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Performing Robert Burns: Enactments and Representations of the 'National Bard' - Paperback

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by Ian Brown (Editor), Gerard Carruthers (Editor)This book is unashamedly aimed at a wider market than the ordinary academic volume, as it seeks to extend the impact of the research it contains, making it available to the worldwide community of Burns enthusiasts, without compromising on scholarship. Contributors have been selected not only for their academic rigour and reputation, but also because of their ability to handle their material with elegance and accessibility for the general reader...

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by Katherine Weiss (Author)Beckett remains one of the most important writers of the twentieth century whose radical experimentations in form and content won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. This Critical Companion encompasses his plays for the stage, radio and television, and will be indispensable to students of his work. Challenging and at times perplexing, Beckett's work is represented on almost every literature, theatre and Irish studies curriculum in universities in North Ameri...

The Tempest: Language and Writing - Paperback

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by Brinda Charry (Author), Dympna Callaghan (Editor)Arden Student Guides: Language and Writing offer a new type of study aid which combines lively critical insight with practical guidance on the critical writing skills you need to develop in order to engage fully with Shakespeare's texts. The books' core focus is on language: both understanding and enjoying Shakespeare's complex dramatic language, and expanding your own critical vocabulary, as you respond to his plays. Key features include: ...

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by Bola Agbaje (Author)'Supporters keh. Forget this country. How many year have you lived here...? Your English is better than the Queen's and they still call you...'When Kayode's election campaign for a seat in parliament fails, the Nigerian born MP falls into a pit of depression. Angry and confused, he blames his loss on his ethnicity, despite being beaten by another black candidate. His subsequent remarks to the press force him into hiding. Disgraced and, according to his friend, 'in need ...

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by James Moran (Author), Garry Hynes (Contribution by), Paul Murphy (Contribution by)This Critical Companion to the work of one of Ireland's most famous and controversial playwrights, Sean O'Casey, is the first major study of the playwright's work to consider his oeuvre and the archival material that has appeared during the last decade. Published ahead of the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland with which O'Casey's most famous plays are associated, it provides a clear and detailed ...

National Theatre Connections 2013 - Paperback

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by Howard Brenton (Author), Jim Cartwright (Author), Lucinda Coxon (Author)Drawing together the work of ten leading playwrights - a mixture of established and current writers - National Theatre Connections 2013 offers young performers between the ages of thirteen and nineteen everywhere an engaging selection of plays to perform, read or study. Each play is specifically commissioned by the National Theatre's literary department and reflects the past year's programming at the venue in the plays...

Studies In Expressive Movement - Paperback

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by Gordon W. Allport (Author)Investigations of personality may be focused upon any one of three different levels of phenomena. The first is the level of traits, interests, attitudes, or sentiments considered as composing an "inner" personality; the second is the level of behaviour and expression; the third is the level of impression, the perception and interpretation of behaviour by another. Since a discovery on one of these levels establishes a presumption that the phenomenon in question has...

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by Plutarch (Author)Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Number of Pages: 448 Dimensions: 1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: December 19, 2007

Orange Blossoms: A Comedy With Music in Three Acts - Paperback

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by Victor Herbert (Author), George Gard De Sylva (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work...

The Methuen Drama Book of 21st Century British Plays - Paperback

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by Joe Penhall (Author), Kwame Kwei-Armah (Author), Anthony Neilson (Author)The Methuen Drama Book of 21st Century British Playsshowcases five of the best new plays from the first decade of the twenty-first century. A perfect reminder of the relevance, vitality and innovation of British theatre, this collection represents some of the most exciting plays to emerge in recent years.Joe Penhall's multi-award-winning Blue/Orangewas heralded as 'one of the best new plays in the National's history' ...

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by Carlo Goldoni (Author), Lee Hall (Author), Joseph Farrell (Editor)This Student Edition of Goldoni's classic 18th century play, A Servant to Two Masters, features expert and helpful annotation, ideal for anyone studying or performing the play. Editor Joseph Farrell's accessible Introduction includes a plot synopsis, a commentary on the dramatic, social and political context, and on the themes, characters, language and structure of the play, as well a list of suggested reading, questions for...

The Theatre and Films of Martin McDonagh - Paperback

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by Patrick Lonergan (Author)Martin McDonagh is one of the world's most popular dramatists. This is a highly readable and illuminating analysis of his career to date that will appeal to the legions of fans of his stage plays and the films Six Shooter and In Bruges. As a resource for students and practitioners it is unrivalled, providing an authoritative and enquiring approach to his work that moves beyond the tired discussions of national identity to offer a comprehensive critical exploration....

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by Keith MacDonald (Author), James Richards (Author)Tucker Knox has already seen the worst that life can offer as he heads home to Michigan after a tour in Vietnam, but there's a new kind of war raging on the streets around Detroit in 1970. Tucker soon discovers a whole new subculture of street racing in the flashy, high-horsepowered machines that "make the scene" on and around the legendary Woodward Avenue. From Detroit's, 8-Mile to the Pontiac Loop, along Gratiot Avenue and along I-75 and i...

