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Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men - Paperback

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by Dael Orlandersmith (Author)Bold, beautiful and fierce-Dael Orlandersmith delivers a riveting story in Black n Blue Boys / Broken Men. This gritty play portrays five unforgettable male characters, linked by their efforts to forge identities in families fractured by abuse. Each relates a story that transforms these challenges into a celebration of our capacity to survive. Orlandersmith created this piece after working at a shelter for homeless youth in the 1980s, and her writing brings these...

Henry VI: Parts I, II, and III - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Jonathan Bate (Editor), Eric Rasmussen (Editor)"The gaudy, blabbing and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea." --Henry VI Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of the three-part classic history that revolves around the epic, dynastic Wars of the Roses. THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES: - an original Introduction to Henry VI - incisive scene-by-scene...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Jonathan Bate (Editor), Eric Rasmussen (Editor)Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this scathing account of manners and matrimony--along with more than a hundred pages of exclusive features, including: - an original Introduction to The Taming of the Shrew- incisive scene-by-scene synopsis and analysis with vital facts about the work- commentary on past and current productions based on interviews with l...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Jonathan Bate (Editor), Eric Rasmussen (Editor)"It must be by his death."--Julius Caesar Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this masterpiece of political power play and manipulation--along with more than a hundred pages of exclusive features, including: - an original Introduction to Julius Caesar- incisive scene-by-scene synopsis and analysis with vital facts about the work- commentary on past and cur...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Jonathan Bate (Editor), Eric Rasmussen (Editor)Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this classic tragedy of politics and war, honor and love--along with more than a hundred pages of exclusive features, including: - an original Introduction to Troilus and Cressida- incisive scene-by-scene synopsis and analysis with vital facts about the work- commentary on past and current productions based on interviews...

I, Carmelita Tropicana: Performing Between Cultures - Paperback

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by Alina Troyano (Author), Uzi Parnes (With), Ela Troyano (With)Alina Troyano's one-woman shows, plays, and essays have astonished audiences and readers with their creativity, humor, and crackling political energy. I, Carmelita Tropicana offers the first comprehensive collection of her work, from "Memorias de la Revolución" (with Uzi Parnes) to "Your Kunst is Your Waffen" (with Ela Troyano).Author BiographyAlina Troyano is an Obie Award-winning performance artist, speaker, and screenwriter. C...

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by Eugene O'Neill (Author), Jeffrey H. Richards (Introduction by)A selection of early work--including two Pulitzer Prize-winning plays--from Eugene O'Neill, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature A Penguin Classic Included in this volume are seven one-act plays (The Moon of the Caribbees, Bound East for Cardiff, In the Zone, The Long Voyage Home, Ile, Where the Cross Is Made, and The Rope), and five full-length plays (Beyond the Horizon, The Straw, Anna Christie, and the classics The Emperor...

The Subjectivity Effect in Western Literary Tradition: Essays toward the Release of Shakespeare's Will - Paperback

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by Joel Fineman (Author)Combining formidable learning with theoretical sophistication that is at once philosophical, linguistic, and psychoanalytical, Fineman draws from the most familiar work verbal details that lead to startling new interpretations, challenging Freud or making original applications of Lacan.Author BiographyJoel Fineman was Professor of English Literature at the University of California at Berkeley. Number of Pages: 256 Dimensions: 0.43 x 11 x 8.46 IN Publication Date: April...

Laughing Wild and Baby with the Bathwater: Two Plays - Paperback

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by Christopher Durang (Author)"Laughing wild amid severest woe" perfectly describes the fiercely ironic comedy of Christopher Durang's Laughing Wild (which takes its title from this Thomas Gray quotation via Samuel Beckett) and the previously unpublished Baby with the Bathwater. In Laughing Wild, two comic monologues evolve into a man and a woman's shared nightmare of modern life and the isolation it creates. From her turf battles at the supermarket to the desperate clich s of self-affirmatio...

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by Thomas Southerne (Author), Maximillian E. Novak (Editor), David Stuart Rodes (Editor)The two plots of this tragicomedy concern a black prince sold into slavery and two white women who are husband-hunting in Surinam. Through a discussion of the status of women in the period and of attitudes towards slavery, the editors demonstrated Southerne's complex attempt to explore a parallel between the conditions of slaves and women in contemporary society. They also consider the play in terms of Sou...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: The Study Guide Edition: Complete text & integrated study guide - Paperback

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by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Author), Francis Gilbert (Author) "A great teacher," Jeremy Paxman, BBC's Newsnight. "Clearly Francis Gilbert is a gifted and charismatic teacher," Philip Pullman, author of Northern Lights. "Gilbert writes so well that you half-suspect he could give up the day job," The Independent. Are you a student struggling to understand Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein? Or are you an educator wanting ready-made exercises and guidance to help you teach this ...

The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol II: The Plays - Paperback

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by William Butler Yeats (Author)The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume II: The Plays is part of a fourteen-volume series under the general editorship of eminent Yeats scholars Richard J. Finneran and George Mills Harper. This complete edition includes virtually all of the Nobel laureate's published work, in authoritative texts and with extensive explanatory notes. The Plays, edited by David R. Clark and Rosalind E. Clark, is the first-ever complete collection of Yeats's plays that honors...

To Kill a Serpent in the Shell - Paperback

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by Boris Akunin (Author), Ileana Alexandra Orlich (Translator)To Kill a Serpent in the Shell dramatizes the final year of Tsarevna Sofia's regency, interrogating Russia's history while subtly confronting the Russia of today. The play, both a riddle and a fantasy, depicts the political rivalry between the regent and her lover, Vasili Golitsyn, on the one hand, and the young Tsar Peter on the other.The regency's incipient humanism, espoused in Golitsyn's consideration for the well-being of the ...

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by David Mamet (Author)David Mamet's Oval Office satire depicts one day in the life of a beleaguered American commander-in-chief. It's November in a Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith's chances for reelection are looking grim. Approval ratings are down, his money's running out, and nuclear war might be imminent. Though his staff has thrown in the towel and his wife has begun to prepare for her post-White House life, Chuck isn't ready to give up just yet. Amidst the bigges...

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by Philip Meeks (Author)Celebrated children's author Edith Nesbit (The Railway Children, Five Children & It) retreats to her attic writing room during one of her husband's tiresome parties with her housekeeper and an unexpected, handsome party guest. As midnight swiftly approaches, Edith gives a reading of her work. Not one of her cherished children's tales, but her terrifying early horror stories. Number of Pages: 82 Dimensions: 0.17 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: July 15, 2015

Soldiering On - A monologue from Talking Heads - Paperback

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by Alan Bennett (Author)Muriel's husband Ralph has just died, leaving her rather well off - until, that is, her son Giles gets his hands on the money and Muriel comes out the loser. Eventually, neglected by Giles and no longer needed by her disturbed daughter Margaret- whose state may well have been caused by Ralph himself - Muriel ends the play alone and poor. Number of Pages: 30 Dimensions: 0.06 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: February 13, 2015

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by Phenomenon (Author)Taurus has experienced so much shameful drama in her past. After losing a relationship with her mother & father over her last girlfriend's ruthless behavior, Taurus retreated into the Word of God. She found herself falling for another woman that loved God just as much as she did. In spite of the church telling her that God didn't want to hear her prayers, she kept talking & one day...God started speaking back Find out what he said as Taurus turned the church ups...

The Medieval Hospitals of England - Paperback

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by Rotha Mary Clay (Author), Lord Bishop of Bristol (Foreword by)This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition. Number of Pages: 446 Dimensions: 0.9 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: March 30, 2014

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by Hugh Whitemore (Author)This compassionate play is the story of Alan Turing, mathematician and father of computer science. Turing broke the code in two ways: he cracked the German Enigma code during World War II (for which he was decorated by Churchill) and also shattered the English code of sexual discretion with his homosexuality (for which he was arrested on a charge of gross indecency). Whitemore's play, shifting back and forth in time, seeks to find a connection between the two events....

On The Way To Bethlehem: Advent Dialogues - Paperback

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by Richard H. Goodlin (Author)Richard Goodlin writes: "Having been born in Bethlehem (Pennsylvania), I wondered what it would be like to get a letter from the IRS stating I had to go back to Bethlehem for the purpose of taxation. This gave rise to On The Way To Bethlehem." The assigned scripture lessons for Advent in the lectionary present themes and concepts, but there is little in the way of a story that flows from one week to the next. In these dialogues Goodlin engages people in the unfol...

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by Katherine Hill- Daneke (Author)There have been lots of ups and downs in the story. Some good, some great, some sad, a few that can be forgiven and many that can be recovered from. Seeing each other through thick and thin no matter what circumstances may arise...and arise they do. After searching for Gia, to his dismay, Saulo finally finds her sound asleep in her old study room. Other than when his mother passed away, he had never been so scared in his life. The Langston's are enjoying bein...

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by Jane Harrison (Author)'We're second-class citizens in our own country. No, we're not even citizens. Heavens, and this is the fifties!' History is about the heroes. Rainbow's End chronicles the lives of three generations of Koori women - unsung heroes who fight the good fight every day from their humpy on Yorta Yorta country. Matriarch Nan Dear, the emerging activist Gladys, and the aspiring nurse Dolly reside along a river that continues to rise, threatening their displacement (time and ti...

