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A Midsummer Night's Dream: No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student Editions - Shakespeare Side-By-Side Plain English - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Sparknotes (Author)Shakespeare everyone can understand--now in this new EXPANDED edition of MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM! Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, this popular guide makes Shakespeare accessible to everyone. And now it features expanded literature guide sections that help students study smarter. The expanded sections include: Five Key Questions: Five frequently asked quest...

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by Georges Feydeau (Author), Nicki Frei (Translator), Peter Hall (Translator)Georges Feydeau, master of farce, displays all his tricks of the trade in this witty, seamless and acutely funny translation. An Absolute Turkey was a West End hit following its London premiere at the Globe Theatre in 1993."Sharp, natty, decorously indecent dialogue" - Sunday Times Author BiographyGeorges Feydeau (1862-1921) is best known for his enduring farces, such as 'A Flea in her Ear', yet he wrote over 20 mono...

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by Matthew Lopez (Author)Inspired by E. M. Forster's novel Howards End, and set in New York three decades after the height of the AIDS epidemic, The Inheritance wrestles with what it means to be a gay man today, exploring relationships and connections across age and social class and asking what one generation's responsibilities may be to the next. Matthew Lopez's The Inheritance premiered at the Young Vic Theatre, London, in 2018, before transferring to the West End's Noel Coward Theatre. It ...

Hanoch Levin: Selected Plays Two: Suitcase Packers; The Lost Women of Troy; The Labour of Life; Walkers in the Dark; Requiem - Paperback

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by Hanoch Levin (Author), Jessica Cohen (Translator), Evan Fallenberg (Translator)'Hanoch Levin is the modern world on the stage... we badly need to hear what he has to say.' David Lan Hanoch Levin was one of Israel's leading dramatists. Born in Tel Aviv in 1943, his work includes comedies, tragedies, and satirical cabarets, most of which he directed himself. He received numerous theatre awards both in Israel and abroad and his plays have been staged around the world. Levin was awarded the Bi...

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by Lynn Nottage (Author)Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Nominee for 3 Tony Awards including Best Play "Lynn Nottage's best work. She offers a powerful critique of the American attitude toward class, and how it affects the decisions we make. Sweat has fraternity at its heart, but also the violence, and the suspicion that can result from class aspirations." -Hilton Als, New Yorker Lynn Nottage has written one of her most exquisitely devastating tragedies to date. In one of the poore...

The Trojan Women and Other Plays - Paperback

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by Euripides (Author), James Morwood (Translator), Edith Hall (Introduction by)This volume of Euripides' plays offers new translations of the three great war plays Trojan Women, Hecuba, and Andromache, in which the sufferings of Troy's survivors are harrowingly depicted. With unparalleled intensity, Euripides--whom Aristotle called the most tragic of poets--describes the horrific brutality that both women and children undergo during war. Yet, in the war's aftermath, this brutality is challeng...

Barker: Plays Six: (Uncle) Vanya; A House of Correction; Let Me; Judith; Lot and His God - Paperback

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by Howard Barker (Author)Includes the plays Judith, (Uncle) Vanya, A House of Correction, Let Me and Lot and His God Barker's radical rewriting of Chekhov's classic Uncle Vanya brought him more controversy than most of his other works put together. Interrogating not so much Chekhov's text as the use to which society has put it, Barker turns Vanya's defeat into victory and converts a play of sadness into a tragedy of desire. A House of Correction is a meditation on cause and effect. Set on the...

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by Anne Washburn (Author)One of the most spectacularly original plays in recent memory.--Entertainment WeeklyFascinating and hilarious . . . With each of its three acts, Mr. Burns grows grander.--Village VoiceWhen was the last time you met a new play that was so smart it made your head spin? . . . Mr. Burns has arrived to leave you dizzy with the scope and dazzle of its ideas . . . with depths of feeling to match its breadth of imagination.--The New York TimesAn ode to live theater and the re...

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by Quiara Alegría Hudes (Author)"Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue is that rare and rewarding thing: a theater work that succeeds on every level while creating something new." -New York Times"A lush and evocative tone poem about the way the landscape of the soul is transformed by war" -Atlanta Journal Constitution Back home in Philadelphia, Elliot Ortiz, a nineteen-year-old Marine, contemplates his return to Iraq for a second tour of duty after being seriously wounded. In this "simple, poignant and a...