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by Ed Kovens (Author)A manual for actors and teachers of acting, based on the teachings of Lee Strasberg Number of Pages: 186 Dimensions: 0.4 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: November 14, 2008

The Plays of Eugene O'Neill Including Anna Christie, Beyond the Horizon, Emperor Jones, the Hairy Ape and Days Without End - Paperback

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by Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 576 Dimensions: 1.42 x ...

The Plays of Anton Chekhov: Nine Plays Including the Sea-Gull, the Cherry Orchard, the Three Sisters and Others - Paperback

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by Anton Chekov (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 244 Dimensions: 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN Pub...

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by Lillian Hellman (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 124 Dimensions: 0.34 x 8.94 x 6....

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by George Bernard Shaw (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 144 Dimensions: 0.31 x 9.25 ...

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by Henrik Ibsen (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 112 Dimensions: 0.28 x 9.4 x 7.46 I...

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by Eugene O'Neill (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions: 0.15 x 9.2 x 7.6 I...

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by Jean-Baptiste Moliere (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 60 Dimensions: 0.15 x 9.22...

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by Dion Boucicault (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.15 x 9.26 x 7.4...

Making Progress: America's Queer History in 12 Plays - Paperback

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by Michael D. Jackson (Author)Covering a period of over 100 years, Making Progress explores gay and lesbian history through 12 plays. Starting from the isolation of hidden romances kept secret behind closed doors and revealed only in diaries and carefully worded letters; to the great migration towards the big cities during war times where gay communities began to form; battling Hollywood's fantasy of America; fighting the anti-gay military policy and unjust legal ramifications; bursting forth...

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by William Shakespeare (Author)"A Midsummer Night's Dream", one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies is a spectacular tale of fantasy. The story revolves around two couples (Hermia and Lysander and Helena and Demetrius) who escape to a fairyland forest ruled by Oberon and Titania, the King and Queen of the Fairies. "A Midsummer Night's Dream", is light-hearted fare that exhibits some of Shakespeare's greatest comedic and lyrical work. Number of Pages: 96 Dimensions: 0.23 x 8 x 5 IN Publication ...

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by William Butler Yeats (Author), W. B. Yeats (Author)William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an instrumental figure in the "Irish Literary Revival" of the 20th Century that redefined Irish writing. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, and received honorary degrees from Queen's University (Belfast), Trinity College (Dublin), and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. It can be difficult to characterize Yeats. He was a complicated man whose work reflected the internal struggle...

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by William Butler Yeats (Author), W. B. Yeats (Author)William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an instrumental figure in the "Irish Literary Revival" of the 20th Century that redefined Irish writing. It can be difficult to characterize Yeats. He was a complicated man whose work reflected the internal struggle he felt between art and life. In 1899 Yeats helped found the Irish National Theatre Society, which later became the famous Abbey Theatre of Dublin. "On Baile's Strand" was first performed he...

Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation (1838-1839) - Paperback

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by Frances Anne Kemble (Author)Frances Anne Kemble, (1809-1893) referred to as Fanny, was a famous British actress and author in the early to mid nineteenth century. As a member of the famous Kemble theatrical family, she first appeared on stage as Juliet at Covent Garden. She played many principal women's parts, notably Portia, Beatrice and Lady Teazle. She retired from the stage in 1834 to marry Pierce Butler, grandson of the Founding Father, Pierce Butler. He had inherited his grandfather'...

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by Oscar Wilde (Author), 1st World Publishing (Editor), 1st World Library (Editor)Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - The room is brilliantly lighted and full of guests. At the top of the staircase stands LADY CHILTERN, a woman of grave Greek beauty, about twenty-seven years of age. She receives the guests as they come up. Over the well of the staircase hangs a grea...

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by George Bernard Shaw (Author), 1st World Library (Editor), 1stworld Library (Editor)Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - To the irreverent - and which of us will claim entire exemption from that comfortable classification? - there is something very amusing in the attitude of the orthodox criticism toward Bernard Shaw. He so obviously disregards all the canons and un...

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by George Bernard Shaw (Author), 1stworld Library (Editor)Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - In reading through this German version of my book in the Manuscript of my friend Siegfried Trebitsch, I was struck by the inadequacy of the merely negative explanation given by me of the irrelevance of Night Falls On The Gods to the general philosophic scheme of The Ring. Th...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), 1st World Library (Editor), Library 1stworld Library (Editor)I come no more to make you laugh; things now That bear a weighty and a serious brow, Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Those that can pity here May, if they think it well, let fall a tear: The subject will deserve it. Such as give Their money out of hope they may believe May here find truth too. Those that come to see Only a show...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), 1st World Library (Editor), Library 1stworld Library (Editor)LEONATO. I learn in this letter that Don Pedro of Arragon comes this night to Messina. MESSENGER. He is very near by this. He was not three leagues off when I left him. LEONATO. How many gentlemen have you lost in this action? MESSENGER. But few of any sort, and none of name. LEONATO. A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers. I find here that Don Pedro hath bestowed much h...