A Christmas Carol

A Christmas carol

Literature & Fiction

World Literature

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Audio)

A timeless presentation of Charles Dicken's Christmas Carol. A combination of readings and music of the choir makes this season's greeting special.

The Scapegoat

Human beings, according to French thinker Rene Girard, are fundamentally imitative creatures. We copy each other's desires, and are in perpetual conflict with one another over the objects of our desire. In early human communities, this conflict created permanent threat of violence. The only way the violence would end was for it to be directed against a single victim, and it was around the victims of collective ciolence that Girard thinks that cultures first formed. Biblical religion, according to Girard, has attempted to overcome this historic plight. From the unjust murder of Abel by his brother Cain, to the crucifixion of Christ, the Bible reveals the innocence of the victim. It is on this revelation that modern society unquietly rests.

Politics & Social Sciences

René Girard

Philosophy

"A Dream Play" was perhaps the first drama to employ a dream-like reality as a genre-in-itself. By doing this, Strindberg abandoned conventional perceptions of time and space. He reduced his original theme, of the man waiting vainly at the theatre for his fiancee who never comes, to a subplot; his chief character now was Indra's Daughter, the child of a god who is sent by her father to live among mortals. She meets and marries a poor man's lawyer, who spends his life vainly trying to right the wrongs of humanity; so she endures the agonies of human existence until, at last, she puts off her mortal flesh and returns to her father.

A Dream Play

August Strindberg

Based on the original stage production at the Stratford Festival of Canada, directed by Martha Henry. In this daring and original production of Timothy Findley's Governor-General Award winning play, William Shakespeare and the formidable Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I, are brought together in a remarkable encounter on the night of April 22, 1616. The night the Queen's Lover will be executed, by the Queen's decree.

Elizabeth Rex (The CBC Stratford Festival Reading Series)

FINDLEY, Timothy

Carver, Brent

D'Aquila, Diane

Dramas & Plays

To mark the centenary of Wilde's death, The Stratford Festival of Canada staged this unique production of the original, complete four-act version of his famous play. This does not replace the well-known three-act version, but does give the audience an opportunity to enjoy the play that Wilde originally wrote, with its extra characters, more pointed social commentary, additional scenes and new dialogue. This play remains perhaps Wilde's wittiest and most loved romantic comedy.

The Importance of Being Ernest (Stratford Festival)

Wilde, Óscar

Poetry

The Red Badge of Courage (Stratford Festival)

Humor & Entertainment

CRANE, STEPHEN

Radio

We live in an age dominated by the cult of efficiency. When it is used correctly, efficiency is important: it must always be part of the conversation when resources are scarce and citizens and governments have important choices to make among competing priorities. Janice Stein draws on public education and universal health care, locally and globally as flashpoints in the debate about efficiencies and their delivery. She argues that what will define the quality of education and health care is whether citizens and experts can negotiate new standards of accountability. The cult of efficiency will not take us far enough.

The Cult of Efficiency (Massey Lectures)

Stein, Janice

Sociology

Webster's paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running English-to-Maori thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare was edited for three audiences. The first includes Maori-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a TOEFL� or TOEIC� preparation program. The second audience includes English-speaking students enrolled in bilingual education programs or Maori speakers enrolled in English-speaking schools. The third audience consists of students who are actively building their vocabularies in Maori in order to take foreign service, translation certification, Advanced Placement� (AP�) or similar examinations. By using the Webster's Maori Thesaurus Edition when assigned for an English course, the reader can enrich their vocabulary in anticipation of an examination in Maori or English.TOEFL�, TOEIC�, AP� and Advanced Placement� are trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which has neither reviewed nor endorsed this book. All rights reserved.

The Merchant of Venice (Stratford Festival)

Shakespeare., William

The painter Lawren Harris described his later abstract works as the logic of ecstasy, an overwhelming call of the spirit. Are his squiggles of brightly coloured geometry the result of what he was literally seeing?Mystics such as Theresa of Avila ascribe their saintly enthusiasms to taking dictation. and divine inspiration.Modern day channelers and psychics claim to be in touch with discarnate voices. Where do these impressions come from?Tapestry host Don Hill journeys upstream to the dreamland of artists and seers and returns with an insightful and poignant look at the nature and the effects of inspiration on art and society.

Visions and Voices

Pierre Burton

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