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Padua holds many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister, Kate, is wed. Could any man be rash enough to take on Kate? The witty adventurer Petruchio undertakes the task. While he sets about transforming Kate from foul-tempered termagant to loving wife, young Lucentio and his clever servant, Tranio, plot to win Bianca.

Eric Simonson explores the most famous archeological hoax in history. Alternating between 1914 and 1953, journalists and scientists set out to uncover who planted the Piltdown Man skull. Everyone's a suspect, including legendary Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Actor, dramatist and founding member of Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre, Rod Beacham wrote over 15 plays for BBC Radio. This collection comprises seven crime dramas first broadcast on Radio 4’s ‘Saturday Night Theatre’ strand between 1980 and 1987, ranging in tone from tense whodunnits to light-hearted comedy thrillers.

Si tuvieras que explicarle a un alien qué diablos es la música, ¿cómo lo harías? Nada fácil, ¿cierto? Porque la música está presente en nuestra vida desde que nacemos, con las canciones que marcan nuestro primer amor y ruptura, hasta las que algunos eligen para partir. La música nos recuerda los mejores momentos, todos esos lugares y personas que nos provocan tanta emoción que queremos cantar, gritar y subir todo el volumen. Lo sabemos: la música es el lenguaje universal, sin fronteras culturales ni idiomáticas, que toca nuestro lado más profundo.

Starring comedian John Fortune, best known for the satirical TV show Bremner, Bird and Fortune, and screen legend Eleanor Bron, Protesting Too Much is written by Sally Phillips and Kate Brooke. A classic comic caper that will have you in stitches.

Frank Wedekind is widely acknowledged as one of the pioneers of modern drama, whose works influenced later writers such as Brecht and Dürrenmatt. His best-known plays were Spring Awakening and Lulu, both of which transgressed the social norms of his time and still have the power to shock and provoke us today. They are included here, alongside his lesser-known tragicomedy The Marquis of Keith.

En una tlapalería de la ciudad se oye, se ve, se huele el alegre ajetreo de los barrios, pero también la insidia y los dimes y diretes que le dan color a las historias que regocijan nuestra imaginación. Elena Poniatowska Amor muestra sus dotes de gran narradora y ofrece un inventario de personajes y lugares que reflejan el potencial que esconde lo cotidiano para cautivarnos.