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Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two ActsWaiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
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Waiting and Waiting and Waiting and ... Review of Play: Waiting for Godot - A Tragicomedy in...
No Exit and Three Other PlaysNo Exit and Three Other Plays
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Legendary French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre invites his readers to truly get in...
A Doll's House - Literary Touchstone EditionA Doll's House - Literary Touchstone Edition
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Ladies, if you're unhappy at home, this book is definately for you. Timeless, controversial,...
Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra (Oxford World's Classics)Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra (Oxford World's Classics)
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Basically i bought this book for my english class, and comparing this book to other books the...
Cyrano De BergeracCyrano De Bergerac
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In my opinion, Cyrano De Bergerac would have been much better as a novel, rather than a play....


Four Major Plays, Volume I (Signet Classics)Four Major Plays, Volume I (Signet Classics)
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I had to read A Doll House and the Wild Duck for one of my classes, and this was the edition...
GalileoGalileo
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This book shows the scientific insights of Galileo and his stand againt the religious...
Tartuffe, by MoliereTartuffe, by Moliere
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Intriguing and entertaining, the play Tartuffe is a satire displaying the scandalous truths and...
Pygmalion (Enriched Classics Series)Pygmalion (Enriched Classics Series)
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This book is very useful and interesting. One can learn a lesson from the story as well.
A Doll's HouseA Doll's House
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The book came in perfect condition and in a very timely fashion. I was pleased.


AntigoneAntigone
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I'm sure that the readers of this review are not so much concerned with purchasing...
BecketBecket
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This book is not very good. The plot is undeveloped and there are many scenes in the play that...
Mother Courage and Her ChildrenMother Courage and Her Children
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It is a good, good play, that is what they say. The English translation of the songs is pretty...
Endgame and Act Without WordsEndgame and Act Without Words
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Samuel Beckett, Endgame, A Play in One Act, Followed by Act Without Words, A Mime for One Player...
Goethe's FaustGoethe's Faust
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This is a classic, and you have to appreciate the classics in their own right. Be patient...

Four Major Plays: A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder (Oxford World's Classics)Four Major Plays: A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder (Oxford World's Classics)
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Rather predictably, the first play offered here is "A Doll's House", the most famous...
Faust: A Tragedy (Norton Critical Editions)Faust: A Tragedy (Norton Critical Editions)
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a marvel. How he managed to write a dark, complicated, and...
Faust (Bantam Classics)Faust (Bantam Classics)
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This is truely a classic and brings into focus the fickleness of the human nature. The language...
Spring Awakening: A PlaySpring Awakening: A Play
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I heard Franzen speak about how unfaithful the recent NY production was to Wedekind's...
The Plays of Anton ChekhovThe Plays of Anton Chekhov
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It neither surprises nor pleases me to learn that this is the current actor's standard for...

Faust: Part One (Oxford World's Classic)Faust: Part One (Oxford World's Classic)
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This book combines a riveting trial of good and evil. The characters of Faust and...
Four Great Plays by Henrik Ibsen (Bantam Classics)Four Great Plays by Henrik Ibsen (Bantam Classics)
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Henrik Ibsen's creation of "modern theater" makes him one of the most influential...
Four Plays: The Bald Soprano; The Lesson; Jack, or the Submission; The ChairsFour Plays: The Bald Soprano; The Lesson; Jack, or the Submission; The Chairs
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I sort of grew up with Ionesco. This crazy Romanian turned Frenchman with his absurd stage...
Ibsen:  The Complete Major Prose PlaysIbsen: The Complete Major Prose Plays
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Every aspiring playwright knows that to truly be well-versed in the history and language of...
Faust I & II (Goethe : The Collected Works, Vol 2)Faust I & II (Goethe : The Collected Works, Vol 2)
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The most important thing all of the reviews fail to note is that Stuart Atkins was one of the...

Cyrano de Bergerac (Dover Thrift Editions)Cyrano de Bergerac (Dover Thrift Editions)
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This book came quickly, and was the correct book for the reading list for my daughter who is in...
The Trial of GodThe Trial of God
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This is a disturbing book that tells a disturbing story. Since other reviewers have done a...
An Enemy of the People (Dover Thrift Editions)An Enemy of the People (Dover Thrift Editions)
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Ibsen is often revered as the father of modern drama, and his influence has been compared to...
Three Plays of Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, The BachaeThree Plays of Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, The Bachae
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The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro (Penguin Classics)The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro (Penguin Classics)
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We are doing this in opera form this Spring, and it was very helpful to read the play,...

