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Report copyright infringementby Kieran Lynn (Author)Growing frustrated at the destruction of his rural idyll, a farmer picks up a pamphlet that encourages him on a dangerous path.... He has a great idea to secure the future of the native animals on his land - to kill all of the non-natives. With his daughter against him, and his son on the fence, his idea looks equally brilliant and insane. His goal may be achieved, but at what cost? A dark comedy pondering the effects of extremism, Bunnies i...

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Norfolk (Author)There's been a near fatal stabbing in a local park and a young teenager is in a critical condition.Seventeen year old Tony has been accused of what has been called a racially motivated crime and goes on the run. But he has chosen to hide out in a place where Jamal, an African refugee is also hiding.The two fugitives, forced to co-exist in their self imposed exile find themselves as hostages to fortune. However, they must each set aside thei...

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Report copyright infringementby Euripides (Created by), Arthur Woollgar Verrall (Created by)This edition of Euripides' "Medea" provides a comprehensive resource for students and scholars alike. Edited with an insightful introduction and detailed notes by A.W. Verrall, it delves into the complexities of one of Greek tragedy's most compelling and disturbing figures. "Medea" explores themes of betrayal, revenge, and the clash between reason and passion. Euripides' masterful storytelling and prof...

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Report copyright infringementby Paula Vogel (Author)A wildly funny, surprising and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man, How I Learned to Drive is the story of a woman who learns the rules of the road and life from behind the wheel. Paula Vogel adds another masterpiece to her collection in this tender and Pulitzer-winning piece about childhood trauma that impacts but doesn't define. Deftly handling sensitive th...

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Report copyright infringementby Tennessee Williams (Author)Tennessee Williams' celebrated autobiographical memory play - a drama of great tenderness, charm and beauty - is a moving portrait of a troubled American family led by a determined but delusional mother. Number of Pages: 86 Dimensions: 0.21 x 7.77 x 5.26 IN Publication Date: March 20, 2026 Accelerated Reader: Quiz Name: Glass Menageri...

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Report copyright infringementby Moisés Kaufman (Author)The Laramie Project presents a deeply complex portrait of a community's response to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man living in Laramie, Wyoming. Number of Pages: 90 Dimensions: 0.19 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: March 20, 2026

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Albee (Author)A young lawyer, C, has been sent to the home of a client, a ninety-two-year-old woman A, to sort out her finances. A, who is frail and perhaps a bit senile, resists and is of no help to C. Teaming up with B, the old woman's matronly paid companion/caretaker, C tries to convince A that she must concentrate on the matters at hand. In A's beautifully appointed bedroom, she prods, discusses and bickers with B and C, her captives.A's long life i...

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Report copyright infringementby Beth Henley (Author)In Hazlehurst, Mississippi, the three Magrath sisters gather to await news of their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried at 30 and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast, and Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. Their t...

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Report copyright infringementby Tennessee Williams (Author)In a plantation house, a family celebrates the 65th birthday of Big Daddy, as they sentimentally dub him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate, clawing hopes for the future spar with one another as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds. Maggie, Big Daddy's daughter-in-law, wants to give him the news that she's finally bec...

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Report copyright infringementby Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Author)Go deeper into the groundbreaking, Golden Globe and Emmy-winning series with this must-have collection--"a completist's dream of a book, including the show's full scripts and Waller-Bridge's commentary" (Vogue). NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY EVENING STANDARD "Her coat falls open. She only has her bra on underneath. She pulls out the little sculpture of the woman with no arms. It sits on her lap. Two women. One real. One...

4000 Miles / After the Revolution: Two Plays

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Report copyright infringementby Amy Herzog (Author)"After the Revolution is a smart, funny and provocative play...Herzog deftly avoids simple-minded polemics in favor of richly detailed people who are as ready to examine their relationships as they are their consciences." --Variety "A funny, moving new play...4000 Miles is a quiet meditation on mortality. But it's hardly a downer: Ms. Herzog's altogether wonderful drama also illuminates how companionship can make life meaningful, moment by mo...

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by David Mandy (Author) Number of Pages: 198 Dimensions: 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 30, 2024

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Report copyright infringementby 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 Med...

