André Sogliuzzo
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English
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On the last night of his life, Henry Jekyll records the harrowing story of his years-long struggle to maintain his reputation as a physician and philanthropist - while secretly suppressing the voracious beast he had long felt lurking within. Playwright David Rambo drew on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson for inspiration to create this original L.A. Theatre Works commission.
Includes a conversation with playwright...
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English
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, William Shakespeare, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Shakespeare-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original play. These classic plays...
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Language
English
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As Jews tried to escape Nazi Germany in the 1930s, they faced unthinkable roadblocks in obtaining exit visas. And while they were denied entry in one country after another, a bureaucratic oddity enabled some of them to flee to an unlikely destination: Shanghai, China. In this LATW original commission, playwright Kate McAll used the survivors' own words to create a narrative of people starting their lives over in a completely new land.
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Distributed by Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
�2010
Language
English
Description
Junior is a teenage gnome who dreams of inventing gizmos and gadgets in his treehouse laboratory. His father, however, wants him to help distribute food rations to the animals of the forest who will soon be hibernating. Evil troll brothers Face and Slim try to thwart Junior's efforts by stealing the food from the gnomes' secret food chamber. Now Junior and his best friend Sneaky must embark on a heroic journey to retrieve the stolen food and save...