Drama

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Report copyright infringementby August Strindberg (Author)Drama. Translated from the Swedish by Paul Walsh. THE CHAMBER PLAYS OF AUGUST STRINDBERG are five short plays written by Strindberg at the end of his career for the Intimate Theater, a small 150 seat theater in Stockholm: Storm, Burned House, The Ghost Sonata, The Pelican, and The Black Glove.The plays experiment with style in bold and exciting ways and show Strindberg to be one of the fathers of avant garde theater.THE CHAMBER PLAYS O...

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Report copyright infringementby William Shakespeare (Author), Nina Shengold (Adapted by)The most famous love story of all time, Romeo And Juliet, has been edited from William Shakespeare's text for a cast of five, and with a running time of seventy-five minutes. Number of Pages: 56 Dimensions: 0.12 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: November 08, 2016 Accelerated Reader: Quiz Name: William Shak...

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Report copyright infringementby Ac Williams (Author)In the dead of night, a child is killed in a tragic car accident. The mother is left to wrestle with the unbearable guilt-how did her son end up in the street? As Tianna McQueen, his sister, sleeps unaware, the question lingers; Who was responsible? Who was watching him? And will the driver ever be found?Years later, Tianna becomes a therapist, only to find herself confronting the deep fractures in her parents' marriage. They were united by ...

Who's Afraid of Bernard Shaw?: Some Personalities in Shaw's Plays

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Report copyright infringementby Stanley Weintraub (Author)"Leading us through this amazing wealth of connections, allusions, relationships, and influences, Weintraub never falters in his lucid writing that captures the reader's interest and fascination."--SHAW: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies "This collection of essays by one of the world's leading Shaw scholars makes original and significant contributions to understanding of Shaw on many different fronts. . . . A most welcome addition to ...

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Report copyright infringementby Daws Butler (Author), Joe Bevilacqua (Editor), Mark Evanier (Preface by)A seal who can't balance? An elephant who always forgets? A green cow who walks on her front feet? These are just some of the wacky characters from the unique mind of Daws Butler, the man who voiced most of the classic Hanna-Barbera characters--Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw and Snagglepuss, to name a few. Uncle Dunkle and Donnie is a collection of imaginative, never-before...

A Collection Of Old English Plays Vol IV

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Report copyright infringementby Editor A. H. Bullen (Author)A Collection of Old English Plays vol. 4 is edited by A E Bullen. Besides the plays there is an excellent introduction to the plays. The plays in this collection are Two Tragedies in One. By Robert Yarington, The Captives, or the Lost Recovered. By Thomas Heywood, The Costlie Whore, and Everie Woman in her Humor. Number of Pages: 488 Dimensions: 0.98 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: June 08, 20...

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Report copyright infringementby Anthony Wilkinson (Author)Hold on to your cannolis and get ready for a snowy ride! Over-the-top characters, a bisexual love triangle and heated political conversations run amok all come to a head when a snowstorm forces the Pinnunziato family indoors this holiday season. Fan favorite characters Anthony Pinnunziato and Aunt Toniann are just a few of the ingredients in this Big Gay Italian Christmas lasagna. Number of Pages: 68 Dimension...

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Report copyright infringementby Basil Hood (Author), Edward German (Author), Mint Editions (Contribution by)A jealous fairy pines over the beautiful Kenna, who supposedly gave her heart to a mortal and plans to bring him back from the dead. This enrages the fairy prince who desperately wants to prevent their reunion. Prince Azuriel has spent more than a thousand years loving the fairy Kenna. He's suffered in silence as the devious Puck has led him to believe Kenna's affection for the human, P...

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur Sullivan (Author), Basil Hood (Contribution by), Edward German (Author)Terence O'Brian returns to Ireland to discover his home has been colonized by the English, so he devises a new plan to reeducate its people. He partners with an English professor who switches sides to aid him in his efforts. Irish villagers are forced to live under England's rule and taught their dialect, history and culture. When Terence O'Brian returns from his studies abroad he not...

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Report copyright infringementby Vladimir Orel (Editor), Pedro Calderon De La Barca (Author)The son and one of the creators of the Spanish "Golden Age", Calderón (16000 1681) was an inexhaustible playwright - he wrote more than 200 original comedies and autos sacramentales, dramatic works in which he gave artistic expression to seemingly abstract concepts of theology. A persistent labourer, Calderón continued reshaping and rewriting his own work, seeking esthetic perfection. Tightly knit, his ...

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Report copyright infringementby George Dance (Author), Frank Desprez (Author), Mint Editions (Contribution by)The son of the rajah of Chutneypore falls in love with a nautch dancer, which disturbs the political order causing a rift between the powers-that-be. It's a love story plagued by outside interference from both family and friends. Indru is the young son of Punka, the rajah of Chutneypore. Despite his royal standing, Indru plans to marry a nautch dancer named Hollee Beebee. Indru is a h...

