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The Three Theban Plays: Antigon/Oedipus the King/Oedipus at Colonus (Penguin Classics)
by Sophocles And Fagles
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Three Theban Plays entitled Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus.... ( read more)
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Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Eminent Lives)
by Bill Bryson
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William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill... ( read more)
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The Miracle Worker
by William Gibson
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NO ONE COULD REACH HER Twelve-year-old Helen Keller lived in a prison of silence and darkness. Born deaf, blind, and mute, with no way to express herself or comprehend those around her, she flew into primal rages against anyone who tried to help her... ( read more)
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
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Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm's-eye view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare's play. In... ( read more)
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Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
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A seminal work of twentieth century drama, Waiting for Godot was Samuel Beckett's first professionally produced play. It opened in Paris in 1953 at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone, and has since become a cornerstone of twentieth-century theater... ( read more)
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Spinning Into Butter: A Play
by Rebecca Gilman
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Set on a college campus in Vermont, Spinning into Butter is a new play by a major young American playwright that explores the dangers of both racism and political correctness in America today in a manner that is at once profound, disturbing, darkly comic,... ( read more)
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The Tragedy of Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library)
by William Shakespeare
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Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines... ( read more)
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Hamlet (Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare)
by William Shakespeare
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No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Hamlet on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare containsThe complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that... ( read more)
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Art of Dramatic Writing Rev Edition
by Lajos Egri
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If you begged me to give you the title of one "how-to" book on the topic
of screenwriting and wouldn't give up until I told you, then it would have to
be this classic introduction to the craft. Often used as a textbook in screenwriting
classes... ( read more)
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The Iceman Cometh
by Eugene Oneill
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EUGENE O'NEILL mined the tragedies of his own life for this depiction of a seedy, skid row saloon in 1912, peopled by society's failures: worn-out anarchists, failed con artists, drifters, whores, pimps, and informers. The pipe-dreaming drunks of Harry... ( read more)
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Galileo
by Bertolt Brecht
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Considered by many to be one of Brecht's masterpieces, Galileo explores the question of a scientist's social and ethical responsibility, as the brilliant Galileo must choose between his life and his life's work when confronted with the demands of the... ( read more)
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Arcadia
by Tom Stoppard
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Now this is important theatre. Yes, a play, and I recommend seeing it performed
if you ever get the chance to, but read it beforehand if you want to have a chance
of understanding it. I actually played Valentine in a production of Arcadia
(I... ( read more)
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Hamlet: Shakespeare Made Easy (Modern English Side by Side with Original Text) - Study Notes
by William Shakespeare
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.... ( read more)
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The Birthday Party and the Room: Two Plays
by Harold Pinter
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Written in 1957 while in his mid-20s, The Room and The Birthday
Party were Harold Pinter's first two plays. The English dramatist's
attempts at creating theatrical works were initially ridiculed,
but Pinter is now acclaimed as one of the world's... ( read more)
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Proof : a Play (01 Edition)
by David Auburn
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One of the most acclaimed plays of the 1999-2000 season, Proof is a work that explores the unknowability of love as much as it does the mysteries of science. It focuses on Catherine, a young woman who has spent years caring for her father, Robert, a... ( read more)
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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
by Harold Bloom
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A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. Preeminent literary critic Harold Bloom... ( read more)
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The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
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Based on historical people and real events, Miller's play uses the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence unleashed by the rumors of witchcraft as a powerful parable about McCarthyism.... ( read more)
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Goethe's Faust
by Goethe And Kaufman
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The best translation of "Faust" available, this volume provides the original German text and its English counterpart on facing pages. Walter Kaufmann's translation conveys the poetic beauty and rhythm as well as the complex depth of Goethe's language... ( read more)
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The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Signet Classics)
by William Shakespeare
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Newly revised, this edition of "Hamlet" features an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life and world; an editor's introduction; a note on the sources; dramatic criticism from the past and present; a comprehensive stage and screen history of notable... ( read more)
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The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues: More Than 150 Monologues from Over 70 Playwrights
by Nina Shengold
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This is the only book that offers a comprehensive collection of contemporary stage monologues for a complete range of roles. An invaluable tool for actors looking for new audition material or for anyone interested in theater.... ( read more)
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