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Report copyright infringementby Aristophanes Aristophanes (Author)The Frogs tells the story of the god Dionysus, despairing of the state of Athens' tragedians, and allegedly recovering from the disastrous Battle of Arginusae. He travels to Hades to bring Euripides back from the dead. He brings along his slave Xanthias, who is smarter, stronger, more rational, more prudent, and braver than Dionysus. Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions: 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN Publicat...

English Play Development Under Neoliberalism, 2000-2022

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Report copyright infringementby Lucy Tyler (Author) Number of Pages: 78 Dimensions: 0.17 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 17, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin Alexander (Author), Chuck Santoro (Author)In the spirit of Riverdance and Tony n' Tina's Wedding Finnegan's Farewell features the best of Irish Dancing music and singing! Come to an authentic Irish wake and pay your last respects to the dearly departed and beloved U. S. Postal worker Patrick James Finnegan. Paddy took a day trip to an Atlantic City casino where he won a whopping 2.2 million dollars at the slots. Unfortunately Poor Paddy fell off a ladder ...

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Report copyright infringementby A. A. Milne (Author)A. A. MilneComedyCharacters: 4 male, 2 female Interior SetA terribly exciting little affair happens in the humdrum life of John and Mary, a tempest in a teapot, but while it lasts--well, it's high comedy, at least for the audience! Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.05 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: March 02, 2011

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Report copyright infringementby No?l Coward (Author)One of the Tonight At 8:30 series produced in London and New York. Single Karl and married Louise grow sentimental while waltzing and fall desperately in love. When Louise's stodgy husband finds them kissing, she must ask her new lover his name in order to introduce him to her socially impeccable husband. After a night of discussion, frequently interrupted by sandwiches and drinks, Louise wins her freedom but finds, in the light of dawn, tha...

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Report copyright infringementby Jane Martin (Author)Full Length, Comedy Characters: 5 femaleBare stage with chairsWritten to be performed by five actresses, this sequel to Jane Martin's last monologue play picks up where VITAL SIGNS left off - in these funnier, stranger days of the 21st century. Reveling in virtues of brevity that include hilarity, surprise and homespun philosophy, these monologues roam the range of contemporary perspective on everything from sexual harassment to sleeping in ...

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Report copyright infringementby Maurice Maeterlinck (Author)Maurice Maeterlinck, a Belgian dramatist, and poet wrote "The Blue Bird." In order to discover the elusive bluebird of happiness, two kids named Tyltyl and Mytyl are set on a magical journey. A distinct stage of their trip is represented by each of the play's six acts. The fairy Bérylune pays the kids a visit in Act I and assigns them the task of locating the bluebird of happiness. They go on their trip with their dog in Act II, stop...

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Report copyright infringementby Max Dickins (Author)'I'm so sick of hearing about family. Of feeling guilty for not enjoying family. Or being pressured into joining a standing ovation for a show I didn't particularly care for in the first place.' Two estranged sisters meet after twenty years. In a remote cottage over a single night they bury the hatchet. As their dying father lies in the room next door they're forced to confront who they were and who they've become. When the only person they ...

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Horsler (Author)Gerald, an archaeological lecturer, rents a remote country cottage for the weekend, ostensibly to work on a local site, in reality hoping for a little middle-aged philandering with his attractive college librarian, Ruth. Gerald introduces her to the landlord of the cottage, Bill Flack, as his secretary. Their privacy is soon invaded, first by the former occupants, Dora and her lovesick daughter, then by other locals including a very pregna...

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Report copyright infringementby Tony Kushner (Author)In 2000, Theater Communications Group published Death & Taxes which contained the following one-acts: REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION, G DAVID SCHINE IN HELL, NOTES ON AKIBA, TERMINATING and EAST COAST ODE TO HWARD JARVIS.In 2009 the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, under the title Tiny Kushner, produced FLIP FLOP FLY, TERMINATING, EAST COAST ODE TO HOWARD JARVIS, DR ARNOLD A HUTSCHNECKER IN PARADISE, and ONLY WE WHO GUARD THE MYSTERY SHALL BE UNH...

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Report copyright infringementby Oliphant (Author)""Sons and Daughters"" by Mrs. Oliphant is a richly woven novel that explores the intricacies of family dynamics, social expectations, and the nuances of love and relationships in the Victorian era. The story revolves around a family grappling with the challenges of evolving roles of its members. At the center are the siblings, who each navigate their own paths as they face societal pressures and personal aspirations. It delves into themes of d...

