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Intercultural Japanese Noh Theatre: Texts and Analyses of English-language Noh - Hardcover

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by Ashley Thorpe (Author), Allan Marett (Author), Greg Giovanni (Author)Discover Japanese culture and one of the world's oldest performance artforms in an exhilarating new way: through English-language noh theatre. Intercultural Japanese Noh Theatre: Texts and Analyses of English-language Nohprovides a unique perspective on intercultural engagement with Japanese noh, a classical dance-drama that has been performed since the 14th century. Unlike many projects approaching noh from the 'outside...

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by John J. Caswell (Author)Inspired by true events and hopeless imaginings, Wet Brain is a play about three distant siblings and their father's possible repeat abductions by extraterrestrials during the height of his end-stage alcoholism. With recovery unlikely, organs failing, and Dad's death all but imminent, Ricky, Ron and Angelina look for a final closure many, many light years away. Number of Pages: 96 Dimensions: 0.2 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: January 23, 2025

#WakingTheFeminists and the Data-Driven Revolution in Irish Theatre - Hardcover

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by Claire Keogh (Author)#WakingTheFeminists was a year-long grassroots campaign for gender equality in Irish theatre. Prompted by the gender disparity of Ireland's Abbey Theatre's 2016 programme, 'Waking the Nation', Lian Bell posted a Facebook message that sparked a surge of feminist fury that ignited the #WakingTheFeminists movement. This Element considers the movement both as digital feminist activism and as part of the growing trend of data feminism, by analysing how its combined use of c...

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by Roger Johnson (Author)When a journalist arrives to investigate the role Why might play in an illegal cross-border adoption ring, she discovers that the desert community hides other secrets. An old bus depot that has been converted into a bar and a dilapidated vegetable warehouse serve as a way station for dispossessed pilgrims. One of those travelers brings deeper scrutiny to Why--and not just from the journalist.The Why Intersection tells the story of a tiny Arizona border town in the mid...

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by Theresa Rebeck (Author)This humor-filled tale of political corruption, ingratitude, and revenge concerns an idealistic young Washington attorney who persuades her former law professor, a man of lofty rhetoric, to run for Congress. Ideals shrivel in the Washington air as the professor is swept into an insider's circle that includes a leering, power-drunk senator and a slinky, Southern power broker. When the heroine is snubbed by the politically powerful at a fancy restaurant, her hurt feeli...

Carpe Diem: A Beach Read Love Story - Hardcover

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by Dawn Ramos (Author)Escaping a life of controlling parents, a demeaning boyfriend, and lackluster career, an unexpected gift gives Bella the opportunity to move to California and launch a business of her own.She finally has it all: a beautiful apartment near the beach, her dream job, and Jack, the newly available yet complicated business owner next door.Things are finally looking up when she learns her business is in jeopardy.Will passion, grit and determination be enough to save her happil...

The Plays of Aristide Tarnagda: Contemporary Francophone Theatre from Burkina Faso - Hardcover

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by Aristide Tarnagda (Author), Heather Jeanne Denyer (Editor), Anna G. R. Miller (Editor)The first English-language anthology of Aristide Tarnagda's theatre, this book brings together six of the acclaimed West African playwright's recent French-language plays.Winner of ADELF's 2017 Grand prix litt?raire d'Afrique noire(Best African Literary Work), Tarnagda blends poetic and colloquial registers to create powerful characters that resonate with the universal themes of longing, the need to be he...

Clean Cuts Volume 1: Faith-Inspired and Family-Friendly Monologues for Film, TV, and Stage - Paperback

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by Grace Covington (Author)FAITH-BASED, CLEAN, COMEDIC & DRAMATIC-READY TO PERFORMFinding strong, faith-based and clean monologues shouldn't be a challenge. Clean Cuts: Volume 1 offers 100 original monologues for actors seeking material that is powerful and family-friendly.This book is divided into two sections: Faith-Based Monologues - 25 dramatic & 25 comedic pieces exploring Christian themes and inspiring messages.Clean Monologues - 25 dramatic & 25 comedic pieces delivering hu...

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by Thornton Wilder (Author)Winner 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama In an important publishing event, Samuel French, in cooperation with the Thornton Wilder estate is pleased to release the playwright's definitive version of Our Town. This edition of the play differs only slightly from previous acting editions, yet it presents Our Town as Thornton Wilder wished it to be performed. Described by Edward Albee as "...the greatest American play ever written," the story follows the small town Number o...

Heroes of the Fourth Turning - Paperback

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by Will Arbery (Author)It's nearing midnight in Wyoming, where four young conservatives have gathered at a backyard after-party. They've returned home to toast their mentor Gina, newly inducted as president of a tiny Catholic college. But as their reunion spirals into spiritual chaos and clashing generational politics, it becomes less a celebration than a vicious fight to be understood. On a chilly night in the middle of America, Will Arbery's haunting play offers grace and disarming clarity,...

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by James Ballentine (Author)A fascinating insight depicting the reality of Black boys, Black men, and a disenfranchised family through a lens told from two different geographical perspectives. A memoir that ignites conversations regarding underprivileged realities, depression, success, love, and strong opinions. A story told about the author that gives a fresh perspective on an old, common story. Learn about how the author navigated life through a childhood filled with obstacles that not many...

