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  • "She Stoops to Conquer" Summarized and Analyzed

    by Teacher Forum ...
    Series series Study Guides: English Literature
    “She Stoops to Conquer” by Oliver Goldsmith was first performed in 1773, in London. It is one of the highly popular comedies written by this Irish author.Most of the English literature and theater classes in England and the United States have this play in their course of study. Several other schools and colleges have this play in their curriculum for the students of English literature.“She Stoops ... Read more

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  • "Wild Duck" Summarized and Analyzed

    by Teacher Forum ...
    Series series Study Guides: English Literature
    “Wild Duck” by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen is a very famous play. It was first published in 1884. The Norwegian title of the play is “Vildanden.”Several critics consider “Wild Duck” as Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece. The play very skillfully recounts the fatal effects of what Ibsen termed the ‘life lie,’ some kinds of delusions which a person needs to escape from the harsh reality which is ... Read more

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  • #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

    Series Book 0 - NHB Modern Plays
    A timely play based on the true story of an imprisoned Nobel Laureate.On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport. Advised merely that his travel "could damage state security", he was escorted to a van by officials after which he disappeared for 81 days. On his release, the government claimed that his imprisonment related to ... Read more

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  • #SeasonOfEric

    Plan-B Theatre Company, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has developed and produced unique and socially conscious theatre since 1991.Plan-B champions the work of local playwrights like Eric Samuelsen.Eric Samuelsen has been writing for Plan-B Theatre Company for a decade. When it came time to select the 2013/14 season, I did what I had been considering for quite some time—I invited Eric to be a ... Read more

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  • #WeAreArrested

    Series series Oberon Modern Plays
    When a journalist is sent a flash-drive containing critical evidence of illegal government activity, he is duty-bound to publish the story. But with the nation destabilised and divided, a sinister power is eroding the rule of law. What price will he pay for speaking out?#WeAreArrested ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy'

    Watching 'Where Eagles Dare'

    by Geoff Dyer ...
    In Zona, Geoff Dyer—‘one of our most original writers’ (New York)—devoted a whole book to Andrei Tarkovsky’s cult masterpiece, Stalker. Now, in this warm and funny tribute to one of his favorite movies, he revisits the action classic Where Eagles Dare. A thrilling Alpine adventure headlined by a magnificent, bleary-eyed Richard Burton and a dynamically lethargic Clint Eastwood, Where Eagles Dare ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • 'Darren and George'

    by Phil McNulty ...
    'Darren and George' is a one act Play exploring the relevance of some of George Harrison’s ideas. The scene is a south Liverpool railway station. Darren is a young delinquent. He is violent and disillusioned. George Harrison attempts to guide Darren away from his self destructive pattern of thought and behaviour. The result is an amusing clash of ideas and cultures and a challenging dialogue. The ... Read more

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  • 'Household Business'

    Domestic Plays of Early Modern England

    Series series Heritage
    The domestic play flourished on the English popular stage during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Its roots were predominantly native, rather than classical, and its mainspring was the staging of domestic conflict amongst English characters from the middle ranks of society. 'Household Business' traces the genre's origins in the cycle plays of medieval England and examines its ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • 'I Lost My Virginity to Chopin's Nocturne in B-Flat Minor'

    The last night of a dysfunctional relationship precedes its one-night stand beginnings in this bittersweet heartbreak comedy.Tender, awkward and painfully funny, 'I Lost My Virginity to Chopin's Nocturne in B-Flat Minor' probes the murky line between devotion and destruction in a modern relationship.'Chopin' is a bittersweet comedy which focuses in on the disparity between classes and how much of ... Read more

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  • (L'Etranger) The Outsider

    Series series Oberon Modern Plays
    Camus' sparse parable about the human condition is one of the great stories of the 20th Century, here adapted for the stage by Booker prize winner Ben Okri.A faceless man who can no longer pretend, Mersault commits a senseless murder under the glare of the Algerian sun. On trial he feels distanced from proceedings, he is castigated for not expressing remorse, for not crying at his mother's funeral ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • (Not) the End of the World (NHB Modern Plays)

    by Chris Bush ...
    A daringly theatrical investigation of the climate crisis through the perspectives of class, patriarchy and colonialism. Chris Bush's play (Not) the End of the World was first staged at the Schaubühne in Berlin in 2021, directed by Katie Mitchell. 'Staggering… Bush's remarkable text melds a ruthless structural concept with exquisite lyricism' - Guardian 'A play of endless permutations, ... Read more

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  • (Pride and Prejudice)

    by Jane Austen ...
    Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in ... Read more

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  • (the fall of) The Master Builder

