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Take My Coxcomb: Shakespeare's Clown-Servants from Late Feudal to Proto-Capitalist Economies in Early Modern England - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby G. Neasman Everett G. Neasman (Author)With the early growth of monarchal absolutism in England, professional acting troupes established themselves. These dramatists of a 'new secular seriousness' act in the shadow of waning Catholic cycle plays controlled by the church. By Shakespeare's time, professional acting troupes are forces of economic production. Specifically, "Take My Coxcomb" analyzes the ways in which the clowns affect three aspects of Shakespeare's...

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Report copyright infringementby William Shakespeare (Author)Classic Books Library presents this new beautiful edition of "Shakespeare's Sonnets" (1609). Featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare, it is a must for classical poetry enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Shakespeare's collection of 154 sonnets beautifully explore the age-old human themes of love and beauty, time and mortality, and contain some of the most revered lines in poetry such as, "Shall I compare ...

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Report copyright infringementby William Shakespeare (Author)As You Like It is a play written by William Shakespeare, first published in 1623. The play is a romantic comedy that follows the story of Rosalind, the daughter of an exiled duke, who falls in love with Orlando, the son of one of her father's enemies. When Rosalind is banished from the court, she disguises herself as a man and flees to the Forest of Arden, where she meets a host of eccentric characters and finds unexpected love.The p...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Barbara a. Mowat (Editor), Paul Werstine (Editor)In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love. Theseus and Hippolyta, about to marry, are figures from mythology. In the woods outside Theseus's Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves out into couples--but not before they form first one love triangle, and then another. Also in the woods, the king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orph...

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by Steph Deferie (Author)In the middle of the Middle Ages, Morton Montesque's troupe of travelling players happily believe they've volunteered to perform their play about a dragon for King Stanley The Stern. Actually, they've volunteered to slay a real dragon When they discover their mistake, it's too late to back out - but how can they succeed where so many brave heroes have failed? And this is one nasty, scary dragon Fortunately, they'll get help from a bookish prince who knows the secret...

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by Sarah Ruhl (Author)Dramatic Comedy / 5m, 2f / Unit Set In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, and breathtaking visual effects, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story. "RHAPSODICALLY BEAUTIFUL. A weird and wonderful new p...

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by Samuel D. Hunter (Author)Characters: 3 male, 2 female Interior Winner 2011 Obie Award for Playwriting Nominated for the 2011 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Samuel D. Hunter's A Bright New Boise is a earnest comedy about the meager profits of modern faith. In the bleak, corporate break room of a craft store in Idaho, someone is summoning The Rapture. Will, who has fled his rural hometown after a scandal at his Evangelical church, comes to the Hobby Lobby, not only f Number of Pages:...

Greatest Comedies of Shakespeare (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) - Hardcover

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by William Shakespeare (Author) This edition encapsulates the best of the world of Shakespearean comedy-- a world that is rife with hilarious misconceptions, misunderstandings, and deception, with men and women disguised to switch their sexual identities, and where accidents and errors mysteriously lead to comical and ultimately happy consequences. Collected in this beautiful edition are A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, and As You Like I...

Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh - Paperback

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by John Lahr (Author)John Lahr has produced a theater biography like no other. Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh gives intimate access to the mind of one of the most brilliant dramatists of his century, whose plays reshaped the American theater and the nation's sense of itself. This astute, deeply researched biography sheds a light on Tennessee Williams's warring family, his guilt, his creative triumphs and failures, his sexuality and numerous affairs, his misreported death, eve...

The Girl Who Swallowed Office Supplies - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Belinda Sutton Mitchell (Author)THE GIRL WHO SWALLOWED OFFICE SUPPLIES is a collection of stories from the life of a mental health social worker.Stories get our attention. They entertain us, inform us, motivate us. But mostly they awaken us to the human condition. Stories are powerful purveyors of truth.These stories are sometimes tragic, sometimes hopeful, sometimes humorous--but all are filled with drama. We love psychology and thinking about what makes us, a...

