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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

When a desperate, pregnant young woman makes her way to the sanctuary city of New York, Bex and Tish open their home and hearts to her. But an unexpected decision by their houseguest forces them to reckon with the consequences of their best intentions...

  "AMERICAN OUTLAWS by Adam Seidel is a play with surprising twists and turns. Mike is hired as a hit-man by Mitch. Mike is a dangerous, duplicitous character and Mitch is a very nervous accountant who has gotten into some serious financial...

  "Two of my guilty pleasures-romantic comedies and baseball-are married in a hilarious one-act play.... LOVE AND BASEBALL is the latest success by...playwright Jerry Montoya. This clever take on gender stereotypes....  LOVE AND...

Space Corps is a multi-billion dollar science-fiction film franchise that has fallen upon hard times. After a zeitgeist-defining first three chapters, the most recent entries in the series have proven lackluster, a crime for which most Space Corps fans...

"Stanley Rutherford's THE CHINESE ART OF PLACEMENT...sustain[s] our tradition of nutty comedy. THE CHINESE ART OF PLACEMENT may be the best and most fully-rounded play for one actor I've ever come across, both funny and very moving. It provides a good...

   “A shaky romantic connection is made between an alienated American painter and an Iranian student in this sensitive and surprising drama.”Jason Zinoman, The New York Times   “…Conflicts between mother and...

   “Elegantly written…it evolves into a moving argument for that eternal gamble with terrible odds: taking a chance on love. The pleasure…is its unexpected depth. The intimacy of the conversation draws the audience in;...

   “Marvelous! Well-written!”The New York Times    “Hepburn would love it! What becomes a legend most? Having a play written about you that honors your life without sentimentalizing it!”The...

  “A divinely-entertaining comedic feast...dripping with double entendre and crowd-pleasing innuendo.”Shawn Statler, onstageblog.com   “Lyle especially is adept at absurdist, Texas-based comedies (consider BIG SCARY...

  “Jonathan Norton holds nothing back in his latest script, which is typical…   Pulling from his own childhood experiences and memories of his mother’s job as an aide in a nursing home, the plot collects from a multitude...

In their spare time three vigilantes, childhood friends, enjoy patrolling the U S/Mexican border. But these youths soon learn that even the most guarded borders are permeable. When the lines between fantasy and reality become dangerously blurred, these...

   “There is something tragic about [in the] askew big-top setting, even before the disheveled, vaguely European ringmaster explains that his menagerie of minstrels is somewhat ‘dysfunctional.’ Banners are frayed and tutus are...

Don Juan's sexual conquests have gained him an infamous reputation all over Europe. When the Devil himself begins to drag him to Hell, Don Juan makes a bargain: In exchange for another ten years of life, he will commit to doing the Devil's dark work...

The Drama of Gender fills the scholarly gap between women's dramaturgy and feminism as women manifest themselves on contemporary stages across the Americas. The plays examined - Lua nua by Leilah Assução, Simply Maria or the American Dream by Josefina...

This book, Evolving Synergies: Celebrating Dance in Singapore, is a noteworthy contribution to the discourse of the Singapore dance scene. It discusses the evolution of Singapore's dance landscape, and its place in the city-state's social, cultural and...

Based on the Sunday Times bestseller which inspired one of this century's most treasured films, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel takes us on a journey to India with an eclectic group of British retirees as they embark on a new life. The luxury residence is...

Hansard; noun The official report of all parliamentary debates. Hansard is an intimate domestic drama about a long and troubled marriage. It is also a comedy about politics and identity and the failings of the ruling class. Set around the passing of the...

As Stella leaves her job at the shopping channel, Alex prepares for a night out, and Paula can't stop thinking of the girl who's gone missing, her face all over the news. Slowly the missing girl weaves her way through all their lives in the course of a...

The small Buckinghamshire village of Cresdon Green is still suffering under the yoke of alien invasion. Well, we say 'suffering', quite a lot of the villagers don't seem bothered. But with this being a pilot scheme for a full-scale invasion of Earth,...

As the first woman ever to be accepted into the gardening club, plain,practical Val is grateful to Tom for all his friendly help and advice in sowingher allotment. When Tom's attractive and glamorous wife becomes jealousof his relationship with her, Val...

