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Class Reunion and Other Plays - Paperback

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by Kermit Frazier (Author)Five provocative and surprising one-act plays about all manner of need, love, and survival. "Kermit Frazier is one of the most underrated, under-the-radar African American playwrights of his generation.... [His] plays are both lyrical and richly theatrical. And while they typically deal unflinchingly with the landscape of African American life and the socio-political issues of that life, the scope of his work ranges far beyond that culture."Woodie King, Jr., Producin...

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by Edwin Sanchez (Author)"Since graduating from the Yale School of Drama in 1994, Edwin Sanchez has won more fellowships and foundation grants than most playwrights receive in a lifetime. Go see UNMERCIFUL GOOD FORTUNE and you will understand why. The drama's premise is intriguing, and the action often riveting, but what really sets the play apart is the dialogue. Sanchez's characters can change moods on a dime." Virginia Gerst, Pioneer Press "Many years ago, playwright Tom Stoppard demonstra...

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by Alan Hruska (Author)"If an existentialist philosopher attempted a light romantic comedy, it would sound a little like LAUGH IT UP, STARE IT DOWN..." The New York Times "Engaging, entertaining, and existentially satisfying and well worth the visit to the iconic Cherry Lane Theatre." CEO Express ..".Those aware of theatre's ability to act as a mirror will not only be entertained, but will also be left empowered." Stage Buddy "Part absurdist comedy, part a musing on fate." Huffington Post, St...

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by David French (Author)David French's first play is a classic in Canadian drama. The first part of what has come to be known as the Mercer Series, Leaving Home tells the story of a Newfoundland family that has emigrated and lost all sense of its place in the world. Leaving Home was named one of the "100 Most Influential Canadian Books" by the Literary Review of Canada. Number of Pages: 120 Dimensions: 0.31 x 8.38 x 5.3 IN Publication Date: March 03, 2002

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by Ivan Acosta (Author) Number of Pages: 74 Dimensions: 0.18 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 01, 1982

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by Tsao Yu (Author) Number of Pages: 176 Dimensions: 0.44 x 8 x 5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 20, 2001

Teahouse: A Play in Three Acts - Paperback

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by Lao She (Author) Number of Pages: 108 Dimensions: 0.3 x 8 x 5.04 IN Publication Date: March 20, 2001

Reductionism in Drama and the Theater: The Case of Samuel Beckett - Hardcover

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by Gerhard Hauck (Author)A detailed examination of Beckett's dramas based on reductionist models in the arts and sciences. Various experimental aspects of composition and production are shown to reflect Beckett's search for a minimal theater of silence and inaction, as well as his epistemological uncertainty. Number of Pages: 246 Dimensions: 0.69 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: June 18, 2015

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by Torquato Tasso (Author), Charles Jernigan (Translator), Irene Marchegiani Jones (Translator)TASSO'S MASTERPIECE Aminta is perhaps the most famous pastoral play ever. It is also the work that launched the reputation of the author of the famed Italian epic poem of the First Crusade, Gerusalemme liberata. This story of satyrs and nymphs, shepherds and lovers is set in the ideal forest, far from the world of urban sophistication and decadence. It is presented here in the first Italian-English,...

Shakespeare: To Be Or Not To Be? - Paperback

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by David Leonard Roper (Author)This book examines and analyses the evidence proposed in support of Shakespeare as the author of the plays and poems published under that name. The evidence is compared to the alternative proposal that Shakespeare acted as an allonym for the Earl of Oxford, whose homo-erotic Sonnets addressed to the teenage Earl of Southampton, and the plays characterizing members of Elizabeth's court, made it imperative that he should not be identified with their content. Confi...

The Nuttiest, Wackiest, Funniest, Skits Ever! - Paperback

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by Stanley Snickelfoose (Author)This book is packed with 50 of the most hilarious comedy skits ever All of the skits are easy-to-perform and utilize two or more performers. Are they nutty? Unquestionably Will audiences enjoy them? Definitely Are they outrageously fun? Absolutely These side-splitting comedy skits are sure to tickle your funny bone and get you laughing out loud. Ideal for clowns, family entertainers, school performances, youth groups, or just for fun. Number of Pages: 178 D...

