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The whole world knows the legend that is Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns. But what was the story behind the meteoric success of this literary genius, whose works are still performed and enjoyed to this very day?Appearing in print for the...

Pregnant and abandoned by the father of her child, twenty-eight-year-old Kellie Lund takes on a housekeeping job with Dr. James Harvey – a bitter mistrusting man whose wife left him two years ago, taking with her their one year old son, Harry...

Working as a researcher in the Vatican’s Secret Archives, Father Garbaldi stumbles across a first century papyrus that claims Jesus was John the Baptist’s disciple and the second Messiah who would drive out the Romans from Palestine and rule...

¬The story unwinds in a typical American city. Jason, a talented computer programmer found himself thrown into captivity with Tasha. She was a woman caught in the snare of human sex trafficking from the darkest parts of the internet.Alone, but together...

Badly in need of mending, out of ork Atlanta TV reporter Brendan MacBadly in need of mending, out of work Atlanta TV reporter Brendan Macbean heads to the Georgia Coast for what he hopes is a fun and relaxing vacation. Besides the beauty and serenity of...

He's on a mission to win back the heart of the only woman he's ever loved, but there's a problem. He's stuck in the body of a man she's never met.Richard Dunham awakes in a hospital with no memory of the accident that allegedly killed him. He thinks he...

Candy's Shop is the hottest beauty salon in Harlem. But the romances happening inside of it are even hotter!Candy has the body of a goddess, the most expensive cars and exclusive fashion that money can buy, Her business is the envy of every woman she...

Andie attempts to survive in her volatile family home. After she learns that she was adopted, a quest for discovery begins that takes her close to the edge. Along the way, she encounters a shadowy character determined to keep her bound and supernatural...

The first play in Reginald Edmund's The City of the Bayou Collection, THE DAUGHTERS OF THE MOON follows a runaway slave girl and a former plantation mistress wanted for murder as they embark on a perilous journey North towards freedom, guided by an...

All characters are Latino. Buddha. Former Army sergeant, 47, tall, strong, crowding 300 pounds, with huge hands, sharp eyes, a gentle face, goatee, deep voice and explosive laugh. Gregarious, charming, and playful. Weasel. In good physical shape and...

Eric Overmyer's sparkling adaptation and synthesis of Beaumarchais's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO and Ödön von Horváth's FIGARO GETS A DIVORCE. FIGARO/FIGARO follows the iconic characters of Figaro, Susanna, the Count and Countess Almaviva, and other favorites...

   “Lia Romeo is a deft playwright with a wild imagination…. The promise inherent in this play is significant.”Kansas City Star      “Two very different sisters, mourning the recent death of their...

A couple decides their fate in a parking lot. A play meant to be performed outside by two actors quarantined together (1M, 1F) who can play a couple. It takes place in a parking lot and people watch from the safety of their cars.  "This show is...

A dazzling collection and already a standard reference for those interested in contemporary drama, Plays in One Act is a unique compilation of plays and monologues that showcases a stunning and diverse array of work from some of the most important voices...

Iran’s nuclear capability represents a clear national threat to Israel, but the United States and Europe do nothing. A Mossad black ops team sabotages a refinery complex in Texas City, plants evidence that incriminates Iran, confident that an...

Young Tim is in utero and his life is coloured by a world going on outside the womb. His birthing experience is an event in itself and his dysfunctional family receives him as best it can. The Catholic education system rolls over him too but he does not...

Ostracized is a book covering the abuse sustained in a particular family. Juss Shy, the author, goes in great detail telling how people's lives are impacted based upon certain types of abuse inflicted upon them from family members and other people.

Life in an urban gang infested neighborhood can be challenging for the most stalwart citizen. For a single mother trying to raise two adolescent boys in the midst of the strife and violence, the pressures and vicissitudes of just living can...

Five years after her long-time girlfriend shatters her heart by running away with the school librarian during their graduation ceremony. Finally, ready for a new relationship, Andrea is determined to remain true to herself, even if that meant risking it...

After witnessing her father's abduction 20 years ago, Megan has never been the same. Despite her wealth, talent, success, and lavish lifestyle, Megan is steadily haunted by that tragic day, and more so on its anniversary. However, when she finally agrees...

This text represents the distillation of over 30 years experience as a music hall chairman. It provides both a source book for music hall chairmen and an historical insight into the genre, as well as over 600 song titles of the period given, together...

Safa and Aisha have been best friends for years. They used to bunk off school, revise for exams together and even went to the same university. But now they're forging different paths for the first time: Safa to work in the City, and Aisha to teach in...

Some children decide to put on a play. It must be about football, says one. It must be set in Space, says another. There must be adventure. So begins the production of Indiana Smith and the Cup Final of Doom, or The Return of the Tedi, in which Teddy and...

A strange new act has arrived at Trafalgar Fair's freakshow.Who is Grinpayne and how did he get his hideous smile?With the help of an old puppeteer, his pet wolf and a blind girl, Grinpayne's tale is told. When word spreads across the capital, everything...

Having been accused of rioting, Ali awaits his fate in an Israeli interrogation room. But when an old lover steps in to defend him, the two are forced to confront their past; finding themselves torn between bitter loyalties.A Palestinian-Israeli love...

The original version of The Quaker Girl was first produced at the Adelphi Theatre in 1910 where it ran for 536 performances and was subsequently played all over the world.                     

"Since It Gives Me Great Pleasure first appeared in 1972 I have been heartened to hear from so many producers and performers, both amateur and professional, how useful they have found it as a source of help, information and encouragement and above...

In this adaptation of the famous story the time scale has been altered so that the action is continuous. The story-teller's songs, which are included in the text, can be sung by the doctor or, the author suggests, could be played as Hans Andersen...

When Millie, an elderly helper at Westway Rest Home, dies seemingly impoverished, the authorities refuse to pay funeral expenses. Eddie, Millie's friend, is enraged and alerts a journalist, Lisa. Millie is pushed into the limelight when she's found to...

The comic poet of middle class life, always so very funny, goes deeper and darker in this triumphant play about a housewife named Susan who is married to a boring cleric named George. After getting knocked out by stepping on the tooth end of a garden...

The story of Wilf Cotton, a young writer; he gets a short story broadcast on the radio, and so decides to leave his home in a mining village to work in a city, and to try to write a novel. It is also the story of a young woman who moves back to the city...

Princess Caraboo tells the extraordinary true story of a beautiful young woman who tricked her way from vagrancy to wealth and power in Regency England by pretending to be a shipwrecked Princess. Maintaining the deception becomes imperative as the stakes...

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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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

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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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...