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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

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by Marrijane Hayes (Author), Joseph Hayes (Author)Farce Marrijane Hayes and Joseph Hayes Characters: 8 male 10 female Interior Set James Clark plans to spend a peaceful summer concentrating on getting elected president of his country club a first step toward becoming District Attorney in the fall. Uncle Jimmie's plans go astray when Pamela 17 and Sonny 15 arrive. He wins his election with inventive help from the kids but they also all but wreck James' romance and turn the house upside down. N...

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by Tina Prima Knaps (Author) Number of Pages: 198 Dimensions: 0.42 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 10, 2024

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by Tina Prima Knaps (Author) Number of Pages: 198 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 10, 2024

The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues: The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues: More Than 150 Monologues from More Than 70 Playw - Paperback

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by Nina Shengold (Editor)This unique anthology provides a wealth of material for actors and acting students, and a wonderful overview of the best recent plays for anyone interested in theatre. The more than 150 monologues cover a diverse range of subjects, and offer a variety of dramatic styles and moods. Each monologue is introduced with a short description of the plot, setting, and character type by the leading plauwrights of our time. Featured dramatists include: Christopher Durang, Wend...

The Friendly Shakespeare: A Thoroughly Painless Guide to the Best of the Bard - Paperback

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by Norrie Epstein (Author)"Brings the Bard to the masses, makes his plays accessible, and, well, provides fun for the reader."--The New York Times An introduction to Shakespeare for everyoneDorrie Greenspan provides a delightful guide to the history and work of Shakespeare in a lively, entertaining voice. Providing "a browsing compendium that will educate and entertain students, teachers, actors and theatergoers " (Publishers Weekly).Author BiographyNorrie Epstein has lectured extensively at ...

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by Various (Author), Jeffrey H. Richards (Editor)This unique volume includes eight early dramas that mirror American literary, social, and cultural history: Royall Tylers The Contrast (1789); William Dunlap'sAndre (1798); James Nelson Barker's The Indian Princess (1808); Robert Montgomery Bird's The Gladiator (1831); William Henry Smith's The Drunkard(1844); Anna Cora Mowatt's Fashion (1845); George Aiken's Uncle Tom's Cabin(1852); and Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon (1859). For more than seve...

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by Edward Bond (Author)This volume includes the TV version and the stage adaptation "When you marry, have kids...you'll still be in that chair." An ordinary city flat. Evening. A man tries to talk to his daughter. She will not answer. The play moves through the prison of the mind, to that of the outside world in a search that leads to a tragedy.Edward Bond is "a great playwright - many, particularly in continental Europe, would say the greatest living English playwright" (Independent)Back Jac...

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by Kate Ellis (Author)The first ever critical edition of Thomas Heywood's 1626 play, Dick of Devonshire, presented for the first time with an anthology of its source material. Number of Pages: 192 Dimensions: 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 17, 2024

The Methuen Drama Anthology of Modern Asian Plays - Paperback

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by Kevin J. Wetmore Jr (Author), Siyuan Liu (Author), Claire Conceison (Translator)A companion volume to Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900-2000, this anthology contains nine emblematic scripts from twentieth and twenty-first century Asian theatre. Opening with a history of modern Asian drama and a summary of the plays and their contexts, it features nine works written between 1912 and 2009 in Japan, China, Korea, India, Indonesia and Vietnam. Showcasing fresh contemporary writing alo...

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by Aphra Behn (Author)Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave is a short work of prose fiction by Aphra Behn (1640-1689), published in 1688 by William Canning and reissued with two other fictions later that year. The eponymous hero is an African prince from Coramantien who is tricked into slavery and sold to British colonists in Surinam where he meets the narrator. Behn's text is a first person account of his life, love, rebellion, and execution. Behn, often cited as the first known professional female...

Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son - Paperback

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by Horace George Lorimer (Author)George Horace Lorimer (October 6, 1867 - October 22, 1937) was an American journalist and author. He is best known as the editor of The Saturday Evening Post. In the early 1900s Lorimer published several books, including Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son, Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously...

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by Tuyen Do (Author)The Nguyen family are nursing deep wounds and secrets. Escaping war-torn Vietnam has left scars that no one is willing to talk about. As the family gradually integrates into their new life in Britain, the youngest daughter Mai turns to photography, her camera becoming a conduit through which she navigates her dual identity as a second generation immigrant and chronicles her community's experiences.Author BiographyTuyen Do is an actor and writer. She was part of the Royal C...

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by Edmund Spenser (Author)One of the greatest of English poets, Edmund Spenser was born in East Smithfield, London, in 1552. He was educated in London at the Merchant Taylors' School and later at Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1579, he published The Shepheardes Calender, his first major work. Edmund journeyed to Ireland in July 1580, in the service of the newly appointed Lord Deputy, Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton. His time included the terrible massacre at the Siege of Smerwick. The...

Drowning: the brutally honest journey of a divorced mom: Revitalizing Jane - Paperback

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by Jenni James (Author)It's only been a year since her divorce, so why would Jane Adamson do something as stupid as attempt to date again? Wasn't her marriage scarring enough? The answer was simple-her kids. They worried about her and wanted to see her happy again. She needed to be happy . She needed to learn to trust again and feel pretty again and human again. As a mom of five, it was too easy to hide herself away and focus just on her kids. Who needs men, anyway? Join Jane in part one of a...

