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The Crucible [play]

By: Arthur Miller

Price: $19.95

Publisher: UK, Penguin: 2000

Seller ID: 9780141182551

ISBN: 0141182555

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

The Crucible is a powerful indictment of McCarthyism and the 'frontier mentality' of Cold War America, published in Penguin Modern Classics.Arthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 - 'one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history' - and the American anti-communist purges led by Senator McCarthy in the 1950s. The story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax, is a savage attack on the evils of mindless persecution and th...
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The Crucible [play] [Methuen Student Editions]

By: Arthur Miller

Price: $22.95

Publisher: UK, Methuen Drama: 2010

Seller ID: 9781408108390

ISBN: 1408108399

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

In a small tight-knit community gossip and rumour spread like wildfire inflaming personal grievances until no-one is safe from accusation and vengeance. Seen as a chilling parallel to the McCarthyism and repressive culture of fear that gripped America in the 1950s, The Crucible's timeless appeal and universal themes remain as strong today as when the play opened on Broadway in 1953. This Student Edition features an extensive introduction by Susan Abbotson which includes a chronology of Miller's life and times, a summary of the plot, commentary on the characters, themes, language, context and ...
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Dead White Males [play]

By: David Williamson

Price: $22.95

Publisher: Australia, Currency Press: 1995

Seller ID: 9780868194431

ISBN: 0868194433

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Postmodernism verses liberal humanismâ€”can an older male academic convert a young female student to a post-structural, post-patriarchal view of literature and seduce her at the same time? About the Author: DAVID WILLIAMSONâ€™s first full-length play, The Coming of Stork, premiered at Melbourne's La Mama Theatre in 1970. He went on to pen over thirty plays and become Australiaâ€™s most successful playwright. His plays have been produced throughout Australia and internationally. A number of his stage works have been adapted for the screen, including The Removalists, Donâ€™s...
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A Doll's House and Other Plays: A Doll's House / The League of Youth / The Lady from the Sea

By: Henrik Ibsen

Price: $9.95

Publisher: UK, Penguin Classics: 2008

Seller ID: 000580

ISBN: 0140441468

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

The three plays in this volume, each written a decade apart, demonstrate different sides of Henrik Ibsen's genius, but all deal with themes of alienation from society and the breaking down of convention. A Doll's House (1879) portrays a woman questioning her duty to her husband and seeking to escape the stifling confines of her marriage - a theme that shocked contemporary audiences and established Ibsen's name outside Scandinavia. In The League of Youth (1869), his first prose drama, Ibsen created a vivid comedy about a hypocritical politician, and in The Lady from the Sea (1888), he depicts a...
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Hedda Gabler and Other Plays: The Pillars of the Community / The Wild Duck / Hedda Gabler

By: Henrik Ibsen

Price: $9.95

Publisher: UK, Penguin Books Ltd: 2010

Seller ID: 000581

ISBN: 0141195215

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

IIn these three unforgettably intense plays, Henrik Ibsen explores the problems of personal and social morality that he perceived in the world around him and, in particular, the complex nature of truth. The Pillars of the Community (1877) depicts a corrupt shipowner's struggle to hide the sins of his past at the expense of another man's reputation, while in The Wild Duck (1884) an idealist, believing he must tell the truth at any cost, destroys a family by exposing the lie behind his friend's marriage. And Hedda Gabler (1890) portrays an unhappily married woman who is unable to break free from...
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Away [play] * TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK *

By: Michael Gow

Price: $22.95

Publisher: Australia, Currency Press: 1986

Seller ID: 9780868192116

ISBN: 0868192112

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

â€˜Away was a revelation. For here was an Australian play set in the summer of 1967 68 that was truthful, fantastical, satirical and deeply touching. The characters were immediately recognisable and grounded in reality yet Gowâ€™s quest opened up its claustrophobic, flawed, bittersweet domestic terrain to wider horizons enabling change and self awareness.â€™ â€” Bryce Hallett, Sydney Morning Herald One of the great Australian classics, Away opens with a school performance of A Midsummer Nightâ€™s Dream, and the timeless Shakespearean themes of suffering, regeneration an...
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Twelve Angry Men : Samuel French Acting Edition

By: Reginald Rose

Price: $26.95

Publisher: UK, Samuel French: 1989

Seller ID: 9780573040122

ISBN: 0573040125

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

A young delinquent is on trial for the murder of his aggressive father. The judge has directed the jury to find the boy guilty if there is no reasonable doubt. Eleven of the jurors declare there is no reasonable doubt, but one of them, while far from convinced of the boy's innocence, feels that some of the evidence against him has been ambiguous. At the end of a long afternoon he wins, all the others round to his view.
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Twelve Angry Men [play][Methuen Student Editions]

By: Reginald Rose

Price: $29.95

Publisher: UK, Methuen Drama: 2016

Seller ID: 9781474232326

ISBN: 1474232329

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

The Methuen Drama Student Edition of Twelve Angry Men is the first critical edition of Reginald Rose's play, providing the play text alongside commentary and notes geared towards student readers. In New York, 1954, a man is dead and the life of another is at stake. A 'guilty' verdict seems a foregone conclusion, but one member of the jury has the will to probe more deeply into the evidence and the courage to confront the ignorance and prejudice of some of his fellow jurors. The conflict that follows is fierce and passionate, cutting straight to the heart of the issues of civil liberties and s...
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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof [play]

