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Book SynopsisThe first in the series of three adorable vintage books of rhymes from Erwin Moser featuring a comical crew of animals.The eagle’s sitting on her nest. A walk is what the bear loves best.      What do a sheepdog and fox, a stork and a leopard, and an octopus and an ostrich have in common? The solution is simple: Erwin Moser depicts them all with ingenious rhymes and portrays them in typical and unusual situations in eleven playful spreads. Above all, the great warmth and clever wit of Erwin Moser is spoken via his illustrations. Through juxtapositions of two animals on each spread, he tells a whole story. Like no other, Erwin Moser mastered line art drawing. His style with the fine contours and bright colors and the sophisticated rhymes make these stories a great pleasure even for the youngest. Also in the series: What Cat Likes Best What Hedgehog Likes Best  

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Book SynopsisFires are becoming something of a problem. But Biedermann has it all under control. He's a respected member of the community with a loving wife and a flourishing business, so surely nothing can get to him. The great philanthropist is happy to meet his civic duty by giving shelter to two new guests but when they start filling his attic with petrol drums, will he help them light the fuse? Max Frisch's parable about appeasement is given its first major UK revival since its Royal Court premiere in 1961, which was directed by Lindsay Anderson.The play is published as a programme text for the production that runs from 1 November - 15 December on the main stage at the Royal Court.Trade ReviewFrisch's theme, as Alistair Beaton's sharp new translation makes clear, is bourgeois guilt … compact, well-characterised and easily applicable to today's world … a timeless political satire. -- Michael Billington * Guardian *Alistair Beaton's new translation has a witty zest about it -- Charles Spencer * Telegraph *A fresh, felicitous translation -- Nicholas de Jongh * Evening Standard *

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Book SynopsisDescribed by Brecht as ''a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all'', The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a witty and savage satire of the rise of Hitler recast by Brecht into a small-time Chicago gangster''s takeover of the city''s greengrocery trade. Using a wide range of parody and pastiche from Al Capone to Shakespeare''s Richard III and Goethe''s Faust Brecht''s compelling parable continues to have relevance wherever totalitarianism appears today.Written during the Second World War in 1941, the play was one of the Berliner Ensemble''s most outstanding box-office successes in 1959, and has continued to attract a succession of major actors, including Leonard Rossiter, Christopher Plummer, Antony Sher and Al Pacino.This version, originally translated by George Tabori, has been revised by leading Scottish playwright Alistair Beaton.Trade ReviewThe 1964 translation by George Tabori, souped up by Alistair Beaton, fizzes with verbal pep and clever couplets . . . there’s never a dull minute . . . We are wooed by relentless spectacle and our enjoyment is integral to the play’s chilling kick. * Daily Telegraph *Alistair Beaton’s revised version of the text is pleasingly sparky ... The West End is a better place for such challenging, intelligent fare. * Standard *Alistair Beaton's shrewd tweaking of George Tabori's translation . . . * Guardian *Hitler's rise to power is parodied in Brecht's allegorical satire with the Führer as scary as a tea cosy ... The American gangster movie meets Richard III * Gaurdian *... comedian Alistair Beaton's revision of the translation by George Tabori keeps the sprightly blank verse of the original, with multiple Shakespearean and other literary echoes. * Sunday Times *

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