth Harelik, M.A. Graduate Program in Theatre The Ohio State University 2016 Dissertation Committee: Professor Lesley Ferris, Adviser Professor Jennifer Schlueter Professor Shilarna Stokes Professor Robin Post Copyright by Elizabeth Harelik 2016 Abstract Shakespeare’s plays are often a staple of the secondary school curriculum, and, more and more, theatre artists and educators are introducing young people to his works through performance. While these performances offer an engaging way for students to access these complex texts, they also often bring up topics and themes that might be challenging to discuss with young people. To give just a few examples, The Taming of the Shrew contains blatant sexism and gender violence; The Merchant of Venice features a multitude of anti-Semitic slurs; Othello shows characters displaying overtly racist attitudes towards its title character; and Henry V has several scenes of wartime violence. These themes are important, timely, and crucial to discuss with young people, but how can directors, actors, and teachers use Shakespeare’s work as a springboard to begin these conversations? In this research project, I explore twenty-first century productions of the four plays mentioned above. All of the productions studied were done in the United States by professional or university companies, either for young audiences or with young people as performers. I look at the various ways that practitioners have adapted these plays, from abridgments that retain basic plot points but reduce running time, to versions incorporating significant audience participation, to reimaginings created by or with student performers. -
Igncc18 Programme
www.internationalgraphicnovelandcomicsconference.com [email protected] #IGNCC18 @TheIGNCC RETRO! TIME, MEMORY, NOSTALGIA THE NINTH INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC NOVEL AND COMICS CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY 27TH – FRIDAY 29TH JUNE 2018 BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY, UK Retro – a looking to the past – is everywhere in contemporary culture. Cultural critics like Jameson argue that retro and nostalgia are symptoms of postmodernism – that we can pick and choose various items and cultural phenomena from different eras and place them together in a pastiche that means little and decontextualizes their historicity. However, as Bergson argues in Memory and Matter, the senses evoke memories, and popular culture artefacts like comics can bring the past to life in many ways. The smell and feel of old paper can trigger memories just as easily as revisiting an old haunt or hearing a piece of music from one’s youth. As fans and academics we often look to the past to tell us about the present. We may argue about the supposed ‘golden age’ of comics. Our collecting habits may even define our lifestyles and who we are. But nostalgia has its dark side and some regard this continuous looking to the past as a negative emotion in which we aim to restore a lost adolescence. In Mediated Nostalgia, Ryan Lizardi argues that the contemporary media fosters narcissistic nostalgia ‘to develop individualized pasts that are defined by idealized versions of beloved lost media texts’ (2). This argument suggests that fans are media dupes lost in a reverie of nostalgic melancholia; but is belied by the diverse responses of fandom to media texts. Moreover, ‘retro’ can be taken to imply an ironic appropriation. -
The Faithful of Eberron
The Faithful of Eberron Print-Friendly Version Sample file TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR BIOS 3 INTRODUCTION 4 CHAPTER ONE: THE FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH 5 CHAPTER TWO: THE SOVERIGN HOST 7 CHAPTER THREE: THE DARK SIX 16 CHAPTER FOUR: THE SILVER FLAME 22 CHAPTER FIVE: THE QUORI 26 CHAPTER SIX: WARFORGED FAITHS 30 CHAPTER SEVEN: DRUIDS AND NATURE 39 CHAPTER EIGHT: THE BLOOD OF VOL 46 CHAPTER NINE: THE UNDYING 50 CHAPTER TEN: KHYBER 52 APPENDIX A: BACKGROUNDS 55 APPENDIX B: CHURCH HIERARCHIES AND SECTS 57 APPENDIX C: NPCS 62 ART CREDITS The Cover: ‘For the Flame!’ by Gordon Napier (dashinvaine on DeviantArt). Gordon is an author, historian, and illustrator who created this and other works for DeviantArt user Syltorian. This character is originally Lynn d’Vadalis, a dragonmarked paladin of the Silver Flame, for whom Syltorian has written a number of chapters as part of his own Eberron story in prose. Interior Art: Brianna Collins, Carlos Cara, Piotr Tekien / PiotrTekien, Vladimir Kiselev / SeeleDS, and WizardsSample of the Coast file DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D, Wizards of the Coast, Forgotten Realms, the dragon ampersand, Player’s Handbook, Monster Manual, Dungeon Master’s Guide, D&D Adventurers League, all other Wizards of the Coast product names, and their respective logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the USA and other countries. All characters and their distinc- tive likenesses are property of Wizards of the Coast. This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of Wizards of the Coast. -