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Report copyright infringementby Jason Hill (Author)"I loved the organization of Life in the Past Lane-Volume 1. It is like an escorted journey through media history." -DAVE WHITE, KSAV Internet Radio, host of Dave White Presents, California "What an important resource this will be . . . important to future researchers and chroniclers." -ANNETTE D'AGOSTINO LLOYD, author of Harold Lloyd: Magic in a Pair of Horn-rimmed Glasses "Jason has done his usual great job interviewing these celebrities. I...

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Report copyright infringementby Ronald Alexander (Author)This book is about four individuals: a former state representative from Arizona's Department of Education, a cum laude graduate from an HBCU, a former groomsman, and Marcus MacDonald. Galvanized by negativity, four individuals hoped to get any and every one to join their crusade. Through their lies, malice, and betrayal, they rallied people in Cleveland and Phoenix to believe in them. But I had a God named Jesus to believe in me, and be...

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Report copyright infringementby Layamon (Author) Number of Pages: 156 Dimensions: 0.33 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: May 18, 2009

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Report copyright infringementby John Mortimer (Author)Henry, now in the autumn of his years, is transported back to the key episodes of his life. At once ironic and affectionate, he speaks with his younger self both man and boy, offering warnings of a life to come and advice on how he might live it without the small self-delusions and regrets that leave him ultimately unfulfilled.Warm, funny and entertaining Hock and Soda Water is a nostalgic lament for a life never lived. Number...

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Report copyright infringementby Jahnna Beecham (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Author), Michael J. Hume (Author)Comedy / 3m, 1f / Simple set Follow Daisy the sassy Westie through her dating adventures with Itchy, Champ and Bogie at the hippest, hottest place in town: Central Bark, where every dog has his day, and love conquers all. Daisy has promised her BFF (Best Friend Forever) she'd give the dating scene one more chance. She meets Champ the Collie, a charming but full of himself show dog; I...

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Report copyright infringementby James Fenton (Author)Three Libretti--Ranging In Setting From Ancient Jerusalem To Pre-Apocalyptic London--From An Acclaimed Poet This volume of libretti marks new work--and new terrain--for James Fenton. Commissioned by companies in New York and England, these musical pieces make the most of the poet's poignant, witty, and characteristically lyrical verse. Whether evoking modern-day London on the edge of apocalypse in The Love Bomb, a timeless land beyond the m...

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Report copyright infringementby Moliere (Author)Jean Baptiste Poquelin who is better known by his stage name Moliere was a 17th century French author known for his comedy. After abandoning a law career Moliere began acting, directing and writing plays in Paris and the surrounding area. The scathing satire in his plays made him several important enemies. Shakespeare gave his characters complexity while Moliere used simplicity to produce his memorable characters. The Miser is a romantic comedy ...

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Report copyright infringementby Ken Weitzman (Author), Kenneth S. Weitzman (Author)Full Length / Comic Drama / 4m, 2f / Interior Donna is nearly at the end of her rope, and her only option is to return to the less than welcoming embrace of her younger sister, Ros. In this bitingly funny and provocative tale of obsession and consumption, the author unfurls a story which asks whether it's ever really possible to save another person from herself. "A fantastic production packed with a beautiful '...

Anna Ziegler: Plays One: Photograph 51; A Delicate Ship Boy; The Last Match

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Report copyright infringementby Anna Ziegler (Author)The first collection of plays from a major American playwright, Plays One includes: Photograph 51, A Delicate Ship, Boy and The Last Match Photograph 51: Does Rosalind Franklin know how precious her photograph is? In the race to unlock the secret of life it could be the one to hold the key. With rival scientists looking everywhere for the answer, who will be first to see it and more importantly, understand it? Anna Ziegler's extraordinary ...

Sixteen Public Domain One-Act Plays by Modern Authors

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Report copyright infringementby Helen Louise Cohen (Editor), Booth Tarkington (Contribution by), A. A. Milne (Contribution by)This fine selection of 20th century plays includes contributions from Robert Emmons Rogers ("The Boy Will"), Booth Tarkington ("Beauty and the Jacobin"), Ernest Dowson ("The Pierrot of the Minute"), Oliphant Down ("The Maker of Dreams"), Percy MacKaye ("Gettysburg"), A.A. Milne ("Wurzel-Flummery"), Harold Brighouse ("Maid of France"), Lady Gregory ("Spreading the News"...

