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Cyrano de BergeracThis acclaimed adaptation for the stage has garnered such reviews as: "Emotional depth Rostand himself would surely have envied...Burgess' extravagant verse keeps its contours, yet trips off the tongue almost as though it were contemporary speech." -London Times. Performance rights available from Applause.Author: Edmund...
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Blithe Spirit30 m 7 f plus ensemble (doubling possible.) / Ints. exts.This mesmerizing Phantom is traditional musical theatre in the finest sense. The Tony award winning authors of Nine have transformed Gaston Leroux' The Phantom of the Opera into a sensation that enraptures audiences and...
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Betrayal"One of the most essential artists produced by the twentieth century. Pinter's work gets under our skin more than that of any living playwright." --New York Times Upon its premiere at the National Theatre, Betrayal was immediately recognized as a masterpiece. It won the...
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August: Osage County (TCG Edition)Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2008 Tony Award for Best New Play. Now a major motion picture! "A tremendous achievement in American playwriting: a tragicomic populist portrait of a tough land and a tougher people." --TimeOut New York "Tracy...
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A TempestCésaire's Tempest, in translation by Richard Miller, is a sprightly and song-filled enchantment. The luminous intelligence of Mr. Césaire's meditation on the absurdities of colonialism shines through the antics of the bewildered characters.--New York Times Césaire's rich and insightful adaptation of The Tempest draws...
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AntigoneBased on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in...
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8 Days til Sunday: The First 96In the gritty heart of Philadelphia, where survival is an everyday hustle and dreams often die in silence, one woman finds herself staring down the most pivotal eight days of her life. "8 Days til Sunday" is a raw, soul-baring journey into the depths...
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William Shakespeare: The Complete WorksThe second Oxford edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works reconsiders every detail of their text and presentation in the light of modern scholarship. The nature and authority of the early documents are re-examined, and the canon and chronological order of composition freshly established. Spelling and...
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The Theatre of Tennessee Williams Volume II: The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Summer and Smoke, the Rose Tattoo, Camino RealAuthor: Tennessee WilliamsPublisher: New Directions Publishing CorporationPublished: 09/17/1990Pages: 604Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.39lbsSize: 7.95h x 5.15w x 1.60dISBN: 9780811211369About the AuthorWilliams, Tennessee: - Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was America's most influential playwright. Readers have devoured his poetry, essays, short stories, and letters, as well as his...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare"I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed." --William Shakespeare Arm yourself with this volume from the Knickerbocker Classics series, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, including 17 comedies, 10 histories, 10 tragedies, and all the poems...
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Six TragediesHere is a lively, readable, and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers--the only tragic playwright from ancient Rome whose work survives. Tutor to the emperor Nero, Seneca lived through uncertain, oppressive,...
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Merchant of Venice: No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student Editions - Shakespeare Side-By-Side Plain EnglishShakespeare everyone can understand--now in new DELUXE editions! Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, these popular guides make Shakespeare accessible to everyone. They introduce Shakespeare's world, significant plot points, and the key...
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Merchant of VeniceThis edition of The Merchant of Venice is especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes, allowing students to...
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Julius Caesar: The Oxford Shakespearejulius CaesarThe most famous of Shakespeare's Roman tragedies, Julius Caesar was written and first performed in 1599, and was apparently one the plays his contemporaries enjoyed most. Recounting the death of Caesar on the steps of the Senate house, the play offers some of Shakespeare's...
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Julius CaesarThough a staple in high school English classes, Julius Caesar is not a simple play. Seemingly irreconcilable forces are at work: fate and free will, the changeableness and stubbornness of ambitious men, the demands of public service and the desire for private gain. Drawn...
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Hedda GablerA masterpiece of modern theater, Hedda Gabler is a dark psychological drama whose powerful and reckless heroine has tested the mettle of leading actresses of every generation since its first production in Norway in 1890.Ibsen's Hedda is an aristocratic and spiritually hollow woman, nearly...
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Great Gatsby (Wisehouse Classics Edition)THE GREAT GATSBY is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and...
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First LightHave you wondered what would happen if the Waltons met the cast from 90210? First Light allows readers a peek into the foundation of the families who make up Jerry Farnham's Red at Night series, a mixture of mystery, romance, and drama with a...
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Doctor Faustus and Other PlaysChristopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is the most important of Shakespeare's contemporaries. This edition offers his five major plays, which show the radicalism and vitality of his writing in the few years before his violent...
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By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (TCG Edition)"Nottage is one of our finest playwrights, a smart, empathetic, and daring storyteller who tells a story an audience won't expect."-Time Out New York"Lynn Nottage's work explores depths of humanness, the overlapping complexities of race, gender, culture and history-and the startling simplicity of desire-with...
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