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These three plays, diverse in subject but thematically coherent, illuminate one of Sartre's major philosophical concerns: the struggle to live and act freely in a complex and constricting world. Lucifer and the Lord, Sartre's favourite among his plays,...

What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behaviour of their children? A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach ids how to behave properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums and tears...

Serge has bought a modern work of art for a large sum of money. Marc hates the painting and cannot believe that a friend of his could possibly want such a work. Yvan attempts, unsuccessfully, to placate both sides with hilarious consequences. The...

'Historical fiction with a fantastical twist, done with verve and skill' IAN RANKIN'An atmospheric and constantly surprising thriller' SUNDAY TIMES'Kept me guessing until the end. An absolute masterpiece' JENNIFER SAINT'A deliciously dark historical...

Poet and soldier, brawler and charmer, Cyrano de Bergerac is desperately in love with Roxane, the most beautiful woman in Paris. But there is one very large problem - he has a nose of stupendous size and believes she will never see past it to return his...

In brand new translations by Ryan Bloom, four theatrical masterpieces from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Outsider and The Plague are brought together for the first time in English, alongside deleted scenes and alternate lines of...

These three great plays by one of the founding fathers of the theatre of the absurd, are alive and kicking with tragedy and humour, bleakness and farce. In Rhinoceros we are shown the innate brutality of people as everyone, except for Berenger, turn into...

Strongly influenced by Classical drama, Jean Racine (1639-99) broke away from the grandiose theatricality of baroque drama to create works of intense psychological realism, with characters manipulated by cruel and vengeful gods. Iphigenia depicts a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598537093Author MoliereFormat HardbackPage Count 1134Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913710873Author Paris HensleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Readers First Publishing LtdPublisher Readers First Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

Philosophy in the Bedroom accounts the lascivious education of a privileged young lady at the dawn of womanhood.About the AuthorDonatien Alphonse Francois de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade (1740 - 1814), was a French aristocrat and writer of...

Apologies 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 *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787800892Author MoliereFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Stage DoorPublisher Stage DoorWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787800878Author Charles Heron WallFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Stage DoorPublisher Stage DoorWeight(grams) 59g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787800908Author Charles Heron WallFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Stage DoorPublisher Stage DoorWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787800816Author Charles Heron WallFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Stage DoorPublisher Stage DoorWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 3mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787800847Author Charles Heron WallFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Stage DoorPublisher Stage DoorWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm

A genius with language, but convinced of his own ugliness, Cyrano secretly loves the radiant Roxane. While Roxane is in love with the beautiful but inarticulate Christian.Cyrano's generous offer to act as go-between sets in motion a poignant and often...

Baroness Orczy's classic tale of adventure during the French Revolution. Also available as an unabridged audiobook, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.Paris, 1792. The Terror has begun. Every day, scores of the French nobility are delivered to the guillotine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140445916Author Jean RacineFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 153gDimensions(mm) 196mm *...

This new Penguin volume includes the 'greatest hits' of French classical theatre, in vivid and acclaimed English translations. The plays in this volume - Cinna, The Misanthrope, Andromache and Phaedra - span only thirty-seven years, but make up the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679725169Author Jean-Paul SartreFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The Terror has begun.Paris, 1792. Each day scores of the French nobility feed the guillotine. They are trapped in the capital. There is no escape.But rumours whisper of a league of young English gentleman of unparalleled daring who are risking their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989643099Author Alain-FournierFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint Bermuda WordPublisher Bermuda WordWeight(grams) 948gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Moliere combined all the traditional elements of comedy - wit, slapstick, spectacle and satire - to create richly sophisticated and enduringly popular dramas. The Miser is the story of Harpagon, a mean-spirited old man who becomes obsessed with making...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881452310Author Professor Tony KushnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Broadway Play Publishing IncPublisher Broadway Play Publishing...

He can't help himself and he plunges into the forest. until the moment it dawns on him: night has fallen and he is completely lost.Pierre finds himself at a turning point, tormented by the conflicting demands of family, career and sexual desire. His...

The MotherAnne loved the time in her life when she prepared breakfast each morning for her two young children. Years later, spending hours alone, Anne convinces herself that her husband is having an affair. If only her son were to break-up with his...

Cixous' work as a playwright - working mainly with Theatre du Soleil and their director Ariane Mnouchkine - establishes her as a participant in some of the most adventurous European theatre making of the last 40 years.This collection brings together for...

The origin and development of the marionette theater, emphasizing its growth in a region where it still flourishes as a popular form of entertainment.Book InformationISBN 9781512807066Author Reginald S. SibbaldFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451474315Author Donald M. FrameFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 212g

This is a critical edition, or "edition critique," of Victor Hugo's play Marion de Lorme. A critical edition is much more than a typical scholarly publication of a literary work that only contains a brief introduction, the text, and endnotes. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743487757Author Edmond RostandFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Washington Square Press Inc.,N.Y.Publisher Washington Square Press Inc.,N.Y...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780729401968Author Monique WagnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Voltaire FoundationPublisher Liverpool University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593311271Author Albert CamusFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881459326Author MoliereFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Broadway Play PublishingPublisher Broadway Play PublishingWeight(grams) 64gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420956252Author MoliereFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 82gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 3mm

'It's a matter of perception. The hands of time turn at the same speed for everyone. Yet a child waits what seems to be an eternity for summer, whilst an old man watches a year pass in the blinking of an eye.' It's 1984, and as France play Yugoslavia...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953892058Author Bernard-Marie KoltesFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Martin E. Segal Theatre CenterPublisher Martin E. Segal Theatre...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985658441Author Fabrice MelquiotFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Exit PressPublisher Exit PressWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm