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I Henry IV (Norton Critical Editions)I Henry IV (Norton Critical Editions)
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The text, with few departures, is that of the First Quarto (1598) edition of the play. Act and...
Coriolanus (The Pelican Shakespeare)Coriolanus (The Pelican Shakespeare)
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This is a pretty decent political tragedy. The book has a great inroduction that helped lay out...
The LibertineThe Libertine
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Cast: 8m., 5w. (Doubling or extras possible.) "You will not like me. No, I say you will...
'Tis Pity She's a Whore (New Mermaids)'Tis Pity She's a Whore (New Mermaids)
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Had there been no Shakespeare, John Ford's play "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" would never...
Ben Jonson's Plays and Masques (Second Edition)Ben Jonson's Plays and Masques (Second Edition)
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This collection features three of Jonson's masterpieces: Volpone , Epicoene , and The...


Epicoene (New Mermaids)Epicoene (New Mermaids)
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Ben Jonson's Epicoene, or The Silent Woman, was first staged in late 1609, or early 1610....
The Duchess of Malfi (Dover Thrift Editions)The Duchess of Malfi (Dover Thrift Editions)
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John Webster will probably never be as popular as William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, or even...
Five Plays (Oxford World's Classics)Five Plays (Oxford World's Classics)
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The advantages of this collection are the number of plays it includes and its low price. Its...
GBS / GKC: Shaw and Chesterton, the Metaphysical JestersGBS / GKC: Shaw and Chesterton, the Metaphysical Jesters
Covers the "debaters of the century" in fine detail. Professor Furlong's account of...
Film Technique And Film Acting - The Cinema Writings Of V.I. PudovkinFilm Technique And Film Acting - The Cinema Writings Of V.I. Pudovkin
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FILM TECHNIQUE AND FILM ACTING The Cinema Writings of V. I. PUDOVKIN Translated by IVOR MONTAGU...


Henry VIII (Folger Shakespeare Library)Henry VIII (Folger Shakespeare Library)
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This is my second book of Folger Shakespeare Library and I'm very happy with it as with my first...
The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama (Cambridge Companions to Literature)The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
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This is hardly the kind of companion I'd choose for a night out at the theater. Three of 10...
Ten Little Indians (A Mystery Play in Three Acts)Ten Little Indians (A Mystery Play in Three Acts)
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The pinnacle of Agatha Christie. This is a fast-paced series of murders that manages to be...
Disowning Knowledge: In Seven Plays of ShakespeareDisowning Knowledge: In Seven Plays of Shakespeare
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This is a wonderful way to become acquainted with the thought of Stanley Cavell--one of the most...
A Theatre of Envy: William Shakespeare (Odeon)A Theatre of Envy: William Shakespeare (Odeon)
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Girar is a quite heterodox critic, and his trademark, mimetic desire (that is the fact that we...

Four Revenge Tragedies: (The Spanish Tragedy, The Revenger's Tragedy, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois, and The Atheist's Tragedy) (Oxford World's Classics)Four Revenge Tragedies: (The Spanish Tragedy, The Revenger's Tragedy, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois, and The Atheist's Tragedy) (Oxford World's Classics)
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This Oxford World's Classics compilation, Four Revenge Tragedies, warrants five stars. The four...
Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children: Adapted for the Theatre by Salman Rushdie, Simon Reade and Tim Supple (Modern Library Paperbacks)Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children: Adapted for the Theatre by Salman Rushdie, Simon Reade and Tim Supple (Modern Library Paperbacks)
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The length and density of Midnight's Children was too much for 50% of my family and friends book...
Boris Godunov and Other Dramatic Works (Oxford World's Classics)Boris Godunov and Other Dramatic Works (Oxford World's Classics)
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For those of us who enjoy Pushkin but are necessarily restricted to translations, it is a boon...
Port AuthorityPort Authority
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Beautifully written and conceived. McPherson has a great knack for giving his characters...
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Oxford School Shakespeare Series)A Midsummer Night's Dream (Oxford School Shakespeare Series)
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Authoritative and accessible editions for schools and colleges, offering: Complete and...

Dublin CarolDublin Carol
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Dublin Carol by celebrated Irish playwright Conor McPherson is a new sort of Christmas Carol,...
Othello (Pelican Shakespeare)Othello (Pelican Shakespeare)
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I first had to read this book in my senior high school years. We must have read the play at...
Antony and Cleopatra (Arkangel Complete Shakespeare)Antony and Cleopatra (Arkangel Complete Shakespeare)
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I think it was Aristotle who wrote that in order to have a tragedy you must have a truly heroic...
Henry V (Arkangel Shakespeare)Henry V (Arkangel Shakespeare)
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This rendering of Henry V is generally very well acted, with superb articulation by the actors. ...
Disco Pigs and Sucking Dublin (Nick Hern Books)Disco Pigs and Sucking Dublin (Nick Hern Books)
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I saw this play before i read it. It is an intense view in to the lives of two characters, pig...

Other People's Money: The Ultimate SeductionOther People's Money: The Ultimate Seduction
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I have seem the play at the Minetta Lane theatre. It was much more pungent than the watered...
Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot, Endgame, Krapp's Last Tape (Faber Critical Guides)Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot, Endgame, Krapp's Last Tape (Faber Critical Guides)
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Henry IV, Part 1: The Pelican Shakespeare (Shakespeare, Pelican)Henry IV, Part 1: The Pelican Shakespeare (Shakespeare, Pelican)
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The young Hal and his instructor in the art of living the good life , Falstaff cavort through...
Plays Unpleasant (Penguin Classics)Plays Unpleasant (Penguin Classics)
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The plays of Bernard Shaw span many years and cover many topics. While many of Shaw's works are...
Postcolonial Plays: An AnthologyPostcolonial Plays: An Anthology
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This collection of contemporary post-colonial plays demonstrates the extraordinary vitality of a...

