Drama

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Report copyright infringementby Omphile Molusi (Author)Countries go through times of turmoil when in transition from one state of governing to a new order. They consist of many giant and individual struggles. But what happens when the future you meet is not the one that you were expecting? Cadre is one such South African story of dreams and change.Author BiographyOmphile Molusi is one of South Africa's most prolific young playwrights and acclaimed actors. His 2008 play Itsoseng was winner of ...

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Report copyright infringementby Somalia Seaton (Author)Crowning Glory brings together the stories of seven women to explore the meaning of identity and beauty in today's world. This thought-provoking story is sure to make you laugh and cry, and will undoubtedly get you talking after the show.Author BiographySomalia Seaton is an actress and writer. She trained at East 15 Acting School on the BA/Hons Contemporary Theatre course. Her debut play Crowning Glory returns to Theatre Royal Stratford E...

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Report copyright infringementby Glenda Richmond Slater (Author), Dale Goss Mozley (Illustrator)Fooling Around With Shakespeare is an adventure in language in which the poet and illustrator recast Shakespeare into today's milieu. Shakespeare has never been such fun. This is a way to experience and love the Bard. Number of Pages: 80 Dimensions: 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 08, 2016

Elizabethan Drama V2: Dekker, Jonson, Beaumont, Fletcher, Webster, Massinger: V47 Harvard Classics

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Report copyright infringementby Charles W. Eliot (Editor)This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition. Number of Pages: 462 Dimensions: 0.93 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: March 30, 2014

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Raffield (Author)Through analysis of 5 plays by Shakespeare, Paul Raffield examines what it meant to be a 'stranger' to English law in the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean period. The numbers of strangers increased dramatically in the late sixteenth century, as refugees fled religious persecution in continental Europe and sought sanctuary in Protestant England. In the context of this book, strangers are not only persons ethnically or racially different ...

The Doctor's Dilemma, Getting Married, and The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet

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Report copyright infringementby George Bernard Shaw (Author)George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and was one of the great literary minds of his day, in addition to being one of its most entertaining personalities. In his youth he became an ardent socialist and wrote five novels, which are still very entertaining, although Shaw truly found his creative identity on the stage and lectern. While he was a great dramatist, it is possible to argue that Shaw's pre...

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Report copyright infringementby Eugene O'Neill (Author)Eugene O'Neill's "The Hairy Ape" remains a powerful and relevant exploration of identity and alienation in a world defined by class conflict. This expressionistic drama delves into the experiences of unskilled laborers, offering a stark social commentary on the dehumanizing effects of industrial society. The play unflinchingly examines themes of social injustice, challenging audiences to confront the realities of a world divided by econom...

The Other Side: Halloween Masque of Demons and Delusions

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Report copyright infringementby Drew Carson (Author)In this Halloween Masque, a young woman tainted by gossip is forced to flee to a House of Refuge but the dark cloisters are open to the invasion of demons and hallucinations. Later, Victoria leaves the House of Refuge and travels far away to escape her tormentors but eventually she is driven by dark forces to the BigRiver that divides this world from the next. At twilight, on a Halloween, she is visited by three masked devils that haunt the ...

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Report copyright infringementby Laurie Loveman (Author)Linda Marie Newman and Jenny Donnelly have been rescuing young girls from sex traffickers in 1930s New York City. Wealthy, politically and socially prominent Alderman, Jayden Wallace has been enjoying the income from trafficking until his operation is threatened by Linda Marie and Jenny. When Linda Marie and Jenny are called upon by their friend, Captain Will Peterson, to help a teenager involved in prostitution, they are reunited with an...

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Report copyright infringementby Drew Carson (Author)EASTER AND SPRINGTIME Six Playscripts about New Life EASTER HOPE, LIFE IS TOO SHORT FOR WAR - An anti-war pageant set in a framework of traditional melodies. THE GOOD SHEPHERD - SOLDIERS FOR THE DAWN - THE OLD TRAMP AND EASTER - The symbolism of the springtime is presented in three Easter plays. THE EASTER CAT - The tragedy of a loved one's sudden death contrasts with the arrival of an Easter kitten. ZAKOTU THE WEREWOLF - It is Eastertime an...

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Jackson (Author)On a weekend getaway to the new summer home Joie and Freddie have built in the mountains north of San Francisco, their disabled son, Erik, is lured into the river by a mysterious Rat Wife and drowns. Freddie's sister, Andi, arrives with news of a shocking family secret, and Andi's hopeful suitor, Bernie, is as surprised as anybody when everything turns upside down - including San Francisco itself. Freely adapted from Ibsen's Little Eyolf, t...

