Author: Peter Gill File Type: epub Cardiff East As scene melts into scene, ones appetite for knowing more and more about these people is constantly whetted, even for the ones one would avoid in real life. Each and every [character] rings true and resonates further. . . A play which is never less than gripping. Mail on SundayCertain Young Men The play is marked by a fast turnover of scenes, lots of brusque, vivid, wryly funny dialogue . . . articulate, arresting and as freshly performed as anything in town. The TimesThe York Realist Winner of the London Critics Circle Award for Best New Play As a love story, The York Realist is riveting and heart-rending, performed with fine-tuned naturalism thats quiet and unhurried. Gill is always terrifically perceptive about male tenderness. Overall, the personal and political are subtly united in a study of English masculinity, class and culture. Such outstanding work. Independent on SundayOriginal Sin Hauntingly powerful. Guardian**About the Author Peter Gill was born in 1939 in Cardiff and started his professional career as an actor. A director as well as a writer, he has directed over a hundred productions in the UK, Europe and North America. At the Royal Court Theatre in the sixties, he was responsible for introducing D. H. Lawrences plays to the theatre. The founding director of Riverside Studios and the Royal National Theatre Studio, Peter Gill lives in London. His plays include The Sleepers Den (Royal Court, London, 1965), Over Gardens Out (Royal Court, London, 1968), Small Change (Royal Court, London, 1976), Kick for Touch (National Theatre, London, 1983), Cardiff East (National Theatre, London, 1997), Certain Young Men (Almeida Theatre, 1999), The York Realist (English Touring Theatre, 2001), Original Sin (Sheffield Crucible, 2002), Another Door Closed (Theatre Royal, Bath, 2009) and A Provincial Life (National Theatre of Wales, Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, 2011).

Author: Sheila Rowbotham File Type: epub A groundbreaking contribution to debates on womens oppression and consciousness, and the connections between socialism and feminism, this foundational text shows how the roles women adopt within the capitalist economy have shaped ideas about family and sexuality. Examining feminist consciousness from various vantage points social, sexual, cultural and economic Sheila Rowbotham identifies the conditions under which it developed, and how the formation of a new way of seeing for women can lead to collective solidarity. **Review Rowbotham is one of Britains most important, if unshowy, feminist thinkers, and a key figure of the second wave. Melissa Benn, Guardian Sheilas early writing paved the way for feminist thought and scholarship in Britain. Lynne Segal About the Author Sheila Rowbotham was one of the leading figures behind the Womens Liberation Movement in Britain, and is an Honorary Fellow at Manchester University. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Her many books include Dreamers of a New Day Women, Resistance and Revolution and the Lambda Literary Awardwinning Edward Carpenter. html