In 2001 Peter Anderson was 37 and had the perfect life: very much in love and recently married with an infant daughter he adored; an intelligent and sensitive man working a job he loved as a popular secondary school teacher and a talented sportsman training for a marathon…<br /> <br />The bubble was about to burst.<br /> <br />Peter was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), a physically crippling disease that destro ...
IT ALL STARTED ON THE EVE OF MY 43RD BIRTHDAY…<br /> <br />With two young boys, a new lecturer position and all the commitments of an active life, Ros Ben-Moshe had no plans for a tumour to take over her life. Yet after the news came on her 43rd birthday, medical appointments turned into hours of surgery, casual conversations disappeared, and even her children started asking questions.<br /> <br />In recovery rooms, as th ...
Бессознательная деятельность головного мозга имеет много проявлений. Их необходимо разъяснять, чтобы было представление о каждом. Недопустимо переоценивать биологическую сущность инстинктов и влечений, что применимо для психологически больных людей. Информация, с которой человек столкнулся, попадёт в мозг. Но какая-то её часть располагается в отделах, которые в настоящий момент не контролируются сознанием. Она ушла на второй план. Решения долго ...
Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize.Expected to be revived in a high-profile NYC production (possibly on Broadway), and likely to be produced at major theaters around the country.Between Riverside and Crazy premiered at the Atlantic Theater Company (Off-Broadway, New York) in the summer of 2014. Production was critically acclaimed and extended, with a subsequent production shortly after at Second Stage Theatre Company (Off-Broadway, New York), in ...
"Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English."— The New Yorker There have always been two versions of Chekhov’s heartrending and humorous masterwork: the one with which we are all familiar, staged by Konstatine Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904, and the one Chekhov had originally envisioned. Now, for the first time, both are available and published here in a single ...
"Comedy nirvana . . . satisfyingly mean and funny."—New York Post "Without sacrificing his mordant wit or bleak worldview, this distinctive dramatist shows a new maturity and empathy in."?The New York Times "Nicky Silver's terrific play is filled with moments when you can't stop laughing even though the circumstances indicate you really shouldn't. . . . A wonderful little riff on family dysfunction."?Asso ...
Movie tie-in edition of the film from Lions Gate starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest. Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident. ...
"A lyrical and understanding chronicler of people who somehow become displaced within their own lives…Mr. Lindsay-Abaire has shown a special affinity for female characters suddenly forced to re-evaluate the roles by which they define themselves."— New York Times Set in the Bristol Place Assisted Living Facility, this glorious and biting new comedy from David Lindsay-Abaire centers around Abby, who takes pride in her resi ...
