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by Robert Icke (Author)First, do no harm. How do we defend the "truth" when no one agrees what it is and many have reason to undermine it? Very freely adapting Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler, Robert Icke's gripping moral thriller uses the lens of medical ethics to examine urgent questions of faith, belief, and scientific rationality. After a critically acclaimed run at London's Almeida Theatre, The Doctor transferred to the West End in September 2022. This revised and updated editi...

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by Pravin Wilkins (Author)Winner! 2020 Theatre503 International Playwriting AwardAugust, 2016. The NFL is being shaken by Colin Kaepernick's monumental decision. Whilst other players join him in taking the knee, star running back Luis Moreno is all about his game - and his pay check. A record-breaking season is in sight - but America's leadership is changing. When a destructive new reality hits close to home, Luis is forced to ask whether politics have a place on the field, and if he is willi...

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by Adam Szymkowicz (Author)Welcome to Colchester, a small town where everybody knows each other and the pace of life allows the pursuit of love to take up as much space as it needs. Our tour guide is Suzanne, the town photographer, who lets us peek into her neighbors' lives to catch glimpses of romance in all its stages of development. A play about love, nostalgia, the seasons and how we learn to say goodbye. Number of Pages: 72 Dimensions: 0.15 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: April 29, 2019

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by Thornton Wilder (Author)Meet George and Maggie Antrobus of Excelsior, New Jersey, a suburban, commuter-town couple (married for 5,000 years), who bear more than a casual resemblance to that first husband and wife, Adam and Eve: the two Antrobus children, Gladys (perfect in every way, of course) and Henry (who likes to throw rocks and was formerly known as Cain); and their garrulous maid, Sabina (the eternal seductress), who takes it upon herself to break out of character and interrupt the ...

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by Billy Van Zandt (Author), Jane Milmore (Author), William Van Zandt (Author)Comedy / Characters: 7 male, 3 female Scenery: Interior A cast of has been actors plan to revive their careers in Drop Dead , a potboiler murder mystery directed by "Wonder Child of the Broadway Stage" Victor Le Pewe (a psychotic eye twitching megalomaniac). At the dress rehearsal the set falls, props break, and the producer and an actor are murdered. During the opening night performance, the murders continue. The r...

Hamlet. Tragedia (Obra de Teatro) / The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (a Play) - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author)El excelente estudio de ?ngel-Luis Pujante examina la naturaleza confusa e incierta de la tragedia y destaca c?mo sus elementos misteriosos y que invitan a la reflexi?n la hacen tan atractiva.Gu?a de lectura de Clara Calvo.HAMLET, la obra m?s conocida de Shakespeare, es en realidad una pieza llena de lagunas e indefiniciones. Una obra enigm?tica y misteriosa, en la que cada personaje es un artista de la simulaci?n. El propio Hamlet es un ser en continua transfor...

William Shakespeare Comedies - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author)Bring on the merriment whenever you open this collection of Shakespeare's entertaining comedies. The comedies of William Shakespeare--including The Tempest, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and As You Like It--have entertained readers and theatergoers for centuries. This elegant Word Cloud edition of William Shakespeare Comedies includes all fourteen of the Bard's comedies in a single volume so readers can revisit their favorite plays and passage...

The Art of War (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) - Hardcover

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by Sun Tzu (Author) The Art of War is a renowned ancient Chinese military treatise written by Sun Tzu, a military strategist and philosopher. Composed around the fifth century BC, it provides valuable insights into warfare and strategy. The book emphasizes the importance of careful planning, understanding the enemy, exploiting weaknesses, and employing tactics to achieve victory. It covers various aspects of warfare, including tactics, intelligence gathering, leadership, and the importance of...

How I Learned to Drive (Stand-Alone Tcg Edition) - Paperback

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by Paula Vogel (Author)"As I try to come to grips with the lack of control I have in terms of my own visibility and commercial success within the American Theater, I remain convinced that I have control in terms of how I see my identity. How I Learned to Drive gave me that gift. It felt as if the play was rewriting me, and I will always remember the sensation of lightness I had in the middle of the night as I wrote it. This is the gift of theater and of writing: a transubstantiation of pain a...

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by Aimé Césaire (Author), Richard Miller (Translator)"C saire's Tempest, in translation by Richard Miller, is a sprightly and song-filled enchantment. The luminous intelligence of Mr. C saire's meditation on the absurdities of colonialism shines through the antics of the bewildered characters." -New York Times "The weapon of poetry may be C saire's greatest gift to a modern world still searching for freedom. As one of the last truly great 'universalists' of the twentieth century, he has had a...

