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Theater of the People: Spectators and Society in Ancient Athens by David Kawalko Roselli Publisher Comments The first comprehensive study of the diverse populations that attended Athenian dramatic festivals from the Classical to the Hellenistic periods.... (read more) Your price: $30.75 New - Trade Paper 
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Victory Over the Sun: The World's First Futurist Opera (University of Exeter Press - Exeter Performance Studies) by Rosamund (edt) Bartlett Publisher Comments The futurist opera Victory Over the Sun—written by Aleksei Kruchenykh and first performed in St. Petersburg in December 1913—was central to the Russian avant-garde, important for its libretto, its fragmentary, modernistic score, and... (read more) Your price: $127.25 New - Hardcover
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Star Trek FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the First Voyages of the Starship Enterprise by Mark Clark Publisher Comments Star Trek FAQ tells the complete story of Star Trek, from the before the beginning (the books, films, and TV shows that inspired producer Gene Roddenberry to create Star Trek) until after the end (when the show emerged as a cultural phenomenon in... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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Celestina (Margellos World Republic of Letters) by Fernando De Rojas Review Winner of the 2010 Lewis Galantiere Award sponsored by the American Translators Association. Lewis Galantiere... (read more) Your price: $12.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Columnist: A Play by David Auburn Publisher Comments A new play from the Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning author of Proof, coming to Broadway this April In midcentury America, newspaper columnists are kings—and Joseph Alsop wears the biggest crown. Joe sits at the nexus of Washington life... (read more) Your price: $14.00 New - Trade Paper
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Peter and Alexis by Frank J. Morlock Publisher Comments Based on the novel by Russian writer Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1867-1941), Morlock's dramatic adaptation tells the tragic story of Russian Tsar Peter the Great's conflict with his only surviving son and heir, Tsarevitch Alexis. Peter, an autocrat who was... (read more) List Price $4.99 Your price: $4.43 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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One Man, Two Guvnors: U.S. Edition by Richard Bean Publisher Comments Nominated for seven 2012 Tony Awards, including Best Director and Best Actor. Winner – 2011 Evening Standard Award for Best Play Winner – 2011 Critics Circle Award for Best Play Nominee – 2012 Olivier Award for Best New Play This hilarious... (read more) Your price: $20.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Red and the Black by Frank J. Morlock Publisher Comments Based on the novel by Stendhal (Henri Beyle, 1783-1842), The Red and the Black tells the story of Julien Sorel, a talented and ambitious young peasant. Sorel manages to cynically and hypocritically manipulate those around him to gain a position as a... (read more) List Price $4.99 Your price: $4.43 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Plays and Performance Texts by Women 1880-1930: An Anthology of Plays by British and American Women from the Modernist Period (Women, Theatre and Performance) by Maggie B. (edt) Gale Publisher Comments This groundbreaking anthology, part of the Women, Theatre and Performance series, brings together an extraordinary mix of one-act and full length plays and solo performance texts written by women. Included in the volume are texts by Beatrice Herford... (read more) Your price: $36.25 New - Trade Paper
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Justine by Frank J. Morlock Publisher Comments Based on the Marquis de Sade's infamous novel of the same name, this new dramatic version of JUSTINE closely follows the original story, both in spirit and in action. De Sade, with his relentless logic, attempts to prove that virtue as practiced by most... (read more) List Price $4.99 Your price: $4.43 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Stages of Reality: Theatricality in Cinema by Andre (edt) Loiselle Publisher Comments A groundbreaking collection of original essays, Stages of Reality establishes a new paradigm for understanding the relationship between stage and screen media. This comprehensive volume explores the significance of theatricality within critical discourse... (read more) Your price: $26.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Irving Berlin Reader (Readers on American Musicians) by Benjamin Sears Publisher Comments Without any formal training in music composition, Irving Berlin took a knack for music and turned it into the most successful songwriting career in American history. Berlin was the first Tin Pan Alley songwriter to go uptown to Broadway with a complete... (read more) Your price: $42.50 New - Hardcover
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Thrombo and Other Plays by Albert Bermel Publisher Comments Albert Bermel writes comedies with a dark twist. The Times of London hailed Bermel's Workout as one of the most expert pieces of comic writing to come out of America for some time. This volume includes nine witty, suspenseful plays - six of them full... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama #28: David Mamet and American Macho by Arthur Holmberg Publisher Comments Why did Americans reject the British gentleman as their dominant model of masculinity? Why is a boy's relationship to his mother a crucial factor in shaping his masculinity? What and how do boys learn about what it means to be a man? Holmberg... (read more) Your price: $90.00 New - Hardcover
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A Thousand Times More Fair: What Shakespeare's Plays Teach Us about Justice by Kenji Yoshino Publisher Comments Celebrated legal scholar Kenji Yoshino's first book, Covering, was acclaimed—from the New York Times Book Review to O, The Oprah Magazine to the American Lawyer—for its elegant prose, its good humor, and its brilliant insights into civil... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Reimagining a Raisin in the Sun: Four New Plays by Rebecca Ann Rugg Publisher Comments In 1959, Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun energized the conversation about how Americans live together across lines of race and difference. In Reimagining “A Raisin in the Sun,” Rebecca Ann Rugg and Harvey Young bring together four... (read more) Your price: $29.25 New - Trade Paper
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Fuenteovejuna (Margellos World Republic of Letters) by Lope De Vega Publisher Comments bQuien mato al comendador? bFuenteovejuna lo hizo.La frase que todos los habitantes de Fuenteovejuna responden, al unisono, trascendio el nombre de esa lejana aldea espanola y se convirtio en el grito de lucha de los pueblos oprimidos que hacen... (read more) Your price: $12.00 New - Trade Paper
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Irving Berlin's American Musical Theater (Broadway Legacies) by Jeffrey Magee Publisher Comments From patriotic "God Bless America" to wistful "White Christmas," Irving Berlin's songs have long accompanied Americans as they fall in love, go to war, and come home for the holidays. Irving Berlin's American Musical Theater is the first book to fully... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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The Tragic Paradox by Leonard Moss Publisher Comments Paradox informs the narrative sequence, images, and rhetorical tactics contrived by skilled dramatists and novelists. Their literary languages depict not only a war between rivals but also simultaneous affirmation and negation voiced by a tragic... (read more) Your price: $81.50 New - Hardcover
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