Drama

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Fenton (Author)Shakespeare in the Parking Lot is an anthology of the three plays author and screenwriter Peter Fenton developed during his undergraduate years at Wheaton College. It's a literary collection meant to be a fun night of three adventure comedy plays performed back-to-back-to-back: Good Knight and Goodbye: A legendary knight is sent on a quest for the princess's hand in marriage but finds himself falling in love with the king's humble messeng...

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Report copyright infringementby Rachel Cort (Author)Would you believe me if I told you I loved him, despite all his flaws?Would you believe me if I told you that it felt perfect in all its imperfections, at least at times?Would you believe me if I told you I still don't know if it was better than the alternative?Would you believe me if I told you I still don't know if it was right or wrong?Would you believe my story? Or am I just crying wolf?I travelled across the country with a one-way ticke...

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Report copyright infringementby Aldous Huxley (Author)Over the course of his career, British writer Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) shifted away from elitist social satires and an atheistic outlook toward greater concern for the masses and the use of religious terms and imagery. This change in Huxley's thinking underlies the previously unpublished play Now More Than Ever. Written in 1932-1933 just after Brave New World, Now More Than Ever is a response to the social, economic, and political upheava...

Unborn Children of America and Other Family Procedures

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Report copyright infringementby Michele Markarian (Author)Michele Markarian's play [Parents of Typical Children] is a pertinent commentary on American society, in a world where average is no longer acceptable.- Shelley Molad, nytheatre.comMarkarian carefully crafts a story where problems are invented, and good fortune is ignored....Parents of Typical Children is great fun for those who perpetually want more, and the ones who laugh at them.-Cindy Pierre, talkinbroadway.comAuthor BiographyMiche...

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Report copyright infringementby Bonnie Atwood (Author), Doug Showalter (Editor)"Avalanche" represents how hard and fast this girl, indeed the world, grows up. Life will never again be safe and predictable. Without warning, sex, race, war, crime, and drugs tumble into the culture's consciousness. Nothing will be the same. Survival itself is a challenge.This is a work of fiction, but it is inspired by a true story, the story of the author's nineteenth year, when everything seemed new to her. It...

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Report copyright infringementby Valerie Isaiah Sadoh (Author)Blaire, an early twenty-something woman, struggles with the pain of a past trauma and loses herself in the fight for equality. Meanwhile her best friend Halle is stuck in a relationship defined by passé gender roles, which increasingly affects her friendship with Blaire.In a melodic yet naturalist style the two storylines of young women trying to find their way in the world intertwine, as with sarcasm and wit Pussy Liberty shows tha...

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Report copyright infringementby Carlo Goldoni (Author)Le Commedie is a collection of comedies by Carlo Goldoni, one of Italy's most important playwrights. These plays offer a vibrant and insightful look into 18th-century Italian society, with witty dialogue and memorable characters. Goldoni's work is celebrated for its realism, humor, and social commentary.This collection showcases Goldoni's mastery of the comedic form and his contribution to the development of modern Italian theater. These p...

Between a Man and a Woman & F*ckingLifeMate: The Plays of Scott James

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Report copyright infringementby Scott James (Author)Different ways of life aren't so far away from ours..."Between a Man and a Woman" is a gripping, thrilling and heartbreaking story of domestic abuse. A fast paced drama that questions if abuse is a learned behavior or something that is within us? It gives us an insight into what happens behind closed doors and whether that is actually just between husband and wife or whether it involves a larger number of people."F*ckingLifeMate" is an outra...

Chemistry in Theatre: Insuffi, Phalla ..

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Report copyright infringementby Djerassi Carl (Author)This book examines the questions "What can science do for the theatre?" and "What can the theatre do for science?" which raise challenges for both theatre professionals and scientists. Unusually, this book deals with plays first and foremost as reading material -- as texts to be read alone or in dramatic readings -- rather than emphasizing performances on the stage. Concrete examples are given to demonstrate the potential pedagogic value o...

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Report copyright infringementby Rachel Lulich (Author)In 1930s Germany a young woman, Anja Richter, struggles to navigate the rapidly changing world around her. Although her friends and mother become enamored with the pro-Nazi German Christian Faith Movement, Anja aligns herself with the anti-Nazi Confessing Church. But the price of resistance is high. Can Anja face the consequesnces of her convictions, or will she drown in the overwhelming sea of Nazi sentiment? Number of Pages...