Winslow Boy (Nick Hern Books)Winslow Boy (Nick Hern Books)
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There are two movie adaptations of "The Winslow Boy" available, recently starring...
Understanding The Crucible: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents (The Greenwood Press "Literature in Context" Series)Understanding The Crucible: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents (The Greenwood Press "Literature in Context" Series)
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mega swanky book yeah
The Oxford Shakespeare: The Tempest (The Oxford Shakespeare: Oxfords World's Classics)The Oxford Shakespeare: The Tempest (The Oxford Shakespeare: Oxfords World's Classics)
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Though written near the end of his career, The Tempest stands first in Shakespeare's First Folio...
Ghosts and Other PlaysGhosts and Other Plays
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Ghosts and Other Plays is a seminal series of plays that combine humor with scathing social...
Year of the King: An Actor's Diary and Sketchbook - Twentieth Anniversary EditionYear of the King: An Actor's Diary and Sketchbook - Twentieth Anniversary Edition
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South-African born actor/diarist Anthony Sher writes the book on the physical process of...

Ghosts and Other PlaysGhosts and Other Plays
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Ghosts and Other Plays is a seminal series of plays that combine humor with scathing social...
Year of the King: An Actor's Diary and Sketchbook - Twentieth Anniversary EditionYear of the King: An Actor's Diary and Sketchbook - Twentieth Anniversary Edition
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South-African born actor/diarist Anthony Sher writes the book on the physical process of...
Anne of the Thousand Days.Anne of the Thousand Days.
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This book was not what I was expecting, nor was it worth the money. It is a thick as one of the...
York Mystery Plays: A Selection in Modern Spelling (Oxford's World Classic)York Mystery Plays: A Selection in Modern Spelling (Oxford's World Classic)
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The York Corpus Christi cycle is the oldest and best-known of the English mystery cycles, and...
Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot, Endgame, Krapp's Last Tape (Faber Critical Guides)Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot, Endgame, Krapp's Last Tape (Faber Critical Guides)
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The HothouseThe Hothouse
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I ordered The Hothouse on 7th July and today, August 24, have still not received it.
JumpersJumpers
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In "Jumpers" Tom Stoppard eviscerates logical positivism in a few well-placed dramatic...
The Taming of the Shrew (Oxford School Shakespeare)The Taming of the Shrew (Oxford School Shakespeare)
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We had to do this book for school, and i found it quite interesting. I had trouble understanding...
Brian Friel: Plays 2: Dancing at Lughnasa, Fathers and Sons, Making History, Wonderful Tennessee and Molly Sweeney (Contemporary Classics (Faber & Faber))Brian Friel: Plays 2: Dancing at Lughnasa, Fathers and Sons, Making History, Wonderful Tennessee and Molly Sweeney (Contemporary Classics (Faber & Faber))
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Friel on the page is almost as vivid as he is on stage.
Four Revenge Tragedies: (The Spanish Tragedy, The Revenger's Tragedy, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois, and The Atheist's Tragedy) (Oxford World's Classics)Four Revenge Tragedies: (The Spanish Tragedy, The Revenger's Tragedy, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois, and The Atheist's Tragedy) (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $7.66
This Oxford World's Classics compilation, Four Revenge Tragedies, warrants five stars. The four...

Under Milk Wood and other plays (Naxos Audiobooks)Under Milk Wood and other plays (Naxos Audiobooks)
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Under Milk Wood is Dylan Thomass undisputed and unforgettable masterpiece an affectionate, but...
Waiting for Godot: A Bilingual Edition: A Tragicomedy in Two ActsWaiting for Godot: A Bilingual Edition: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
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This review refers to the recent and very welcome bilingual edition of En attendant Godot. ...
Macbeth (Classical Comics)Macbeth (Classical Comics)
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In my Amazon parcel this week the books have all been brilliant. This is one of the best....
King Lear (The Annotated Shakespeare)King Lear (The Annotated Shakespeare)
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King Lear , one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish...
Peter Pan and Other Plays: The Admirable Crichton; Peter Pan; When Wendy Grew Up; What Every Woman Knows; Mary Rose (Oxford World's Classics)Peter Pan and Other Plays: The Admirable Crichton; Peter Pan; When Wendy Grew Up; What Every Woman Knows; Mary Rose (Oxford World's Classics)
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For some 20 years at the beginning of the century J M Barrie enjoyed enormous commercial success...

The Broadview Anthology of Romantic Drama (Broadview Anthologies of English Literature)The Broadview Anthology of Romantic Drama (Broadview Anthologies of English Literature)
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The London theatres were arguably the central cultural institution in the England of the...
The Taming of the Shrew (Arkangel Complete Shakespeare)The Taming of the Shrew (Arkangel Complete Shakespeare)
Best Price: $11.65
I am a college student and this really helped me study for my class. It goes by the book,...
Dublin CarolDublin Carol
Best Price: $7.14
Dublin Carol by celebrated Irish playwright Conor McPherson is a new sort of Christmas Carol,...
The Complete Signet Classic ShakespeareThe Complete Signet Classic Shakespeare
Coming across old treasures like The Complete Signet Classic Shakespeare is always a welcome...
 
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