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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559364034Author Enda WalshFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Theatre Communications GroupPublisher Theatre Communications GroupWeight(grams) 340g

A historical romp with real bite, Stephen Jeffreys's The Libertine has received several major stage productions and was filmed with Johnny Depp and John Malkovich. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, is the Libertine. Poet. Friend and confidant of Charles...

A moving, bittersweet play from the writer of the classic comedy My Night with Reg. Set over a series of summer evenings in the 1960s and the present day, Twilight Song traces one family's hidden liaisons over half a century. A mysterious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487586928Author Alexander LeggattFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559364188Author Jez ButterworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Theatre Communications GroupPublisher Theatre Communications GroupWeight(grams) 397g

The Beggar's Opera, often referred to today as the first musical comedy, was the most popular dramatic piece of the eighteenth century -- and is the work that John Gay (1685-1732) is best remembered for having written. That association of popular music...

In "Lizzy, Darcy and Jane", Jane Austen pits her wit and will against her greatest adversary and ally - the intrepid heroine of "Pride and Prejudice", Elizabeth Bennet. Heady with her first taste of love for the dashing Tom LeFroy,...

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.What do you do if you have a boring job in a restaurant,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573120220Author Alec BaronFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 123g

Colley Cibber was one of the most derided men in eighteenth-century London. Mocked for his work in the theatre and as Poet Laureate, he was nevertheless a prolific actor and playwright, and co-managed the Theatre Royal Drury Lane for 24 years. His...

Beth is preparing food for her father's wake - real sandwiches, which the audience are invited to partake of as they become the mourners visiting following the service. After nursing her father for years, Beth plans to sell the house and go back-packing,...

Your Last Breath: 1876 - Christopher leaves his young family behind to work in Norway. He will map the uncharted mountains for the very first time. 1999 - Anna's body freezes after an extreme skiing accident and her heart stops. But doctors gradually...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812967142Author Oscar WildeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573615955Author Ronald LawlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Samuel French, IncPublisher Samuel French Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573120497Author Arthur AldrichFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 123g

Mary had a son, now her son is dead. That is all. Jenn is hosting a dinner party, a chance to catch up. No pressure. Nothing big. Just old friends. Darkly funny, and achingly tender, Staying Alive is about the loss of a child; about how in the wake of...

Nirjay Mahindru's witty first play takes its audience on a thrilling flight of fantasy to India. As his Queen gives birth to an heir, King Mandragora's kingdom is plagued by a terrifying series of omens. Flying fish and fiery peacocks can be explained...

When Abraham returns home from a journey with his son, his wife is troubled by the boy's state of mind. What took place on the mountain that day is the beginning of a lifetime of suffering for his son and the dawn of a new age for millions. A haunting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573050596Author Helen MurdochFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 138g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573023484Author Valerie MaskellFormat PaperbackPage Count 20Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 120g

Marlowe's Counterfeit Profession presents the first comprehensive reading of the Marlowe canon in over a generation. The occasion for Patrick Cheney's rereading is a primary discovery: Marlowe organized his canon around an "Ovidian" career...

There seem to be a lot of people out there with a lot of money who don't quite know what to do with it Laura has been commissioned to write an exclusive profile of businesswoman extraordinaire Mary Greene, who has recently become a leading...

Murder Mystery/Thriller / Characters: 2m, 1f / Interior Nominated for a 2008 Edgar Award Camille Dargus has fought her way up from humble beginnings to a glittering Manhattan lifestyle. She has beauty, brains, wealth, and a successful career as a jewelry...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573062506Author M.Creagh- HenryFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 130g

Paul Lucas' new black comedy is one of the most genuinely touching and heart warming plays ever written about murderous mayhem. Two dead dentists covered in lipstick - quite a week for the bumbling Detective Edwards. He gathers together a crack team of...

Marion Bishop, an elderly writer of romantic novels, is dying. Katherine Willis, kind soul from the nearby village, looks after Marion in a most caring wwy while coping with her own mentally retarded brother oftwenty. When Katherine takes leave to attend...

Magic and the supernatural are common themes in the philosophy and fiction of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This book explores varieties of scepticism and belief exhibited by a selection of philosophers and playwrights, including Heinrich...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559365666Author Jez ButterworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint 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 9780573033605Author Mary WittFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 130g

Could peace come after? After what? Who will we be?Easter morning, 1916. Gunshots ring out in the Dublin streets. In her suburban sitting-room Hanna prepares for revolution. Frank walks through the crowds calling for peace, while John recalls the...

Over the course of his career, British writer Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) shifted away from elitist social satires and an atheistic outlook toward greater concern for the masses and the use of religious terms and imagery. This change in Huxley's thinking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573132483Author Simon WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

The Welsh Boy is a scintillating rediscovery of one of the hidden gems of eighteenth-century literature and brings back to life a true story of passionate love and outrageous sexual scandal in the sleepy provincial town of Ross-on-Wye. James Parry is...

"It's perfect, isn't it? The most perfect spot I think I've ever seen... An unspoiled, natural beauty. Which makes it utterly ripe for development..." Eden is an idyllic coastal village of astonishing beauty, and home to an active community who are...

Percival arrives in a Rolls Royce at Darren's distinctly working-class house to view a Citroen which Darren is selling. Polite conversation highlights the differences in the two men's lifestyles, but it is not until Darren's wife arrives that the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573110511Author Willy RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

"Nothing can go missing. No wool, no kits. Especially no needles" Lady Anne Tree - one of the most aristocratic women in England - spent her life in prisons. As a visitor, she saw first-hand the aggression, low self-esteem, and high reoffending...

Joseph K has a comfortable job in financial services and barely notices the growing chaos all around on the walk to work: the homelessness, the food banks, the anger, the protests, the relentless rise of the cost of living. Until one day, K is arrested...

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In a once-great Scottish town, a massive redevelopment project promises to bring money, jobs and new prospects to its forgotten population. However, when Dr Kirsten Stockmann discovers a dangerous secret, she knows she must bring the truth to light - no...