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by Pearl Cleage (Author)"Pearl Cleage is a passionate, challenging playwright whose concerns for the species are unmistakable and profound. As a woman, as an African-American, her artistic objectivity and sensitivity to history combine with, but do not overshadow, her capacity to dig for truth and present it flat out as she sees it - with a finger snap or a shout and sometimes with a wink. Among the most satisfying roles I've undertaken on stage is surely Miss Leah in Flyin' West. She brings ...

Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven (Tcg Edition) - Paperback

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by Stephen Adly Guirgis (Author)"Guirgis, a lifelong New Yorker and a properly profane bard of the city, is a wizard at getting language to flow hot, funny, and fast...Guirgis's rough-cut gem of a play is rich with revelation and barbed empathy." --Alexandra Schwartz, New YorkerStephen Adly Guirgis brings his prodigious gifts for exploring the lives of social outcasts to new heights in this play about the inner workings of a women's halfway house in New York City, where the unmoored residents...

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by Dipika Guha (Author) Number of Pages: 94 Dimensions: 0.19 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: May 01, 2020

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Stephen Orgel (Introduction by), Stephen Orgel (Editor)The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books 50 Covers competition Gold Medal Winner of the 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 14 This edition of King Lear presents a conflated text, combining the 1608 Quarto and 1623 Folio Texts, edited with an introduction by series editor Stephen Orgel and was recently repackaged with cover art...

Shakespeare and Textual Theory - Hardcover

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by Suzanne Gossett (Author), Evelyn Gajowski (Editor)There is no Shakespeare without text. Yet readers often do not realize that the words in the book they hold, like the dialogue they hear from the stage, has been revised, augmented and emended since Shakespeare's lifetime. An essential resource for the history of Shakespeare on the page, Shakespeare and Textual Theory traces the explanatory underpinnings of these changes through the centuries. After providing an introduction to early modern...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Revised by the Author - Paperback

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by Edward Albee (Author)A bitter marriage unravels in Edward Albee's darkly humorous play--winner of the Tony Award for Best Play. "Twelve times a week," answered actress Uta Hagen when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In the same way, audiences and critics alike could not get enough of Edward Albee's masterful play. A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games. By the evening's end, a s...

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by Tony Kushner (Author)A powerful portrayal of individual dissolution in the face of political catastrophe, by the award-winning playwright of Angels in America.Back JacketPulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner's powerful portrayal of individual resolution, irresolution and dissolution in the face of political catastrophe, A Bright Room Called Day follows a group of artists and political activists struggling to preserve themselves in 1930s Berlin as the Weimar Republic surrenders to ...

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by Sanaz Toossi (Author)Winner! 2023 Pulitzer Prize in DramaWinner! 2023 Obie Award for Best New American PlayIt's 2008, and four Iranians assemble triweekly in a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) class in Karaj, Iran. The students are led by Marjan, an anglophile who abolishes Farsi from her classroom. They translate Ricky Martin and endure major preposition confusion; they discover how to be funny in English and ponder what they will lose in the process. As the class slowly devo...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Barbara a. Mowat (Editor), Paul Werstine (Editor)The authoritative edition of Henry VI, Part 2 from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers. Henry VI, Part 2 presents a kind of story that was popular before Shakespeare began writing, tracing the fall of powerful individuals to their untimely deaths. The first to go is the Duke of Gloucester, Lord Protector of England and the most powerful ...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Barbara a. Mowat (Editor), Paul Werstine (Editor)The authoritative edition of Henry VI, Part 3 from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers. Henry VI, Part 3 is dominated by a struggle between two military forces, neither of which can achieve victory for long. Until the end, the Yorkists and Lancastrians strive for the English crown. The conflict between these two families began under Rich...

How to Write a Story: (Read-Aloud Book, Learn to Read and Write) - Hardcover

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by Kate Messner (Author), Mark Siegel (Illustrator)The inspiring sequel to the 2015 Parent's Choice Winner, How to Read a Story Step 1: Choose an idea for your story. A good one.Step 2: Decide on a setting. Don't be afraid to mix things up.Step 3: Create a heroine--or a hero.Now: Begin. Accomplished storytellers Kate Messner and Mark Siegel playfully chronicle the process of becoming a writer in this fun follow-up to How to Read a Story, guiding young storytellers through the joys and challe...