Hamlet: No Fear Shakespeare Side-By-Side Plain English - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Sparknotes (Author)Read Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance--and understand what every word means! Don't be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular study guides make the Bard's plays accessible and enjoyable for students. This No Fear Shakespeare guide contains: The complete text of Hamlet, the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of help...

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Report copyright infringementby Euripides (Author)One of the greatest tragedies of the ancient world, The Medea tells the story of a woman who takes revenge on her unfaithful husband by killing their children. Full of powerful emotions and complex characters, this play is a timeless masterpiece that speaks to the darkest aspects of human nature.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...

Romeo and Juliet: No Fear Shakespeare Side-By-Side Plain English - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Sparknotes (Author)Read Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance--and understand what every word means! Don't be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard's plays accessible and enjoyable. Each No Fear Shakespeare guide contains: The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts the words into everyday language A complete list of characters, with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary Author Biogra...

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by Sophocles (Author), Carl Phillips (Translator), Diskin Clay (Introduction by)Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Under the general editorship of Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro, each volume inc...

As You Like It: No Fear Shakespeare Side-By-Side Plain English - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Sparknotes (Author)Read Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance--and understand what every word means! Don't be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard's plays accessible and enjoyable. Each No Fear guide contains: The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts the words into everyday language A complete list of characters, with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary Author BiographyWILLIAM SHAKESPEA...

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by Anton Chekhov (Author), Stephen Karam (Adapted by)A fresh take on a classic by the Tony Award-winning playwright of The Humans "Mr. Karam's plays aren't tearful, but they are often about loss--of love, of health, of innocence--and the messy, haphazard, necessary ways we get on with our lives afterward... He specializes in painful comedies that really shouldn't be as funny as they are. Karam is a mature writer, very much in command of his gifts." --New York Times "Stephen Karam is among the...

Oh, Wild West!: Three New Plays - Paperback

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by Culture Clash (Author)"Midway through Water & Power comes a scene so perfectly written, so chilling and yet so hilarious [it] encapsulates all the anger and social criticism fueling [the play], beginning with the agonizing realization (also central to Culture Clash's smash Chavez Ravine) that the fates of the L.A. many are held in the hands of the often capricious and heartless few."--Variety"The funniest show the Bay Area comedy troupe has ever written. Culture Clash uses the story [o...

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by Anne Carson (Author)Anne Carson has published translations of the ancient Greek poets Sappho, Simonides, Aiskhylos, Sophokles and Euripides. Antigonick is her seminal work. Sophokles' luminous and disturbing tragedy is here given an entirely fresh language and presentation. This paperback edition includes a new preface by the author, "Dear Antigone." Number of Pages: 51 Dimensions: 0.2 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN Publication Date: May 29, 2015

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Report copyright infringementby William Shakespeare (Author)The authoritative edition of Richard II from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.Shakespeare's Richard II presents a momentous struggle between Richard II and his cousin Henry Bolingbroke. Richard is the legitimate king; he succeeded his grandfather, King Edward III, after the earlier death of his father Edward, the Black Prince. Yet Richard is also seen by m...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Barbara a. Mowat (Editor), Paul Werstine (Editor)The authoritative edition of Macbeth from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers. In 1603, James VI of Scotland ascended the English throne, becoming James I of England. London was alive with an interest in all things Scottish, and Shakespeare turned to Scottish history for material. He found a spectacle of violence and stories of traitors ...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Russ McDonald (Editor), Russ McDonald (Introduction by)The New York Theater Workshop's production of Othello, starring Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo, and directed by Tony award-winning director Sam Gold, opened in November 2016. This production was sponsored in part by The Pelican Shakespeare series and Penguin Classics. Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books 50 Covers competition Gold Medal Winner of the 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 14 This editio...

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by August Wilson (Author)"Wilson's melody here is the mournful sound of what might have been, a blues-tinged tale about a driven, almost demonic man. He's a petty thief named King who will stop at nothing for a better life. . . . King Hedley is a big play, filled with big emotions and big speeches. These aria-like monologues are rich in humor, heartbreak and the astonishing details that go into creating real people. With his latest arrival on Broadway, Wilson only has the first and last decad...