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by Swiyyah Nadirah Woodard (Author)She's in the middle of a breakdown. Desperate for happiness, will she at last find the light?Anika Muhammad's whole life is wrapped up in her battle with paranoid schizophrenia. Shocked to discover her wedding never actually happened, she relapses into a chaotic world of inner turmoil. And she feels devastated and completely alone when she's institutionalized against her will.As she undergoes treatment, Anika's troubled existence unravels further when her to...

Normas Y Diferencias: La Diversidad Funcional Y Las Artes Esc?nicas, La Literatura Y El Cine - Hardcover

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by Rafael Garc?a P?rez (Editor), David Navarro Juan (Editor), Ryan Prout (Editor)Este volumen constituye una contribuci?n innovadora y esencial al campo de los Estudios Culturales al abordar la intersecci?n entre la discapacidad y la creaci?n esc?nica, literaria y audiovisual. Es el resultado de una investigaci?n rigurosa y profunda que, atendiendo de manera preferente al contexto espa?ol contempor?neo, examina con detalle el papel que la diversidad funcional puede llegar a desempe?ar en los ...

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by Alice Birch (Author)Three generations of women -- Carol, Anna and Bonnie; mother, daughter and granddaughter -- exist in three different temporal spaces but their stories are told simultaneously. Carol is in the hospital after having attempted to kill herself by slitting her own wrists. Anna is recovering from her drug addiction and has a daughter. That daughter, Bonnie, grows up to be a skilled physician who is gay, guarded and dead-set on not having children. The play, written in a uniqu...

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by Pamela C. Zdenek (Author)SYNOPSIS: The Southern Cross is a historical fiction novel about WWII that initiates from a true tragedy-and-rescue mission in a small, shipbuilding harbor in Maine, into the shadowy auspices of the spy world in Washington D.C. The story winds its way through the vast Pacific during the pre-war stages under Roosevelt's astute guidance, and into the far reaches of Australia, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and a full-on Japanese invasion of the Philippines. PREMIS...

The Theatre of Paula Vogel: Practice, Pedagogy, and Influences - Paperback

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by Lee Brewer Jones (Author), Kevin J. Wetmore Jr (Editor), Patrick Lonergan (Editor)In this volume, Lee Brewer Jones examines Paula Vogel as both a playwright and renowned teacher, analyzing texts and early reviews of Vogel's major plays-including Indecent, Desdemona, How I Learned to Drive, and The Baltimore Waltz-before turning attention to her influence upon other major American playwrights, including Sarah Ruhl, Lynn Nottage, and Quiara Alegr?a Hudes. Chapters explore Vogel's plays in ch...

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by Blossom Turner (Author)Where Angels Whisper and Demons Lurk, A Battle for Sweet Mara Unfolds...Growing up in1970s small-town Canada, Mara Howland strives to meet her mother's impossible demands-yet the sting of failure always follows. Each punishment leaves another wound to hide, another cruelty to hush, until that dark summer evening. Now, she holds a secret she must bury...if she wants to survive.But more is happening than the human eye can see.The mystery of the supernatural unfolds. Ma...

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by Seneca (Author), Emily Wilson (Translator)Here is a lively, readable, and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers--the only tragic playwright from ancient Rome whose work survives. Tutor to the emperor Nero, Seneca lived through uncertain, oppressive, and violent times, and his dramas depict the extremes of human behavior. Rape, suicide, child-murder, incestuous love, madness, and mutilation afflict the characters, who ...

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by Lisa Soland (Author)1f, 2m / Dramatic Comedy / Interior Cabo San Lucas is a romantic comedy about two misfits and a postal employee who turn an apartment upside down while searching for love, courage and something to sell on Ebay. Two men break into a house and start grabbing everything they can. Little do they know that they're not alone. It seems that the owner, a young woman whose fianc� just left her, has taking a fistful of sleeping pills with some booze and is trying to sleep away he...

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by Anton Chekhov (Author), Laurence Senelick (Translator)Anton Chekhov is a unique force in modern drama, his works cherished for their brilliant wit and insight into the human condition. In this stunning new translation of one of Chekhov's most popular and beloved plays, Laurence Senelick presents a fresh perspective on the master playwright and his groundbreaking dramas. He brings this timeless trial of art and love to life as memorable characters have clashing desires and lose balance in t...

