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Report copyright infringementby David Wood (Author)Characters: 4 male, 2 female plus children's chorus (optional)Scenery: Various setsWizzpopping wonder and fruit filled fun abound in this stage adaption of Roald Dahl's greatest adventure story. James is a lonely young boy who is forced to work like a slave for the most revolting aunts in England. One day a mystical old man gives him a bag of magic. When he accidently spills it near the old peach tree, the most incredible things happen! "Pure...

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Report copyright infringementby Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder (Author)1m 3f / Drama / Simple setGee's Bend depicts the turbulent history of African-Americans in the 20th century by focusing on a single family in the real community of Gee's Bend AL which is now famous for the beautiful quilts created by the women that grew up there. Gospel songs weave in and out of this hauntingly beautiful work."Gee's Bend is a lovefest -- between the characters in the play and the land they live on between the ac...

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Report copyright infringementby Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Author)The Yellow Wallpaper (original title: "The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story") is a 6,000-word short story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward women's health, both physical and mental. Presented in the first person, the story is a collectio...

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Report copyright infringementby David Adjmi (Author)From David Adjmi the virtuosic playwright dubbed one of the "best and most original theatre artists of a generation" by Vogue come a wholly original one-woman show. Elective Affinities takes the audience into the apartment of Alice a witty octogenarian offering a funny and savage portrait of cultured life promising to initiate a vital discourse about what it means to be civilized. Number of Pages: 18 Dimensions: 0.0...

Great Storytellers of the Upper Peninsula

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Report copyright infringementby Mike McCarthy (Author)The Greatest Storytellers on Earth can be found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan-a land that feels like one of the last untouched frontiers of the continental United States. Nestled in this rugged and remote region of the true north, the Upper Peninsula boasts a culture all its own, shaped by generations who have lived close to the forests, lakes, and harsh winters. Here, a community of roughly 320,000 people has been raised in the oral ...

Sleep No More and the Discourses of Shakespeare Performance

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Report copyright infringementby D. J. Hopkins (Author)This Element focuses on Sleep No More, the iconic immersive theatre production of Macbeth produced by the British company Punchdrunk. Sleep No More and the Discourses of Shakespeare Performance frames this Shakespeare adaptation as part of a system of ghostly citationality through which audiences understand the significance of the past in performance today. Moreover, despite its seemingly analog format, Sleep No More is discussed as a valu...

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Report copyright infringementby Louisa May Alcott (Author), Emma Reeves (Adapted by)Romantic Meg. Shy Beth. Wilful Amy. And, of course, passionate and fiery Jo. Little Women tells the story of the March sisters growing up in genteel poverty against the backdrop of the American Civil War. This timeless tale of four sisters' adventures has enchanted millions of readers, and is now available in this acclaimed adaptation for the stage.Author BiographyEmma Reeves writes for stage, radio and televi...

She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Nguyen (Author)A comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games in a new edition created speciallyfor High School performing groups! She Kills Monsters tells the story of high schoolerAgnes Evans as she deals with the death of her younger sister Tilly. When Agnes stumblesupon Tilly's Dungeons & Dragons notebook she finds herself catapulted into a journey ofdiscovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sister&rs ...

The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus

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Report copyright infringementby F. Storr (Translator), Sophocles (Author)Theban plays The Theban plays consist of three plays: Oedipus the King (also called Oedipus Tyrannus or by its Latin title Oedipus Rex), Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone. All three plays concern the fate of Thebes during and after the reign of King Oedipus. They have often been published under a single cover. Sophocles, however, wrote the three plays for separate festival competitions, many years apart. Not only are the ...

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Report copyright infringementby Edith Wharton (Author)""French Ways And Their Meaning"" is a non-fiction book written by Edith Wharton, an American author and literary critic. The book was first published in 1919 and provides a detailed exploration of French culture and society during the early 20th century. Wharton, who lived in France for many years, uses her personal experiences and observations to examine various aspects of French life, such as fashion, cuisine, art, literature, and socia...

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Report copyright infringementby Trey Parker (Author)Cannibal! The Musical is the true story of the only person convicted of cannibalism in America - Alferd Packer. The sole survivor of an ill-fated trip to the Colorado Territory he tells his side of the harrowing tale to news reporter Polly Pry as he awaits his execution. And his story goes like this: While searching for gold and love in the Colorado Territory he and his companions lost their way and resorted to unthinkable horrors including ...

