Drama

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by 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: 0.04 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: December 31, 2014

She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition - Paperback

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by Qui Nguyen (Author)A comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games, in a new edition created specially for High School performing groups She Kills Monsters tells the story of high schooler Agnes Evans as she deals with the death of her younger sister, Tilly. When Agnes stumbles upon Tilly's Dungeons & Dragons notebook, she finds herself catapulted into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sister&rs Number of Pages: 92 D...

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by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder (Author)1m, 3f / Drama / Simple set Gee'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 actors and the characters...

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by 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 a play about reaching when...

Five Plays: Ivanov, the Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and the Cherry Orchard - Paperback

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by Anton Chekhov (Author), Ronald Hingley (Translator)Chekhov's worldwide reputation as a dramatist rests on five great plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. All are presented in this collection, taken from the authoritative Oxford Chekhov, in Ronald Hingley's acclaimed translation. Hingley has also written an introduction specifically for this volume in which he provides a detailed history of Chekhov's involvement in the theater and an assessment of...

Slider: A baseball story that throws love, murder, drugs and corruption into the game.

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Alderman (Author)Corey's mom tried to shield her son from the ugly truth of his father's past. But this was next to impossible, given his father's high-profile success as a professional baseball pitcher. As Corey got older, the kids in school harassed him about the shame of his father's past. In high school, things got even darker. The high school star athlete and school bully Donald haunted him daily. When Corey became an unlikely star baseball pitcher w...

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Report copyright infringementby Rick Lovett (Author) Number of Pages: 478 Dimensions: 1.06 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: December 15, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Gerry Coleman (Author) Number of Pages: 246 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 30, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Rick Lovett (Author) Number of Pages: 478 Dimensions: 1.19 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: December 15, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Pa McKoy (Author) Number of Pages: 328 Dimensions: 0.73 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 15, 2026

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Report copyright infringementby Nicholas Pierpan (Author)You've got to throw every punch with 'bad intentions.' If you don't, you're better off becoming an educated gentleman and not a boxer. And don't kid yourself: you can't be both. A young man's boxing career conflicts with his life as a medical student. Working as a cut-man, the consequences of his double-life catch up with him. The Problem with the Seventh Year is a bloody, unflinching drama about the fine line between being clever and b...

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Report copyright infringementby Tanika Gupta (Author), Henrik Johan Ibsen (Author)Finally, I'm being brave. London, 1948. The war is over, India is newly independent, and Hedda Gabler has retired: early, elegantly, and with secrets. Once a Hollywood star, now the wife of rising British film director George Tesman, Hedda lives in Chelsea, hiding behind drawn curtains. But the past is beginning to stir. An old friend has written a screenplay that cuts too close to the truth. And there's a power...

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Report copyright infringementby Paisley Reed (Author)When Morgan stumbles through the door reeking of cheap whiskey and panic, she's hoping for her older sister, Megan, to cover for her reckless behavior one last time. Instead, she finds a woman who is done with excuses.Fed up with cleaning up Morgan's messes, Megan decides that tonight, her sister will learn the true, visceral meaning of accountability. The punishment is not a lecture but a ceremony of absolute discipline, involving black le...

The Will to Remember: Bound By Hope: A Polish Family's Journey of Survival during the Holocaust

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Report copyright infringementby Roger D. Evans (Author)The Will to RememberA Story That Spans Continents and Generations -- The Will to Remember unfolds across continents and generations, weaving an expansive narrative that resonates deeply with readers. The story begins in the close-knit world of a single family residing in a small Polish village. From this intimate setting, the novel broadens its scope to explore the all-encompassing devastation wrought by war, the enduring strength of love...

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Report copyright infringementby Chris Bohjalian (Author)Based on Chris Bohjalian's #1 New York Times Bestselling Novel and Oprah's Book Club Selection, MIDWIVES is both a gripping tale of suspense and a riveting courtroom drama. When a major snowstorm breaks out during a routine home birth, cutting off all communication with the outside world, midwife Sibyl Danforth is forced to make an impossible decision."Unforgettable." -Broadway World"Evocative and unnerving ... Rarely will an intermissio...

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Report copyright infringementby Elle Carstens (Author)Being a mom is a full-time adventure-and this book captures it all in laugh-out-loud rhyme!In Mom's Never Ending Day (A Children's Book for Moms), motherhood takes center stage-because moms deserve to be the heroes of their children's stories too.This rhyming picture book follows one mom who sets out to tackle the laundry, only to be swept into a whirlwind of never-ending chores: dishes pile up, groceries run out, crumbs scatter, toys mult...

Lauren Gunderson and Feminist Theatre in the Twenty-First Century

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Report copyright infringementby Noelia Hernando-Real (Author)This Element is the first scholarly study of the theatre of Lauren Gunderson (b. 1982), one of the most produced US playwrights and a self-declared feminist playwright. Her feminist claims and theatrical interventions are assessed through four key strands of her theatre making: parodies of Shakespeare's canon; women-centred revisions to history; women and illness; and 'entertaining' feminism through popular theatre forms. Moving bet...