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Court to Study Fía. School Suit
READ THE Funeral For Victim Sunday; NEWS Slayer Is Free On Bond WHILE IT IS NEWS A grief strickened 18-year-old Manasses high school senior FIRST was confining himself to the surroundings of his home and IN YOUR family Wednesday while funeral arrangements were being made for his 16 year old sweetheart syho was fatally wounded MEMPHIS WORLD in the heart by a bullet from, a .22 caliber pistol held in her lover's bunds. The young lover, mild mannered, VOLUME 27, NUMBER 78 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1958 PRICE SIX CENTS John Bradford, of 495 Buntyn, St, told investigating officers that the $ - g'un’ was accidentally discharged while he; was showing It to Ills 7' sweetheart, Angerqnia . Kathryn Loving, who was visiting his;;hcma .at. the. time. She wais'rushed to John Gaston hospital •.■ where she was pronounced dead. Miss Loving, a junior JsiSSfan. assas, lived at 5118 Yellow‘ Ave, in White Station. ' ? . Bradford who was released on bond, later- Tuesday; said tiie dnei- dent oeeured about 10 o’clock that . morning. He said the, girl', came to his home to keep a date they had made several days previously. The. couple were thete alone, ac« Confesses Getting Angry cording to tile . lad’s mother. Tiie young man .said he first coll-, ed his father, who wag;on his job al Standard Oil Company-At 328 With Friend In Apartment Wisconsin, told him about ithd. in-, r idi'nt and said he . "believed the Serious trouble for o 21-yeor-old woman was started girl was dying’’. -
Racing Flow-TM FLOW + BIAS REPORT: 2008
Racing Flow-TM FLOW + BIAS REPORT: 2008 CIRCUIT=1-NYRA date=12/31/08 track=Dot race surface dist winner BL12 BIAS RACEFLOW 1 DIRT 6.00 Lights Off Annie 0.0 59 8 2 DIRT 6.00 Apple 0.0 59 -69 3 DIRT 6.00 Mr Madison 13.2 59 -39 4 DIRT 8.32 Cat Three Approach 29.7 59 97 5 DIRT 6.00 Great Emperor 8.1 59 39 6 DIRT 6.00 Personal Good 11.2 59 -58 7 DIRT 6.00 Serious Fever 0.0 59 35 8 DIRT 13.00 Delosvientos 0.0 59 33 9 DIRT 6.00 Mrs Holden 0.0 59 23 CIRCUIT=1-NYRA date=12/28/08 track=Dot race surface dist winner BL12 BIAS RACEFLOW 1 DIRT 8.50 Curvature 11.7 206 -85 2 DIRT 6.00 Coaltown Legend 20.5 206 264 3 DIRT 6.00 Pu Dew 7.2 206 151 4 DIRT 6.00 Mr. Fantasy 0.5 206 180 5 DIRT 8.50 Northern Buster 6.0 206 153 6 DIRT 6.00 Mia's First 4.5 206 96 7 DIRT 8.50 Eltish Star 11.2 206 137 8 DIRT 8.50 R Clear Victory 3.5 206 -207 9 DIRT 6.00 Undocumented 19.5 206 106 CIRCUIT=1-NYRA date=12/27/08 track=Dot race surface dist winner BL12 BIAS RACEFLOW 1 DIRT 6.00 Sunday Elegance 2.0 39 19 2 DIRT 8.32 Tee With the Tiger 12.7 39 71 3 DIRT 6.00 Z Day 0.0 39 -8 4 DIRT 6.00 Zip of Fools 0.0 39 67 5 DIRT 6.00 Confirmondi 2.5 39 183 6 DIRT 8.32 Rodeo Hand 13.7 39 49 7 DIRT 6.00 January Gent 3.5 39 52 8 DIRT 6.00 Fabulous Strike 5.0 39 32 9 DIRT 8.32 Manteca 7.5 39 44 CIRCUIT=1-NYRA date=12/26/08 track=Dot race surface dist winner BL12 BIAS RACEFLOW 1 DIRT 6.00 Gimmearoutine 2.2 -14 -78 2 DIRT 8.00 Father Tim 0.0 -14 1 3 DIRT 8.00 Tulipmania 8.0 -14 -90 4 DIRT 6.00 Living Out a Dream 8.0 -14 41 5 DIRT 5.50 Kamboo Man 0.0 -14 -110 6 DIRT 6.00 Momwnt Sensor 2.5 -14 -
Dragon #361 Table of Contents
Dragon #361 Table of Contents Dragon #361 This issue features even more detailed 4th Edition coverage, on everything from dwarves to bulettes. We'll also be featuring a crossover between the Exemplars of Evil and Elder Evils supplements to prepare you for Dungeon's "Essence of Evil" adventure, more members of the Infernal Aristocracy, more Realmslore and Expeditionary Dispatches, and a new Ecology. Plus, coming in December, a new D&D Insider Presents cartoon, featuring a pair of creatures who've undergone quite a change of scenery in the new edition. A Fractured Family Bill's Holiday Present Elvish Strife, Separation, and Rebirth Ampersand Dragon Features This month, Bill has a present for everyone. It's a In the younger days of creation, a fey race walked detailed preview of the 4th Edition Elf! This isn't the borders between the world and the