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Report copyright infringementby Allison Page (Author)HILARITY is a play about a girl named Cyd. She's not so nice. She's not so sober. She's not so happy. But she is funny. Cyd is a comic on the edge of destruction. Liz is the only person keeping her from pickling herself to death. She has an agent who's afraid of confrontation. She has a mother who likes men on motorcycles. She has a mattress in the middle of the room, and that's it. Maybe she'll turn it all around, or maybe her drunken lies...

Commemorating Mirabeau: 'Mirabeau aux Champs-Elysées' and other texts

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Report copyright infringementby Jessica Goodman (Editor), Olympe de Gouges (Author), Jean-Elie Bédéno Dejaure (Author)The death of Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, on 2 April 1791, was a key moment in the early years of the French Revolution. The renowned orator, who had played a major role in drafting the Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen, succumbed to heart disease aged forty-two. His death prompted the establishment of the Panthéon, that secular temple intended to h...

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Report copyright infringementby Christopher Bigsby (Author)In American Dramatists in the 21st Century: Opening Doors, Christopher Bigsby examines the careers of seven award-winning playwrights: David Adjmi, Julia Cho, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Will Eno, Martyna Majok, Dominique Morisseau and Anna Ziegler. In addition to covering all their plays, including several as yet unpublished, he notes their critical reception while drawing on their own commentary on their approach to writing and the busin...

That Silver Shore: Easter Musical with Ten Songs

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Report copyright infringementby Drew Carson (Author)An old farmer bargains with the Angel of Life in this parable of Springtime and New Life. The farmer was out walking in the woods one day when he was visited by the Angel of Life who told him that it was time to put his business in order and to leave this world for the next. He was devastated and cried out, "But I have just married a young wife, I cannot leave her - just like that." The angel told him that there was only a fixed amount of li...

Shylock, the Roman: Unmasking Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Schneider (Author)It's also the most controversial attempt ever made to resolve one of the most emotionally-charged issues in Shakespeare criticism: the question of anti-Semitism in the characterization of Shylock, the Jewish money lender.This short book on The Merchant of Venice is a literary experiment, an exploration of an untested idea. It begins with a radically counter-intuitive approach: seeing Shylock -- the classic anti-Jewish stereotype -- in t...

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth Fuller (Author)This memoir, the first of three, follows one woman's journey through the roles of child prodigy, trapped teen, college dropout, radiant bride, theatre-maker, and mother. It's about discovery-a roller-coaster process of becoming herself, and she's still evolving.Elizabeth Fuller has lived her life making theatre, from Off-Broadwayto state prisons and church basements. She has composed morethan 50 theatre scores and with her mate Conrad B...

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Report copyright infringementby Sylvia Pankhurst (Author), Rachel Holmes (Volume Editor)You're between two fires...They're very warm sometimes. Noah Adamson is the first Leader of the Labour Party; frequently torn between his socialism and principled support for votes for women on the one hand and the more reactionary views of too many of his colleagues on the other. A middle-aged married man; he is also in love with the young socialist suffragette Freda McLaird. Things look bleak for the cau...

Our American Republic: God Blessed America

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Report copyright infringementby William Burmer (Author) YOU EVER WONDER? Where did the original Inhabitants of America come from? Who named them Indians? Why the Pilgrims left their homes in Europe to come to America? How did America get its name? What is a Republic, or a Democracy? Why did our Founders begin the Preamble to the Constitution with "We the People...?" Why did the South secede from the Union? Was there more than just John W. Booth involved with Lincoln's assignation? Who actuall...

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Report copyright infringementby Matthew C. Farmer (Author), C. W. Marshall (Editor), Niall W. Slater (Editor)This is the first accessible volume exploring and analysing evidence for Greek Old Comedy through what remains only in the form of fragments of plays. Hundreds of comedies were written and performed in Athens during this period (roughly 486-386 BCE), but only eleven survive intact from this era; all eleven are by the same author, Aristophanes. We are fortunate, however, to possess a su...

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Report copyright infringementby Philip Begho (Author)This verse play, which has been described as magnificent, is a recreation of the biblical story of Daniel in the lions' den. The verse, beautiful and powerful, incisively brings alive the dilemma of Daniel when he is called to choose between God and his intimidating human benefactor Darius, and the play achieves the very rare feat of at once being a delight for the reading eyes and a joy for the performing stage. "Daniel" was 1st runner-up ...