More Likely Dead: An American Story Crime, Drugs, Sex, Violence-Redemption? - Paperback

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by Keith Hutchison (Author)MORE LIKELY DEAD An American Story Crime, Drugs, Sex, Violence-Redemption is a true story about a young man in California lost and thrown into a world of drugs, sex, and violence. This is a look back at how he got there. It's a rough ride with rays of light and a chance for self-redemption. Everyone has a story. This is mine. It's an adventure I didn't sign up for, a mental struggle to avoid self-destruction. But it is the path I traveled on the ride of my life. Num...

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by Mohamed Cherif (Author)The story of Mayas and extraterrestrials took a serious behavior day after day with new discovering of artifacts and updated studies about this subject.Strange facts emerges with the time to confirm the ancient strong relation between the two parts.In this book you'll find: -Scientifially proven Artifacts showing relation between Ancient Aliens and Mesoamerians.-New credible artifacts from different sources describing the nature of bridge between Mayas and Aliens.-Th...

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

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by Sophocles (Author), Robert Fagles (Translator), Bernard Knox (Introduction by)The heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C. Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated Theban royal family--Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus--are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. Robert Fagles's authoritative and acclaimed translation conveys all of Sophocles's lucidity and po...

Caligula and Three Other Plays: A New Translation by Ryan Bloom - Paperback

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by Albert Camus (Author)Four thought-provoking masterworks for the theater by the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Stranger and The Plague, in a restorative new translation by Ryan Bloom that brings together, for the first time in English, Camus's final versions of the plays, along with deleted scenes and alternate lines of dialogue. Though known for his novels that plumb the depths of absurdism, it was the theater stage that Camus called "one of the only places in the world I'm happy." Af...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Andrew Gurr (Editor), Claire McEachern (Introduction by)In this updated edition of King Richard II, Claire McEachern provides a fresh introductory section in which she discusses the most important productions and scholarly criticism of recent years. Paying particular attention to the focus on religion in contemporary interpretations of the play, McEachern also analyses the increasing number of performances on stage and screen. Andrew Gurr's acclaimed introduct...

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by Luis Valdez (Author)Drama. Latino American Studies. Luis Valdez is a leading figure in Hispanic theater with outstanding achievements from a variety of venues from flatbed truck and conventional stages to the silver and small screens. With his many successes Valdez has remained a rebel and an innovator, as well as the re-creator of Hispanic traditions. This book contains three of the most important and critically acclaimed Valdez plays. "Zoot Suit" is a play that deals with the infamous "P...

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by David Lindsay-Abaire (Author)A Pulitzer Prize-winning play about carrying on in the shadow of loss.Author BiographyDavid Lindsay-Abaire is the Pulitzer-winning author of Rabbit Hole, which was made into a feature film. He is the author of Good People, Fuddy Meers, Wonder of the World, A Devil Inside and Kimberly Akimbo, as well as the book and lyrics to Shrek the Musical. He has written the screenplays for Rabbit Hole, Rise of the Guardians and Oz: The Great and Powerful. Born in South Bos...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), William Montgomery (Editor), Janis Lull (Introduction by)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 text used. Updated by gener...

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by Obert Holl (Author)My book, which is titled "Lost Inheritance", is a family bio spanning 5 generations dating back to the middle of the 18th century. It begins with the founding of the Khumalo kingdom of Matabeleland, followed by the colonization of Rhodesia, the unilateral declaration of Independence by the Smith Regime, the struggle for national independence, the creation of the new state of Zimbabwe and the subsequent economic collapse.The book also gives a detailed account of the Holl ...

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by Hope Kelley (Author)5 STARS "Brilliant novel Gripping from beginning to end " Miles Merritt, Writer and Filmmaker "Riveting story You are hooked immediately " Edward J. Ferris, Author "Hope Kelley is a magnificent and brilliant writer " Lupita Almaraz Aguilar, Author and PoetFire in Forgotten is a western novel spanning decades, with the story beginning in 1928. This is the tale of two men, Henry Champion and George Baker, who feud their entire lives over a tragic incident they witnesse...

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

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by Edmond Rostand (Author), Lowell Bair (Translator), Eteel Lawson (Introduction by)Regarded as one of the greatest dramas ever written, Cyrano de Bergerac is the story of the silver-tongued soldier whose unfortunate looks drive him to woo his love by speaking for his handsome but dull-witted rival. Cyrano de Bergerac occupies a unique place in the modern theater. Deliberately disavowing realism and contemporary relevance, Edmond Rostand's masterpiece represents a turning back in both time an...