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Report copyright infringementby K. J. Stewart (Author)What if the hero you created came to life? For Owen, a writer, it's not just a thought-it's a terrifying new reality. In Savannah, a city cloaked in darkness, his character, Jeff, crash-lands as a Hanger, a soul trapped in a world between life and death. He's ensnared in an ancient curse, one that has sealed the heavenly gates and left countless spirits in agonizing limbo. To break the curse, he must seek out Savannah's restless ghosts, co...

Abraham's Zobell's Home Movie, Final Reel

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Report copyright infringementby Len Jenkin (Author)Abraham Zobell is a man like other men. No better, not much worse. But, unlike other men, he has a vital need to lay flowers on an ocean grave before it's too late. Though he's recovering from a recent heart attack, Abe rejects the pleas of his wife and the advice of his doctors, rips out his IV, and sets out on a pilgrimage to the sea. Along the way, he encounters ghosts and memories, music and moonlight, pilgrim strangers, and even stranger...

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Report copyright infringementby Yussef El Guindi (Author)Leila and Rashid, Egyptian Americans, attempt to solve their relationship issues by inviting a relative stranger into their bedroom to engage in a threesome. What begins as a hilariously awkward evening soon becomes an experience fraught with secrets, raising issues of sexism, possession, and independence. "Mr El Guindi's dialogue snaps and sparkles... Infectious laughter ripples throughout." The New York Times "Seamlessly melds sexual ...

America's Lost Plays, Vol. VIII: The Great Diamond Robbery and Other Recent Melodramas

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Report copyright infringementby Edward M. Alfriend (Author), A. C. Wheeler (Author), Clarence Bennett (Author)This series collects the complete scripts of 100 selected, previously unpublished plays by 19th-century American playwrights. Volume 8 features "The Great Diamond Robbery," by Edward M Alfriend and A C Wheeler; "A Royal Slave," by Clarence Bennett; "From Rags to Riches," by Charles A Taylor; "No Mother to Guide Her," by Lillian Mortimer; and "Billy the Kid," by Walter Woods. ...

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Report copyright infringementby David Robson (Author)Synopsis: In the waning days of the Kosovo conflict, two American doctors travel to Macedonia to offer their services to Albanian refugees. Into the chaos of the medical camp, a mysterious boy arrives, forcing the doctors to re-examine their actions and the personal ethics that guide them. Cast Size: 4 Males, 2 Females Number of Pages: 102 Dimensions: 0.21 x 8.5 x 5.51 IN Publication Date: July 14, 201...

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Report copyright infringementby Eric Overmyer (Author)"IN A PIG'S VALISE is a musical comedy spoof of the hot-cool private-eye pulp fiction associated with Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. Except that it's wilder, much wilder. VALISE, among other oddities, features a stubby villain named Shrimp Bucket, an 'ethnic dancer' heroine named Dolores Con Leche (or, as the gumshoe hero, James Taxi, calls her, Sadness With Milk) and, in a bit part homage to Hammett's real-life lover, an undercove...

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Report copyright infringementby Abdelfattah Abusrour (Author), Lisa Schlesinger (Author), Naomi Wallace (Author)Subtitled "Three Short Visions of the Middle East," this collection includes three thematically related short plays, A STATE OF INNOCENCE, THE RETREATING WORLD, and BETWEEN THIS BREATH AND YOU, collectively entitled THE FEVER CHART. Vision One, A STATE OF INNOCENCE, is set in Rafah, Palestine, and features a Palestinian woman, an Israeli architect, and an Israeli soldier. Vision Two...

National Security Management: Global Psychological Conflict

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Report copyright infringementby Ralph Sanders (Author)This volume is the product of an effort to portral current analytical thought converning the psychological conflict between the East and the West. [Facsimile reprint of a book originally published in 1961.] Number of Pages: 140 Dimensions: 0.33 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 07, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Eric Overmyer (Author)MI VIDA LOCA - My Crazy Life - tells the story of members of a troubled family who are reunited at their home on Washington's Olympic Peninsula as the father begins treatment for drug addiction. "With a handful of plays ... Eric Overmyer has established himself as one of contemporary theater's wittiest playwrights." -Jan Stuart, Seven Days "Eric Overmyer [is] one of this nation's most accomplished and vividly imaginative playwrights." -Way...