Best Contemporary Monologues for Women 18-35 - Paperback

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by Lawrence Harbison (Author)BEST CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN 18-35 Number of Pages: 204 Dimensions: 0.45 x 7.43 x 5.86 IN Publication Date: November 01, 2014

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by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Author), Duncan Sheik (Author)Based on the electrifying novel by Bret Easton Ellis, the musical tells the story of Patrick Bateman, a young and handsome Wall Street banker with impeccable taste and unquenchable desires. Patrick and his elite group of friends spend their days in chic restaurants, exclusive clubs, and designer labels. But at night, Patrick takes part in a darker indulgence, and his mask of sanity is starting to slip... Number of Pages: 100 Dimensions:...

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by Colman Domingo (Author)The holidays are always a wild family affair at the Shealy house. But this year, Dotty and her three grown children gather with more than exchanging presents on their minds. As Dotty struggles to hold on to her memory, her children must fight to balance care for their mother and care for themselves. This twisted and hilarious new play grapples unflinchingly with aging parents, midlife crises, and the heart of a West Philly neighborhood. Number of Pages: 108 Dimension...

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by John Logan (Author), Tom Kitt (Composer)From the Pulitzer Prize, Tony and Emmy Award-winning composer of Next to Normal (Tom Kitt) and the Tony Award-winning writer of Red (John Logan), Superhero is a deeply human new musical about a fractured family, the mysterious stranger in apartment 4-B, and the unexpected hero who just might save the day. Directed by Jason Moore (The Cher Show, Avenue Q), Superhero made its world premiere in January 2019 at Second Stage Theater."Kitt writes beautiful...

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by Arthur Miller (Author), Christopher W. E. Bigsby (Introduction by)A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community A Penguin Classic "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to The Crucible, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Mill...

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by Sean Michael Redenbaugh (Author)1000 Shades of Red is the first-person, emotional, and existential journey of a new freshman starting college at Indiana University. It follows him through four years exploring campus, self-discovery, poetic expression, absorption in music, friendships, shenanigans, temptation, and the intense moments of a young man experiencing love gained and love lost for the first time. All of this is set in the beautiful and magical nearly 2000-acre campus of Indiana Un...

Bartholomew Fair (Revels Student Edition): By Ben Jonson - Paperback

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by Suzanne Gossett (Editor)Of all of Jonson's plays, Bartholomew Fair with its focus on the conflict between a carnivalesque enjoyment of the flesh and society's desire for order and control, speaks most directly to the modern audience. This edition is the first to use the findings of feminist scholarship in examining the play's concern with forced marriage, pregnancy, sexual commerce and widowhood. Glosses and notes are provided for students and theatre-goers clarifying the language and dial...

KJV, Pew Bible, Large Print, Hardcover, Burgundy, Red Letter Edition - Hardcover

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by Thomas Nelson (Author)The Thomas Nelson KJV Pew Bible Large Print Edition has long been a trusted and durable Bible for use in churches and various worship settings. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most readable at any size.The classic King James Version, one of the most influential and beautiful works of art in the English language, continues to be the standard translation for numerous churches and milli...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Peter Holland (Editor), Peter Holland (Introduction by)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 The Tempest is edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Holland and was recently repackaged with cover art by Manuja Waldia. Waldia received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illust...

Shakespeare and the Restoration Repertory - Paperback

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by Stephen Watkins (Author) Number of Pages: 102 Dimensions: 0.22 x 7 x 5 IN Publication Date: March 06, 2025

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Play - Paperback

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by August Wilson (Author)NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING VIOLA DAVIS AND CHADWICK BOSEMAN From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano Lesson comes the extraordinary Ma Rainey's Black Bottom--winner of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play. The time is 1927. The place is a run-down recording studio in Chicago. Ma Rainey, the legendary blues singer, is due to arrive with her entourage to cut new sides of old favorites. Waiting for her are her Black musician sidem...

Acting Out Luke's Message: Lenten Dialogues Exploring the Gospel of Luke - Paperback

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by Roger E. Timm (Author)Roger Timm follows up his previous volumes Acting Out the Messages of Mark and John and Acting Out Matthew's Message with another poignant collection of dialogues. Acting Out Luke's Message: Lenten Dialogues Exploring the Gospel of Luke includes three series of Lenten dialogues based on the Gospel of Luke, intended for use during Cycle C of the Revised Common Lectionary, plus a fourth series on Lenten Commemorations. Working with the assumption that Lent is a time for...

John Osborne's Look Back in Anger - Paperback

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by Aleks Sierz (Author)Look Back in Anger is one of the few works of drama that are indisputably central to British culture in general, and its name is one of the most well-known in postwar cultural history. Its premiere in 1956 sparked off the first "new wave" of kitchen-sink drama and the cultural phenomenon of the angry young man. The play's anti-hero, Jimmy Porter, became the spokesman of a generation. Osborne's play is a key milestone in "new writing" for British theatre, and the Royal C...