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Robert Fallons's latest book is a collection of twenty stories with connected poems and photos. The book is formed of true stories based on five generations of Robert's family - while fictionalised, are all based on family fact. The Sassenach from?Ireland takes us back to Ireland in the 1840s and tells us about the different generations of one family. The stories follow the family's rise from the gutter to their sporting fame, tangled love and...

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Messiaen Perspectives 2: Techniques, Influence and Reception analyses Messiaen¿s compositional approach and the repercussions of his music. The first part scrutinizes his compositional technique, while the second charts ways in which Messiaen¿s influence is manifest in the music and careers of Ohana, Xenakis, Murail and Quebecois composers. The third part includes case studies of Messiaen¿s reception in Italy, Spain and the USA. The volume inc...

In his customary jargon-free style, Mr. Fallon examines sixty prominent characters from Shakespeare's plays. He locates each of them in the story of their play, relates them to other characters, shows how they change (or don't), and sums up their character and nature. "This book is as handy as they come...distilled without being dunderheaded-reader-friendly in the extreme." American Theatre (on A Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare).

The two volumes of Messiaen Perspectives convey the growing understanding of his deep and varied interconnections with his cultural milieux. Messiaen Perspectives 1: Sources and Influences examines the genesis, sources and cultural pressures that shaped Messiaen¿s music. It presents many new primary sources along with performance practice insights and theological inspiration in works as diverse as Visions de l¿Amen, Harawi, Timbres-durées and ...

Messiaen Perspectives 2: Techniques, Influence and Reception analyses Messiaen¿s compositional approach and the repercussions of his music. The first part scrutinizes his compositional technique, while the second charts ways in which Messiaen¿s influence is manifest in the music and careers of Ohana, Xenakis, Murail and Quebecois composers. The third part includes case studies of Messiaen¿s reception in Italy, Spain and the USA. The volume inc...

The two volumes of Messiaen Perspectives convey the growing understanding of his deep and varied interconnections with his cultural milieux. Messiaen Perspectives 1: Sources and Influences examines the genesis, sources and cultural pressures that shaped Messiaen¿s music. It presents many new primary sources along with performance practice insights and theological inspiration in works as diverse as Visions de l¿Amen, Harawi, Timbres-durées and ...

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Fallon explores Shakespeare in five sections dealing with language, theme, staging, character, and plot, each abundantly illustrated with episodes and quotations from the plays. He writes in easily accessible prose in a book designed to make modern readers and audiences feel comfortable with the Bard. "Fallon knows his Shakespeare to the letter." Choice.

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A guide for anyone whose encounter with a Shakespeare play has left them puzzled as to what is going on. Robert Fallon explains the plot and unpacks the themes of each play and provides commentaries on theme, character, setting and more. For dedicated theatregoers, students and teachers.

In short story and verse format, the humourous Planet Two Faced explores a range of present-day subjects of concern, from political upheaval and banking to litter louts. A mix of both fact and fiction, the author frequently uses this work to offer advice to the younger generation and reflect on the society around us. In particular, Planet Two Faced includes an open letter to President Obama, published in 2009 and a tongue-in-cheek prediction o...

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In surveys of plays that will help readers and viewers follow the action with case and understanding, Fallon opens a window to Shakespeare's time while illuminating the timelessness of his works.

This book surveys the most pervasive of Shakespeare's themes, among them love, war, illusion, statecraft, heroism, the supernatural, and the comic. In chapters devoted to each, Mr. Fallon explains how these patterns of meaning were viewed in Shakespeare's time, what history the poet draws upon in presenting them on the stage, and how he suggests them through his pageant of men and women engaged in the business of living.

Written for the general reader "in plain though not inelegant English", "A Theatergoer's Guide" examines the most frequently staged of Shakespeare's plays scene by scene, and those less frequently performed act by act.