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by Neil Giggins (Illustrator), William Shakespeare (Author)Illustrated version of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Character portraits and scene location drawings help you visualise the play from the words on the page making the play easier to follow and study for that all important exam. Number of Pages: 132 Dimensions: 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: November 26, 2012

Agamemnon: A New English Version in Syllabic Verse - Paperback

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by Peter Arcese (Translator), Aeschylus (Author)The Agamemnon is the first play of the Oresteia trilogy, which won Aeschylus a first prize in 458 BCE. It presents the return of Agamemnon to his home in Argos after the fall of Troy, as his victorious homecoming soon gives way to the horrors of an ancient curse and the consequences of vengeance. With its accounts of war, sacrifice, confessions, prophecy, and prayer, this tragic drama begins both a brutal and compassionate journey toward redefin...

CROSSINGS on a BRIDGE of LIGHT: The Songs and Deeds of GESAR, KING OF LING as He Travels to Shambhala Through the Realms of Life and Death - Paperback

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by Douglas J. Penick (Author)CROSSINGS ON A BRIDGE OF LIGHT is a tale of boundless compassion as it inspires the journey through the joys and sorrows of life and death. Tibet's great warrior hero, Gesar of Ling discovers that his mother has lost her way and fallen into the torments of hell. Riding his magic horse, the primordial power of mind itself, he then travels though all the hallucinations of existence to liberate her. His journey reaches its apex in four visions of the enlightened rule...

Twelfth Night: A Verse Translation - Paperback

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by Kent Richmond (Author), William Shakespeare (Author)This complete, line-by-line translation of Twelfth Night makes the language of Shakespeare's play contemporary while preserving the metrical rhythm, complexity, and poetic qualities of the original. The aim is to capture both the sound and sense of Shakespeare's romantic comedy without the need for glosses or notes--to use more comprehensible language without simplifying or modernizing the play in any other way. Line-by-line verse transl...

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by Aristophanes (Author), Edward Einhorn (Author), William Niederkorn (Composer)The humor in LYSISTRATA is the focus of this latest adaptation. Playwright Edward Einhorn, known for his comic absurdist plays, translates the ancient Greek humor into something equally amusing to a modern audience, without losing the flavor of the ancient text. Complete with essays, selected music, and a second version of the play for inventive directors, this newest adaptation of Aristophanes' philosophical come...

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by Kathleen Kaufman (Compiled by)Printing of "Antigone" by Sophocles, edited for the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Exam and aligned to California state education standards grades 9-12 Number of Pages: 90 Dimensions: 0.25 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: October 05, 2011

A Conversation With Shakespeare - Reader's Theatre - Paperback

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by Diane Bilyeu (Author)This is Reader's Theatre for all ages in the classrom or at home. Improves reading skills and knowledge of Shakespeare in a fun and educational manner.Author BiographyDiane Bilyeu has a degree in theatre and public speaking from Idaho State University. Her love and strong belief in the importance of theatre for children has led Diane to create this play. She believes self confidence, self-esteem, and reading flluency are natural outcomes when children perform in front ...

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by Emile Zola (Author), Robert Smith (Introduction by)It is with great excitement in the world of literature that Grand Oak Books Publishing, Ltd., is producing the first uniform edition of the works of Emile Zola. The first of a twenty volume series, The translation of The Fortune of the Rougons is fresh and startling and sets the tone for the rest of the saga. Number of Pages: 316 Dimensions: 0.71 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 01, 2011

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by Tracey Lynn Debrew (Author) Number of Pages: 296 Dimensions: 0.67 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: April 30, 2009

Bridge 2 Destruction: The Sequel To Dealt the Wrong Hand - Paperback

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by Queen B. G (Author)After dealing with a life of insanity and instability, KeKe finds herself yearning for something better. However, the anger and disappointment that laysdeep within her soul keeps her on edge causing some very brutal reactions. Still determined to at least try, she slows down and starts a new life with Matt, also known as Lil P, a local go-getta from around the way. But there's just one issue; with money comes problems and Matt has plenty of both. Tired of settling for li...

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by Alfred Jarry (Author)Drama. Translated from the French by Rob Melrose. A new translation of the classic play. UBU ROI has divided audiences into passionate, dissenting camps since its 1896 premiere in Paris, an event that changed theater forever. With the first word of the play the audience erupted in pandemonium. People stormed the exits as fist fights broke out. UBU was a scatological mockery that challenged assumptions about good taste and good behavior, a performance that questioned th...

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet - Paperback

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by Ben Aveling (Photographer), William Shakespeare (Author)In a society ruled by violence and torn by a desire for bloody revenge, two rebellious teenagers from two opposing sides of a mortal family feud fall in love with each other. In defiance of the vengeful cruelty of their surroundings, Romeo and Juliet tie the knot in secrecy. As an attempt to escape the city misfires, the lovers pay the ultimate price for their families' hold on their lives. In this literary masterpiece, William Shakes...