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Jane Mullan (Author), Sarah Bartley (Author)Crisis Theatre and The Living Newspapers traces a history of the living newspaper as a theatre of crisis from Soviet Russia (1910s), through the Federal Theatre Project of the Great Depression in America (1930s), to Augusto Boal's teatro jornal in Brazil (1970s), and its resonance with documentary forms deployed in the final years of apartheid in South Africa (1990s), up until the present day in the UK (2020s). ...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Harris (Author)This psychological thriller about revenge centers on the interlocking triangular relationship between Dee, a successful television playwright; Hallet, a detective superintendent; and Stone, a humorless, prissy man. Dee arrives at Stone's flat, having accepted an invitation to discuss a script by Stone's wife. She is rather surprised when Hallett, with whom she is having an affair, also arrives, apparently to investigate a matter concernin...

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Report copyright infringementby Molire (Author), Moliere (Author)Moli re's play "The Miser" in both French and English, with a short introduction by Charles Heron Wall. Number of Pages: 210 Dimensions: 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 23, 2011

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen Poliakoff (Author)Leonard, a disk jockey, is increasingly disillusioned with the falsity of his job of provding fantasies for his devoted teenage listeners. So frustrated is he that he tries to force Nicola, a contestant in a stupid competition, to realise the idiocy of the whole set-up - but what is the result when fantasies are destroyed?3 women, 4 men Number of Pages: 74 Dimensions: 0.15 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publicati...

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Report copyright infringementby Jacqueline Springfield (Author)Black Playwrights and Heightened Text: When Shakespeare Ain't Enuf breaks down the misconception that heightened text sits only within a white tradition and brings the work of Black playwrights from across history to the forefront by highlighting the use of heightened dramatic text in their work.Interrogating the use of linguistic techniques often seen in heightened text, such as: enjambment, assonance, and consonance, author Jacq...

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Report copyright infringementby Fintan Walsh (Author)This Element explores how theatre responded to the death and loss produced by the COVID-19 pandemic, by innovating forms and spaces designed to support us in grief. It considers how theatre grieved for itself, for the dead, for lost ways of living, while also imagining and enacting new modes of being together. Even as it reckoned with its own demise, theatre endeavoured to collectivise grief by performing a range of functions more commonly ...

Napoleon vs. the Turk, When the Master Warrior Met the Master Machine

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Robertson (Author), Matt Fullerty (Editor)Napoleon Vs. the Turk is an exciting minute-by-minute drama loosely based on the real Turk and its match against Napoleon. It was first performed at the 2006 Toronto Fringe Festival, directed by Luke Davies. 1809. Napoleon Bonaparte has invaded Austria and is working out a treaty at Sch nbruun Palace. Also visiting Sch nbruun is The Turk, a mechanical man seemingly able to play chess and defeat many seasoned player...

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Report copyright infringementby J. B. Priestly (Author)4m, 6f / Scenery: Interior The Conways are having a party to celebrate Kay's twenty first birthday. Kay hopes to be a novelist. Hazel, the beauty, anticipates a romantic marriage. Madge wants to reform the world and marry the dashing young family lawyer. Carol, the baby of the family, spreads good cheer while Robin, back from war, is certain to have a good career. Alan is content to be an armchair philosopher. The nitwit mother has high h...

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Report copyright infringementby William Norfolk (Author) Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.13 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: October 01, 1980

Romeo & Juliet: the full play-includes essays and annotations by Callie Feyen of The Teacher Diaries

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Report copyright infringementby Editor Sara Barkat (Author), Callie Feyen (Author), Karen Swallow Prior (Author)"A love story, an epic tragedy, a cautionary tale about parents respecting their children, even, incredibly, more than a minor note of humor-Romeo and Juliet has it all," says editor Sara Barkat. Now, in this special volume, you can encounter this enduring play in the company of four vibrant women who love stories and ideas. At turns thoughtful, informative, personal, or funny, thes...

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Nichols (Author)Bri, a schoolteacher and his wife Sheila have a 10-year old spastic child named Josephine, who is completely helpless and utterly dependent. Bri hides behind irony and sarcasm. Sheila believes the child is her penance for a promiscuous past and soldiers on devotedly with their little "Joe Egg". Well-meaning family and friends offer sundry solutions, everything from adoption to euthanasia but ultimately Bri finds he cannot continue and leav...

