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A TempestA Tempest is Aimé Césaire's anti-colonialist refashioning of Shakespeare. Alongside The Tragedy of King Cristophe and A Season in the Congo, it completes a 'triptych' of plays that examine the effects of colonialism. This translation premiered at The Gate Theatre, London.Aimé Césaire has combined...
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Waiting for Lefty and Other PlaysOne of the most celebrated and significant plays of the modern American Theatre. The action of the play is comprised of a series of varied, imaginatively conceived episodes, that blend into a powerful and stirring mosaic. The opening scene is a hiring hall where...
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The OresteiaThe most famous series of ancient Greek plays, and the only surviving trilogy, is the Oresteia of Aeschylus, consisting of Agamemnon, Choephoroe, and Eumenides. These three plays recount the murder of Agamemnon by his queen Clytemnestra on his return from Troy with the captive...
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The HomecomingIn an old and slightly seedy house in North London there lives a family of men: Max, the aging but still aggressive patriarch; his younger, ineffectual brother Sam; and two of Max's three sons, neither of whom is married -- Lenny, a small-time pimp,...
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The CrucibleA haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community A Penguin Classic "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction...
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Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and FutureOne of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year - A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist - A New York Times Notable Book A timely exploration of what Shakespeare's plays reveal about our divided land. "In this sprightly and enthralling...
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Much ADO about Cooking: Delicious Shakespearean Feasts for Every Occasion'This book is not simply a collection of recipes: it is a work of art.' Michelle Terry From patties and platters to sweet dishes and tarts, Shakespeare's plays are full of delicious food. With as-yet-unseen recipes from The Globe archives and new recipes inspired...
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MacbethOne of the great Shakespearean tragedies, Macbeth is a dark and bloody drama of ambition, murder, guilt, and revenge. Prompted by the prophecies of three mysterious witches and goaded by his ambitious wife, the Scottish thane Macbeth murders Duncan, King of Scotland, in order...
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Look Back in AngerJimmy Porter, frustrated and bitter in his drab flat, lives with his middle-class wife, Alison. Also sharing the flat is Cliff who keeps things tenuously together. Alison's friend Helen arrives and persuades her to leave Jimmy only to fall for him herself. When Alison...
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BacchaeA bold new translation of Euripides' shockingly modern classic work, from Forward Prize-winning poet, Robin Robertson, with a new introduction by bestselling and award-winning writer, critic and translator Daniel Mendelsohn.Thebes has been rocked by the arrival of Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy....
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22 Comedy Ten-Minute Plays: Royalty-free Plays for Teens and Young AdultsYou won't find a better quality or larger collection of ten-minute plays anywhere! And the best part? They're all royalty-free! These original and creative plays by best-selling scene writer Laurie Allen are already getting attention, winning spots in one-act play festivals across the country....
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ZapataBefore there was Viva Zapata!, the acclaimed film for which John Steinbeck received Academy Award nominations for best story and screenplay, there was the original Zapata.In the research library of UCLA, James Robertson unearthed Steinbeck's original narraive of the life of Emiliano Zapato, "the...
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Waiting for Godot/En Attendant GodotFrom an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Théâtre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment among American and British audiences, Waiting for Godot has become one of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of...
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Tyrant: Shakespeare on PoliticsExamining 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...
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The Quiet StormSome storms never make a sound, until they destroy everything in their path.Andy has learned to stay quiet. In a home ruled by fear, silence feels safer than speaking. His stepfather's fists are frequent, his mother's screams familiar. But as the bruises deepen and...
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The Lonely LondonersLondon will do for you for now... And I will do for London. London, 1956. Newly arrived from Trinidad, Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver is impatient to start his new life. Carrying just pyjamas and a toothbrush, he bursts through Moses Aloetta's door only to...
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays'It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.' The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) proclaims that it is 'A Trivial Play for Serious People'. In fact, collected here alongside Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Salome (1891, 1894),...
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The Essential Classics: An Anthology of Greco-Roman LiteratureAn expansive and complete anthology of ancient literature is at your fingertips. Spanning one thousand years of literature and history, The Essential Classics is your portal into the days of antiquity. From Homer to Marcus Aurelius, The Essential Classics finds the most irreplaceable selections...
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The Coast of Utopia: A Trilogy: Voyage/Shipwreck/SalvageTom Stoppard's magnificent trilogy, The Coast of Utopia, was the most keenly awaited and successful drama of 2007. Now "Stoppard's crowning achievement" (David Cote, Time Out New York) has been collected in one volume, with an introduction by the author, and includes the definitive...
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The 30-Minute Shakespeare Anthology: 18 Student Scenes with MonologuesContains one scene with monologue from 18 of Shakespeare's plays, every scene abridged for performance by students or amateur adults.Author: Nick Newlin,William ShakespearePublisher: Nicolo Whimsey PressPublished: 07/21/2015Pages: 316Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.70h x 5.50w x 0.80dISBN: 9781935550372About the AuthorNick Newlin has performed a variety...
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