Peter Whelan Boeken

On May 30 1593, Christopher Marlowe was killed in a brawl in Deptford, London...or was he?In the company of Thomas Kyd, Sir Walter Raleigh and the mysterious Tom Stone, Marlow sets about writing his finest poem while charges of treason and atheism hang over him. When Kyd is arrested soon after, he implicates Marlowe who is forced into hiding at the now deserted Rose Theatre, once home to his greatest triumphs. Faced with increasing danger, Marlowe must plot his escape from England with the assistance of others whose loyalties appear united but tragically remain divided.Was his death simply a fight over a tavern bill, as officially recorded? Or was Marlowe, caught up in the minefield of dissidence and treason surrounding the Elizabethan Court, brutally murdered in a trap set by mercenary spies? The mystery surrounding his death and his membership of the clandestine School of Night is brought vividly to life against a backdrop of a politically and religiously divided England.

Based on actual events in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1613, when William Shakespeare's daughter Susanna was publicly accused of having a sexual liaison with Rafe Smith, a married neighbour and family friend. Susanna sues for slander in the court of Worcester Cathedral. Faced with political division within the church, the hearing in the bishop's court becomes a risky gamble as three people's private lives are held up to public scrutiny

'One of the best plays ever written about the First World War' GUARDIAN 'To say that it leaves you emotionally shattered feels like an insult to those bygone souls and the horrors the faced, but quietly shattering it is, all the same' DAILY TELEGRAPH A battalion of 1,000 young men raised in 1914 from volunteers in the Accrington area of East Lancashire go to war. They are destined to see their first real action on 1st July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, still regarded as the greatest British military disaster with huge loss of life. Not many return to Accrington alive or intact. Whelan's play traces these men's history through individual stories, but his special interest lies in the lives of the women left behind, battling with their own problems, deprived of their relationships with husbands and lovers, undertaking traditionally male roles, and kept in doubt by the misinformation of wartime propaganda. Their moving stories interweave in scenes that are often comic, but which reach a devastating climax as the news of the disastrous battle finally reaches them. Commentary and notes by John Davey.

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The narrative revolves around a diverse group of characters, each entangled in their own misadventures. Col is unpredictable, while Jake and Ethel find themselves in trouble due to their choices and associations. Glory and Harvey, caught in unfortunate circumstances, struggle with their own flaws—Harvey's susceptibility to temptation and Glory's lack of fortune. Their intertwined stories explore themes of fate, choices, and the consequences of associating with the wrong crowd.

The supply services of the BEF of 1939 were wholly unprepared for modern warfare and paid the price by their defeat, mitigated only by the bloody- mindedness of the men.

Das Kräuterbeet. Die Geheime Liebe von Susanna, Shakespeares Tochter ist die erste autorisierte deutschsprachige Edition des historischen Dramas The Herbal Bed des englischen Dramatikers Peter Whelan (1931 - 2014). Die Ausgabe ist mit ausführlichen Erläuterungen zum historischen, sozialen, biografischen und religiösen Hintergrund, sowie zu intertextuellen Anspielungen versehen. Das Stück wurde 1996 in Stratford uraufgeführt und danach mit großem Erfolg im Londoner Westend und am Broadway gezeigt. Es ist seitdem in England im Repertoire zahlreicher regionaler Bühnen. Das Drama beruht auf einer wahren Begebenheit aus dem Leben von Susanna Hall, der Tochter William Shakespeares.