The Alchemist is a sublimely accomplished satirical farce about dreams of self-refinement: people want to transform themselves into something nobler, richer, more powerful, and more virile just as base metal was touted to be transformed into gold in the alchemical process.
First performed in 1610 and set in the same contemporary London time period, the plot revolves around scheming con artists during their master's absence from the house. Face, Subtle and Doll Common dupe a series of 'customers' whose desire for aggrandizement leads them to believe in the existence of the fabled...
The Alchemist is a sublimely accomplished satirical farce about dreams of self-refinement: people want to transform themselves into something noble...
The Alchemist is set during a plague epidemic in the Liberty of Blackfriars in 1610 and was first performed on tour in 1610 by the company whose London home at Blackfriars was temporarily closed due to a plague epidemic. The play is a sublimely accomplished satirical farce about people's diverse dreams of self-refinement: they all want to transform themselves into something nobler, richer, more powerful, more virile, just as base metal was supposed to be transformed into gold in the alchemical process. During their master's absence from the house, the con-artists Face, Subtle and...
The Alchemist is set during a plague epidemic in the Liberty of Blackfriars in 1610 and was first performed on tour in 1610 by the company w...
"Asking for More" offers the reader information to process, personalize, and ultimately cocreate the feeling and experience that is understanding, peace, and unconditional love. This is an opportunity to understand energy and self in ways you couldn't have imagined. What can you expect to learn from these higher teachings? The possibilities are endless, really. "Asking for More" is not about religion, and it is so much more than an informative Q & A experience from a new perspective. This is a "how to" example in truly knowing thyself, remembering who you are. In this very honest and detailed...
"Asking for More" offers the reader information to process, personalize, and ultimately cocreate the feeling and experience that is understanding, pea...
King David spies on beautiful Bathsheba as she bathes and his desire drives him to acts of such callousness that even his god turns away from him. Only through searching penitence and the psalms that express this can he find him way back into the light. A world and centuries away, King Henry VIII looks up at his prized tapestries of David and Bathsheba and sees in David a mighty predecessor, defender of the faith. Henry’s courtier-poet, Sir Thomas Wyatt, sees instead two kings who take what they want, careless of the lives they destroy in the process — David’s lust led him to...
King David spies on beautiful Bathsheba as she bathes and his desire drives him to acts of such callousness that even his god turns away from him. Onl...