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The Routledge Pantomime Reader: 1800-1900 Jennifer Schacker 9781032021218
RRP: $55.46$48.49The Routledge Pantomime Reader is the first anthology to document this entertainment genre-one of the most distinctive and ubiquitous in nineteenth-century Britain. Across ten different shows, readers witness pantomime's development from a highly... -
Tales from Ovid by Ted Hughes 9780571202256
RRP: $14.18$9.44Ted Hughes's remarkable sequence of twenty-four tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses won the Whitbread Book of the Year in 1997 and was celebrated in The Times by Michael Hofmann as 'one of the great works of the century'. Tim Supple and Simon Reade have... -
Damned by Despair by Frank McGuinness
RRP: $14.18$9.44Obsessed with his own salvation, the hermit Paulo dedicates himself to ten years of prayerful penance. When his faith wavers, the ever-watchful Devil seizes the moment to convince him that he shares the fate of one Enrico, a notorious Neapolitan gangster... -
Ghost Stories by Jeremy Dyson
RRP: $14.18$10.23Professor of Parapsychology, Philip Goodman, is an arch-sceptic with a mission to debunk the paranormal, wherever it occurs. But when he embarks on an investigation of three apparent hauntings - as recounted by a night-watchman, a teenage boy, and a... -
The Country Wife and Other Plays by William Wycherley
RRP: $14.18$10.02Wycherley's four comedies are admired for their satirical wit, farcical humour, vivid characterization, and social criticism.Love in a Wood, a lively comedy of intrigue, established him as a brilliant new dramatist.The Gentleman Dancing-Master, in... -
Peter Pan and Other Plays: The Admirable Crichton; Peter Pan; When Wendy Grew Up; What Every Woman Knows; Mary Rose by Sir J. M. Barrie 9780199537839 [USED COPY]
RRP: $10.31$2.95For some 20 years at the beginning of the century J M Barrie enjoyed enormous commercial success with a wide variety of plays, but he is best known for Peter Pan. It retains its popularity today, both in the original and in adaptations. As well as being... -
Peter Pan and Other Plays: The Admirable Crichton; Peter Pan; When Wendy Grew Up; What Every Woman Knows; Mary Rose by Sir J. M. Barrie 9780199537839
RRP: $10.31$7.47For some 20 years at the beginning of the century J M Barrie enjoyed enormous commercial success with a wide variety of plays, but he is best known for Peter Pan. It retains its popularity today, both in the original and in adaptations. As well as being... -
The Dry House by Eugene O'Hare 9781350406520
RRP: $14.18$13.89"I don't know what's beyond this minute. But whatever it is it can't be worse than all the minutes that brought us here". Two sisters, one last drink. In the Irish border town of Newry, Chrissy promises her sister Claire that after four cans of lager... -
all of it by Alistair McDowall 9781350168169
$16.24Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta BBBBBBBBBB Face Faces Smile Smiling Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Bbbbbbbbb A short play for one performer about all of it. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Royal Court in February 2020, performed... -
The Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays: Riders to the Sea; The Shadow of the Glen; The Tinker's Wedding; The Well of the Saints; The Playboy of the Western World; Deirdre of the Sorrows by J. M. Synge
RRP: $10.31$7.47J M Synge was one of the key dramatists in the flourishing world of Irish literature at the turn of the century. This volume offers all of Synge's plays, which range from racy comedy to stark tragedy, all sharing a memorable lyricism. The... -
Good C. P. Taylor 9781350376274
RRP: $14.18$12.46Professor John Halder is a 'good' man. But 'good' men must adapt to survive. As the world faces its Second World War, Halder finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences. Good is a story about a liberal-minded university... -
"The Beauty Queen of Leenane" by Martin McDonagh
RRP: $14.18$10.81The Beauty Queen of Leenane was first presented as a Druid Theatre/Royal Court Theatre co-production in January 1996. Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, The Beauty Queen of Leenane tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and... -
"The Cheviot": WITH "The Stag AND "The Black, Black Oil" by John McGrath 9780413488800
RRP: $15.47$15.42Strathoykel, Sutherland. "When the Sheriff and his men arrived, the women were on the road and the men behind the walls. The women shouted 'Better to die here than America or the Cape of Good Hope'. The first blow was struck by a woman with a stick. The... -