    Halvard Solness has arrived at the pinnacle of his career. He has just been awarded the prestigious Master Builder award, his beautiful wife still loves him, his beautiful secretary still flirts with him and Prince Charles is coming to open his new building tomorrow. Then a knock at the door propels Solness' past into everyone's future. The only way is down.Zinnie Harris's contemporary take on ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • ... cake (NHB Modern Plays)

    It's one of those hot April evenings that feel like summer, and the heat is stifling in Sissy's London flat as she dances, unrestrained, beautiful, alive… But when sixteen-year-old Eshe arrives, powerful emotions come to the surface – and the two women are locked in a dance where freedom clashes with duty. babriye bukilwa's play …cake is a psychological drama that asks if the cycle of generational ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 10 Nights

    Series series Modern Plays
    Nominated for the 2022 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate TheatreOne man's spiritual journey is about to begin… after he's sent this tweetWhen Yasser decides to take part in itikaf, sleeping and fasting in the mosque for the last ten nights of Ramadan, he soon regrets his decision. But as he navigates smug worshippers, shared bathrooms, and recurring thoughts of chunky chips, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • 100 (NHB Modern Plays)

    A strikingly original play combining traditional storytelling with physical theatre, created by The Imaginary Body. Winner of a Fringe First at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival. Imagine that you must choose one single memory from your life./Imagine that choosing this memory is your only way of passing through to eternity./Imagine that you have just one hour to choose... 'Armed with only five bamboo ... Read more

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  • 100 Plays to Save the World (NHB Modern Plays)

    A guide to one hundred brilliant plays addressing the most urgent and important issue of our time: the climate crisis. The plays – drawn from around the world, written by one hundred different writers, and demonstrating a vast span of styles, genres and cast sizes – all speak to an aspect of the climate emergency. Encompassing both famous plays and lesser-known works, the selection includes recent ... Read more

    $22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • All 14 Gilbert and Sullivan Plays

    This book includes: Gondoliers, Grand Duke, H.M.S Pinafore, Iolanthe, The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance, Ruddigore, The Sorcerer, Thespis, Trial by Jury, Utopia Limited, Yeomen of the Guard, and Patience. All of these plays/operettas were written 1871 to 1896. According to Wikipedia: "Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of librettist W. S. Gilbert (18361911) and composer ... Read more

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  • 15 Heroines

    15 Monologues Adapted from Ovid

    by Various ...
    Two thousand years ago, the Roman poet Ovid gave voice to a group of inspirational women – queens, sorcerers, pioneers, poets and politicians – in a series of fictional letters called The Heroines. They were the women left in the wake of those swaggering heroes of classical mythology: Theseus, Hercules, Ulysses, Jason, Achilles…Now, drawing inspiration from Ovid, fifteen leading female and non ... Read more

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  • 18 One-act Plays Anthologies of Anton Tchekov and more

    This collection of one-act plays appears because of an increasingly large demand for such a volume. The plays have been selected and the Introduction prepared to meet the need of the student or teacher who desires to acquaint himself with the one-act play as a specific dramatic form.The plays included have been selected with this need in mind. Accordingly, emphasis has been placed upon the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • 1936: Berlin and other plays

    by Tom McNab ...
    A collection of three plays by former Olympic Coach and best-selling author Tom McNab delving into the murky world of Olympic politics (1936: Berlin), the troubled mind of George Orwell (Orwell on Jura), and an imaginary meeting between the acclaimed director Orson Welles and infamous fellow filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, who directed Hitler’s propaganda film The Triumph of the Will, and filmed the ... Read more

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  • 1939

    Esse livro foi escrito baseado em roteiros de Hollywood. Cada detalhe nele é como se você estivesse vendo um filme. Um filme com potencial de Oscar. Quem nunca sonhou em conseguir grandes coisas na vida? De Mostrar para as pessoas que um dia disseram que você não era de nada e hoje você é um vencedor? Vencedor pode ser diferente para cada um de nós, depende de ponto de vista. Essa história ... Read more

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  • 1972: The Future of Sex (NHB Modern Plays)

    It's 1972. An era of possibility and polyester and pubic hair.Ziggy Stardust is on Top of the Pops, Penny is writing an essay on Lady Chatterley's Lover and Christine is watching Deepthroat. Brian is confused. Our parents are 20 and they're having sex.The Wardrobe Ensemble's play 1972: The Future of Sex is a 90-minute romp through the ins and outs of those excellently awkward first sexual ... Read more

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  • 1984

    Series series Modern Plays
    April, 1984. Winston Smith thinks a thought, starts a diary, and falls in love. But Big Brother is watching him, and the door to Room 101 can swing open in the blink of an eye.Its ideas have become our ideas, and Orwell's fiction is often said to be our reality. The definitive book of the 20th century is re-examined in a radical new adaptation exploring why Orwell's vision of the future is as ... Read more

    $13.99 USD