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Report copyright infringementby Nia Vardalos (Author)Based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos Tiny Beautiful Things personifies the questions and answers that "Sugar" was publishing online from 2010-2012. When the struggling writer was asked to take over the unpaid anonymous position of advice columnist Strayed used empathy and her personal experiences to help those seeking guidance for obstacles both large and small. Tiny Beautiful Things is ...

Torn: A Forbidden Age Gap Dark Mafia Romance

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Report copyright infringementby Chiquita Dennie (Author)Enjoy this steamy, forbidden, age gap dark italian mafia romance.....When a cartel princess breaks a longstanding promise - her life isn't the only one in danger.Gigi has always known what her future holds. Marry into the Ramini family, strengthen the cartel and obey her father.That was until her father assigned Axel as her personal protector.A trusted associate of her father and a high-ranking member of the cartel, Axel is everything Gi...

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Report copyright infringementby Bayard Taylor (Translator), Johann Wolfgang Von Geothe (Author)Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend. He is a scholar who is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, so he makes a pact with the Devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. The Faust legend has been the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical works that have reinterpreted it through the ages. Faust and the adjective Faustian im...

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Report copyright infringementby Daisy Eris Campbell (Author)COSMIC TRIGGER: THE PLAY, based on Robert Anton Wilson's classic autobiographical philosophical treatise, took the British alternative theater and counterculture scenes by storm in 2014 and 2017, with the ripples continuing to this day. And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, you too can experience Daisy Eris Campbell's wild opus. Take your seats, and strap in for a psychedelic magick trip, as Wilson and pals navigate Chapel Perilous via Play...

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Report copyright infringementby Marian Fell (Translator), Anton Chekhov (Author)The Seagull is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. The Seagull is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises the romantic and artistic conflicts between four characters: the famous middlebrow story writer Boris Trigorin, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the symbolist playwright Konstantin Treplieff.T...

Dazzle Camouflage: Spectacular Theatrical Strategies for Resistance and Resilience

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Report copyright infringementby Ezra Berkley Nepon (Author)Dazzle Camouflage offers two profiles of contemporary theater artists, Jenny Romaine and The Eggplant Faerie Players, generating analysis about their shared transformative theatrical strategies. Using oral history, archival research, and experiences working with these artists, the author tells their stories and identifies the roles of Dazzle Camouflage, Re-Mixing History, and Rehearsing Resistance in their work. Both profiles are inte...

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Report copyright infringementby Santana Knox (Author)From international best-selling author Santana Knox, comes an LGBTQ, women's fiction, coming out story like nothing you've ever read before. A tale that grips the hearts of those who failed to see eye-to-eye with a parent, and anyone who's ever denied the truth about themselves.Nia da Silva is dead...Dead serious about moving on from her past, from roller derby, and the traumatic injury that was a crushing blow to not just her body but her ...

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Report copyright infringementby Anne Carson (Translator), Aeschylus (Author), Sophocles (Author)Carson's translation combines contemporary language with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy, opening up this ancient tale of vengeance to a modern audience and revealing the essential wit and morbidity of the original plays. In An Oresteia, the classicist Anne Carson combines three different versions of the tragedy of the house of Atreus ― A iskhylos' Agamemnon, Sophokles' Ele...

Circle Jerk and This American Wife: The Internet Theater of Fake Friends

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Breslin (Editor), Ariel Sibert (Editor), Michael Breslin (Author)Author BiographyMICHAEL BRESLIN is a writer, composer/lyricist, and director of plays, musicals, and movies. He holds a DFA from Yale School of Drama and a BA from Hamilton College.PATRICK FOLEY is a writer and actor working in film, theater, and television. He holds an MFA from Yale School of Drama and a BFA from New York University.RORY PELSUE is a director of new and classic plays, oper...

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Report copyright infringementby William Shakespeare (Author), Russell Fraser (Editor)The Signet Classics edition of one of William Shakespeare's greatest tragedies. Full of cruelty and betrayal, King Lear is the timeless and tragic story of a kingdom held in the thrall of an aging ruler's descent into madness. Desperate for praise, he banishes those who would guide him with honesty and surrounds himself with sycophants--an action that leads to his ultimate downfall.... This revised Signet Cla...