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Report copyright infringementby David Overton (Author)11f, 3m actorsSomeone snaps a photo that was never meant to be taken. Now every phone in the high school is starting to buzz...HALL PASS is a gripping, real-time ensemble drama set entirely inside a high school girls' bathroom, where the ordinary rituals of teenage life - fixing makeup, swapping stories, checking phones - collide with the extraordinary speed of social media. In the span of a single school day, a photo of a popular senior s...

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Report copyright infringementby Bl Clark (Author)Amber Knight grows up in an abusive home in Eagle Peak. Circumstances cause her to leave in the middle of the night and leave behind everyone she was close to, including her mother and friends. And most importantly, the love of her life, Nicole Brooks. Ten years later, Amber is offered a place in an art show. Unfortunately for Amber, two of the pictures chosen are from her time in Eagle Peak. Amber must return to get release forms signed to sho...

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Report copyright infringementby Lindsey Ferrentino (Author)"Lindsey Ferrentino writes with a moral conscience second to none among her generation of playwrights." --Variety Nick's got a story to tell you. About how a routine traffic stop turned into a conviction for murder. About how he spent the next twenty-two years on death row. About how he finally petitioned the court, seeking not an appeal, but for his execution date. And about what happened next... Based on the extraordinary true story...

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Report copyright infringementby Lee Yun Taek (Author), Richard Nichols (Introduction by), Dongwook Kim (Translator)South Korean drama has received considerable attention in Europe and Asia, but, until recently, received only scant attention in the United States. This anthology contains early works (1989-1993) by one of Korea's leading theatre artists. These works reflect the nature of Lee Yun Taek's genius, his contributions to contemporary Korean theatre and the socio-political climate in So...

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Report copyright infringementby Steve D. Joseph (Author)A young boy born straight into the Miami drug game learns to navigate this underworld and soon realizes he may not make it out alive and only a moment of divine intervention can change everything for him. Number of Pages: 266 Dimensions: 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 10, 2020

A Place at My Table: A Memoir of Recovery from CPTSD

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Report copyright infringementby Kati Jade Richardson (Author)Raw, unfiltered, and deeply human, this memoir unpacks the tangled reality of recovering from Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD). With unflinching, emotional honesty, the author exposes the hidden wounds and everyday battles that come with surviving prolonged trauma. This is not a simple story of healing. It's a relentless reckoning with the past where love and rage collide, and the path to self-acceptance is neither str...

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Report copyright infringementby William Castano-Bedoya (Author)Exile isn't always physical. In this saga of love, courage, and brokenness, the author reflects on the journey of a suddenly impoverished family as they struggle to survive migration to a cold, uncaring third-world capital. Trying desperately to keep body and soul together, its members are torn apart by their inner exiles: A woman bearing child after child in silent submission to tradition. Children bewildered and detached by cons...

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Report copyright infringementby Tina Trumble (Author)A mother's heartfelt journey through unimaginable loss leads her on an adventure across the Eastern United States, where she honors her daughters' memories, cherishes their legacy, and discovers the beauty of life amidst the pain of grief and remembrance.In Everything Beautiful, readers are invited to walk alongside a grieving mother as she navigates the depths of sorrow following the tragic loss of her daughters in a car accident. This poi...

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Report copyright infringementby Aeschylus (Author)This volume presents literal translations of the seven surviving tragedies of Aeschylus, one of the foundational playwrights of ancient Greece. Included are such enduring works as "Agamemnon," "The Libation Bearers," "The Eumenides," "The Suppliants," "The Persians," "Seven Against Thebes," and "Prometheus Bound." Aeschylus's plays explore profound themes of justice, revenge, fate, and the human condition, offering timeless insights into the s...

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Report copyright infringementby Tosha R. Dearbone (Author), Angela R. Edwards (Editor), Joslyn Curley (Contribution by)Too often, we-as women-miss the mark. We get distracted by situations that cause us not to love ourselves. We slap on "that label" given to us by others that discredits who we are in Christ. We even blame God for our misfortunes...as if He didn't already save us.Here's the truth: We didn't 'suddenly' begin showing up in the world that way as an adult. Patterns we were exposed...

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Allain (Author)This Element argues that movement, overseen by a movement director, is vital for theatre-making. It can support actors with characterisation and playing others responsibly and ethically, for scripted and non-scripted tasks: from dances to fights, from parades to murders, or other human behaviour. Movement directing is an increasingly common role as it helps forge an ensemble and build 'worlds' on stage, and plays a crucial part in shaping ho...