The Battle of Barking Creek. - Paperback

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by Joe Wells (Author)The Battle of Barking Creek is a short play written about the true story of a friendly fire incident which took place on the third day of World War Two. It is set in the Courts Martial at Bentley Priory and tells the story of the 6th September 1939 and the events of that fateful day resulting in the death of one of our fighter pilots. Number of Pages: 26 Dimensions: 0.06 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 29, 2017

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The Owl and the Pussycat Went to See... - Paperback

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by Sheila Ruskin (Author), Edward Lear (Based on a Book by)A musical dramatization of the adventures of the Owl and Pussycat at sea and in the Land where the Bong Trees grow. Number of Pages: 94 Dimensions: 0.19 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: March 01, 1971

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by Susan Glaspell (Author), George Cram Cook (Author)A collection of plays written by George Cram Cook and Susan Glaspell, including 'Suppressed Desires', 'The Outside', and 'Tickless Time'.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as n...

Shakespeare's Poems; Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, The Passionate Pilgrim, Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music, The Phoenix and Turtle - Hardcover

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by Charles Knox Pooler (Author)A comprehensive collection of William Shakespeare's poetry, including his most famous works of The Sonnets and Venus and Adonis, showcasing his incredible talent as a poet and his mastery of language.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may f...

The Increased Difficulty of Concentration - Paperback

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by Vaclav Havel (Author), Vera Blackwell (Author)This classic farce done in thirty scenes with no chronological sequence concerns a doctor of philosophy who has a wife a mistress and a secretary whose beautiful legs make it difficult for him to concentrate when she is taking dictation. Number of Pages: 60 Dimensions: 0.12 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: April 07, 2017

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by Edward Murch (Author)14 characters / 8-14 females or mixed cast35 minutesScenery: bare stageA play about Holy Week dramatic and powerful in its simplicity. The events leading up to the Crucifixion are seen by a mother searching for her son. When she comes to the Cross she asks forgiveness and we find she is not the mother of Jesus as we had been led to believe but the mother of Judas. The surprise is no mere theatrical trick but the whole point of the play. "Are you not betrayers too?" she...

Memorias de una pianista: La extraordinaria historia de una cubana prodigio - Paperback

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by Betty Viamontes (Author)"Una historia que abarca toda una vida. Es rica en im?genes y, a veces, es ligera y divertida, a pesar de la seriedad del tel?n de fondo de una Cuba todav?a encadenada". Susana Jim?nez-Mueller, podcaster internacional de Cuban Stories on The Green Plantain y autora de Now I Swim. Una historia fascinante, divertida e inspiradora, sobre la familia, la rivalidad entre hermanos y el amor. En 1966, a los quince a?os, Milagros, t?mida, pero extraordinariamente talentosa y...

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by Raj Lowenstein (Author)Detective Daniel Hartman lives in a three-story condo in the Montrose section of Houston that he rents from his twin brother, Dr. David Hartman. When Daniel wakes up to discover awoman, naked and recovering from a savage attack, his first instincts are those of a detective. The woman is not a stranger, however. His life will change as the woman becomes entwined not only with his life but also with his heart. The woman, Michael Braun, is scared, homeless, and unsure o...

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by Don Anderson (Author)In 2 Kings 4:8 and continuing in 8:1, there is a story about a very special woman, a "notable woman" who fascinated me to the point that I felt driven to tell her story. Her story was, for me, extremely different and more intriguing than any of the other famous stories in the Bible. Having been on temporary duty in the Middle East for a while and having become somewhat familiar with the culture there made her actions and attitude stand out even more. Among the issues I...

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by York Walker (Author)Two years after his sudden disappearance, struggling guitarist Johnny "Honeycomb" James returns to his small town a blues star, sparking rumors that he may have made a deal with the devil to attain his musical genius. Inspired by the myth of Robert Johnson, this haunting, Gothic play explores the power of belief and tests the thin veil between rumor and truth. Number of Pages: 96 Dimensions: 0.2 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: December 16, 2024

Made in America and the Hidden Stories of The Sopranos - Paperback

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by Steve Else (Author)Made in America and the Hidden Stories of The Sopranos by Steve Else shows how most viewers have misunderstood the mysterious finale of television's greatest drama. It is shown to be one of a number of narratives secreted within The Sopranos which require extra attention to be paid to subtle clues. Made in America is revealed as a dream of the central character Tony Soprano, the final one of a series of his presented in the show. This fully referenced book, the first ful...

Colecci?n de William Shakespeare - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author)Esta colecci?n re?ne las obras m?s c?lebres e influyentes de William Shakespeare, considerado uno de los m?s grandes dramaturgos y poetas de todos los tiempos. En estas p?ginas encontrar?s piezas inmortales como Hamlet, Romeo y Julieta, Macbeth, Otelo, y muchas m?s.Las obras de Shakespeare exploran temas universales como el amor, la traici?n, la ambici?n, el poder y la condici?n humana, presentados con una profundidad emocional y una riqueza ling??stica incompar...