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Report copyright infringementby Christine Mercie (Author)SONS OF GOD An intensely personal story that ends on the heights of awakened experience. Annalee Skarin is said to have written this under a pen name. (Published in 1954) Number of Pages: 158 Dimensions: 0.4 x 6.4 x 4.5 IN Publication Date: January 01, 1954

Fredy Hirsch and the Last German Knights

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Report copyright infringementby Pavel Batel (Author)During the Eichmann Trial in Jerusalem in 1961, investigators uncovered a forgotten precedent from 1943-one that challenged the very logic of obedience on which the Nazi system depended. The case involved the German commander of a strategic fortress in Nazi-occupied Poland. His refusal to carry out an unlawful order sent shockwaves through the regime and reached the highest levels of Nazi leadership, including Adolf Hitler himself. What rema...

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Report copyright infringementby William Shakespeare (Author), A. R. Braunmuller (Introduction by), Stephen Orgel (Editor)The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on ...

The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice

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Report copyright infringementby William Shakespeare (Author), Barbara A. Mowat (Editor), Paul Werstine (Editor)Folger Shakespeare LibraryThe world's leading center for Shakespeare studiesEach edition includes: - Freshly edited text based on the best earlyprinted version of the play- Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play- Scene-by-scene plot summaries- A key to famous lines and phrases- An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language- An essay by an ...

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Report copyright infringementby Lynn Nottage (Author)"Lynn Nottage's work explores depths of humanness, the overlapping complexities of race, gender, culture and history--and the startling simplicity of desire--with a clear tenderness, with humor, with compassion." --Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrightIntimate Apparel: "Thoughtful, affecting new play . . . with seamless elegance."--Charles Isherwood, VarietyFabulation: "Robustly entertaining comedy . . . with punchy social insights...

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Report copyright infringementby Augusta X. Thomson (Author)From CREA Press, featuring original art and collages made in partnership with the New York Public Library Picture Collection, comes a tale of sisters, secrets, and a house that sees it all.A PENINSULA OFF THE COAST OF MAINE, LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2022Pruitt's Neck Farmhouse was built in 1860 on sacred Penobscot land. Since then, it has seen inhabitants ebb and flow, tucking their stories into its interior for safekeeping. Bess Coleman bou...

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Report copyright infringementby Bertolt Brecht (Author), Desmond Vesey (Translator)A reissue of Bertolt Brecht's classic play, including Brecht's Notes and an introduction by the great actress and chanteuse Lotte Lenya.The Threepenny Opera broke box-office records in its original Berlin run, 1928-1933, and has had many extremely successful runs in the United States ever since.There have been several English adaptations. The present "book" of Desmond Vesey's renders every word of the German, i...

The Commedia Dell'Arte: A Study In Italian Popular Comedy

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Report copyright infringementby Winifred Smith (Author)Step behind the mask and into the vibrant world of Renaissance Italian comedy. The Commedia Dell'Arte: A Study In Italian Popular Comedy by Winifred Smith is a landmark exploration of Italy's most influential performance art, where improvisation, wit, and tradition collide. Smith's compelling commedia dell'arte analysis traces the lively origins of harlequin, pantalone, and their masked companions, revealing how these beloved characters s...

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Report copyright infringementby Hanna Eady (Author), Edward Mast (Author)Two plays about Palestine. THE RETURN, was performed in Hebrew in Israel and was performed at Mosaic Theater in Washington DC in June 2017. The second, THE MULBERRY TREE, is unperformed, though is being considered by HaKamri Theater in Tel Aviv. Both plays were originally written in English. Number of Pages: 202 Dimensions: 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 07, 2023 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Miranda Wilson (Author)Poison's Dark Works in Renaissance England considers the ways sixteenth- and seventeenth-century fears of poisoning prompt new models for understanding the world even as the fictive qualities of poisoning frustrate attempts at certainty. Whether English writers invoke literal poisons, as they do in so many revenge dramas, homicide cases, and medical documents, or whether poisoning appears more metaphorically, as it does in a host of theol...

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Report copyright infringementby Euripides (Author), Philip Vellacott (Translator), Philip Vellacott (Introduction by)Four plays which exemplify his interest in flawed, characters who defy the expectations of Greek society The four tragedies collected in this volume all focus on a central character, once powerful, brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred. The first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides made his characters speak in human terms and ...