Royston Henry Shaw (11 March 1936 – 14 July 2012)‚ also known as Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw‚ Roy "Mean Machine" Shaw and Roy West‚ was an English millionaire‚ real estate investor‚ author and businessman from the East End of London who was formerly a criminal and Category A prisoner. During the 1970s-1980s‚ Shaw was active in the criminal underworld of London and was frequently associated with the Kray twins. Shaw is best remembered today for his career as a fighter on the unlicensed boxing scene‚ becoming
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The 1992 comedic play ‘Cosi’‚ written by Australian prolific writer‚ Louis Nowra‚ is a play set in 1971 at a mental institution situated in Melbourne. The central protagonist‚ Lewis Riley‚ a young inexperienced director‚ endeavours to direct the inmates in a performance of Mozart’s opera‚ ‘Cosi Fan Tutte.’ Throughout ‘Cosi’‚ Nowra displays characters that are characterised as normal‚ but display rare various degrees of “insanity”. Over the course of the play‚ the playwright has encouraged his audience
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IN THE FACE OF BETRAYAL‚ LEWIS DISCOVERS LOYALTY The play ’Cosi’‚ written by Louis Nowra‚ is set in 1971 amidst the chaos of the Vietnam War. Australia’s involvement in the war was a topic of great controversy‚ and being the first televised war‚ reality was brought crashing into the lounge rooms of Australians. The horrific images displayed in people’s homes sparked anger from those involved in the fight against communism and conscription. The loyalty of Australians was heavily tested during
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Is Cosi more about love than madness? Louis Nowra’s comedy Cosi covers the main themes of love and infidelity. The characters within the mental asylum are shown to grasp what truly matters‚ whereas society seems to focus on the Vietnam War. Even though they are mental patients and an asylum is a ‘mad house’ the inmates are ‘normal people who have done extraordinary things’. For instance‚ Lewis’ and Lucy’s relationship is an open relationship. Lucy isn’t into fidelity as reflected by her sexual
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the 1970s (in Così) and the Albanian battle for independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1790 (in Così Fan Tutte). Wars also involve loyalties and betrayals‚ and their chaos on a grand scale underscores the chaos in the lives of the characters in the opera and the play. (Sue Sherman : English for Year 12) •According to Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte‚ the issue of fidelity is depicted to be an ideal that is never achieved. •Since ‘women are like that’ – the interpretation of ‘così fan tutte’‚ Mozart
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ONLY THE LONELY tells the true-life story of music pioneer Roy Orbison. The music‚ era‚ and culture come to life authentically. It’s very enjoyable to “watch” the iconic music figures like Johnny Cash‚ Elvis‚ and the Everly Brothers interact with Roy Orbison. There’s no doubt that Roy is a character that remains an iconic pioneer in the music industry. Films based on iconic musicians have been successful‚ such as WALK THE LINE. However‚ it can be challenging to recreate a compelling life story
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Robert Harrison October 24th‚ 2010 This past Sunday I went to Snyder Moral Baptist church to hear the music of Joel Raney. Joel is a very emotional performer I could tell he is very in touch with God. While I was there I learned that he began his career in Alabama by cutting his teeth on hymns and gospel music. He attended Juilliard School in NYC where he also worked in musical theater for a time. Listening to Joel’s music made me feel closer to God‚ he made me think about the finer things in
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy‚ one .JT\of the great reformers of renaissance India has commanded respect to the point of veneration and has been acclaimed as a Versatile presence on the Indian Historical firmament. All his life‚ he fought to reform the society because he believed that social and religious reform was the very foundation of political advancement. A harbinger of the idea of universal humanism‚ an apostle of monotheism‚ the founder of the Brahmo Samaj‚ an advocate of the freedom of the press and
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Roy Benavidez’s Leadership Legacy SSG Gonzalez‚ Brandon Non-Commissioned Officer Academy Roy Benavidez’s Leadership Legacy The purpose of this paper is to professionally analyze a leader in order to identify how their attributes and competencies impacted their organization and affected my own leadership philosophy. Master Sergeant Retired Roy Benavidez is a leader whose actions positively influenced the United States Army and greatly influenced my leadership philosophy. Benavidez influenced
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(Hendrickson‚ 2016)‚ Roy Lichtenstein‚ is famous for his series of boldly- colored paintings which parodied comic strips and advertisements. Thanks to his works‚ he was recognised as a leader in the American art world. Hopeless‚ one of his paintings on miserable women‚ is in the collection of the Kunstmuseum Basel. It was finished by Lichtenstein in 1963. The idea was mainly ‘derived from a frame of "Run For Love!" in Secret Hearts‚ no. 83 by Tony Abruzzo’ (Wikipedia‚ n.d.). Roy Lichtenstein‚ along
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