Directing New Plays: Tools for Art and Collaboration - Hardcover

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by Evan Cabnet (Author)Every theater director will oversee a new play process in their career: here is what to expect and how to prepare.Drawing from over 20 years of experience as a freelance director, and as the Artistic Director of LCT3 at Lincoln Center Theater, Evan Cabnet combines the creative with the pragmatic to provide an honest, useful, and entertaining look at the art of directing a new play. Integrating practical advice with personal experience, Directing New Plays demystifies t...

What Would a Person Do?: Thoughts on Directing and Living - Paperback

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by Senior (Author)What Would a Person Do? by award-winning theater director Kimberly Senior is a sharp, spirited collection of reflections brimming with heart & wisdom that bridge the gap between life and art. Senior offers a practical guide to effective theater-making, leadership, teaching, and personhood. From Chekhov to tennis, she shares profound and playful insights that inspire you to think deeply, act boldly, and create with purpose-onstage and off.Warm and witty, this book is a fr...

Speaking of Christmas: Plays for Readers' Theater - Paperback

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by Matthew Powell (Author)So you've just been asked to put together your church's Christmas pageant -- are you feeling overwhelmed yet? Don't worry ... let Doris Wells Miller show you how this ministry can be an enjoyable and fulfilling experience for all concerned. In addition to seven delightful programs designed for children of preschool age through sixth grade, this book provides comprehensive, easy-to-follow guidelines that walk you through the entire process of planning, rehearsing, and...

Six Advent Plays for Children - Paperback

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by Doris Wells Miller (Author)So you've just been asked to put together your church's Christmas pageant -- are you feeling overwhelmed yet? Don't worry... Six Advent Plays For Children provides you with all the tools you need to make this ministry an enjoyable and fulfilling experience for everyone. In addition to six delightful programs designed for children of preschool age through sixth grade (including a synopsis and stage directions), this book provides comprehensive, easy-to-follow guid...

Acting - The First Six Lessons - Paperback

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by Richard Boleslavsky (Author)"Acting - The First Six Lessons" is a collection of essays by Richard Boleslavsky. Written in the form of a series of dialogues, these lessons aim to inform and instruct the budding actor on some of the basic principles of acting and learning to act. A novel approach to teaching acting techniques, this volume is highly recommended for novices and young actors or actresses looking to hone their abilities. Richard Boleslavsky (1889 - 1937) was a Polish theatre dir...

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by Alessandro Baricco (Author), Ann Goldstein (Translator)At the turn of the 20th Century, the great cruise liner Virginia shuttles back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean, transporting passengers from old Europe to the New World. When an abandoned baby is found on board the sailors christen Novecento - 1900. The child is destined to a strange fate. Novecento will never leave the ship as long as he lives, yet he becomes the greatest jazz musician the world would never know. He only knows his...

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by Anton Chekhov (Author), Constance Garnett (Translator), Aleksandar Hemon (Introduction by)Front JacketFirst published in 1891, this morality tale pits a scientist, a government worker, his mistress, a deacon, and a physician against one another in a verbal battle of wits and ethics that explodes into a violent contest: the duel. When Laevsky, a lazy youth who works for the government, tires of his dependent mistress, Nadyezhda Fyodorovna, Von Koren, the scientist, delivers a scathing criti...

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by Joellen K. Bland (Author)Sue and her committee get together to plan the church congregational dinner-meeting. While she tries to guide the discussion - often with the aid of a whistle to restore order - Amy prattles, Edith complains, Doris preaches, and Mary amiably agrees with just about everything. Number of Pages: 20 Dimensions: 0.04 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: April 07, 2017

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by Ana Caro Mallén de Soto (Author)El conde Partinuplés (1653) fue la comedia más célebre de Ana Caro Mallen de Soto. Es una comedia de enredo caballeresca sobre las leyendas artúricas y carolingias, con grandes efectos especiales, donde la escritora demuestra su dominio de la escenografía.Se trata de una comedia, ubicada en Constantinopla, en Francia y en ciertos lugares imaginarios (como un castillo encantado). Aquí se intenta recrear el mundo medieval propio de los ciclos artúrico y caroli...

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by Chelsea Giovinco (Author)Rachel Stephens has spent the last few months grappling with her mom's terminal cancer diagnosis alone, without her sister, Abigail, by her side. When Abigail finally returns, only to disappear again the next day, Rachel's gut tells her something is terribly wrong. Determined to find her sister, Rachel begins to uncover answers to questions she never even knew existed.As the search intensifies, Rachel realizes that Abigail didn't just run away this time. The seemin...