Anthologies

The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers provides an essential anthology of six of the key plays that have shaped the trajectory of British black theatre from the late-1970s to the present day. In doing so it charts the journey from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802133076Author Vaclav HavelFormat PaperbackPage Count 273Imprint Grove PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressWeight(grams) 318g

When our great monarch into exile went, Wit and religion suffered banishment... At length the Muses stand restored again To that great charge which Nature did ordain. In these lines Dryden represents the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 as the...

This diverse anthology features eight contemporary plays founded in testimonies from across the world. Showcasing challenging and provocative works of theatre, the collection also provides a clear insight into the workings of the genre through author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400076154Author Eric LaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 388gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

From the fifth to the second century BC, innovative comedy drama flourished in Greece and Rome. This collection brings together the greatest works of Classical comedy, with two early Greek plays: Aristophanes' bold, imaginative Birds, and Menander's The...

Recent years have seen an explosion of new Welsh writing for the stage. With the advent of Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in 2003 and the launch of National Theatre Wales in 2009, there has been a tectonic shift in Welsh theatre and its perception. Wales...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998151304Author Mike KimmelFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Ben Rose Creative ArtsPublisher Ben Rose Creative ArtsWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802151049Author David MametFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly...

Monologues are an essential part of every actor's toolkit. Actors are required to perform monologues regularly throughout their career: preparing for drama school entry, showcasing skills for agents or auditioning for a role. Following on from the...

Five outstanding plays from the British theatre of the 1960s. This volume contains major works by five of the most important playwrights ot emerge during the late fifties and early sixties. Bold, challenging and iconoclastic, these plays are landmarks of...

This volume brings together three little-known plays that convey vividly the fascination in early seventeenth-century England with travel and exploration.. Three dramas of wandering and adventure which explore the great diversity of responses in the...

Based on the original and authoritative Revels texts, Plays on women brings together four plays which dramatise the lives of women in Shakespeare's EnglandThe only available anthology focusing on women and including the four plays most often discussed. ...

This anthology contains scholarly and annotated editions of six major Elizabethan and Jacobean plays: The Spanish Tragedy Doctor Faustus Sejanus Women Beware Women The White Devil 'Tis Pity She's a WhoreSix plays in one volume Ideal for English...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814206782Author ToddFormat HardbackPage Count 486Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams) 885gDimensions(mm)...

Included in this volume are Caryl Churchill's Vinegar Tom, about witchcraft in the seventeenth century; Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi, an account of the lives of four young women by Pam Gems; Louise Page's Tissue, about breast cancer; and Aurora Leigh, adapted...

The third volume in an anthology series of the most original and exciting new plays for the nineties Europe, set in an international rail station linking several countries examines the cultural shifts of the post Berlin wall years and is "a fierce,...

Presents six outstanding works by Asian-American women playwrights, written in the past 20 years. Each play addresses the experiences of Asian-Americans in the United States, repudiating cultural and sexual stereotypes.Book InformationISBN...

Humana Festival 2012: The Complete Plays brings together all ten scripts from the 2012 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 36th annual cycle of world premiere productions staged at Actors Theatre of Louisville. This unique compilation features an...

When Theatre for Youth: Twelve Plays with Mature Themes was published in 1986, it met a need for plays that could help young people deal with some of the more difficult realities of life. Responding to the sweeping changes in society over the succeeding...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780933826533Author Laurence SenelickFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc...

At a time when most serious drama being written and produced for the American stage aspires only to mainstream acceptance and high-toned mediocrity, an innovative new generation of playwrights based in New York City has emerged, crafting works that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393283488Author J Ellen GainorFormat PaperbackPage Count 1824Imprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton & CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990725619Author Padua Playwrights PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Padua PlayWright's PressPublisher Padua PlayWright's PressWeight(grams) 340g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781896300030Author Anne NothofFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint NeWest PressPublisher NeWest PressWeight(grams) 250g

The aim of this anthology is to present a selection of plays that are representative of a fresh spirit and of societal pressures and changes in Spanish American culture. The plays shun the earlier realistic, sentimental, and melodramatic conventions of...

Includes: Motherhood 2000 by Adrienne Kennedy, The Law of Remains by Reza Abdoh, Pangean Dreams: A Shamanic Journey by Rachel Rosenthal, Enter The Night by Maria Irene Fornes, Two Altars, Ten Funerals (All Souls) by Erik Ehn, A Girl's Guide to the Divine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780930452636Author Elinor FuchsFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S...

This anthology is the first to survey the full range of modern Japanese drama and make available Japan's best and most representative twentieth- and early-twenty-first-century works in one volume. It opens with a comprehensive introduction to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780933826786Author Daniel GerouldFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559362054Author Harry J. Elam, Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 540Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780913745465Author Francoise KourilskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Ubu Repertory Theater PublicationsPublisher Ubu Repertory Theater...

In 2001, Victory Gardens Theater received the Tony Award for Region Theatre and was hailed by the Wall Street Journal as ""one of the country most important playwrights' theaters."" This recognition helped the theater take its rightful place alongside...

The Humana Festival 2017 anthology brings together all nine scripts from the 2017 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 41st annual cycle of world premiere productions staged at Actors Theatre of Louisville. This compilation features extraordinary...

The first English-language anthology of post-1989 Czech plays exploring once-taboo subjects and new realities. Includes plays by David Drabek, Lenka Lagronova, Jiri Pokorny, Ivana Ruzickova, Egon Tobias, Iva Volankova, and Petr Zelenka.About the...

At a time when so many options exist for access to theatrical entertainments, it is no surprise that theatre practitioners and scholars are often preoccupied with the role of the audience. While space undoubtedly impacts the rehearsal and production...

The first anthology of new Romanian Drama published in the United States, roMANIA after 2000 introduces American readers to compelling playwrights and plays that address resonant issues of a post-totalitarian society on its way toward democracy and a new...

The third volume in the successful Theatre Cafe series contains three contemporary European plays in English translation. All fairly short two-handers, the plays make a great volume for teachers and students looking for suitable material to work on in...

Introduced by Patrick Lonergan, The Methuen Drama Anthology of Irish Plays brings together five major works from the Irish dramatic canon of the last sixty years in one outstanding collection. Behan's The Hostage, depicting the capture and death of a...

This is a collection of six extraordinary plays, all of which experiment with form, subject matter, and genre in order to comment on the modern black experience in terms of culture, politics, and performance. It includes: B is for Black, Moj of the...