Bad Boy Nietzsche! and Other Plays - Paperback

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by Richard Foreman (Author)Richard Foreman has been at the leading edge of the theatrical avant-garde in the United States and throughout the world since 1968. His legendary productions, written and directed by him at his Ontological-Hysteric Theatre have influenced two generations of theater artists. This new anthology collects plays written and performed over six years, including Now That Communism Is Dead My Life Feels Empty, Maria del Bosco, Panic (How to Be Happy ), Bad Boy Nietzsche , B...

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by James Söderholm (Author)Hamlet is a twelve year-old boy who hangs out in cemeteries and has a black horse called Nightmare. Yorick is alive and well and teaching the gloomy little prince how to play with words. Young Hamlet worries that he will never be a good king because he thinks too much and doesn't like killing things or grabbing more land. Hamlet debates theology with Horatio and goes swimming with Ophelia but spends most of his time learning how to be a wise fool before Yorick myste...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Leather

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Michael A. Cramer (Introduction by)No library is complete without the classics! This leather-bound edition includes the complete works of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare, considered by many to be the English language's greatest writer. Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, Hamlet, and Macbeth--the works of William Shakespeare still resonate in our imaginations four centuries after they were written. The timeless characters and the...

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Journey: Behind the Scenes of the Award-Winning Stage Production - Hardcover

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by Harry Potter Theatrical Productions (Author), Jody Revenson (Author)The official behind-the-scenes book of the record-breaking, award-winning play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is one of the most celebrated stage productions of the past decade. Opening in London's West End in 2016, on Broadway in 2018, in Melbourne in 2019 -- and with more productions worldwide still to come (including San Francisco later this year) -- the play has smashed records, col...

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by August Wilson (Author)The revival of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play starring Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Brooks, and John David Washington is now on Broadway! Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, this modern American classic is about family, and the legacy of slavery in America. August Wilson has already given the American theater such spell-binding plays about the black experience in 20th-century America as Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Joe Turner's Co...

Classical Tragedy Greek and Roman: Eight Plays with Critical Essays - Paperback

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by Various Authors (Author)A collection of eight plays along with accompanying critical essays. Includes: The Oresteia - Aeschylus; Prometheus Bound - Aeschylus; Oedipus the King - Sophocles; Antigone - Sophocles; Medea - Euripides; The Bakkhai - Euripides; Oedipus - Seneca; Medea - Seneca. Number of Pages: 568 Dimensions: 1.4 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: April 01, 2000

Blue Heart (Revised Tcg Edition) - Paperback

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by Caryl Churchill (Author)"Substantial, provocative, immensely stylish works which create an unsettling mixture of wild laughter and profound unease . . . A major hit." --Telegraph "A fiendishly clever and surreal play, timed to perfection." --Guardian "The play of the year." --Independent Blue Heart consists of two related short plays, Heart's Desire and Blue Kettle. Both are teasingly entertaining and brilliantly executed: one about a father and daughter, the other about a mother and son. ...

Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays - Paperback

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by David Henry Hwang (Author)"David Henry Hwang is a true original. A native of Los Angeles, born to immigrant parents, he has one foot on each side of a cultural divide. He knows America - its vernacular, its social landscape, its theatrical traditions. He knows the same about China. In his plays, he manages to mix both of these conflicting cultures until he arrives at a style that is wholly his own. Mr. Hwang's works have the verve of well-made American comedies and yet, with little warning...

Time Stands Still (Tcg Edition) - Paperback

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by Donald Margulies (Author)"The play's two hours fly by as if you've barely taken a breath. . . . Ethical dilemmas arise like exploding mines."-Variety"Mr. Margulies is a skilled practitioner of fluid dialogue that is naturally funny and sensibly smart." -The New York TimesIn his "absorbing intelligent" (Los Angeles Times) and timely new play, Donald Margulies uncovers the layers of a relationship between a photojournalist and foreign correspondent--once addicted to the adrenaline of documen...

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by Linda Tumelo (Author)How I Kept My Self-worth is a heart-wrenching, profound personal story that will teach you how to heal from childhood trauma, handle family conflict, learn self-care and how to persevere no matter how many times you fall, and to never, ever lose faith in God. How I Kept my Self-worth has inspirational, encouraging, motivational and uplifting Bible verses to guide you through every point of your life. This book is dedicated to anyone who is trying to heal from childhood...