This is Shakespeare by Emma Smith
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Category: Plays | Series: Pelican Bks.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An outstanding book ... lively, curious and passionate' Literary Review Why should you read a book about Shakespeare and his plays?Because he is a timeless genius whose work encapsulates the human condition?Or is it something more unexpected?
Three Plays: Rising Water, Signs of Life, Shrine by Tim Winton
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Category: Plays
Marked by Winton's signature ear for dialogue, these are three searing plays about survival, mourning, and the remarkable gift of redemption.Winton's first play, Rising Water, sees middle-aged fringe-dwellers Col, Baxter and Jackie living aboard neighbouring boats in a crowded marina. Each of them nurse ...Show more
Twelve Angry Men: Methuen Student Editions by Reginald Rose
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Category: Plays | Series: Student Editions
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 co ...Show more
Twelve Angry Men: Modern Plays Edition by Reginald Rose
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Category: Plays | Series: Methuen Modern Plays Ser.
'New York, summer 1954Criminal Courts BuildingA man is deadThe life of another is at stakeA 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 the prejudice of some of his fellow jurors. ...Show more
Waltzing the Wilarra by David Milroy
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Category: Plays | Series: Current Theatre Ser.
It's 1940s post-war Perth. Against a backdrop of curfews, and the fear of arrest for consorting, White and Black manage to form their own club. Forty years on, as the club faces demolition, Charlie, Elsa and Fay meet once again to stage a musical reunion and protest in an attempt to save their old stomp ...Show more
Zurich Transit by Max Frisch
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Category: Plays | Series: The\Seagull Library of German Literature Ser.
This screenplay by Swiss playwright and novelist Max Frisch was developed from an episode in his 1964 novel Gantenbein, or A Wilderness of Mirrors. At the center of both works is Theo Ehrismann, a man who cannot seem to change his life no matter how many times he resolves to do so. Chance comes to Theo ...Show more