Sarah and Phil had recently separated when their son, Joe, was killed while playing football alone in a playground. Now Phil visits the same playground every day and sits on a bench, waiting for Joe to appear so he can talk to him.1 woman, 1 man, 1 boy

Lacking in self esteem? Then enrol in Camp Confidence. That's what Maria (terrified of birds), Blanche (agoraphobic), Donna (single mum on probation) and Cherry (obsessive cleaner) have done. Led by the harrassed Julia and her assistant Fiona, the four...

A man obsessed with pinning the blame for his wife's accident on someone enters the Driscoll home and shatters their marriage.-1 woman, 2 men

Detention on a Saturday? These four girls are keeping tight-lipped on why they're there. When a power outage plunges them into darkness, the girls use subverted folktales to break the ice. As they delve into their stories, they discover parallels that...

Tabitha is - or rather was - a cat, the property of Lavinia, a dear old lady, who lives with two other dear old ladies in an apartment house owned by Mrs Trellington. Now as a landlady Mrs Trellington has some very unattractive and even tactless habits:...

When successful financial adviser Lewis Hammond moves to a small country town he leaves behind his former occupation. A cross-dresser since childhood, Lewis has come to try out his life as a woman. Louise's Vintage Café is an overnight success. High teas...

'Adrian Noble vigorously highlights the extraordinary rhythmic, linguistic patterns Shakespeare gives the speaker. Any actor will find this book invaluable. For any student of Shakespeare it should be essential.' (From the Foreword by Ralph Fiennes)'How...

This volume brings together nineteen important articles by Pamela M. King, one of the foremost British scholars working on Early English Drama. Unique to this collection are five articles on the 'living' traditions of performances in Spain,...

New Argentine Film is the most complete text to be published on the new Argentine cinema. While anchored in critical discourse and written by an academic, it also has the virtue of using clear and accessible language. In addition, the book is more than a...

Between 2010 and 2017, Canada experienced an efflorescence of Greek tragedy, led by independent Montreal theatre company Scapegoat Carnivale's energetic performances of Euripides's Medea and Bacchae and Sophocles's Oedipus Tyrannus. The performances...

Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem written by William Shakespeare in 1593. The poem tells the story of the goddess Venus, who falls in love with the mortal Adonis. Despite her attempts to seduce him, Adonis remains steadfast in his refusal to give in...

An Essay Upon The Life And Dramatic Works Of Dr. Juan Perez De Montalvan (1903) is a book written by George William Bacon that provides a comprehensive analysis of the life and works of the Spanish dramatist, Juan Perez De Montalvan. The book is divided...

An Entirely Original Comic Opera, In Two Acts, Entitled The Mountebanks is a book written by William Schwenck Gilbert in 1892. The book is a humorous and entertaining opera that follows the story of a group of traveling performers who call themselves the...

A Shakespeare Festival: Being A Fantasy Of Mockery And Mirth Composed Of Scenes From Various Plays (1916) is a book written by Sarah Emma Simons. The book is a collection of scenes from various plays by William Shakespeare, presented in a fantasy of...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

""A Scrap of Paper or The Adventures of a Love Letter: A Comic Drama in Three Acts"" is a play written by John Palgrave Simpson in 1889. The story revolves around a love letter that falls into the wrong hands and causes chaos and confusion among the...

A Rose of Plymouth-Town is a romantic comedy play written by Beulah Marie Dix and published in 1903. The story is set in the 17th century in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and revolves around the love story of Priscilla Mullins and John Alden. The play is...

This is a new, third edition of this pioneering work in feminist and literary criticism. When first published in 1975, Shakespeare and the Nature of Women inaugurated a new wave of Shakespeare scholarship, offering a sustained critique of inherited male...

We ultimately have many options which we can exercise to make the situation better or worse for us and for others as well. Human mind always reacts to various situations in different waysFor one it may be about himself first and others later but for...

Johannes, Trag������die in f�����nf Akten und einem Vorspiel, ist ein Theaterst�����ck des deutschen Schriftstellers Hermann Sudermann. Es wurde erstmals im Jahr 1898 ver������ffentlicht und handelt von einem jungen Mann namens Johannes, der von seiner...

""Jean Galeas, Duc De Milan, Drame Poetique"" est une pi�����ce de th����������tre �����crite par Arthur Fleury en 1835. Elle raconte l'histoire de Jean Galeas, le duc de Milan, qui est confront����� ������ des d�����fis politiques et personnels alors...