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Report copyright infringementby David Lindsay (Author)Ane Satire Of The Three Estates: In Commendation Of Virtue And Vituperation Of Vice (1602) is a play written by David Lindsay. It is a satirical work that critiques the political and social systems of 16th century Scotland. The play is divided into three parts, each representing one of the three estates: the clergy, the nobility, and the common people. The play is set in the court of King James V and features a variety of characters, inclu...

'Le Siege de Calais' by Pierre-Laurent de Belloy

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Report copyright infringementby Logan J. Connors (Editor)Le Siège de Calais, hailed by its author in 1765 as France's 'première tragédie nationale', rolled into Paris like a storm. Pierre-Laurent de Belloy's play about French bravery during the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) appeared on the heels of France's defeat in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). Le Siège de Calais was performed throughout Europe and published numerous times during the second half of the eighteenth century. De Belloy eme...

Liberating Shakespeare: Adaptation and Empowerment for Young Adult Audiences

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Report copyright infringementby Jennifer Flaherty (Editor), Mark Thornton Burnett (Editor), Deborah Uman (Editor)The collective trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital shaming. Violence against women. Sexual bullying. Racial slurs and injustice. These are just some of the problems faced by today's young adults. Liberating Shakespeare explores how adaptations of Shakespeare's plays can be used to empower young audiences by addressing issues of oppression, trauma and resistance. Showcasing a w...

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Report copyright infringementby Olaf Stapledon (Author)Star Maker is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. Star Maker tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator. A pervading theme is that of progressive unity within and between different civilizations. Some of the elements and themes in Star Maker prefigure later fiction concerning genetic engineering and alien life forms. Arthu...

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Report copyright infringementby Miriam Chirico (Author), Jr. (Editor), Patrick Lonergan (Editor)The Theatre of Christopher Durang considers the works of one of the foremost comedic writers for the American stage. From Durang's early success with the controversial Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You (1974) to his recent Tony Award-winning play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2012), he has been an original theatrical voice in American theatre. Edith Oliver, long-time theatre crit...

Tragedy and Scepticism in Shakespeare's England

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Report copyright infringementby W. Hamlin (Author)Hamlin's study provides the first full-scale account of the reception and literary appropriation of ancient scepticism in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (c. 1570-1630). Offering abundant archival evidence as well as fresh treatments of Florio's Montaigne and Bacon's career-long struggle with the challenges of epistemological doubt, Hamlin's book explores the deep connections between scepticism and tragedy in plays ranging from Doctor Faustus...

The Gates of the Kingdom Part 3: A Journey into Realms Unseen

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Report copyright infringementby Colin Russell Baker (Author)'The Gates of the Kingdom' is a book series which will take you on a spiritual pilgrimage, exploring events where the realms of Heaven and Earth have touched. This pilgrimage is through places which will often be foreign to you. The names of people, places, and relationship terms have been preserved in their original language so that you will get a sense of the cultural context of this real-life journey into realms unseen. Part 3: Si...

The Man in the Gray Suit and Other Short Plays

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa Soland (Author)Various m and f rolesFrom the author of Cabo San Lucas Waiting and Truth be Told comes six new one act plays about love and relationship. Perfect for any theatre. Included in this book are: The Man in the Grey Suit Different Red Roses The Same Thing Knots and Come to the Garden. All have simple casting and production requirements all are easy to stage. "Ms. Soland has developed several plays...all interesting all clever all unique. She is go...

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Report copyright infringementby Nigel Wood (Author), Evelyn Gajowski (Editor)Arden Shakespeare and Theory provides a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical developments that have dominated Shakespeare studies in recent years, as well as those that are emerging at the present moment. Each volume provides: - a clear definition of a particular theory;- a survey of its major theorists and critics;- an analysis of its significance in Shakespeare studies;- a summary of relevant political, social...

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Report copyright infringementby Thornton Wilder (Author)A mother-daughter team of con-artists are putting the touch on the widows of military brass. Mrs. McCullem housekeep for the wonderfully regal but now wheel chair-bound window of General Beattie recognizes them in the drug store--having witnessed the two pull their game on her previous employer--and overhears them asking directions to the Beattie home! The play begins as she rushes back to warn Mrs. Beattie of the impending danger. Sure ...

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Ravenhill (Author)Paul is an ordinary man with a shocking secret. At home he is a loving husband and father. At work he administers the cut. In a society sickened by his profession Paul struggles with his conscience and longs to tell the truth. Number of Pages: 50 Dimensions: 0.1 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: July 08, 2016