Thucydides: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Jennifer T. Roberts (Author)Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In 432 BCE the powerful city-state of Sparta on the peninsula of the Pelvsinnesus in southwestern Greece declared war on Athens, head of a mighty naval coalition. The war would last until Sparta finally brough Athens to its knees in 404. The Athenian aristocrat Thucydides, suspecting the magnitude of the conflict that was unfolding before his eyes, at once undertook to record its history, exploring the causes...

Sam Shepard: Seven Plays: Buried Child, Curse of the Starving Class, the Tooth of Crime, La Turista, Tongues, Savage Love, True West - Paperback

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by Sam Shepard (Author), Richard Gilman (Introduction by)Brilliant, prolific, uniquely American, Pulitzer prizewinning playwright Sam Separd is a major voice in contemporary theatre. And here are seven of his very best. "One of the most original, prolific and gifted dramatists at work today."--The New Yorker "The greatest American playwright of his generation...the most inventive in language and revolutionary in craft, he] is the writer whose work most accurately maps the interior and exteri...

Opening a Fuzzwollop's Frame of Mind - Paperback

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by Daniel Evans (Author)A delightfully funny absurdist play that explores the nature of humanity and our fear of the unknown. Number of Pages: 58 Dimensions: 0.16 x 6.3 x 4.13 IN Publication Date: September 26, 2002

Five Christmas Plays: With Joy Inside - Paperback

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by David L. Winters (Author)Five Christmas Plays comes with stage directions, settings and recommended music where appropriate. The author has written and staged Christmas plays for more than ten years. He knows what works and what doesn't. This plays are entertaining and contain gentle comic relief.Christmas Play 1 - The Singing Trees Mimsy Watters gets carried away with planning the perfect Christmas for her extended family. With help of four singing/talking Christmas trees, everyone learns...

An Essay on the Tragedy of Hamlet (1843) - Hardcover

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by Patrick Macdonell (Author)""An Essay on the Tragedy of Hamlet"" is a literary critique written by Patrick Macdonell in 1843, exploring the themes and motifs present in William Shakespeare's famous play, ""Hamlet."" The essay delves into the psychological complexities of the play's characters, examining their motivations and actions in the context of the plot. Macdonell also analyzes the symbolism and imagery used by Shakespeare, as well as the play's historical and cultural significance. T...

The Girl in the Yellow Dress - Paperback

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by Craig Higginson (Author)South African writer Craig Higginson's powerful new play is a dark, witty and sexually-charged psychological drama told through the eyes of a beautiful English teacher and her French-Congolese pupil. A 'state of the nation' exploration of the tensions between the first and third worlds the play explores issues around language, power, identity, sex, past trauma, class, exile and refugees. An exciting new co-production from the internationally-renowned Market Theatre ...

Nathan der Weise: Historiendrama aus der Zeit des Dritten Kreuzzugs: Bitte um religiöse Toleranz in Jerusalem - Paperback

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by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (Author)Nathan der Weise ist der Titel und die Hauptfigur eines f nfaktigen Ideendramas von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, das 1779 ver ffentlicht und am 14. April 1783 in Berlin uraufgef hrt wurde. Das Werk hat als Themenschwerpunkte den Humanismus und den Toleranzgedanken der Aufkl rung. Die Handlung spielt zur Zeit des Dritten Kreuzzugs (1189-1192) w hrend eines Waffenstillstandes in Jerusalem. Als der Jude Nathan von einer Gesch ftsreise zur ckkommt, erf hrt er, das...

Los hijos de Sánchez: Tomo I - Hardcover

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by Oscar Lewis (Author)Los hijos de Sánchez es un libro escrito por el antropólogo estadounidense Oscar Lewis, publicado en 1961. El libro es el resultado de una investigación etnográfica llevada a cabo por Lewis en la década de 1950 en el barrio de Bella Vista, en la Ciudad de México, donde vivía una familia mexicana de bajos recursos llamada los Sánchez.En Los hijos de Sánchez, Oscar Lewis narra las vidas de: Jesús Sánchez, el padre, de cincuenta años de edad, y sus cuatro hijos: Manuel, de...

Chester Mystery Cycle 1 Eetss: C 3 C - Hardcover

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by Lumiansky (Author)Author BiographyR.M. Lumiansky, D. Mills Number of Pages: 624 Dimensions: 2 x 8.7 x 5.9 IN Publication Date: December 19, 1974

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by Herklee Hubbard (Author)Herklee Hubbard is a 92-year-old veteran who served in the U.S Army's 21st Infantry Regiment during the Korean Conflict. He is a native son of Georgia, sharing his life with his wonderful wife, Ocella. He is the father of five children, and they have given him great joy. Herklee shares the intimate story of growing up in Macon, Georgia, on a plantation, going to war, school, and relationships from many aspects. The memoir will make you laugh, cry, or even get mad. H...