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by Shelagh Delaney (Author)A Taste of Honey tells the story of a working-class adolescent girl and her various relationships: the black sailor who gets her pregnant; the homosexual art student who moves into her apartment to help her through the pregnancy; her fun-loving and saloon-frequenting mother; and Peter, her mother's newly acquired husband.Back JacketA sensational theatrical success in London, A Taste Of Honey was written by Shelagh Delaney at the age of 18. The play prompted Graham G...

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Report copyright infringementby Juan Ruiz de Alarcon y. Mendoza (Author)La verdad sospechosa constituye una de las obras claves del teatro barroco hispanoamericano, comparable a las mejores piezas de Lope de Vega o Tirso de Molina. Enredo amoroso y didactismo son dos ingredientes fundamentales de esta comedia seria articulada en torno a la figura de su protagonista, el mentiroso D. Garc a. La mentira siempre tiene sus razones y, m s all de lo que llamamos mentiras piadosas, su objetivo es si...

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Report copyright infringementby Sophocles (Author)Ajax is a Greek tragedy written in the 5th century BC by Sophocles. The Greek tragedy chronicles the fate of the warrior Ajax after the events of the Iliad, but before the end of the Trojan War. At the start of Sophocles Greek tragedy, Ajax is enraged because his cousin Achilles' armor was awarded to Odysseus, rather than to him. Ajax vows to kill the Greek leaders who disgraced him. Ajax is considered a literature & fiction classic in the...

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Report copyright infringementby Bernard Shaw (Author)Arms and the Man was George Bernard Shaw's first commercially successful play. It is a comedy about idealized love versus true love. A young Serbian woman idealizes her war-hero fiance and thinks the Swiss soldier who begs her to hide him a terrible coward. After the war she reverses her opinions, though the tangle of relationships must be resolved before her ex-soldier can conclude the last of everyone's problems with Swiss exactitude. The...

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Report copyright infringementby August Wilson (Author)August Wilson's radical and provocative call to arms.Author BiographyAugust Wilson is the most influential and successful African American playwright writing today. He is the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences, The Piano Lesson, King Hedley II, Ma Rainy's Black Bottom, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Seven Guitars, Two Trains Running, Jitney and Radio Golf. His plays have been produced all over the world. Number of P...

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Report copyright infringementby Cheryl Bowyer (Author)The Deceitful Sister-in-Law is a story about a young girl named Katie who had grown up in a large family. She married young and had a family of her own. She had her heart broken by her husband, whom she felt was her one true love, and she had to return home to her parents with her children, having to rely on the comfort and support to help her and her children heal their broken hearts and help Katie rebuild a solid foundation for her and h...

Cyrano de Bergerac: An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts - Paperback

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by Edmond Rostand (Author)This is Edmond Rostand's immortal play in which chivalry and wit, bravery and love are forever captured in the timeless spirit of romance. Set in Louis XIII's reign, it is the moving and exciting drama of one of the finest swordsmen in France, gallant soldier, brilliant wit, tragic poet-lover with the face of a clown. Rostand's extraordinary lyric powers gave birth to a universal hero--Cyrano De Bergerac--and ensured his own reputation as author of one of the best-lo...

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by Euripides (Author), Heather McHugh (Author), David Konstan (Introduction by)Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Under the general editorship of Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro, each volume incl...

The Rude Awakening of Theodor Moody - Hardcover

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by Per Jacobsen (Author)From the bestselling author of the Strung trilogy comes a new, nerve-wracking family drama with a hint of both horror and supernatural phenomena.Theodor Moody is a semi-demented, life-weary, petty racist, and generally grumpy old man.Yuki Rowley is a modest, patient, and kind-hearted Thai cleaning lady.At first glance, these two people are irreconcilable opposites, but both have their fate lying in the hands of others, as Theodor's family wants to forcibly enroll him i...

The Rude Awakening of Theodor Moody - Paperback

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