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Report copyright infringementby Marisa Wegrzyn (Author)"Marisa Wegrzyn's clever new play, KILLING WOMEN, gives a sly feminist twist, à la 9 to 5, to the hit-man comedy genre: she peppers the script with one-liners and provides a touch of pathos. ...Wegrzyn displays more confidence and smarts than many older playwrights. At its best, the play is an extreme take on the battle between those who extol the virtues of stay-at-home motherhood and those who charge that women who fail to take up a car...

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Report copyright infringementby Isaac Oliver (Author)A brutally funny modern tragedy, ELECTRA IN A ONE-PIECE re-imagines the bloody Greek tale for our digital era. When Elle discovers that her mother has murdered her father and is burying him in the backyard, she sends for help the only way she knows how: the internet. Armed only with a video camera, she videotapes the gruesome scene and posts it on YouTube to alert her brother stationed in Iraq, inadvertently becoming an overnight YouTube se...

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Report copyright infringementby Desi Moreno-Penson (Author)A couple arrive at a motel room for an afternoon of clandestine sex. Their tryst is interrupted by a security guard with alarming news about the room they're in. A cat-and-mouse game ensues as they try to uncover the truth behind a horrifying urban legend. Number of Pages: 70 Dimensions: 0.15 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: November 04, 2011

Moving Diorama in Play: William Dunlap's Comedy A Trip to Niagara (1828)

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Report copyright infringementby Dorothy B. Richardson (Author)A Trip to Niagara; or, Travellers in America, a three-act comedy, opened at New York's Bowery Theatre on November 28, 1828, for a long run. Scripted and later published by William Dunlap (1766-1839), the so-called "father of the American stage," this play offers a bounty to theater historians, dramatic critics, and all those interested in the American culture during Dunlap's lifetime. This study explores the Bowery, the play's movi...

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan Hall (Author)It's December 1979 and class 2G are getting ready for the school Nativity. Gemma wants to be Mary but because she's got a big loud voice she's the narrator, and anyway Sarah her best friend is far loads prettier than her, everyone says so. And as for Kirsty- she doesn't even get a look in, not that she cares, she's bothered about showing her knickers in the practical area. And of course there can only be one choice for Joseph, and that'd h...

Urbain Grandier and the Devils of Loudon: A Play in Four Acts

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Report copyright infringementby Alexandre Dumas (Author), Frank J. Morlock (Translator)Set in 1634 France, this play tells the story of demonic possession and religious prosecution. Father Urbain Grandier is accused of witchcraft and promiscuous behavior against the nuns. Grandier appears to have genuine psychic powers, but he is innocent of his other supposed crimes. Ultimately, he's brought to trial. One of Dumas's most intense psychodramas. Number of Pages: 224 Di...

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Report copyright infringementby Allan Havis (Author)An interrogation tale inspired loosely by the detention of Colombia's Patricia Lara in the mid-1980s. Two INS agents detain and try to break a Latin American journalist and a Brooklyn rabbi - both suspects believed to be involved with terrorist groups. The interrogations go very badly and the tables are turned against one of the INS agents. "... To say that HOSPITALITY by Allan Havis betokens an auspicious beginning is an understatement of f...

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Report copyright infringementby John Howard Payne (Author)This series collects the complete scripts of 100 selected, previously unpublished plays by 19th-century American playwrights. Volume 5 features John Howard Payne's "Trial Without Jury," "Mount Savage," "The Boarding Schools," "The Two Sons-in-Law," "Mazeppa," and "The Spanish Husband." Number of Pages: 284 Dimensions: 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 04, 2024

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Report copyright infringementby Lonnie Carter (Author)Three boys meet in the worst way: fleeing the horrors of war. And as they team up on a perilous journey to a refugee camp, they exchange heroic survival stories, song and even laughter. Thus begins an extraordinary passage that eventually takes three boys of the Dinka tribe to, of all places, Fargo, North Dakota, where drought, crocodiles and guerrillas are replaced by malls, video games, and Skittles. "Much as, say, Sofia Coppola's Lost i...

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Report copyright infringementby Gordon Graham (Author)A powerful picture of a family without moral, material, aesthetic or imaginative resources, each of them victims of a cycle of deprivation from which they can see relief only through money and physical power. The vicious murder of a woman is the culmination of the frustrated expression of anger by three men, who are, nonetheless, loved and cared for by their own women. This is a disturbing piece of writing which suggests that society is fa...