Bøger af Ann Moore

In the hot summer of 1942 a seven year old girl and her mother arrived on the Isle of Man from Manchester. A week's holiday in the tiny village of Sulby was to be an opportunity to spend time with her father, an airman stationed at nearby Jurby. But as war raged throughout Europe, their stay in Sulby turned from weeks to months, and eventually to years. This is the story of how one child adapted to the enormous changes that war brought, and how a rural life a world away from anything familiar eventually became the very epitome of 'home'.

How to Set up an Amateur Drama Group is a practical guide and checklist for anyone wanting to establish an ongoing group to explore and enjoy drama activities. Even if you are not yet intending to put on plays for the public, it is worth getting the basics in place so that your group can grow and flourish from a firm foundation. It includes: - Finding a venue - Setting up a steering committee - Assigning roles within the group - Suggested format for weekly meetings - Publicity and marketing

How to Stage a Play is a practical guide and checklist for amateur producers and directors wanting to get a production on stage. Including: - Planning a Production - Role of Director - Stage Management - Auditioning and Rehearsing - Technical terminology It concludes with a chapter of notes for actors, dealing with common issues such as forgetting lines, overcoming nerves, voice projection and marking up scripts. These tips and techniques are drawn from over fifty years' experience both in amateur and professional theatre and will form an invaluable foundation for any group wanting to maximise the pleasure and satisfaction to be enjoyed from public performance - both for the group themselves, and their audience! (Originally published in the UK as Section 2 of 'Beginners Please'.)

Performance Skills for Amateur Drama is a practical guide for drama group leaders who want to improve performance skills and get the most out of group meetings. It contains dozens of fun exercises to aid group cohesion, confidence and stage technique. Includes: - Warm-ups and Ice-breakers - Concentration and Relaxation exercises - Breath control, articulation and projection - Body language and physical performance skills - Improvisation and mime These tips and techniques are drawn from over fifty years' experience both in amateur and professional theatre and will form an invaluable foundation for any group wanting to maximise the pleasure and satisfaction to be enjoyed from public performance - both for the group themselves, and their audience! (Originally published in the UK as Section 3 of 'Beginners Please')

Irland im 19. Jahrhundert:Die schöne Gracelin O’Malley heiratet den englischen Squire Bram Donnely um einer Zwangsräumung ihres elterlichen Hofes entgehen zu können. Bald bekommt das ungleiche Paar Zwillinge, doch der Sohn und heiß ersehnte Stammeshalter stirbt kurz nach der Geburt. Voller Trauer und Enttäuschung zeigt Donnely nun sein wahres Gesicht und für Gracelin beginnt ein Kampf um ihr eigenes Leben...Ann Moore wurde in England geboren und wuchs in Tacoma, Washington, auf. Mit ihrem Mann und ihren zwei Kindern lebt sie in Bellingham, Washington (USA). Sie studierte Englische Literatur an der Western Washington University.

Set during Ireland's devastating potato famine, a spellbinding novel of a young woman torn between love for her family and duty to her English husband. Patrick O'Malley names his newborn daughter Gracelin for the light of the sea that shines in her eyes. But when young Gracelin is only six years old, her mother's untimely death drains joy and laughter from the O'Malley clan. At fifteen, Gracelin saves her family from financial ruin by marrying Bram Donnelly, the son of a wealthy English landowner. But, even though Gracelin is Protestant, she is snubbed by English high society for marrying above her station. To temporarily appease her husband's cruel nature, she intends to provide him with an heirbut that, too, will end in sorrow. As famine sweeps Ireland, Gracelin openly defies her husband by feeding the desperate souls who come to their door. In secret, she also sides with the rebels who call themselves the Young Irelanders. Led by Morgan McDonagh and joined by Gracelin's beloved brother, Sean, the Irelanders are determined to fight and free their homeland from the yoke of English rule. A vivid chronicle of nineteenth-century Ireland, the first volume of Ann Moore's popular trilogy introduces a courageous young heroine and movingly portrays an indomitable people as they struggle to survive the infamous famine and the brutal civil war that arrived in its wake. Fans of gripping historical fiction will love this ';epic saga that sweeps you into the life of a remarkable woman' (Romantic Times).

An Irish mother must flee her beloved homeland for a new life in America, in the ';gripping' second novel of the acclaimed historical trilogy (Publishers Weekly). Forced to flee Ireland, Gracelin O'Malley boards a coffin ship bound for America, taking her young daughter with her on the arduous transatlantic voyage. In New York, Gracelin struggles to adapt to a strange new world and to the harsh realities of immigrant life in a city teeming with crime, corruption, and anti-Irish prejudice. As she tries to make a life for herself and her daughter, she reunites with her brother, Sean ... and a man she thought she'd never see again. When her friendship with a runaway slave sweeps her into the volatile abolitionist movement, Gracelin gains entree to the drawing rooms of the wealthy and powerful. Still, the injustice all around her threatens the future of those she loves, and once again, she must do the unthinkable. This sweeping novel of the Irish immigrant experience in 1840s America brings a long-ago world to vibrant life and continues a remarkable heroine's bold, dramatic journey through extraordinary times.

An Irish mother faces her destiny in California as the acclaimed trilogy comes to an end';a vibrant picture of American history in the mid-19th century' (Historical Novel Society). With her two children, Gracelin O'Malley travels to postGold Rush San Francisco to meet the sea captain who has proposed marriage to her. But when she arrives, he is nowhere to be found. Destitute in a city filled with gangs, disillusioned soldiers, and professional gamblers, Grace takes a position as a cook for one of the city's most prominent doctorsonly to become caught up in a tangled web of blackmail and betrayal. Determined to make a secure life for her children and find her brother, Sean, Gracelin sets in motion a series of events that change the future of everyone around her, never dreaming that the man she thought she'd lost forever is still alive and determined to find his way back to her. Dickensian in scope, with a full cast of riveting characters, Ann Moore's'Til Morning Lightis the stunning conclusion to the enthralling story of Gracelin O'Malley, a heroine for the ages.