This play by one of the world’s greatest poets tells of the martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas Becket who, though tempted, refuses to seize temporal control of England.
Category: Caroline Uwins
2005
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Flesh and Blood
Two brothers and a sister are marooned on a remote farm after their father’s death. They are thrown into a state of panic when one of them makes a bid for freedom.
2004
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Outside Edge
Roger has enough trouble assembling his cricket team to play against their local rivals, but these complications pall before those occurring among their various wives and girlfriends.
2004
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Charley’s Aunt
Jack and Charley persuade their friend, an undergraduate Lord Fancourt Babberley, to impersonate an aunt. The complications of the plot begin with the arrival of the real aunt.
2003
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The Hollow
An unhappy game of romantic follow-the-leader explodes into murder one weekend at The Hollow, home of Sir Henry and Lucy Angkatell, arguably Christie’s finest comic grande dame.
2003
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Far From The Madding Crowd
The passion, melodrama, earthy humour and strong, gripping plot of Thomas Hardy’s novel are vividly conveyed in Matthew White’s fast-moving and admirably economical adaptation.
2003
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The Lion in Winter
King Henry, his wife Eleanor, whom he has kept imprisoned in a tower for the past ten years; and their three sons, vye for the privilege of being named heir to the English throne.
2002
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On The Razzle
The story is basically one long chase, chiefly after two naughty grocer’s assistants, who, when their master goes off on a binge with a new mistress, escape to Vienna on a spree.