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9780199535972

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays order quantity
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Author: Oscar Wilde
Published by: Oxford University Press
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Oscar Wilde was already one of the best known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to turn his extraordinary talents to the theatre. Between 1891 and 1895 he produced a sequence of distinctive plays which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s and retain their power today. The social comedies, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, and An Ideal Husband, offer a moving as well as witty dissection of society and its morals, with a sharp focus on sexual politics. By contrast, the experimental, symbolist Salome, written originally in French, was banned for public performance by the English censor. His final dramatic triumph was his 'trivial' comedy for serious people, The Importance of Being Earnest' arguably the greatest farcical comedy in English. Under the General Editorship of Dr Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized ... more

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9780140444254

The Three Theban Plays order quantity
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Author: Sophocles
Published by: Penguin Books Ltd
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Sophocles' Theban plays: "Antigone", "Oedipus the King" and "Oedipus at Colonus". They depict Oedipus's fierce heroic encounter with his gods, and reveal Sophocles' masterful characterizations, dramatic speech and use of irony. Bernard Knox introduces each play.

 
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9780714827360

A History of the Theatre order quantity
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Author: Glynne Wickham
Published by: Phaidon Press Ltd
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9780789318404

Amelia (Film tie-in) order quantity
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Author: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Published by: Universe Publishing (Incorporated, Div. of Rizzoli
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9780413461902

An Actor Prepares order quantity
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Author: K.S. Stanislavskii
Published by: METHUE
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In "An Actor Prepares", Stanislavski deals with the inward preparation an actor must undergo in order to explore a role to the its full. He introduces the concepts of the 'magic of' units and objectives, of emotion memory, of the super-objective and many more now famous rehearsal aids. "An Actor must work all his life, cultivate his mind, train his talents systematically, develop his character; he may never despair and never relinquish this main pupose - to love his art with all his strength and love it unselfishly." - (Constantin Stanislavski).

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9781408106044

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Author: Tennessee Williams
Published by: Adlard Coles Nautical
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A revised student edition of classic American text, A Streetcar Named Desire shows a turbulent confrontation between traditional values in the American South - an old-world graciousness and beauty running decoratively to seed - set against the rough-edged, aggressive materialism of the new world. Through the vividly characterised figures of Southern belle Blanche Dubois, seeking refuge from physical ugliness in decayed gentility, and her brutal brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski, Tennessee Williams dramatises his sense of the South's past as still active and often destructive in modern America. In addition to the full text of the play, this edition contains a chronology of the playwright's life and work; an introduction giving the background to the play, a discussion of the various interpretations; notes on individual words and phrases as well as photographs from stage productions.

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Author: Tennessee Williams
Published by: Penguin Books Ltd
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Fading southern belle Blanche Dubois depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella's crude, brutish husband Stanley. Eventually their violent collision course causes Blanche's fragile sense of identity to crumble, threatening to destroy her sanity and her one chance of happiness.

 
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9780571190065

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Author: Federico Garcia Lorca
Published by: Faber and Faber Ltd
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9780878301515

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Author: David Zinder (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Published by: Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
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9780141188706

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Author: Albert Camus
Published by: Penguin Books Ltd
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"Caligula" reveals some aspects of the existential notion of the absurd' by portraying an emperor so mighty and so desperate in his search for freedom that he inevitably destroys gods, men and himself. The dramatic impetus of "Cross Purpose", however, comes from the tension between consent to and refusal of man's absurdity; it is the tragedy of a man who returns home to his mother and sister without revealing his identity to them. By the time of "The Just" and "The Possessed", refusal and rebellion have taken over, and in these overtly political plays (the latter based on Dostoyevsky's "The Devils") Camus dramatizes action and revolt in the name of liberty.

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9780141190280

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Author: Tennessee Williams
Published by: Penguin Books Ltd
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'Big Daddy' Pollitt, the richest cotton planter in the Mississippi Delta, is about to celebrate his sixty-fifth birthday. His two sons have returned home for the occasion: Gooper, his wife and children, Brick, an ageing football hero who has turned to drink, and his feisty wife Maggie. As the hot summer evening unfolds, the veneer of happy family life and Southern gentility gradually slips away as unpleasant truths emerge and greed, lies, jealousy and suppressed sexuality threaten to reach boiling point. Made into a film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is a masterly portrayal of family tensions and individuals trapped in prisons of their own making.

 
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9780868193076

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Author: Neil Cameron
Published by: Currency Press Pty Ltd
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9780192833877

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Author: Henrik Ibsen
Published by: Oxford University Press
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This is a collection of four of Ibsen's major plays: "A Doll's House"; "Ghosts"; "Hedda Gabler"; and "The Master Builder".

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9780571244560

Krapp's Last Tape and Other Shorter Plays, 1936-1982 order quantity
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Author: Samuel Beckett
Published by: Faber and Faber
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Krapp's "Last Tape" was first performed by Patrick Magee at the Royal Court Theatre in October 1958, and described as 'a solo, if that is the word, for one voice and two organs: one human, one mechanical. It fills few pages. It is perhaps the most original and important play of its length ever written.' - (Roy Walker). The present volume brings together Krapp's "Last Tape" and Beckett's other shorter works or 'dramaticules' written for the stage. It will be complemented by a forthcoming Faber edition of dramatic works written for radio and screen. Arranged in chronological order of composition, these shorter plays exhibit the laconic means and compassionate ends of Beckett's dramatic vision. KRAPP 'Here I end this reel. Box - [Pause.] - three, spool - [Pause.] - five. [Pause.] Perhaps my best years have gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back. ... more

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9780571081820

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead order quantity
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Author: Tom Stoppard
Published by: Faber and Faber Ltd
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Two minor characters from "Hamlet" offer a novel view of the melancholy Dane.

 
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9780375726668

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Author: Eric Lane
Published by: Vintage/Ebury
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9780679772811

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Published by: Vintage/Ebury
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9780679772828

SP Take Ten: New 10 Minute Plays order quantity
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Author: Eric Lane
Published by: Vintage/Ebury
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Stanislavski : An introduction order quantity
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Author: Jean Benedetti
Published by: Methuen
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'A small jewel of a book, a knowleageable introduction to both Stanislavski's personal development and to the content and range of his writings.''Theatre Journal' shows the System to be a practical process - drama school students and actors will be grateful for it' Times Eductational Supplement'A carefully documented study of peak interest and value to every serious student of acting theory' Choice The Stanislavski 'system' is still the only comprehensive method of actor training we possess. His theories can be hard to grasp and manyacademic books are impenetrable on the subject. This is a concise book for students that presents a readable introduction to the life and work of Stanislavski. It shows the slow growth of the 'system', from its roots in the tradition of Russian realism, to the various phases it went through until the final emergence of the Method of Physical Action in the years before his death. It also provides a short ... more

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9780141189161

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Author: Bertolt Brecht
Published by: Penguin Books Ltd
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The play is a parable inspired by Chinese play Chalk Circle. Written at the close of World War II, the story is set in the Caucasus mountains of Georgia, and retells the tale of King Solomon and a child claimed by two mothers. A chalk circle is metaphorically drawn around a society misdirected in its priorities. Brecht's statements about class are cloaked in the innocence of a fable that whispers insistently to the audience.

 
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