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A boxed set of 25 books for your beginning reader!
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Author Ruth Wolff, MS. Ed., Ph.D., is a learning specialist with extensive experience teaching reading to beginning learners. She holds a master's degree in special education and a doctorate in English and American Literature. Ruth has guided numerous young readers in their journeys to acquire literacy skills. Simon Abbott has been illustrating children's books for nearly 20 years. Whether drawing dogs, cats, frogs, or yaks, his books are guaranteed to make children smile. Simon lives and works in a small village in Suffolk, England.
In NOTABLE WOMEN -- AND A FEW EQUALLY NOTABLE MEN the biographical plays of Ruth Wolff are, for the first time, collected in one volume. Seen in major productions around the world, these plays, hailed by critics and audiences alike, are now made available for production at all levels. Introducing the collection is an essay about the art of dramatizing lives which, in addition to the plays, makes this collection invaluable to students of playwriting and theater and to anyone interested in the process of writing the biographically based play. In all, these plays portray extraordinary women and men from many different centuries and civilizations, whose experiences are especially illuminating for our own time. The collection includes: THE ABDICATION, ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE, EMPRESS OF CHINA, GEORGE AND FREDERIC, HALLIE, JOSHUA SLOCUM SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD, THE PERFECT MARRIAGE, SARAH IN AMERICA, and THE SECOND MRS WILSON.
The collection includes nine full-length plays, FAUSTIANA, ARABIC TWO, AVIATORS, THE SHAKESPEARE ROAD, HOTEL VICTORY, BUFFALOES, THE SKY POOL, THE ARDENT PHILANTHROPIST, and THE FALL OF ATHENS, and one long one-act, STILL LIFE WITH APPLES.
About Ruth Wolff:
I love THE ABDICATION play and I loved acting in the film. Ruth Wolff has written a treasure trove of extraordinary roles for actresses. I hope this book will find many readers. --Liv Ullmann, star of The Abdication, Warner Bros film
Ruth Wolff has written delicious roles of passion, depth and intelligence. Her commitment to the great men and women of history makes these plays a rewarding playground for actors and audiences alike. --Frank Langella
A playwright of great perception and intelligence, with powerful insights into the human condition. A compelling and unique voice in American theater. --Richard Rose, Producing Artistic Director, Barter Theater, State Theater of Virginia
Ruth Wolff brings historically significant figures vibrantly to life in thrilling original dramas, giving shape and meaning to the vagaries of existence. --Gerald M Pinciss, Professor Emeritus of English at Hunter College and CUNY, author of Why Shakespeare
This is an extraordinary love story, shocking in its day, shocking now. It is about the true story of the scandal that rocks a college town when its most prominent citizen, the married brother of Emily Dickinson, finds himself overwhelmed with desire for the college astronomy professor's wife. And she insists on her right to openly satisfy both husband and lover in what becomes a torrid, tumultuous, dangerous, long-term, and ultimately transcendent love triangle. This engrossing first novel by acclaimed playwright Ruth Wolff sensitively portrays the complexity of a shocking and scandalous m nage trois, which begins as a sexual adventure and evolves into abiding love.
This is an extraordinary love story, shocking in its day, shocking now. It is about the true story of the scandal that rocks a college town when its most prominent citizen, the married brother of Emily Dickinson, finds himself overwhelmed with desire for the college astronomy professor's wife. And she insists on her right to openly satisfy both husband and lover in what becomes a torrid, tumultuous, dangerous, long-term, and ultimately transcendent love triangle. This engrossing first novel by acclaimed playwright Ruth Wolff sensitively portrays the complexity of a shocking and scandalous m nage trois, which begins as a sexual adventure and evolves into abiding love.