Feywild. just a tidbit but a full-scale look at the elf entry They were not yet the elves, eladrin, or drow that from the Player's Handbook. You won't find it they would become -- after generations of strife anywhereIssue else. Archive and bloodshed. by Bill Slavicsek by James Wyatt Infernal Aristocracy Why I'm Thankful The Dukes of Hell, Part II Ampersand Dragon Features This month, Bill talks about the rewards of being You thought we were done? It's impossible to the director of all things D&D, plus Desert of count the number of diabolical, unique Desolation news and information about the 4th personalities scheming in Hell. We've got five Edition preview book coming this December. -
Issaries, Inc and Moon Design LLC Page 1 the Book of Heortling Mythology the Stafford Library: Volume XI
The Stafford Library Series The Stafford Library – Volume XI – By Greg Stafford – 3001 – King of Sartar of Central Genertela. Each section of the book provides the core King of Sartar is a compilation of myths, stories and colorful mythologies of these powerful and important cultures, accompanied background for the Hero Wars. It consists of a series of Gloranthan by Godtime maps from the culture’s point of view. Each mythology documents including: the Annotated Argrath’s Saga, The Zin Letters, is also accompanied by a glossary of the culture’s important divinities, Orlanthi Mythology, The Composite History of Dragon Pass, The places, events, and philosophies. The Book of Argrath Book (documents about the Lightbringers Quest), the EWF, and Jalk’s Book (Data on the Colymar Tribe, Boldhome, and the 3007 – Arcane Lore Grazers). Arcane Lore reveals a vast treasure trove about Heroquesting. Collected from almost 30 years of questing, this book explores 3002 – The Glorious Reascent of Yelm the philosophy, mechanics, and practice of Heroquesting from a Heortling The Glorious Reascent of Yelm is the foundation document for multitude of viewpoints and angles. Although much of the material modern Dara Happa, written in the Dara Happan year of 111,221 was written for the old RuneQuest game, and other parts were used (221 S.T.) to commemorate the accession of Khordavu the Exalted. in the development of Hero Wars and HeroQuest, all of it is useful It sets forth the basic mythology of Yelm and his pantheon from the in understanding heroquesting and developing your own Heroquests. Mythology beginning of Time, through the Great Darkness of the Kazkurtum, to the return of Antirius and Yelm. -
Abyssal Genasi by Robert J
ISSUE 380 | OCtObEr 2009 A Dungeons & Dragons® Roleplaying Game Supplement ® Contents Features 5 Player’s Handbook 3 debut: The seeker 45 CHaraCter ConCePts: Primal CHaraCters By Robert J. Schwalb By John Zamarra Commentary by Robert J. Schwalb and Stephen Radney-Macfarland Check out builds for levels 1–30 for a powerful shaman healer and a glaive- The next class from Player’s Handbook 3 is here, exclusively on D&D Insider! wielding warden, incorporating material from the Primal Power supplement. Learn about the seeker, an archer who controls the battlefield through the mystical powers granted by her connection to the divine. 56 CHannel divinity: The raven Queen’s CHamPions 18 abyssal Genasi By Robert J. Schwalb By Peter Schaefer Those who serve the Lady of Fate are privy to mysteries others view with While most genasi are touched by one of five elements, some have a darker envy. Unlock some of the secrets of the Raven Queen for your character! heritage. Learn about those genasi whose bloodline has been tainted by the Abyss. 67 bazaar oF tHe bizarre: draGonsHard items By Eric Cagle 24 barbarian essentials New magic items using the magic of dragonshards are here. By Rob Heinsoo Learn about the essential character building and play options for your 75 PlayinG vistani barbarian character, and get some new powers and mechanical options as By Chris Sims well. Planar wanderers? Thieving gypsies? Kidnappers? The vistani have been given many labels, but few understand this clannish group. Learn their 36 Wizard essentials secrets, and discover what drives the vistani on their endless quest in the By Eytan Bernstein first of a three-part series. -
Warlords of Gaikon Jeffrey Lord