Tomcat by James Rushbrooke
RRP: $14.18$10.23In the not-too-distant future, the world is better than ever. Diseases and disorders have been wiped out. But Jess doesn't belong. She slipped through the net and there's something dangerous in her DNA, something that must be 'cured'. Charlie is watching... -
The Good Life (NHB Modern Plays by Jeremy Sams 9781839040337
RRP: $14.18$10.23When Tom and Barbara Good decide to exchange the pressures of the rat race for an alternative, more sustainable way of living, they set about turning their suburban home in Surbiton into a model of self-sufficiency. They grow their own fruit and veg,... -
Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn 9780573110474
$15.96Trevor and Susannah, whose marraige is on the rocks, inflict their miseries on their nearest and dearest: three couples whose own relationships are tenuous at best. Taking place sequentially in the three beleaguered couples' bedrooms during one endless... -
Pronoun by Evan Placey
RRP: $14.18$10.23A love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean. Josh and Isabella are childhood sweethearts. They were meant to spend their gap year together, they were meant to be together forever. But Isabella has now become a boy. Pronoun was... -
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright 9780413671301
RRP: $15.47$14.73Winner of the 1992 Evening Standard Best Comedy Award and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Comedy,"The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a cracker, original, hilarious and hauntingly sad" (Daily Telegraph) "Like everything Cartwright writes,... -
Map of the Heart by William Nicholson 9780573018329
$14.73Albie, dissatisfied with his life, decides to perform charitable work in the Sudan with his doctor lover, Mary, but his decision has damaging repercussions on those around him, especially his wife, Ruth. Whilst in the Sudan, Albie is held hostage leaving... -
Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann 9781839042218
RRP: $14.18$10.23'I am strength I am power I am courage I am revolution I am Amber Rai' Amber is trapped - by her family's rules and expectations, and by her own fears. But on the running track she feels free. As her body speeds up, the world slows down. And... -
Paradise by Kae Tempest
RRP: $14.18$10.23'Tempest has a gift for shattering and transcending convention.' New York TimesPhiloctetes lives in a cave on a desolate island: the wartime hero is now a wounded outcast. Stranded for ten years, he sees a chance of escape when a young soldier appears... -
Owen Plays: v. 1: "Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco"; "The Shadow of a Boy"; "The Drowned World"; "Cancer Time"; "Fags" by Gary Owen 9780413774811 [USED COPY]
RRP: $28.37$12.53First collection of seminal plays by one of Wales' most talented writers Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco: his first work for the stage, published in February 2001 to tie-in with the production by Paines Plough and Sgript Cymru. Saturday night, small town... -
Owen Plays: v. 1: "Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco"; "The Shadow of a Boy"; "The Drowned World"; "Cancer Time"; "Fags" by Gary Owen 9780413774811
RRP: $28.37$25.79First collection of seminal plays by one of Wales' most talented writers Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco: his first work for the stage, published in February 2001 to tie-in with the production by Paines Plough and Sgript Cymru. Saturday night, small town... -
Ladies Unleashed by Amanda Whittington
RRP: $14.18$10.23Pearl, Jan and Linda are enjoying a long-awaited break on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, when a surprise visitor turns up. They haven't seen Shelley for years, and their retreat becomes a reunion - and pretty soon, a riot. But a lot has changed since... -
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh
$14.73This Student Edition of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane features expert and helpful annotation, including a scene-by-scene summary, a detailed commentary on the dramatic, social and political context, and on the themes, characters, language... -
Dixon and Daughters by Deborah Bruce
RRP: $14.18$10.23Mary has just been released from prison. She wants to come home and forget all about it - but Briana has other ideas. Over two tumultuous days, a family is forced to confront not only their past, but everything about themselves. Because the truth... -