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Signet Classics)Six Characters in Search of an Author (Signet Classics)
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A play containing a play within a play. Just as the title states, 6 characters go in search of...
Cyrano de Bergerac (Penguin Classics)Cyrano de Bergerac (Penguin Classics)
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I currently own four different translations of Cyrano de Bergerac with another two more on the...
Rhinoceros and Other PlaysRhinoceros and Other Plays
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Every time I read an absurdist play, I feel the typical symptoms: confusion, isolation,...
MandragolaMandragola
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Most people think of Machiavelli as only a political thinker; but he was also an accomplished...
A Doll's House and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)A Doll's House and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
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While "Penguin Classics" are generally reliable when it comes to editions, paper-type,...

Spring's AwakeningSpring's Awakening
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I bought this title after hearing all the buzz about the current Broadway musical of the same...
The Bacchae of Euripides: A New VersionThe Bacchae of Euripides: A New Version
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While I haven't read much Greek tragedy, and this is my first Euripides play, the Bacchae is the...
Lorca: La casa de Bernarda AlbaLorca: La casa de Bernarda Alba
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La Casa de Bernarda Alba is a classic drama appropriate as an introductory work for Spanish...
The Visit: A Tragi-ComedyThe Visit: A Tragi-Comedy
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In Durrenmatt's *The Visit* a hideous--and hideously wealthy--old woman returns to the town of...
The Threepenny Opera (Penguin Classics)The Threepenny Opera (Penguin Classics)
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It is also the best, gutteral and earthy, this transaltion had audiences and critics cheering in...

Miss Julie and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)Miss Julie and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)
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I don't care that much for Strindberg's other plays, but I love "Miss Julie." This is...
Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays (Twentieth Century Classics)Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays (Twentieth Century Classics)
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Luigi Pirandello's 1921 play "Six Characters in Search of an Author" ("Sei...
The Diary of Anne Frank ; Play and Related ReadingsThe Diary of Anne Frank ; Play and Related Readings
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The value of the Diary is unparalled especially given Anne Frank's ability to describe the...
The Complete PlaysThe Complete Plays
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I had to get this boook for an acting class because the professor (who is Russian) wanted to use...
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (Penguin Classics)R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (Penguin Classics)
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Most 20th century plays are focused on the exploration of characters, not ideas. Karel Capek's...

Mother Courage and Her Children (Penguin Classics)Mother Courage and Her Children (Penguin Classics)
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Mother Courage and Her Children is a classic in the repertory of Western theater. Written in...
The Three SistersThe Three Sisters
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I recently went to a reading of this play by a theatre group here in Philadelphia that I really...
The Maids and Deathwatch: Two PlaysThe Maids and Deathwatch: Two Plays
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That's 3 stars for "Deathwatch" and 7 stars for "The Maids", for an average...
Life Is a Dream (Penguin Classics)Life Is a Dream (Penguin Classics)
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Pedro Calderon de la Barca is one of the great playwrights of the Renaissance, and his La Vida...
Faust: Part 1 (Penguin Classics)Faust: Part 1 (Penguin Classics)
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Interesting work. Why it took decades to finish...I dunno. The contemporary feel of the...

The Misanthrope and Other Plays: A New Selection (Penguin Classics)The Misanthrope and Other Plays: A New Selection (Penguin Classics)
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The Misanthrope (1666) is a short play, one that can be read in a single sitting. Moliere's...
Caligula and Three Other PlaysCaligula and Three Other Plays
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Albert Camus is as good at writing plays as he is at everything else he does. Whether you are...
The Cid, Cinna, The Theatrical Illusion (Penguin Classics)The Cid, Cinna, The Theatrical Illusion (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.63
I decided to read this book because i had seen a play of "The Theatrical Illusion"...
Five Plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard (Oxford World's Classics)Five Plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard (Oxford World's Classics)
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Although I only bought this edition because I needed for a class and the School bookstore was...
The Good Woman of SetzuanThe Good Woman of Setzuan
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"The Good Woman of Sezuan" is my favourite play of Brecht's and I really recommend it...

Ubu Roi (Dover Thrift Editions)Ubu Roi (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $1.25
At $ 3.99 a copy you can't go wrong. I found this in the bargain bin at a local bookstore and...
    
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