Warlords of Gaikon Jeffrey Lord Book 18 of the Richard Blade Series Chapter 1 Richard Blade was in his London flat. It was late evening, but he was not alone. The company was the kind he preferred at that time of night-or at any other time of the day or night when he was at leisure. She called herself Suzanne Aulin-a name that Blade knew was not her real one. But her long brown hair was real and deliciously silky as he stroked it. Her clear complexion was real, and so were the long, dark brown lashes above very wide and bright dark eyes. Blade couldn't be sure if her figure was all real, because so far she was still fully clothed. But the curves under the red and green pantsuit were promising. He ran a hand over the crown of "Suzanne's" head, stroking and caressing the fine hair, then down onto the back of her neck. He stroked the fine short hairs there, then brought his hand around and stroked the side of her neck. A receptive glow appeared in her eyes, and a very small, pink tongue crept out to moisten half-parted lips. His hand moved down, under the collar of her blouse, and felt the delicate ridge of her collarbone under the satiny skin. She moved closer to Blade on the sofa. Blade took encouragement from that. Not that he ever really needed encouragement to approach an attractive woman-he was a man who lived life to the fullest and savored every moment of it, the dangerous ones as well as the tender or passionate ones. -
I Wildcat of the Streets: Race, Class and the Punitive Turn
Wildcat of the Streets: Race, Class and the Punitive Turn in 1970s Detroit by Michael Stauch, Jr. Department of History Duke University Date: Approved: ___________________________ Robert R. Korstad, Supervisor ___________________________ Adriane Lentz-Smith ___________________________ Dirk Bönker ___________________________ Thavolia Glymph ___________________________ Matthew Lassiter Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the Graduate School of Duke University 2015 i v ABSTRACT Wildcat of the Streets: Race, Class and the Punitive Turn in 1970s Detroit by Michael Stauch, Jr. Department of History Duke University Date: Approved: ___________________________ Robert R. Korstad, Supervisor ___________________________ Adriane Lentz-Smith ___________________________ Dirk Bönker ___________________________ Thavolia Glymph ___________________________ Matthew Lassiter An abstract of a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the Graduate School of Duke University 2015 i v Copyright by Michael Stauch, Jr. 2015 Abstract This dissertation is a history of the city of Detroit in the 1970s. Using archives official and unofficial - oral histories and archived document collections, self-published memoirs and legal documents, personal papers and the newspapers of the radical press – it portrays a city in flux. It was in the 1970s that the urban crisis in the cities of the United States crested. Detroit, as had been the case throughout the twentieth century, was at the forefront of these changes. This dissertation demonstrates the local social, political, economic and legislative circumstances that contributed to the dramatic increase in prison populations since the 1970s. In the streets, unemployed African American youth organized themselves to counteract the contracted social distribution allocated to them under rapidly changing economic circumstances. -
Campaign Standards Version 4.0 February 13, 2008
Campaign Standards Version 4.0 February 13, 2008 Based on the original DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® rules created by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson and the new DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game designed by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Rich Baker, and Peter Adkison. This WIZARD OF THE COAST® game product contains no Open Game Content. This work may be reproduced for personal use or in its entirety for use at RPGA-sanctioned events. To learn more about the Open Gaming License and the d20 SYSTEM® License, please visit www.wizards.com/d20. This product use material from the v.3.5 revision. This is an official RPGA® play document. To find out more about the RPGA and to learn more on how you can sanction and run DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game events of all sizes, visit our website at www.wizards.com/rpga. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D, D&D REWARDS, D&D CAMPAIGNS, DUNGEON MASTER, EBERRON, DM’S MARK, XEN’DRIK EXPEDITIONS, COVENANT OF LIGHT, HERALD-LEVEL, RPGA, d20, d20 SYSTEM, WIZARDS OF THE COAST, Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual and their respective logos are trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc., in the US and other countries. This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. This product is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual people, organizations, places, or events is purely coincidental.