Woyzeck, Pelleas and Melisande, Ubu Roi: Three Translations from the Cutting Ball Theater - Paperback

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by Rob Melrose (Author)Drama. Translated from the German and French by Rob Melrose. This collection brings together new translations of three classic modernist plays: WOYZECK by Georg B chner; PELL AS AND M LISANDE by Maurice Maeterlinck; and UBU ROI by Alfred Jarry; with a foreword by Oskar Eustis of the Public Theater, an introduction by Paul Walsh of the Yale School of Drama, and an afterword by translator Rob Melrose.To bring these three plays together into a single volume is to embrace a...

Cardenio and Celinde: German and English Edition - Paperback

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by Henry Whittlesey (Translator), Andreas Gryphius (Author)A baroque play about forsaken lovers and their attempts at revenge, until finally rejecting worldly ambition for piety.Cardenio has fallen in love with Olympia, but she chooses another man.Celinde has become smitten with Cardenio, but he only wants Olympia.Andreas Gryphius, the critically-acclaimed, German poet and dramatist, tells the tragedy of a hedonist and seductress who are willing to disgrace, bribe, murder, consult witches and...

The Salad Oil King: An American Tale of Greed Gone Mad - Hardcover

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by M. G. Crisci (Author)High-School-Dropout Masterminds a $14B White-Collar Scam.Bespectacled Fonso Gravenese was just six when he ran his first scam in 1915--winning quarters from his neighborhood buddies by rubbing olive on his yo-yo strings to make it spin faster. From there, the scams got bigger, and his appetite unquenchable. By the time Fonso was 50, he had built a $500 million personal fortune by scamming federally-funded School Lunch, Wartime Stamp Rationing, and International Food f...

Pygmalion (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) - Paperback

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by George Bernard Shaw (Author)A chance meeting between Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, and Cockney flower seller Eliza Doolittle leads to a bet that he can teach her how to speak proper English. While Higgins undertakes an effort to train Liza out of her Cockney accent to prove that it is one's manner of speaking that determines one's opportunities, Liza's refreshing candor and generosity of spirit effect a change in Higgins. Beguiling, relatable, and engaging, Pygmalion is an uproa...

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by Michael Benjamin Washington (Author)"In Michael Benjamin Washington's absorbing new play about an all-but-forgotten civil rights leader, one of the biggest moments in the fight for racial equality comes off despite-or perhaps because of-a crisis of faith. Faith, in fact, becomes a key motif coursing through BLUEPRINTS TO FREEDOM: An Ode to Bayard Rustin. There's the faith that other African-American activists place in Rustin to organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, de...

Madame Monde/Madam World: One-Act and Short Plays - Paperback

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by Domnica Radulescu (Author)MADAME MONDE/MADAM WORLD. one-act and short plays by Domnica Radulescu. A collection that features a wide range of plays that focus on nature, earth, madness, magic, and environmental destruction from a feminist lens with great roles for female and non-binary performers. Wild, poetic and daring plays that provoke joy. This is a NoPassport Press publication project. Number of Pages: 196 Dimensions: 0.42 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 21, 2023

Theatre and Citizenship: The History of a Practice - Paperback

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by David Wiles (Author)Citizenship is a contested term which today inspires both policy-makers and radical activists. David Wiles traces this ideal to its classical roots, examining both theatre and citizenship as performative practices. Wiles examines how people function collectively rather than as individuals, for example through choruses or crowd behaviour in the auditorium. He explores historic tensions between the passivity of the spectator and the active engagement of a citizen, paying ...

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by Gay Gibson Cima (Author)In Performing Anti-Slavery, Gay Gibson Cima reimagines the connection between the self and the other within activist performance, providing fascinating new insights into women's nineteenth-century reform efforts, revising the history of abolition, and illuminating an affective repertoire that haunts both present-day theatrical stages and anti-trafficking organizations. Cima argues that black and white American women in the nineteenth-century abolitionist movement tr...

The Staunton Shakespeare: Volume 3 - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Howard Staunton (Editor)First published in 1860, this is the third and final volume of Howard Staunton's collection of Shakespeare's plays, with black-and-white illustrations by the prolific artist John Gilbert. Staunton's annotated edition, based on the folio and quarto editions collated with the texts of later editors from Rowe to Dyce, combines common sense with meticulous research, making it a definitive resource in its day. Each play is accompanied by an ...