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Representing the largest expansion between editions this updated volume of Ott... Representing the largest expansion between editions this updated volume of Ottemiller s Index to Plays in Collections is the standard location tool for full-length plays published in collections and anthologies in England and the United States... more

Playing Shakespeare is the premier guide to understanding and appreciating the... Playing Shakespeare is the premier guide to understanding and appreciating the mastery of the world s greatest playwright. Together with Royal Shakespeare Company actors-among them Patrick Stewart Judi Dench Ian McKellen Ben Kingsley and David... more

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This collection of 24 original duet scenes are based on the real-life situatio... This collection of 24 original duet scenes are based on the real-life situations faced by young women today. Split evenly between comedic and dramatic scenes the 8 to 10-minute length of each royalty-free scene is ideal for forensic competition or... more

Wearing a mask-putting on another face-embodies a fundamental human fantasy of... Wearing a mask-putting on another face-embodies a fundamental human fantasy of inhabiting other bodies and experiencing other lives. In this extensively illustrated book Thomas Morawetz explores how the creation of transformational makeup for... more

Living in Rome under Caligula and later a tutor to Nero Seneca witnessed the e... Living in Rome under Caligula and later a tutor to Nero Seneca witnessed the extremes of human behaviour. His shocking and bloodthirsty plays not only reflect a brutal period of history but also show how guilt sorrow anger and desire lead... more

When Blasted was first produced at the Royal Court in 1995 it was hailed joint... When Blasted was first produced at the Royal Court in 1995 it was hailed jointly as a masterpiece and a disgusting piece of filth (Daily Mail). Subsequently that play and the others that followed have been produced all over the world. This anthology... more

A Penguin Classic When Dr. Stockmann discovers that the water in the small Nor... A Penguin Classic When Dr. Stockmann discovers that the water in the small Norwegian town in which he is the resident physician has been contaminated he does what any responsible citizen would do: reports it to the authorities. But Stockmann s good... more

An unrivalled unofficial history of the rise and partial fall of fringe theate... An unrivalled unofficial history of the rise and partial fall of fringe theater Mike Bradwell s deadpan story is one of the funniest and angriest books to come out of theater today. As he travels through a counterculture peopled by scheming... more

Here are portraits of American life during the Great Depression and after popu... Here are portraits of American life during the Great Depression and after populated by a hopelessly hopeful chorus girl a munitions manufacturer ensnared in a love triangle a rural family that deals justice on its children an overconfident mob dandy... more

An abridgement for performance by young people and amateur adults road tested ... An abridgement for performance by young people and amateur adults road tested at the Folger Shakespeare Library s Student Shakespeare Festival. more

It was like we were two children - two innocent children just... playing Mrs C... It was like we were two children - two innocent children just... playing Mrs C wants a baby not a Christmas tree. B wants a real hairdresser s scissors and a wife. D wants a snow globe and a big head of dirty auld curls . All of them want their own... more

An abridgement for performance by young people and amateur adults road tested ... An abridgement for performance by young people and amateur adults road tested at the Folger Shakespeare Library s Student Shakespeare Festival. more

This Oxford Shakespeare edition of Hamlet represents a radically new text of t... This Oxford Shakespeare edition of Hamlet represents a radically new text of the best known and most widely discussed of all Shakespearean tragedies. Arguing that the text currently accepted is not in fact the most authoritative version of the play... more

John Webster was a radically and creatively experimental dramatist. This volum... John Webster was a radically and creatively experimental dramatist. This volume offers his two great Jacobean tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi together with his brilliant tragicomedy The Devil s Law-Case and the comedy written with... more

Troy is in ruins. Its men are dead. Its women are captives and the victorious ... Troy is in ruins. Its men are dead. Its women are captives and the victorious Greeks are camped in the ashes preparing to sail home. Four quarrelling women drawn together by grief... Four exhausted soldiers who hate each other s guts... A King who... more

Dive into the humor and excitement of The Big Lebowski but with the tradition ... Dive into the humor and excitement of The Big Lebowski but with the tradition of Shakespeare in this rewrite of the cult classic into five acts of iambic pentameter featuring illustrations annotations and historical engravings. What if...William... more

Like their Hollywood counterparts Latin American film and TV melodramas have a... Like their Hollywood counterparts Latin American film and TV melodramas have always been popular and highly profitable. The first of its kind this anthology engages in a serious study of the aesthetics and cultural implications of Latin American... more

Gathering together three major works of acclaimed playwright Rajiv Joseph this... Gathering together three major works of acclaimed playwright Rajiv Joseph this collection features the Pulitzer Prize finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo alongside the critically acclaimed Gruesome Playground Injuries and Animals Out of Paper... more

Williams wrote: This is a play about love in its purest terms. It is also Will... Williams wrote: This is a play about love in its purest terms. It is also Williams s robust and persuasive plea for endurance and resistance in the face of human suffering. The earthy widow Maxine Faulk is proprietress of a rundown hotel at the edge... more