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"Waiting for Godot" - Samuel Beckett

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Harold Bloom

£30.95 15 Jun 2008 Hardback Chelsea House Publishers

Contains some of the criticism available on the play.

Danton's Death, Leonce and Lena, Woyzeck

12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Georg Buchner

£8.99 12 Jun 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

Don Juan and Other Plays

12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Moliere

£8.99 12 Jun 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

Moliere's prose plays demonstrate both his versatility as a playwright and the reasons for his enduring popularity from the France of Louis XIV to the present.

Three Major Plays

12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lope de Vega

£8.99 12 Jun 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

The Figaro Trilogy

12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro, The Guilty Mother

By Pierre Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais

£9.99 12 Jun 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

Shylock, the Merchant of Venice: A Play in Three Acts

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Play in Three Acts

By De Vigny, Alfred

£9.99 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Borgo Press

As with many of his French contemporaries, Alfred de Vigny (1797-1863) enjoyed the challenge of reworking William Shakespeare's classic plays for a modern audience. "Shylock" (1830) eliminates many of the comic elements of the master's original and focuses on the darker themes of racial prejudice and the relationship between Jew and gentile. The result is another stunning resurrection and reinterpretation of a dramatic masterwork.

Translated for the very first time into English!

Since retiring from the legal profession, FRANK J. MORLOCK has translated over a hundred plays from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French originals, and has also penned a number of original dramas of his own. In 2006 he was honored with an award from the North American Jules Verne Society. He lives and works in Maryland.

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Lady Windermere's Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband;

By Wilde, Oscar

£7.99 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press, USA

Life of Galileo

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Brecht, Bertolt

£6.59 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Penguin Books

Galileo Ranks alongside Mother Courage and Mr. Puntila as one of Brechtas most intensely alive, human, and complex characters. In "Life of Galileo," the great Renaissance scientist is in a brutal struggle for freedom from authoritarian dogma. Unable to satisfy his appetite for scientific investigation, he comes into conflict with the Inquisition and must publicly renounce his theories, though in private he goes on working on his revolutionary ideas.

The Good Person of Szechwan

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Brecht, Bertolt

£6.04 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Penguin Books

The authorized, definitive editions of two of Bertolt Brechtas most enduring works
"The Good Person of Szechwan" is one of Bertolt Brechtas most popular works. When three gods come to earth in search of a thoroughly good person, they encounter Shen Teh, a goodhearted but penniless prostitute, who offers them shelter. Rewarded with enough money to open a tobacco shop, aAngel of the Slumsa Shen Teh soon becomes so overwhelmed by the demands of people seeking assistance that she invents a male alter ego, aTobacco K inga Shui Ta, to deal ruthlessly with the business of living in an evil world. "The Good Person of Szechwan" is a masterpiece of minimalist design and elegance that shines a light on human nature and social mores.

The Stanislavsky System of Acting

22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Legacy and Influence in Modern Performance

By Rose Whyman

£50.00 22 May 2008 Hardback Cambridge University Press

A study of Stanislavsky's highly influential method of acting, which draws upon original source material.

"Waiting for Godot" - Samuel Beckett

15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Harold Bloom

£30.95 15 May 2008 Hardback Chelsea House Publishers

Contains some of the criticism available on the play.

Proserpina: Goethe's Melodrama with Music

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Goethe's Melodrama with Music by Carl Eberwein, Orchestral Score and Piano

By Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.

£19.00 01 May 2008 Paperback Carysfort Press

Carl Eberwein's dramatic setting of Goethe's melodrama, Proserpina, for solo voice (speaking part) and orchestra, with a choral finale, is highly dramatic in impact and beautifully orchestrated. Eberwein's music for Proserpina was written under Goethe's supervision and according to his wishes. This is the first publication to represent the artistic intentions of both artists in a modern orchestral score, with piano reduction, German/English text and critical commentary on the work.

Blood Wedding

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Federico Garcia Lorca

£3.99 01 May 2008 Paperback Nick Hern Books

Tells the story of a peasant bride who elopes on the day of her wedding.

"Waiting for Godot" - Samuel Beckett

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Harold Bloom

£30.95 15 Apr 2008 Hardback Chelsea House Publishers

Contains some of the criticism available on the play.

Bugs!: Three Plays by Vladimir Mayakovsky

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mayakovsky, Vladimir

£8.76 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Green Integer

The three plays of this volume-A Tragedy (reproduced in the original typography), The Bathtub, and Bugs!-give strong testament to the great Russian poet and playwright's joyous satiric writing and Paul Schmidt's skills as a translator. Along with other Russian futurists, Vladimir Mayakovsky changed Russian literature and influenced world writing.

Proserpina: Goethe's Melodrama with Music

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Goethe's Melodrama with Music by Carl Eberwein, Orchestral Score and Piano

By Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.

£35.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Carysfort Press

The School for Wives

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Moliere

£14.26 01 Apr 2008 Compact Disk L.A. Theatre Works

L.A. Theatre Works' third Moliere play depicting middle aged man Arnolphe and his attempt to mold the perfectly ignorant and loyal wife in Agnes who ironically ends up leaving him in the end. A brilliant adapation by Beth Miles starring William Brown.

Antonio Buero-Vallejo: Four Tragedies of Conscience (1949-1999)

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Buero-Vallejo, Antonio

£12.06 01 Apr 2008 Paperback University Press of Colorado

This masterful translation of four tragedies by Antonio Buero-Vallejo (1916-2000), Spain's most important dramatist since the 1930s, allows English-speaking audiences to experience the most deeply moving and intellectually rich works by one of the twentieth century's great authors. Patricia W. O'Connor complements vivid translations with generous supporting materials, including a reader-friendly introduction to the playwright's life and work, commentaries on the plays, and photographs of productions and playwright.

Buero-Vallejo's emblematic first play, Story of a Stairway (1949), chronicling decades in the lives of struggling Madrid families, catapulted the young author into prominence. Appearing here for the first time in English, Before Dawn (1953) is a whodunit and the riveting odyssey of one woman 's search for truth that recalls Greek tragedy. The Basement Window (1967), an Orwellian science-fiction experiment, portrays the moral climate of the late twentieth century as judged by ethically enlightened researchers of a distant future. In the first English translation of the author's poignantly relevant final play, Mission to the Deserted Village (1999), a wartime attempt to save an El Greco painting raises questions about how much of its own treasure a culture will destroy to keep it out of enemy hands.

Readers who know Buero-Vallejo's plays will celebrate O'Connor's sparkling translations. Those who haven't yet read Buero-Vallejo will find a very moving introduction in this collection.

Antonio Buero-Vallejo: Four Tragedies of Conscience (1949-1999)

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Buero-Vallejo, Antonio

£32.94 01 Apr 2008 Hardback University Press of Colorado

Readers who know Buero-Vallejo's plays will celebrate O'Connor's sparkling translations. Those who haven't yet read Buero-Vallejo will find a very moving introduction in this collection.

Ghosts

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ibsen, Henrik

£8.99 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Methuen

Osvald Alving has returned from Paris to his mother's home, carrying with him a dreadful secret. His mother's delight at having him home soon turns to horror and grief. The corruption that she had hoped to spare him from when sending him away from the influence of his depraved father has in fact infected his whole body in the form of syphillis.

Tartuffe: A New Verse Translation

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Moliere

£6.87 01 Apr 2008 Paperback W. W. Norton & Company

Henrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism: Art, Theater, Philosophy

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Art, Theater, Philosophy

By Moi, Toril

£14.99 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press, USA

This is a major critical study of Henrik Ibsen by a leading literary theorist. Toril Moi offers a radical reappraisal of Ibsen's place in the birth of modernism and the origins of modern theatre, his influence on other writers, and the connection between his visual imagination and his plays.

Henrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism

14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Art, Theater, Philosophy

By Toril Moi

£14.99 14 Feb 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

Modern Death: The End of Humanity

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The End of Humanity

By Wijkmark, Carl-Henning

£5.50 01 Feb 2008 Paperback Carysfort Press

Waiting for Godot

31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Character Studies

By Paul Lawley

£10.99 31 Jan 2008 Paperback Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Aims to promote sophisticated literary analysis through the concept of character. This book demonstrates the necessity of linking character analysis to texts, themes, issues and ideas, and encourages students to embrace the complexity of literary characters and the texts in which they appear. It provides an introductory study of Beckett's play.

Waiting for Godot

31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Character Studies

By Paul Lawley

£45.00 31 Jan 2008 Hardback Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Aims to promote literary analysis through the concept of character. This book demonstrates the necessity of linking character analysis to texts, themes, issues and ideas, and encourages students to embrace the complexity of literary characters and the texts in which they appear. It provides an introductory study of Beckett's famous play.

The Complete Plays

25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Anton Chekhov

£12.99 25 Jan 2008 Paperback W W Norton & Co Ltd

Anton Chekhov is a unique force in modern drama, his works interpreted and adapted internationally. This volume contains the "The Power of Hypnotism", the first version of "Ivanov", Chekhov's early humorous dialogues and a description of lost plays and those Chekhov intended to write but never did.

Waiting for Godot

12 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Character Studies

By Paul Lawley

£10.99 12 Jan 2008 Paperback Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Waiting for Godot

12 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Character Studies

By Paul Lawley

£45.00 12 Jan 2008 Hardback Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

The Threepenny Opera

01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Brecht, Bertolt

£6.04 01 Jan 2008 Paperback Penguin Books

Brutal, scandalous, perverted, yet humorous, hummable, and with a happy endingBertolt Brechts revolutionary masterpiece "The Threepenny Opera" is a landmark of modern drama that has become embedded in the Western cultural imagination. Through the love story of Polly Peachum and Mack the Knife Macheath, the play satirizes the bourgeois of the Weimar Republic, revealing a society at the height of decadence and on the verge of chaos. Complemented with music by Kurt Weill, it was one of the earliest and most successful attempts to introduce jazz into the theater, and the song Mack the Knife became one of the most popular and widely recorded songs of the twentieth century.

Assorted Candies for the Theatre

15 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Michel Tremblay

£10.50 15 Dec 2007 Paperback Talon Books,Canada

A stage adaptation of "Bonbons Assortis / Assorted Candies", offering a colorful cast of characters in an exquisite remembrance of childhood past in Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal neighborhood.

Mother Courage and Her Children

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Brecht, Bertolt

£6.04 01 Dec 2007 Paperback Penguin Books

A new translation by Michael Hofmann is published to coincide with the United Kingdom's national tour by English Touring Theatre.

William Shakespeare

15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Ferdinand Dugue

£9.99 15 Nov 2007 Paperback Wildside Press

The man we encounter in Ferdinand Dugue's 1857 play is not the bland Shakespeare of history, about whose personal life we know so little. No, this is the playwright we would liked to have known: poet, romantic, hero . . . a larger-than-life figure cutting a swath through sixteenth-century England.

Building on the few known facts of Shakespeare's life -- his unhappy marriage, his friendship with Essex, his favor with Queen Elizabeth I -- Dugu has constructed a remarkably believable portrait of the man who might been been.

A first-rate historical drama translated for the very first time into English!

Gender and the Italian Stage

18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

From the Renaissance to the Present Day

By Maggie Gunsberg

£25.99 18 Oct 2007 Paperback Cambridge University Press

An exploration of the portrayal of gender on the Italian stage from the Renaissance to the present, in a social and theoretical context.

The Theatre of Illusion

01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Pierre Corneille

£7.99 01 Oct 2007 Paperback Harcourt Publishers,U.S.

Pierre Corneille, in his original dedication for "The Theatre of Illusion", described the play as a "strange monster." This title is a translation of this work.

Bertolt Brecht

30 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Meg Mumford

£15.99 30 Sep 2007 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Federico Garcia Lorca

30 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Maria M. Delgado

£14.99 30 Sep 2007 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Offers an examination of Federico Garcia Lorca, one of the Spanish language's resonant voices; exploring how the factors which led to his emergence as a cultural icon also shaped his dramatic output. This work combines performance histories with textual analysis to frame Lorca as a playwright of extraordinary vision.

Federico Garcia Lorca

30 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Maria M. Delgado

£55.00 30 Sep 2007 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Moliere

20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Reasoning with Fools

By Michael Hawcroft

£55.00 20 Sep 2007 Hardback Oxford University Press

The Affected Young Ladies

15 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Moliere

£7.00 15 Sep 2007 Paperback Players Press Inc.,U.S.

Spring Awakening: A Play

01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Wedekind, Frank

£7.14 01 Sep 2007 Paperback Faber & Faber

-- "Spring's Awakening" challenged too many taboos to be performable when first written. Otherwise a production in 1891 would have been a shot heard round the world, as the early productions of A Dolls House had been. Ibsen had dramatized the subjection of women. Just as radically (or more so), Wedekind dramatized the subjection of children.

Romania After 2000: Five New Romanian Plays

01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Gerould, Daniel C.

£10.99 01 Sep 2007 Paperback Theatre Communications Group

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 European identity. Includes Stop the Tempo, Romania. Kiss Me, Vitamins, Romania 21, and Waxing West.

Heroes

01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Sibleyras, Gerald

£7.14 01 Aug 2007 Paperback Grove Press

Winner of the Laurence Olivier Best New Comedy award, in Tom Stoppard’ s hilarious and poignant translation of Gé rald Sibleyras' "Heroes," we meet three World War I veterans who pass their monotonous filled days in a military hospital by engaging in verbal battles of long-forgotten military campaigns, grumblings about the staff, and reflections on their lives. Henri is afflicted by a gammy leg, Gustave suffers from agoraphobia, and Philippe passes out because of a piece of shrapnel lodged in his brain. Their cantankerous camaraderie becomes strained when Gustave conjures up an escape plan. Looking over the cemetery to the poplars beyond, they dream of freedom. Will today be the day they finally make it to Indochina or perhaps only as far as the top of the hill?

Heroes

01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Sibleyras, Gerald

£7.14 01 Jul 2007 Paperback Grove Press

Pearl 12c Tp Mix (9c Poe Shadow + 3c Dante Club)

01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Calandra, Denis

£5.47 01 Jul 2007 Paperback Random House Trade

The Uncensored Boris Godunov

15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The Case for Pushkin's Original Comedy, with Annotated Text and Translation

By Chester Dunning, Caryl Emerson, Sergei Fomichev, Lidiia Lotman, Antony Wood

£19.50 15 Jun 2007 Paperback The University of Wisconsin Press

Persuasively argues for including the original, 1825 version of the play "Boris Godunov" (later eclipsed by the “ politically correct” edition) in the canon of Pushkin’ s works. Includes the 1825 Russian text and the only English translation of that version.

The Bald Soprano and the Lesson: Two Plays -- A New Translation

01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Ionesco, Eugene Ionesco

£7.14 01 Jun 2007 Paperback Grove Press

Often called the father of the Theater of the Absurd, Eugene Ionesco wrote groundbreaking plays that are simultaneously hilarious, tragic, and profound. Now his classic one acts "The Bald Soprano" and "The Lesson" are available in an exciting new translation by Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tina Howe, noted heir of Ionesco's absurdist vision, acclaimed by Frank Rich as "one of the smartest playwrights we have." In "The Bald Soprano" Ionesco throws together a cast of characters including the quintessential British middle-class family the Smiths, their guests the Martins, their maid Mary, and a fire chief determined to extinguish all fires -- including their hearths. It's an archetypical absurdist tale and Ionesco displays his profound take on the problems inherent in modern communication. "The Lesson" illustrates Ionesco's comic genius, where insanity and farce collide as a professor becomes increasingly frustrated with his hapless student, and the student with his mad teacher.