The Crucible: (Penguin Orange Collection) - Paperback

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by Arthur Miller (Author)Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books 50 Covers competition For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics, the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguin's iconic book design with twelve influential American literary classics representing the b...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time GCSE Student Guide - Paperback

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by Jacqueline Bolton (Author)Written specifically for GCSE students by academics in the field, the Methuen Drama GCSE Guides conveniently gather indispensable resources and tips for successful understanding and writing all in one place, preparing students to approach their exams with confidence.Key features include a critical commentary of the play with extensive, clearly labelled analyses on themes, characters and context. They take studying drama even further with sections on dramatic techn...

Twelfth Night: A Critical Reader - Paperback

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by Alison Findlay (Editor), Liz Oakley-Brown (Editor)Twelfth Nightis the most mature and fully developed of Shakespeare's comedies and, as well as being one of his most popular plays, represents a crucial moment in the development of his art. Assembled by leading scholars, this guide provides a comprehensive survey of major issues in the contemporary study of the play.Throughout the book chapters explore such issues as the play's critical reception from John Manningham's account of one of its...

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by Davey Anderson (Author)The Static 'We all have sick thoughts. It doesnae matter what you think, it's what you do that counts. Trouble is, my thoughts do things. Don't believe me? Just watch.' Sparky is a bright but volatile 15-year-old boy on the brink of permanent exclusion from school. Then one day he falls under the spell of a seemingly psychic girl called Siouxsie and develops his own kinetic superpower. But will it save him or push him over the edge? The Static is a coming-of-age love...

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by James Robson (Author), C. W. Marshall (Editor), Niall W. Slater (Editor)Lysistrata is the most notorious of Aristophanes' comedies. First staged in 411 BCE, its action famously revolves around a sex strike launched by the women of Greece in an attempt to force their husbands to end the war. With its risqué humour, vibrant battle of the sexes, and themes of war and peace, Lysistrata remains as daring and thought-provoking today as it would have been for its original audience in Classical At...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Wolfgang Clemen (Editor)Magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood provide the materials for one of Shakespeare's most delightful comedies. When four young lovers, fleeing the law and their own mismatched rivalries, take to the forest of Athens, their lives become entangled with a feud between the King and Queen of the Fairies, resulting in a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment, merriment and farce.... This title in the Signet Classics Shakespeare serie...

The Complete Euripides: Volume III: Hippolytos and Other Plays - Paperback

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by Peter Burian (Editor), Alan Shapiro (Editor)Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Collected here for the first time in the series are four major works by Euripides all set in Athens: Hippoltos, trans...

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by Aeschylus (Author), Janet Lembke (Translator), C. J. Herington (Translator)The Persians, Aeschylus' earliest surviving tragedy, holds a fascination both for readers of Greek drama and Greek history. Not only is it the earliest existing play in the Western tradition, it is drawn directly from the playwright's own experiences at the battle of Salamis, making it theonly account of the Persian Wars composed by an eyewitness. And as pure tragedy, it is a masterpiece. Aeschylus tells the story o...

Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics - Paperback

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by Stephen Greenblatt (Author)Examining the psyche--and psychoses--of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the disasters visited upon the societies over which these characters rule. Tyrant shows that Shakespeare's work remains vitally relevant today, not least in its probing of the unquenchable, narcissistic appetites of demagogues and the self-destructive willingness o...

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Report copyright infringementby Camille Moffitt Nichols (Author), Chris And Walter Kirby (Author) Number of Pages: 126 Dimensions: 0.27 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 02, 2025

Crappy to Happy: Sacred Stories of Transformational Joy

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Report copyright infringementby Ariel Patricia (Author), Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos (Author), James Redfield (Foreword by)Into every life, some rain must fall. Fortunately, no storm lasts forever.Do bad things happen to good people, or could the difficulties we face be gifts in disguise? You decide as thirty courageous authors share their poignant true stories with you.Walk alongside the writers as they weather the storms of gender and sexual identity, crises of faith, divorce, addiction, healt...

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Report copyright infringementby Colette Fadel Awad (Author)Will the doctors at a reputable hospital and a new protocol be able to save Sami's life? How does the family cope with Sami's monumental health crisis? Does faith come to the rescue when despair sets in? Number of Pages: 76 Dimensions: 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 12, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Beth Eversole (Author), Nicole Frail (Editor)Katie knows she's died...again. Each time she wakes from the dream, it feels real-a haunting memory she can't escape. As an award-winning journalist in 2020, Katie is used to uncovering truths, but her confidence has been shaken by a personal tragedy and the vivid dreams of lives she's certain she's lived before.Sarah, a singer in the turmoil of the 1940s, finds solace in her son and her music. Rosamund, a fierc...

