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Wondrous Strange
''Wondrous Strange'' a teen fantasy novel and the first book by author Lesley Livingston. It was published in trade paperback on January 13, 2009, by HarperCollins Canada, Ltd. Plot Kelley Winslow is a teenage actress who lives in New York! When the lead actress in their production of Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' gets injured, Kelley goes from understudy to star in an instant. In her first rehearsal, she forgets a few lines, ending in her going to Central Park to practice. Meanwhile, Sonny Flannery, a Janus guard protecting the mortal realm, is hunting the Fae (Wondrous Strange), Fae that passed through The Gate (Wondrous Strange), The Gate, the only way through the Otherworld (Wondrous Strange), Otherworld and ours. He sees her as a Firework (Wondrous Strange), Firework and is merely curious in what she really is. He starts to follow her and in the end she becomes furious that he won't stop bugging her and she yells at him. During her ranting, however, Sonny is hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre-fiction
Theatre-fiction refers to novels and short-stories that focus on theatre. Characters often include actors, playwrights, directors, prompters, understudies, set designers, critics, or casting agents. Common settings may include theatre auditoriums, dressing rooms, rehearsal spaces, or other places in which theatre is created and performed. Theatre-fiction may engage with and represent many different varieties of theatre, from performances of Shakespearean tragedy to Kabuki theatre to pantomime or marionette shows. List of novels and stories about theatre The novels and stories in this list share a substantial and sustained focus on theatre. Many of them could be described as "theatre-novels" or "theatre-stories", as Graham Wolfe has defined these terms (Wolfe is referring to works whose engagement with theatre as artistic practice or industry "is sufficiently developed to become a ''dominant''" in the textWolfe, Graham. ''Theatre-Fiction in Britain from Henry James to Doris Lessing: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |