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Based loosely on The Science of Discworld II: the Globe, Lords & Ladies, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Shakespeare Codex is a new Discworld stage adaptation written to commemorate Terry Pratchett's life and works. Discworld's motley band of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573710186Author Leslie KimbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Samuel French, Inc.Publisher Samuel French, Inc.Weight(grams) 104g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573019562Author Bob LarbeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

Softcops renders the philosophy of Foucault as a music-hall turn and Victorian freakshow "theatre and history combine to give such intelligent fun" (TLS); Top Girls brings five great and less-than-great women from history together for a dinner party and...

Oxford Student Texts offer an accessible route into the study of texts for A Level including line-by-line notes, and detailed sections covering key themes, issues and contexts. This edition focuses on An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910067611Author Naomi SheldonFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Playdead PressPublisher Playdead PressDimensions(mm) 197mm * 132mm * 5mm

Shaw began writing MAN AND SUPERMAN in 1901 and determined to write a play that would encapsulate the new century's intellectual inheritance. Shaw drew not only on Byron's verse satire, but also on Shakespeare, the Victorian comedy fashionable in his...

'Marchin' days is over man.' Patience is running out, times have changed. And progress isn't enough. Black British. African American. Here. There. Now. Snapshots of lives, snapshots of experiences of protest; violence vs...

Now in a second edition, Theatre Studies: The Basics is a fully updated guide to the wonderful world of theatre. The practical and theoretical dimensions of theatre - from acting to audience - are woven together throughout to provide an integrated...

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Dinner'A cracking black comedy that has you laughing uproariously one moment and jumping with shock the next . . . For those with strong stomachs, Dinner offers a delicious feast of comedy and the macabre.' Daily TelegraphDying for It'A subversive...

A sometimes comic, sometimes heartbreaking journey into the world of autism. Sandra is looking for love. Gordon is seeking acceptance. Simon just wants these parents to stop talking for two minutes so he can get on with teaching their kids. And...

Apologies 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

'A vinaigrette of despair poured over a salad of joy.' Lola is sixteen years old, sharp-witted and has her whole life ahead of her - until she's diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour. Now her brilliant mind is rapidly turning into useless mush. ...

For 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...

Mistero Buffo, or The Comic Mysteries, is based on research into mediaeval mystery plays; The Accidental Death of an Anarchist concerns the "accidental" (or not) death of an anarchist railwork who "fell" (or was pushed) to his death from a police...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573691850Author Steve GoochFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Samuel French, IncPublisher Samuel French Inc

A two-play dramatisation of Philip Pullman's extraordinary award-winning fantasy trilogy, first seen at the National Theatre. His Dark Materials takes us on a thrilling journey through worlds familiar and unknown. For Lyra and Will, its two central...

A 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714507637Author Anthony ShafferFormat PaperbackPage Count 93Imprint Marion Boyars Publishers LtdPublisher Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

One wintry morning academic Prudencia Hart sets off to a conference in the Scottish Borders. Stranded there by snow, she is swept off on a dream-like journey of self discovery, complete with magical moments, devilish encounters and wittily wild music...

The second volume of Harold Pinter's collected work includes The Caretaker.The CaretakerIt was with this play that Harold Pinter had his first major success. The obsessive caretaker, Davies, is a classic comic creation, and his uneasy relationship with...

'Password Emil!' If Mrs Tischbein had known the amazing adventures her son Emil would have in Berlin, she'd never have let him go. Emil is excited to be taking the train on his own for the first time. He doesn't like the look of his fellow...

Summer 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...

In this collection of plays from one of our finest dramatists, Caryl Churchill demonstrates her remarkable ability to find new forms to express profound truths about the world we live in. Complete with a new introduction by the author, this volume...

Susie Salmon is just like any other young American girl. She wants to be beautiful, adores her charm bracelet and has a crush on a boy from school. There's one big difference though - Susie is dead. Add: Now she can only observe while her family...

An acclaimed dramatisation of Dickens' well-loved Christmas story - more faithful to the original than any other published version, and making skilful use of traditional carols to underscore the action. Karen Louise Hebden's stage adaptation of A...

Three plays by ancient Greece's third great tragedian.One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. The new Loeb Classical Library edition of his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573015397Author Noel CowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

Voice and Speech for Musical Theatre is the first book to combine traditional actor vocal training with musical theatre training, offering support and guidance for performers seeking to train their spoken voice specifically for singing and performing in...

The funny, heart-warming sequel to the enormously successful Ladies' Day, following the lasses from Hull on their adventures down under. After hitting the jackpot at Ladies' Day in York, the fishfilleting foursome - Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda - are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812969290Author William ShakespeareFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Modern LibraryPublisher Modern LibraryWeight(grams) 200g

'We stand on the edge On the threshold of On the entrance to Stepping out from On the cusp...' Set in and around a swimming pool, Chris Bush's play The Changing Room follows a group of teenagers full of excitement, impatience and uncertainty. They...

When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds it full of secrets. Left to make her own entertainment, Mary stumbles upon a garden, overgrown and locked for years. A forbidden garden. Finding her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975957738Author Guenter RutenbornFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Dramatic Insights PublicationsPublisher Dramatic Insights PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781964045054Author Christopher PlumridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Ghost Light PublicationsPublisher Ghost Light PublicationsWeight(grams)...

'Here is the city that we live in Notice that the city that we live in is alive Analyse our city and you'll find that our city even has bodily features Our city's organs function like any living creature Our city is a living creature And if you're...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645421184Author Intelligent EducationFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint DexterityPublisher DexterityWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 5mm

A powerful, inventive play that mixes real testimonials alongside existing and original music to explore one of the most important social concerns of today: homelessness amongst young people. Bullet doesn't want to call a hostel home. Eritrean Girl...

'The sky turns the colour of a jay's eye. The sea turns a deep royal purple. The mist lifts in quick, lithe ribbons, like a conjuring trick. Before us lies the island...' It's 1935, and an eccentric English family - four children, their widowed...