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Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being by Ted Hughes
RRP: €35.70€23.92This enthralling tour de force of literary criticism, unprecedented in Shakespeare studies for its scope and daring, is nothing less than an attempt to show the Complete Works - dramatic and poetic - as a single, tightly integrated, evolving organism... -
Present Laughter: Play by Noel Coward 9780573013546
€14.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573013546Author Noel CowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 97Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
The Greek Plays by Ellen McLaughlin
RRP: €29.69€20.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559362405Author Ellen McLaughlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U... -
Playing for Time Theatre Company: Perspectives from the Prison by Annie McKean
€88.10Based on more than a decade of practice, Playing for Time Theatre Company presents the reader with a rich and invaluable resource for using theatre in criminal justice contexts, exploring ideas of identity, community, social justice and the power of the... -
The Girl On The Train by Rachel Wagstaff 9780573132131
€13.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573132131Author Rachel WagstaffFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
Swallows and Amazons (stage version) by Arthur Ransome
€11.02Arthur Ransome's famous and much-loved children's classic is brought thrillingly to life in Helen Edmundson's wonderfully theatrical adaptation, with 'delightfully catchy and often witty' (Telegraph) songs by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy When... -
Shakespeare's 100 Greatest Dramatic Images by Claire Saunders 9788895604015
€8.88This book's unique format makes it a versatile companion for a wide range of readers from the novice to the expert. The book is centered on 100 of Shakespeare's greatest dramatic images - at least one taken from each of his plays. They deal with the... -
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale 9781839042409
€9.44Summer 1860, an elegant country house, a young boy is found dead in an outside privy. All clues point towards the murderer being a member of the grieving household. Called to the scene is the most celebrated detective of his day, Jonathan Whicher from... -
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by Frank McGuinness
RRP: €13.08€8.71On 1 July 1916, the 36th (Ulster) Division took part in one of the bloodiest battles in human history, the Battle of the Somme. This enduring war play is a powerful portrayal of mortality, love and loss. In the extraordinary circumstances of World War I,... -
A Song for Ella Grey by David Almond 9781839043246
€9.44'I'm the one who's left behind. I'm the one to tell the tale. I knew them both, knew how they lived and how she died.' Ella Grey and her friends are ordinary kids from ordinary families in an ordinary world. They fall in and out of love, play music,... -
Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie 9780573702303
RRP: €22.55€17.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573702303Author Agatha ChristieFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Apologia by Alexi Kaye Campbell
RRP: €11.89€8.46A disastrous family reunion is the occasion for a sharp and perceptive look at what has happened to 60s idealists and their children. Kristin Miller is an eminent and successful art historian. As a young mother she followed her politics and vocation,... -
The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd 9781904271604
RRP: €15.46€14.11A major new edition of Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy,an outstanding landmark of Elizabethan drama. In its time, it quickly became a box office success and probably inspired Shakespeare to write Hamlet, as it contains a ghost, murders that demand... -
Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte by Mel Gordon 9780933826694
RRP: €14.27€9.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780933826694Author Mel GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Performing Arts JournalsPublisher Johns Hopkins University PressWeight(grams) 141g -
The Southbury Child (NHB Modern Plays) by Stephen Beresford
€9.44Raffish, urbane and frequently drunk, David Highland has kept a grip on his remote coastal parish through a combination of disordered charm and high-handed determination. When his faith impels him to take a hard line with a bereaved parishioner, he finds... -
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx 9781839042485
€9.44'I been lookin at people on the street. This happen a other people? What the hell do they do?' Wyoming, 1963. A wild, unforgiving land where people live simple, unforgiving lives. When ranch hands Ennis and Jack take seasonal jobs on the isolated... -
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare 9780521670784
RRP: €11.89€9.72The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with... -
Shadows: Riders to the sea by John Millington Synge
€11.44A collection of three classic Irish one-act plays, as produced on the RSC's highly successful 1998 tour. Richly passionate, poetic and violent, the plays reveal our fascination with death and transendance. Features the plays Riders to the Sea, The... -
Theory/Theatre: An Introduction by Mark Fortier
RRP: €47.59€41.72Theory/Theatre is a unique and highly engaging introduction to literary theory as it relates to theatre and performance. It is a brilliantly clear and readable examination of current theoretical approaches, from semiotics and poststructuralism, through... -
"Double Falsehood" by William Shakespeare 9781903436776
RRP: €21.41€19.10On December 1727 an intriguing play called Double Falshood; Or, The Distrest Lovers was presented for production by Lewis Theobald, who had it published in January 1728 after a successful run at the TheatreRoyal, Drury Lane, London. The title page to the... -
Ghosts, A Public Enemy, When We Dead Wake by Henrik Ibsen 9780140441352
RRP: €15.46€10.82Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Three Jacobean Witchcraft Plays by Peter Corbin 9780719019531
€17.22For Jacobean society, witchcraft was a potent and very real force, an area of sharp controversy in which King James I himself participated and a phenomenon that attracted many dramatists and writers. The three plays in this volume reflect the variety of... -
The Fall by James Fritz
€10.23'Imagine being him. Every day you wake up. You're tired. Your body doesn't work properly... You said it - you'd kill yourself.' Two teenagers sneak into an old man's home for a secret meeting. A young couple try to build their future whilst looking... -
Marina Carr: Plays 2: On Raftery's Hill; Ariel; Woman and Scarecrow; The Cordelia Dream; Marble by Marina Carr
RRP: €23.79€16.01On Raftery's Hill'This is a play that howls to be seen; its courage is matched only by its dramatic power.' Sunday IndependentAriel'An astonishing piece of theatre. Interweaving themes drawn from Irish, Greek and biblical myth, she spins a tale of power... -
Rage by Simon Stephens
€14.22Simon Stephens' explosive play Rage was written as a counterpoint for Elfriede Jelinek's Wut. Composed as 31 high-energy scenes, each one is based on a series of photos by Joel Goodman which captured the excitement and the mayhem of New Year's Eve... -
No Exit by Jean-Paul Sarte
RRP: €18.98€16.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573613050Author Jean-Paul SarteFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm) 198mm *... -
Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca 9780571360147
RRP: €13.08€8.71A bride promised. A blood vow broken. The vengeance of a village released.I want you green. Green wind, green branches. Boat on the ocean. Horse on the mountain. Written in the summer of 1932 with the Spanish civil war looming, Lorca's anarchic... -
Macbeth by William, of Chartres 9780743477109
RRP: €8.32€5.34The authoritative edition of Macbeth from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.In 1603, James VI of Scotland ascended the English throne, becoming James I of England. London was... -
Plays in One Act by Daniel Halpern 9780880014908
RRP: €23.79€19.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780880014908Author Daniel HalpernFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint ECCO PressPublisher ECCO Press -
Faust Parts 1 & 2 (Drama Classics) by Goethe
€20.83Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price A fresh, performable version by John Clifford of Goethe's 'unstageable' masterpiece. God and Mephistopheles vie for the mortal soul of Dr Faust. Signing a pact with the nihilistic... -
Shakespeare's Britain by Jonathan Bate
RRP: €11.89€8.09From the common playgoers to the royal patrons, this book explores Britain from the perspective of Shakespeare's audience - revealing how the significant issues of the day were explored at the playhouse through objects and quotations from Shakespeare's... -
This House by James Graham
RRP: €14.27€13.88This country doesn't need a constitution, never has, never will. We have History as our guide. In tough times, the British do what we have always done. We muddle through. This House is a timely and relevant political comedy, exploring Westminster and... -
Anne Boleyn by Howard Brenton
€10.23A celebration of a great English heroine, Anne Boleyn dramatises the life and legacy of Henry VIII's notorious second wife, who helped change the course of the nation's history. Traditionally seen as either the pawn of an ambitious family manoeuvred... -
Monologues and Duologues for Young Actors by Jeffrey Grenfell-Hill
RRP: €9.51€6.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528904544Author Jeffrey Grenfell-HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
13 by Mike Bartlett
€14.22Work out what you want and go for it with all your conviction and don't care if you seem outrageous or stupid... All that's needed, in the end, is belief. An identical, terrifying dream haunts Londoners in the midst of economic gloom and ineffective... -
Tartuffe by Ranjit Bolt 9781840022605
RRP: €17.79€15.37"The religious fraud Tartuffe has wormed his way into the affections and household of rich merchant, Orgon, with pantomime piety and counterfeit zeal. So comprehensively has he hoodwinked Orgon that he looks set to succeed in driving away the son,... -
The Old Law: Or, A New Way to Please You by William Rowley 9781983779558
RRP: €9.81€8.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781983779558Author William RowleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Playhouse Creatures by April De Angelis
RRP: €13.08€11.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573130076Author April De AngelisFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
The Last Days of Troy by Simon Armitage
RRP: €13.08€8.71Simon Armitage is rightly celebrated as one of the country's most original and engaging poets; but he is also an adaptor and translator of some of our most important epics, such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Death of King Arthur and Homer's... -
My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?) (NHB Modern Plays) by Rob Madge
€11.02When Rob was twelve, they attempted a full-blown Disney parade in their house for their Grandma. As Rob donned wigs and played Mary Poppins, Ariel, Mickey Mouse and Belle, their Dad doubled as Stage Manager, Sound Technician and Goofy. Unfortunately,...