Medea by Euripides: The Ancient Greek Tragedy

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Report copyright infringementby Augusta Webster (Author), Gilbert Murray (Author), Elizabeth Lee (Author)Charged with female agency, Medea is a powerful story of betrayal, desperation, and horrifying revenge. The classic Greek tragedy is brought to life in this lyrical translation by Augusta Webster. Medea has lived in the shadows her entire life, but when her husband, Jason, commits the ultimate act of betrayal and leaves her for another woman, she refuses to be quietly side-lined. Consumed...

Haunted Arizona Deadly Graveyards: 13 Fatal Cemetery Stories - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Jethro Blanch (Author)Each of these tales blends two essential elements for a haunted site: a creepy graveyard and a death within its grounds. These 13 untold stories have remained unknown to ghost hunters-until now.Haunted Arizona Deadly Graveyards reveals true accounts of tragic deaths and murders that happened within Arizona cemeteries. This book shifts the focus to the people haunted by tragedy, rather than just the places.Whether you're a seasoned ghost hu...

The Mustard Seed: A Story of Life and Faith

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Report copyright infringementby Todd White (Author)Imagine a book that combines the concepts behind two of the most popular books of all-time: Catcher in the Rye and Atlas Shrugged. This book would be a coming-of-age story, a love story, and a story about the power of ideas - the big, overarching ideas about love and faith, truth and morality. You've found that book in The Mustard Seed. The plot of The Mustard Seed is focused on three friends (Brian, Mark, and Troy) who just graduated from co...

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Report copyright infringementby Sharon Bridgforth (Author)United States Artists Fellow, winner of Yale's Windham Campbell Prize in Drama, and Associate Company Member at Pillsbury House + Theatre (PHT) Sharon Bridgforth queerly/explores her relationship with her aging mother as she seeks to recover, understand, hold and heal the love that she feels for her. This journey drops Sharon into the question of "what kind of mother was I?" in before you go: an Offering.Made of glimmers of memories - ...

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Report copyright infringementby Omar El-Khairy (Author), Nadia Latif (Created by)Sometimes your worst self is your best self. It's about shedding your skin - of slipping out of it, reborn - and free, finally. The site-specific response to the phenomenon of young people leaving Britain to join Islamic State is about to start. But Aisha, Laila and Farouk have had enough. Homegrown is an immersive show exploring the implications of radicalisation and extremism on the people and communities beh...

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Report copyright infringementby Catherine A. Palmer (Memoir by)Deepest Woods is a memoir told by Catherine (Catalina) Palmer as she relives traumatic experiences behind substance abuse, mental health, domestic violence, and the death of a parent. In this memoir, the author recalls detailed memories of her childhood, her high school experiences, her first love and the events that led her down the destructive path of insanity. In sharing her story, the author comes apart, only to make connectio...

New Women Dramatists in America, 1890-1920

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Report copyright infringementby Sherry Engle (Author)This book offers a comprehensive look at the lives of five successful American women playwrights from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whose works have been largely overlooked and remain underexplored. It broadens our understanding of the opportunities available to female professional writers during this period, specifically within the realm of theater. Engle's work stands out due to her extensive use of primary sources, which enrich...

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Report copyright infringementby Barrett H. Clark (Author)Maxwell Anderson: The Man And His Plays is a comprehensive biography of the celebrated American playwright Maxwell Anderson, written by Barrett H. Clark. The book delves into the life of Anderson, from his childhood in rural Pennsylvania to his rise as one of the most successful and influential playwrights of the 20th century. Clark explores Anderson's personal life, including his marriages and relationships, as well as his political be...

The Empty Grave: A True Story of Murder, Small Town Secrets, & A Family's Fight for Justice

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Report copyright infringementby Joy Brunner (Author) Number of Pages: 350 Dimensions: 0.78 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 20, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Laura Shifflett (Author), Amanda Marques (Cover Design by)Ever Been 26? is the third book from the Never Been Me Series.Entering this new phase in her life, there will be more twists and turns. Full of laughter and even more tears to shed. Learning and growing is never ending with Stevie and her life journeys. Number of Pages: 206 Dimensions: 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 01, 2025