By: Tennessee Williams

Price: $19.95

Publisher: UK, Penguin: 2009

Seller ID: 9780141190280

ISBN: 0141190280

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

'One of the hottest, sultriest plays ever written' Guardian '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 Eliz...
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof [play][Methuen Student Editions]

By: Tennessee Williams

Price: $22.95

Publisher: UK, Methuen Drama: 2010

Seller ID: 9781408114391

ISBN: 1408114399

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

In Cat on a Hot Tin Roof a Southern family meet to celebrate 'Big Daddy' Pollit's birthday- Gooper with his wife and children, his brother Brick - an ageing, broken football star - and his wife Maggie. But as the party unfolds the facade of a happy family gathering is fractured by sexual frustration, repressed love, and greed in the light of their father's impending death. This Student Edition provides an extensive introduction and notes by Philip C. Kolin, a world authority on Williams. The introduction includes- a chronology of Williams' life and times; a summary of the plot, commentary...
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Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams: The Glass Menagerie; A Streetcar Named Desire; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Sweet Bird of Youth

By: Tennessee Williams

Price: $33.95

Publisher: UK, Methuen Drama: 2014

Seller ID: 9781472521866

ISBN: 1472521862

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

A Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams provides the essential guide to Williams' most studied and revived dramas. Authored by a team of leading scholars, it offers students a clear analysis and detailed commentary on four of Williams' plays- The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth. A consistent framework of analysis ensures that whether readers are wanting a summary of the play, a commentary on the themes or characters, or a discussion of the work in performance, they can readily find what they need to develop their understan...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

By: William Shakespeare

Price: $39.95

Publisher: UK, Wordsworth Editions: 2007

Seller ID: 004394

ISBN: 1840225572

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time. He excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the great tragedies of "Hamlet", "King Lear", "Othello", and "Macbeth" as well as the moving history plays and the comedies such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Taming of the Shrew" and "As You Like It" with their magical combination of humour, ribaldry and tenderness. This volume is a reprint of the Shakespeare Head Press edition, and it presents all the plays in chronological order in which they were written. It also includes Shakespeare's ...
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Macbeth (No Fear Shakespeare) The Play plus a translation anyone can understand

By: William Shakespeare

Price: $12.95

Publisher: USA, Spark Notes: 2011

Seller ID: 9781586638467

ISBN: 1586638467

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Macbeth on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains: The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary. Shakespeare's classic tale of witches, murder, and madness. "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (No Fear Shakespeare) The Play plus a translation anyone can understand

By: William Shakespeare

Price: $12.95

Publisher: USA, Spark Notes: 2010

Seller ID: 9781586638481

ISBN: 1586638483

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of A Midsummer Night's Dream on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains: The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary. Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia, but she only has eyes for Lysander. Bad news is, Hermia's father wants Demetrius for a son-in-law. On the outside is Helena, whose unreturned love burns for Demetrius. H...
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Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare) The Play plus a translation anyone can understand

By: William Shakespeare

Price: $12.95

Publisher: USA, Spark Notes: 2011

Seller ID: 9781586638450

ISBN: 1586638459

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Romeo and Juliet on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains: The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary. The famous tale of star-crossed lovers.
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Hamlet (No Fear Shakespeare) The Play plus a translation anyone can understand

By: William Shakespeare

Price: $12.95

Publisher: USA, Spark Notes: 2011

Seller ID: 9781586638443

ISBN: 1586638440

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

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 contains: The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary. William Shakespeare's Hamlet follows the young prince home to Denmark to attend his father's funeral, where Hamlet is shocked to find his mother already remarried to his Uncle Claudius. And Hamlet is even more surprised when his...
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Othello (No Fear Shakespeare) The Play plus a translation anyone can understand

By: William Shakespeare

Price: $12.95

Publisher: USA, Spark Notes: 2011

Seller ID: 9781586638528

ISBN: 1586638521

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Othello on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains: The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary. A tragic tale of jealousy and human frailty.
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Othello # Cambridge School Shakespeare 3rd Revised Edition

By: William Shakespeare

Price: $15.95

Publisher: UK, Cambridge University Press: 2014

Seller ID: 9781107615595

ISBN: 1107615593

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

An improved, larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays, extensively rewritten, expanded and produced in an attractive new design. An active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare's imaginative world in accessible and creative ways. Students are encouraged to share Shakespeare's love of language, interest in character and sense of theatre. Substantially revised and extended in full colour, classroom activities are thematically organised in distinctive 'Stagecraft', 'Write about it', 'Language in the play', 'Characters' and 'Themes' featur...
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The Merchant of Venice : Oxford School Shakespeare

By: William Shakespeare

Price: $17.95

Publisher: UK, Oxford University Press: 2010

Seller ID: 9780198328674

ISBN: 0198328672

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. The Merchant of Venice is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes.
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Twelfth Night : Oxford School Shakespeare

By: William Shakespeare

Price: $17.95

Publisher: UK, Oxford University Press: 2010

Seller ID: 9780198328711

ISBN: 0198328710

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. Twelfth Night is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes. Full accessible notes ideal for students Additional information and reading lists A range of illustrations, both decorative and explanatory A school edition that is both accessible ...
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Category: Plays