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Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Eminent Lives)
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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Miss Julie and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)
Miss Julie and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)
by August Strindberg
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This edition embraces Strindberg's crucial transition from Naturalism to Modernism, from his two finest achievements as a psychological realist, The Father and Miss Julie, to the three plays in which he redefined the possibilities of European drama... (read more)

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The Tragedy of Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library)
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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Arcadia
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 had a... (read more)

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Othello (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Othello (Folger Shakespeare Library)
by William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare's tragedy about Othello the Moor is presented in this freshly edited text with full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, an Introduction to reading Shakespeare's language, and much more. Reissue.... (read more)

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Five Plays: Ivanov, the Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and the Cherry Orchard (World's Classics)
Five Plays: Ivanov, the Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and the Cherry Orchard (World's Classics)
by Anton Pavlo Chekhov
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Chekhov's worldwide reputation as a dramatist rests on five great plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. All are presented in this collection, taken from the authoritative Oxford Chekhov, in Ronald Hingley's... (read more)

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Improvise.: Scene from the Inside Out
Improvise.: Scene from the Inside Out
by Mick Napier
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< p> For more than 20 years of directing, teaching, and participating in improvisation, Mick Napier has watched thousands of scenes. His experience as founder of the acclaimed Annoyance Theatre/Annoyance Productions, as well as Resident Director... (read more)

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Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Made Easy) - Study Notes
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Made Easy) - 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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Sanford Meisner on Acting
Sanford Meisner on Acting
by Sanford Meisner
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This book, written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, follows an acting class of eight men and eight women for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American... (read more)

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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
by Harold Bloom
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"The indispensable critic on the indispensable writer." -Geoffrey O'Brien, New York Review of Books A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is the culmination of a... (read more)

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King Lear (Shakespeare Made Easy) - Study Notes
King Lear (Shakespeare Made Easy) - 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 God of Carnage: A Play (Ff Plays)
The God of Carnage: A Play (Ff Plays)
by Yasmina Reza
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What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behavior of their children? A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums, and... (read more)

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The Escape; Or, a Leap for Freedom.: A Drama in Five Acts.
The Escape; Or, a Leap for Freedom.: A Drama in Five Acts.
by William Wells Brown
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A well-known nineteenth-century abolitionist an former slave, William Wells Brown was a prolific writer and lecturer who captivated audiences with readings of his drama The Escape; or, a Leap for Freedom (1858). The first published play by an African... (read more)

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Six Plays By Henrik Ibsen (Trade) (03 Edition)
Six Plays By Henrik Ibsen (Trade) (03 Edition)
by Henrik Ibsen
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Six Plays by Henrik Ibsen is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here... (read more)

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Theatre of the Oppressed
Theatre of the Oppressed
by Augusto Boal
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The innovative Brazilian playwright, director and international lecturer explicates Aristotle's poetics and the philosophies of Machiavelli, Hegel and Brecht to determine the extent to which their chief components--imitation, catharsis and, ultimately... (read more)

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Essential Bogosian: Talk Radio, Drinking in America, Funhouse, and Men Inside
Essential Bogosian: Talk Radio, Drinking in America, Funhouse, and Men Inside
by Eric Bogosian
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"What Lenny Bruce was to the 1950s, Bob Dylan to the 1960s, Woody Allen to the 1970s--that's what Eric Bogosian is to this frightening moment of drift in our history."--Frank Rich, The New York... (read more)

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Twenty Love Poems and Song of Despair (04 Edition)
Twenty Love Poems and Song of Despair (04 Edition)
by Pablo Neruda
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A beautifully packaged collection from "the greatest poet of the 20th century--in any language" (Gabriel Garc'a Mrquez). 12 illustrations.... (read more)

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A Raisin in the Sun: The Unfilmed Original Screenplay
A Raisin in the Sun: The Unfilmed Original Screenplay
by Lorraine Hansberry
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The Unfilmed Original Screenplay of an American classic. This is a landmark volume of the epic, original film script written by Lorraine Hansberry, adapted from her stage play. But movie audiences did not know that nearly a third of her powerful... (read more)

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The Habit of Art
The Habit of Art
by Alan Bennett
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Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W. H. Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first in twenty-five years, they are observed and... (read more)

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The Hammersteins: A Musical Theatre Family
The Hammersteins: A Musical Theatre Family
by Oscar Andrew Iii Hammerstein
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The remarkable, unprecedented biography of the Hammersteins, Broadway's greatest and most influential family, as told by Oscar Andrew Hammerstein The Hammersteins is the story of one of Broadway's most creative and productive families. It is a story that... (read more)

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