Shakespeare's Histories on Screen: Adaptation, Race and Intersectionality - Paperback

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by Jennie M. Votava (Author)This volume reframes the critical conversation about Shakespeare's histories and national identity by bringing together two growing bodies of work: early modern race scholarship and adaptation theory. Theorizing a link between adaptation and intersectionality, it demonstrates how over the past thirty years race has become a central and constitutive part of British and American screen adaptations of the English histories. Available to expanding audiences via digital...

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by Michelle Law (Author)Lily's grandmother was a beauty queen back in Hong Kong. She doesn't care that times have changed, that Lily lives in a new country and a new century. She sees a granddaughter caught between worlds. So Poh Poh pushes Lily into entering the highly competitive Miss Peony, and no matter how hard Lily tries to wriggle out of it, her grandma won't take no for an answer. And to make matters worse, she's a ghost. Glitzy and madcap, Miss Peony by award-winning writer Michelle ...

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by Nicholas Westerfer (Author)A wife's secret. A husband's heartbreak. A devastating loss.For Keith Higgins, the past is a curse, but his present is everything he could dream of... or so he thought. With twins on the way, he and wife, Ella, should be overjoyed. Yet Ella harbors a secret that Keith is about to uncover.After a traumatic labor, Ella vanishes, thrusting Keith into single parenthood. Haunted by memories of his father's cruelty and his past mistakes, Keith embarks on a journey to m...

Dos comedias veterotestamentarias: El Más Amante Pastor Y Dichoso Patriarca La Adversa Y Próspera Suerte de Josef - Paperback

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by Luis Vélez de Guevara (Author), C. George Peale (Editor), Elisa Domínguez de Paz (Introduction by)Luis Vélez de GuevaraDos comedias veterotestamentarias: EL MÁS AMANTE PASTOR Y DICHOSO PATRIARCA LA ADVERSA Y PRÓSPERA SUERTE DE JOSEF. Ediciones críticas, #107.Edición crítica y anotada de C. George PealeEstudio introductorio de Elisa Domínguez de PazEl Libro Sagrado ha sido una gran fuente de inspiración temática para los dramaturgos del siglo XVII, a pesar de que no debía ser nada fácil ver...

Bonded by Love (Christian's Story) - Paperback

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by K. Moore (Author)Now we have a teenage Christian breaking into the dating scene. Showing off his athletic skills as a football player. Bonding with his parents and siblings as well as his friends throughout high school. Will he still be be with his high school sweetheart when he starts College? Number of Pages: 84 Dimensions: 0.17 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: February 24, 2025

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by Mark Pracht (Author)Welcome, True Believer, to The House of Ideas! Step into the revolutionary 1960s, when Marvel Comics redefined storytelling and unleashed a dazzling universe of unforgettable characters. From Spider-Man to the Fantastic Four, heroes leaped off the page, bound together by a single, cohesive world-a feat that changed comics forever. But behind the scenes of this creative explosion lay a tangled web of ambition, collaboration, and conflict between two visionaries: Stan "Th...

Escape from Detriot: The Collapse of America's Black Metropolis - Paperback

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by Paul Kersey (Author)Once known as "the Paris of the Midwest" and "America's Black Metropolis," Detroit has been in disrepair and decay for decades. In this lively yet sober anthology of forty-five articles, Paul Kersey tackles the hard truth of why the once great city no longer shines as a beacon of high civilization: above all, the change in its demographics from a majority-White city to a majority-Black one. Escape from Detroit: The Collapse of America's Black Metropolis is a biting hist...

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by Duncan Kidd (Author)Caught by the Nazis distributing forbidden leaflets, Sophie Scholl is facing execution. Only one route remains: confession and betrayal of everything she stood for... but will she take it? Number of Pages: 56 Dimensions: 0.13 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN Publication Date: June 04, 2024

Global King Lear: Crisis, Performance, Adaptation - Hardcover

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by David Schalkwyk (Editor), Eric S. Mallin (Editor), Silvia Bigliazzi (Editor)Global King Lear provides a kaleidoscopic view of multinational adaptations of King Lear with a focus on productions across Asia and Eastern Europe. By approaching Shakespeare's great tragedy as a global phenomenon its signature themes become context-dependent and culture-specific whilst avoiding simplistic appeals to the play's universality. International scholars of literature and theatre explore those culturally...

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by Isaac Gómez (Author)To the U.S.-owned factories in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, La Ruta is just a bus. But to the hundreds of women who live, work and often disappear along the route, it's so much more than that. Inspired by real testimonies, and using live music to evoke factory work and protest marches, La Ruta is a visceral unearthing of secrets buried in the desert and a celebration of the Mexican women who stand resiliently in the wake of loss."Haunting, harrowing... crescendos from a quiet...

Friedrich Dürrenmatt: Selected Writings, Volume 1, Plays - Paperback

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by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (Author)These translations of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's plays introduce the writer to a new generation of readers. The Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-90) was one of the most important literary figures of the second half of the twentieth century. During the years of the cold war, arguably only Beckett, Camus, Sartre, and Brecht rivaled him as a presence in European letters. Yet outside Europe, this prolific author is primarily known for only one work, The Visit. ...