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Report copyright infringementby John Watson (Author)The idea of retelling theatre stories began with a second-hand copy of Donald Sinden's Theatrical Anecdotes. Other anthologies, biographies and histories followed. Widening circles of biblio-graphies soon spread out into earlier anthologies and accounts, from practitioners within the theatre - Oxberry, Bunn, Wilkinson, Macready - as well as from the memoirs of ardent theatregoers - Pepys, Hunt, Moore, Haydon... But the remarkable degree to w...

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur Guy (Author)a violent act of murders forces brothers Gotti and Gutta from their mothers poverty stricken home only to discover the good life with their estranged sister Gucci. The experience of better living thrust then head first into the BadNews drug game escorted by Gucci's notorious boyfriend T-Money. Number of Pages: 218 Dimensions: 0.46 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: November 22, 2017

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Report copyright infringementby Jessica Knewasser (Author)Unlock Your Next Role with 101 Versatile Monologues!Whether you're a seasoned actor, a drama student, or just starting out, this powerful collection is designed to help you shine in any audition or performance. All monologues are non-gender specific and span a wide range of genres-dramatic, comedic, contemporary, and more-making them perfect for actors of any background or experience level.Drawn from real-life experiences, published wo...

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Report copyright infringementby John Lloyd Balderston (Author)"Berkeley Square: A Play in Three Acts" is a haunting and innovative work of dramatic literature that explores the boundaries of time and the persistence of memory. Written by John Lloyd Balderston and inspired by Henry James's unfinished novel "The Sense of the Past," this three-act play tells the evocative story of Peter Standish, a young American who finds himself transported from the 20th century to the year 1784 in London. As ...

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Report copyright infringementby Kipkeny Lagat (Author)The Squatters' Farm is a satirical masterpiece, told from a young boy's point of view spanning around survival and resilience. Born in Republic of Kalyaland, a country in post independence Africa, at the time when political greed was beginning to flourish, Kipsisei finds himself being brought up with his peers in a vast land of great abundance. To him at, first, life was like a smooth road filled with gaiety. However, life takes a nasty tw...

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Report copyright infringementby Stanislaw Wyspiański (Author), Charles S. Kraszewski (Translator)Although he never left his native Kraków except for relatively short periods, Stanislaw Wyspiański (1869-1907) achieved worldwide fame, both as a painter, and Poland's greatest dramatist of the first half of the twentieth century. Acropolis: the Wawel Plays, brings together four of Wyspiański's most important dramatic works in a new English translation by Charles S. Kraszewski. All of the plays ce...

The Works of Arthur Laurents: Politics, Love, and Betrayal

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Report copyright infringementby John M. Clum (Author)Arthur Laurents's career as a playwright, screenwriter, book writer for musicals and director spanned over half a century. His first Broadway play, Home of the Brave, was produced in 1945; his last play, Come Back, Come Back, Wherever You Are, was produced in 2009 when he was ninety-one. Although he is best known for his work on the classic musicals Gypsy and West Side Story and for his screenplays for Rope, The Way We Were, and The Turning...

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Report copyright infringementby John Galsworthy (Author)John Galsworthy won a Nobel Prize in literature in 1932. He is best known for writing the Forsyte Saga. Galsworthy campaigned for various social causes in his writing, including prison reform, censorship issues, women's rights, and the rights of animals. Galsworthy became known for his portrayal of the British upper middle class and for his social satire. His plays often took up specific social grievances such as the double standard of j...

Tragic Seneca: An Essay in the Theatrical Tradition

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Report copyright infringementby A. J. Boyle (Editor)First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Number of Pages: 266 Dimensions: 0.58 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: May 16, 2009

#OUCH! (An Accidental Comedy) - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Maryedith Burrell (Author)What doesn't kill you makes you stronger...or crazy...or both. "#OUCH! (An Accidental Comedy)" is a hilarious account of one woman's adventure in the modern American health care system. From the moment her dog leaves her broken in the mud, it's a wild ride. At the mercy of policemen who legally can't touch her and EMTs who legally can drug her, she winds up in trauma surgery at a hospital where a mystery rash is sweeping the wards. Bet...

Aphra Behn Stages the Social Scene in the Restoration Theatre

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Report copyright infringementby Dawn Lewcock (Author)Usually recognised as the first professional woman writer, Aphra Behn (1640-1689) has become a popular subject for academic study. Most scholars have concentrated on her poetry, her short stories, and her one full-length novel, finding fuel for arguments that suggest she was an early feminist or a proponent of anti-racism. Although there have been examinations of individual plays, the prefaces and epistles, as well as studies, none examine ...