Modern and Contemporary Irish Drama by John P. Harrington
$26.30This revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition reprints the complete texts of fourteen plays by the major Irish playwrights: W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, J. M. Synge, Bernard Shaw, Sean O'Casey, Samuel Beckett, Brian Friel, Conor McPherson, and Marina... -
The Domino Effect and other plays for teenagers by Fin Kennedy
RRP: $19.34$14.36This second volume of plays from award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy features three ensemble plays for large casts of young people aged thirteen to nineteen, each developed via a long-term, collaborative process with the target age group. In The... -
The Herd by Rory Kinnear
RRP: $16.76$11.95A witty and heartfelt look at a family falling apart - and pulling together - when life doesn't turn out quite the way they imagined. Joint Winner of the Critics' Circle Most Promising Playwright Award, 2013. It's Andy Griffith's twenty-first birthday... -
4 Play: Trainspotting, Ecstasy, Filth and Marabou Stork Nightmares by Irvine Welsh
RRP: $20.63$14.98From Irvine Welsh's bestselling books come four brilliant plays: Trainspotting, Filth and Marabou Stork Nightmares (all adapted by Harry Gibson) and Ecstasy (adapted by Keith Wyatt). Gathered together for the first time in one volume these adaptations of... -
Private Peaceful: A Play For A Small Ensemble by Simon Reade
$14.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573132292Author Simon ReadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
David Hare Plays 3: Skylight; Amy's View; The Judas Kiss; My Zinc Bed by David Hare
RRP: $24.50$17.56This is a new collection of some of David Hare's finest work, including Skylight (Winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play, 1996), Amy's View, The Judas Kiss and My Zinc Bed.David Hare Plays 3, containing Skylight, Amy's View, The Judas... -
Comedians by Trevor Griffiths 9780571049868
RRP: $14.18$9.44'The setting is a schoolroom near Manchester where an evening class of budding comics congregate for a final briefing from their tutor before facing an agent's man from London. Telling jokes for money offers an escape from the building site or the milk... -
Tartuffe, the Imposter by John Donnelly
RRP: $14.18$9.44Orgon is the man who has everything. Money, power, a beautiful family. But lately he's been questioning the point of it all. When he invites Tartuffe into his perfect household, he unleashes a whirlwind of deception and seduction that threatens... -
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 9781350141933
RRP: $12.89$12.56After all, who has the right to cast a stone against one who has suffered? Cannot repentance wipe out an act of folly? Why should there be one law for me and another for women? Wilde's 'trivial play for serious people', a sparkling comedy of manners,... -
Lucy Prebble Plays 1: The Sugar Syndrome; Enron; The Effect; A Very Expensive Poison by Ms Lucy Prebble
RRP: $25.79$22.87Lucy Prebble is one of Britain's foremost writers for the stage and screen. This eagerly anticipated play collection brings together her landmark plays for the first time, showcasing her work from 2003 to 2019. Beginning with her George Devine... -
Intimate Exchanges: v. 2 by Alan Ayckbourn 9780573016134
$17.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573016134Author Alan AyckbournFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
Happy Days by Samuel Beckett 9780571244577 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.18$2.92Happy Days was written in 1960 and first produced in London at the Royal Court Theatre in November 1962.WINNIE: [ . . .] Well anyway - this man Shower - or Cooker - no matter - and the woman - hand in hand - in the other hands bags - kind of big brown... -
Happy Days by Samuel Beckett
RRP: $14.18$9.44Happy Days was written in 1960 and first produced in London at the Royal Court Theatre in November 1962.WINNIE: [ . . .] Well anyway - this man Shower - or Cooker - no matter - and the woman - hand in hand - in the other hands bags - kind of big brown... -
Beautiful Thing Jonathan Harvey 9781350448711
RRP: $14.18$12.46Teenage boys Ste and Jamie are neighbours on a South London estate. Jamie is more knowledgeable about The Sound of Music than football, while classmate Ste never misses a sports day. Both are being bullied, Jamie at school and Ste at home by his violent...