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Report copyright infringementby Earl Derr Biggers (Author), Robert Welles Ritchie (Author)Set during World War I, this thrilling espionage novel takes place in Gibraltar, where British and German spies operate covertly within the neutral zone. Amidst rising tensions, a British woman and an American man find themselves caught in a dangerous web of intrigue, deception, and double-crossing. As they navigate perilous circumstances, the stakes grow higher, leading to a gripping conclusion that bal...

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Report copyright infringementby Ricky D. Douglas (Author)It is 1949. Harry "the Hammer" Higgins's first mistake was winning a fight he'd been paid to lose. His second mistake was that the man he'd beaten was the reigning heavyweight champion of the world. Framed for the champ's death, he is forced out of boxing. Now he earns his living fighting in barns and alleys of small backwater towns. Although the standard pay was about fifty dollars, the biggest share of his profits came from the side b...

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Report copyright infringementby Charlie Josephine (Author)'She just needs to understand that it's not her fault, that she's not to blame, that she's not a slut' Three women and two men swim in shame. Everyone's exposed. Everyone wants revenge. No one's talking about it. Five candid stories about revenge porn and all its many victims. Blush is a slap in the face and a call to arms. Written by Charlie Josephine and presented by Snuff Box Theatre - the team behind award-winning Bitch Boxer. ...

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Report copyright infringementby Marie Stopes (Author), Mint Editions (Contribution by)Conquest: Or, A Piece of Jade (1917) is a drama in three acts by Marie Stopes. Although Stopes is more widely known as the author of Married Love or Love in Marriage, a bestselling work on contraception that guided generations of men and woman on how to nurture happy, healthy sexual relationships, she was also a gifted playwright and poet. Conquest: Or, A Piece of Jade, set in rural New Zealand and London, i...

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Report copyright infringementby Anne Le Marquand Hartigan (Author)The three short plays in this publication by award winning Irish playwright Anne Le Marquand Hartigan span her playwriting career from Strings in 1981, Cake in 1984 and the recently commissioned In Other Worlds first performed by the students of Ohio Northern University in 2003. Tackling the themes of relationships, marriage, deception and self-deception, through intertwined storylines, the plays link and re-link the recurrin...

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Report copyright infringementby Benedict Andrews (Author)In a remote Russian town, Olga, Masha and Irina long for life in Moscow - but their plans go nowhere. Disaster, deception, meaningless self-sacrifice - in Chekhov's heartbreaking masterpiece, each new twist of fate sees the sisters' control over their destiny slip away. This version of The Three Sisters has been radically re-worked. It is set in modern day Russia, with modern language and it re-imagines the sisters' dreams and the world...

Contemporary Scenography: Practices and Aesthetics in German Theatre, Arts and Design

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Report copyright infringementby Birgit E. Wiens (Editor), Joslin McKinney (Editor), Scott Palmer (Editor)Contemporary Scenography investigates scenographic concepts, practices and aesthetics in Germany from1989 to the present. Facing the end of the political divide, the advent of the digital age and the challenges of globalization, German-based designers and scenographers have reacted in a variety of ways to these shifts in the cultural landscape. The edited volume, a compilation of 12 origin...

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Report copyright infringementby Robin Norton-Hale (Author), Mozart (Author)Champagne is flowing in Sloane Square while cash and coke changes hands in the back alleys of Soho. City trader Jonny slinks effortlessly through the city's dark underbelly, on the prowl for new and dangerous experiences. Desired, depraved and dragging his reluctant intern behind him, he leaves a trail of broken hearts and barristers' blood in his wake. Sung in a new English translation and set in the pre-credit crunch...

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Report copyright infringementby Edward de Vere (Author)This edition of the classic text is rendered in superbly readable form and properly ascribed to its true author, Edward de Vere. Having staged numerous plays at the court of Queen Elizabeth I in his youth, Edward de Verewent on to write, from the sanctum of anonymity, the plays and sonnets that have heretofore been ascribed to the Elizabethan actor and merchant, William Shakespeare. This rendering of Richard III is presented in recognitio...

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Report copyright infringementby Julia Lee Dean (Author)A collection of three short plays for women. Designed to be performed together over one evening, the set is comprised of two comedies and one drama, these plays deal with relationships, careers and domestic violence.Author BiographyJulia Lee Dean holds a degree in English & Italian Literature from the University of Warwick and a Masters in History of Medicine & Science from Birkbeck College, University of London and is variously a...

Hidden Gems Volume II: Contemporary Black British Plays: Volume 2

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Report copyright infringementby Deirdre Osborne (Editor)Includes the plays A Bitter Herb, Absolution, Identity, The Far Side, Mary Seacole, and Urban Afro-Saxons This second and sister volume to Hidden Gems showcases a further range of plays by Black British writers whose work reaches beyond themes too-often perceived by mainstream theatre commissioning as defining Black people's experiences. The plays, monodrama and libretto represent subject-matter from woman-centred history, revolutionary ...