Israel's Hidden Warriors: Espionage and Valor

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Report copyright infringementby Eze (Author)"Unveiling Israel's Secrets: Inside the Mossad and IDF's Most Daring Missions" takes you deep into the heart of Israel's fight for survival. From daring spy operations to strategic military strikes, this book reveals the remarkable stories behind Israel's intelligence and defense forces that have shaped the nation's history.Written for anyone curious about Israel's incredible resilience and military prowess, this book gives you an intimate look at t...

Joan's Book: The Autobiography of Joan Littlewood

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Report copyright infringementby Joan Littlewood (Author), Philip Hedley (Introduction by)'Once upon a time, the London theatre was a charming mirror held up to cosiness. Then came Joan Littlewood, smashing the glass, blasting the walls, letting the wind of life blow in a rough, but ready, world. Today, we remember this irresistible force with love and gratitude.' (Peter Brook) Along with Peter Brook, Joan Littlewood, affectionately termed 'The Mother of Modern Theatre', has come to be known a...

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Report copyright infringementby Shamicka C. Toney (Author)Amia Copeland was like any other recent college graduate having just landed her first great-paying job at one of the nation's most prestigious African American law firms. She was giddy with excitement about her future, feeling the power of being a young woman, and looking forward to putting her mark on the world. Her career was beginning to shine as brilliantly as her personality and perfectly pearly whites. Her mere allure and presenc...

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Report copyright infringementby John Mason (Author) Title: The Turke. A worthie Tragedie, etc. in five acts, in prose and verse.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 ...

Birch Plays: 1: Where the Shot Rabbits Lay; Even Stillness Breathes Softly Against a Brick Wall; The Brink; Black Mountain

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Report copyright infringementby Brad Birch (Author)Birch Plays: 1 celebrates the work of Welsh writer Brad Birch. Winner of the 2016 Harold Pinter Commission for the Royal Court Theatre Birch is the writer in residence at Undeb Theatre and is currently on attachment at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. His work has been produced by the Royal Court, Sherman Cymru, Theatre503 and the National Youth Theatre as well as around the world in Russia, the USA, Italy, Germany and ...

The Sirens of the Hotel Louvre: An Actress, a Writer, and the Creative Life in the Silver Age of Chekhov

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Report copyright infringementby Serge Gregory (Author)Combining history and biography, The Sirens of the Hotel Louvre focuses on the intimate relationship and professional collaboration between two creative women in Russia's Silver Age (1880s-1920). The actress Lidia Yavorskaya and the writer Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik overcame moral and social boundaries to assert themselves as successful artists. Their lives intersected with practically all the major theatrical entrepreneurs and artists of...

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Report copyright infringementby Steven A. Jacobs (Author)Not long after the Dreher Shoals Dam was completed, on August 31, 1929, the reservoir that would become known as Lake Murray in Lexington, South Carolina, began filling, forcing the abandonment of nearly a dozen communities. This left many homesteads, schools, churches, and over two thousand graves underwater, most of which are still there to this day.Since its formation, the waters of Lake Murray have become known for their exceptional...

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Report copyright infringementby Jack Hibberd (Author)White with Wire Wheels (1967) examines the insecurity inherent in male cultural attitudes towards women and cars. Dimboola (1969) is a Rabelaisian account of a country wedding. A Stretch of the Imagination (1971), a monodrama about an outback philosopher, brought us the archetypal Australian character of Monk O'Neill, the lonely misanthropist. A Stretch of the Imagination is also available in Plays of the 70s: Volume 1. Number ...

An Absolute Secret: A Spy Thriller set in Wartime Sweden

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Report copyright infringementby Nicholas Kinsey (Author)Stortorget Square, Stockholm, 1945."In a side street, Peter waited near the car with Evdokia dressed in a grey raincoat. Her head was covered with a black cloth bag. A car stopped on the opposite side of the square. Two men emerged. Peter recognized one of them as the NKVD head of station, Major Vladimir Petrov, in a business suit and a fedora. He led the way, followed by a second man wearing a workman's cap over his white hair. The hand...

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Report copyright infringementby Betty Shamieh (Author) "Plenty of glamorous backstabbing, diva dissing and sexual double-crossing...has every right to claim the name Dynasty for itself. But the title character in Betty Shamieh's bouncy, bumpy comic melodrama is the real thing. A queen, I mean, and not just of the self-dramatizing type. Scratch that. She's more than a queen. She's a pharaoh, one Hatshepsut, who reigned over Egypt for 20 odd years in the 15th-century B C, and the distinction is...