Theatre and Censorship in France from Revolution to Restoration

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Report copyright infringementby Clare Siviter (Author) Number of Pages: 294 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 18, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Johnny L. Walker (Author) Number of Pages: 372 Dimensions: 0.83 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: December 31, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Gail Young (Author)Waiting follows the Wright family as they face the outbreak of World War Two. The family are torn apart when their children are evacuated to Wales, and sweethearts separated with the bombing reaching a crescendo, in what came to be known as The Liverpool Blitz.Loosely based on Gail's family history, the core of the drama centres around Jessie and Peter Wright, their three children and the extended Wright family.We see the war through the eyes...

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Report copyright infringementby Evi Stamatiou (Editor), Sharon Marie Carnicke (Editor)Stanislavsky and Screen Actor Training is a collection of essays mapping the acting field's current engagement with Stanislavsky practices and concepts for training in the screen industries across continents.Author BiographyEvi Stamatiou is a practitioner-researcher of actor training, bringing two decades of international experience as an actor and creative. She is a Senior Lecturer in Acting for Stage and S...

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Report copyright infringementby Gioacchino Rossini (Author), Cesare Sterbini (Author), Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (Created by)Experience the wit and charm of Gioacchino Rossini's celebrated opera, "The Barber of Seville," in this meticulously preserved edition. This version captures the essence of the comic masterpiece as it was performed by the Italian Opera Company at Castle Garden, New York, on September 13, 1847. Based on the play by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais and fe...

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Report copyright infringementby George Lord Gordon Byron (Author), George Gordon Byron (Author)Manfred a Faustian noble is tortured by guilt over the death of his beloved Astarte. He uses his mastery of language and spell-casting to summon seven spirits from whom he seeks forgetfulness. The spirits are unable to control the past and thus cannot grant Manfred's plea. Lord Byron lead the English Romantic Poets and is one of the most important poets in the English Language. Number o...

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Report copyright infringementby Jessica White (Author)A respected psychologist with a dark secret. A stalker who won't let her go. And a connection too twisted to resist.Ava Rossi has spent her life analyzing the minds of others, but when a dead car battery leaves her stranded, she finds herself face to face with the one man she can't quite figure out-Bishop Conner.Bishop doesn't do attachments, and Ava isn't the kind of woman who takes no for an answer. But when the truth about why he's been...

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Report copyright infringementby Martin Zimmerman (Author)Simona's father is an enigma. Curious about his life in Latin America before moving to the United States, Simona obsesses over his secrets as her thoughts and dreams become haunted by the mystery that is his past. Simona's Search is a riveting exploration of the bond between fathers and daughters, love and sacrifice, nature and nurture. Number of Pages: 92 Dimensions: 0.19 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Da...

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Report copyright infringementby Miranda Rose Hall (Author)After a disastrous first production, a fledgling theatre company wants to call it quits. But when the local librarian requests a new performance for Earth Day, the artists have a decision to make, and questions abound: What even is the Earth? And what's the deal with this weird fish? And isn't there supposed to be a storm tonight? Part scripted play, part guided introduction to devising methods, part environmental investigation and par...

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Report copyright infringementby Nichola McAuliffe (Author)A Royal encounter. An enduring love. A bungalow in Penge. For 60 years Helena has been Queen of Maurice's heart. But his Great Love is another Queen. The Queen Helena says he's never met. Maurice's Jubilee, a new play by award winning actress and writer Nichola McAuliffe, is a funny and poignant exploration of one man's enduring commitment to a dream. And an eternal love triangle fallen on hard times...Author BiographyNichola McAuliffe...

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Report copyright infringementby Julian Mitchell (Author)Retired entrepreneur William invites his four grown-up children to visit his beautiful converted barn in the Welsh Borders to celebrate his birthday. They all join with William's carer Solomon to toast another year, but each of them has their own business in mind... Warm, intelligent, witty and moving, Family Business is the world premiere production of Julian Mitchell's new play, looking at the complex relationships that underpin family...

Lies Have Been Told: A Evening with Robert Maxwell

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Report copyright infringementby Rod Beacham (Author)On November 5th 1991, Robert Maxwell, who had used hundreds of millions of pounds from his companies and their pension funds to prop up his ailing empire, disappeared overboard from his yacht in the Canary Islands. His body was later found floating in the ocean. The official verdict was accidental drowning, but others suggested he had committed suicide or been murdered by secret agents or Russian mafia hit men.Was Robert Maxwell a monster or...

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Report copyright infringementby Sean Mathias (Author)Swansea Boy is a coming-of-age play of deep humanity, gentle humour, and unwavering compassion. In 1980s Swansea, a young man discovers his sexuality and finds the courage to tell his parents that he is gay. While finding his way as an artist in London, he reconnects with a young man who becomes the love of his life, only to face heartbreak and loss when he discovers his partner has contracted AIDS. Number of Pages: 128 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Jason Odell Williams (Author)7-35 performers, any genderAh, the classic story of the budding writer who finds themselves trapped in an alternate sitcom multiverse. Tale as old as time.After declaring that college would be a waste of time and money, and that their one-time dream to be a comedy writer is an impractical pipe-dream, a high school student gets trapped in an alternate sitcom multiverse and can't find their way out. After some frustrating and hilariou...