The Physician of His Honour

31 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

El Medico de su Honra

By Pedro Calderon De La Barca

£18.00 31 May 2007 Paperback Aris & Phillips Ltd

Presents one of the most intellectually and emotionally engaging of the Spanish Golden Age (seventeenth century) plays, as well as the most controversial. Taking place during the reign of King Pedro of Castile (1350-1369), it is one of the spectacular 'honour dramas', in which the main characters confront compelling yet conflicting imperatives.

Memorias Cronologicas Sobre el Origen de la Representacion de Comedias en

17 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Jose Antonio De Armona

£50.00 17 May 2007 Hardback Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Una nueva edicion de la primera historia sistematica del teatro en Espana.

The Physician of His Honour

15 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

El Medico de su Honra

By Pedro Calderon De La Barca

£18.00 15 May 2007 Paperback Aris & Phillips Ltd

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Moliere

£3.95 01 May 2007 Paperback Editions Larousse

A comedy of manners chronicling one man"s farcical attempts to climb the social ladder

The Bald Soprano and the Lesson: Two Plays -- A New Translation

01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Ionesco, Eugene Ionesco

£7.14 01 May 2007 Paperback Grove Press

Life is a Dream

26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Calderon de la Barca

£10.99 26 Apr 2007 Paperback Penguin Books Ltd

A 17th-century allegory, which explores the mysteries of human destiny, the illusory nature of existence, and the struggle between predestination and free will.

Scripts and Scenarios

01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The Performance of Comedy in Renaissance Italy

By Richard Andrews

£27.99 01 Mar 2007 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Examines in a different light the innovative and influential scripted comedies of the Italian Renaissance.

Scripts and Scenarios

15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The Performance of Comedy in Renaissance Italy

By Richard Andrews

£27.99 15 Feb 2007 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Examines in a different light the innovative and influential scripted comedies of the Italian Renaissance.

Heroes

01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Sibleyras, Gerald

£7.69 01 Feb 2007 Paperback Grove Press

Winner of the Laurence Olivier Best New Comedy award, in Tom Stoppard's hilarious and poignant translation of Gerald Sibleyras' "Heroes," we meet three World War I veterans who pass their monotonous filled days in a military hospital by engaging in verbal battles of long-forgotten military campaigns, grumblings about the staff, and reflections on their lives. Henri is afflicted by a gammy leg, Gustave suffers from agoraphobia, and Philippe passes out because of a piece of shrapnel lodged in his brain. Their cantankerous camaraderie becomes strained when Gustave conjures up an escape plan. Looking over the cemetery to the poplars beyond, they dream of freedom. Will today be the day they finally make it to Indochina or perhaps only as far as the top of the hill?

A Theatrical Feast in Paris

01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

From Moliere to Deneuve

By Sharland, Elizabeth

£14.47 01 Jan 2007 Hardback Elizabeth Sharland Jones - Barbican Press

Find out where the legendary figures of French, British and American writers, artists and perform ers wined and dined in Paris! Discover little- known facts about their work, favorite restaurants, history and their sojourns in this fabulous City of Light, from Moliere and George Sand to Hemingway and David Sedaris.

The Cambridge Companion to Brecht

01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Thomson, Peter Sacks, Glendyr

£45.00 01 Jan 2007 Hardback Cambridge University Press

Updated edition of The Cambridge Companion to Brecht, introducing new voices and themes.

The Cambridge Companion to Brecht

01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Thomson, Peter Sacks, Glendyr

£15.99 01 Jan 2007 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Updated edition of The Cambridge Companion to Brecht, introducing new voices and themes.

Life Is a Dream

01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Calderon de La Barca, Pedro

£10.99 01 Jan 2007 Paperback Penguin Books

A 17th-century allegory, which explores the mysteries of human destiny, the illusory nature of existence, and the struggle between predestination and free will.