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  • Playing Indian

    by Philip J. Deloria ...
    Series series Yale Historical Publications Series
    The Boston Tea Party, the Order of Red Men, Camp Fire Girls, Boy Scouts, Grateful Dead concerts: just a few examples of white Americans' tendency to appropriate Indian dress and act out Indian roles**"A valuable contribution to Native American studies."—**Kirkus ReviewsThis provocative book explores how white Americans have used their ideas about Native Americans to shape national identity in ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • Public Property

    by Sam Peter Jackson ...
    Series series Oberon Modern Plays
    When popular news man Geoffrey Hammond is caught by photographers in a compromising position, he turns to his publicist Larry to find a way of spinning him out of what seems to be an impossible situation. As the media wait outside Larry's house, hungry for a statement on the sex scandal of the century, an unexpected powerplay unfolds between the two men as they face the unavoidable question – is ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

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    Shadow Play

    by James Norcliffe ...
    Narrated by James Norcliffe, Bernadette Hall, Gillian Bickley ...
    Series Audiobook 14 - Proverse Publication Prize

    Abridged

    57 min

    Norcliffe professes not to be a confessional poet; nevertheless he freely acknowledges that places and people served as prompts for the poems. New Zealand based, Norcliffe is well-travelled and his poems have international resonance. Placing Shadow Play with one other poetry collection as a finalist for the annual international Proverse Prize in 2011, the judging panel (reviewing entries with no ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Surrealism at Play

    by Susan Laxton ...
    Series series Art History Publication Initiative
    In Surrealism at Play Susan Laxton writes a new history of surrealism in which she traces the centrality of play to the movement and its ongoing legacy. For surrealist artists, play took a consistent role in their aesthetic as they worked in, with, and against a post-World War I world increasingly dominated by technology and functionalism. Whether through exquisite-corpse drawings, Man Ray’s ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • The Duchess of Malfi

    by John Webster ...
    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
    The evils of greed and ambition overwhelm love, innocence, and the bonds of kinship in this dark tragedy, first presented circa 1613. John Webster's great Jacobean drama focuses on a secret marriage that strikes the disastrous spark to an inferno of violence. When the Duchess of Malfi marries Antonio, a household steward, her two fiendishly jealous brothers ― hoping to inherit her title and ... Read more

    $3.00 USD

  • Elizabethan Tragedies

    A Basic Anthology

    by Dover Publications, Inc. ...
    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
    Although Shakespeare towers over the Elizabethan period, it was a robust time in the evolution of English theater, and many plays beyond the Bard's survive to enthrall modern drama students. This original anthology collects prime examples of the era's tragedies, dramas that both informed and were influenced by Shakespeare's work.Include here are The Spanish Tragedy, by Thomas Kyd; Doctor Faustus, ... Read more

    $7.89 USD

  • Elizabethan Comedies

    A Basic Anthology

    by Dover Publications, Inc. ...
    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
    A new and vital form of drama blossomed in 16th-century England, blending classic Latin comedy traditions with keen satires of contemporary London life. Although Shakespeare remains the most recognizable playwright of the Elizabethan age, there were many others whose work continues to entertain and educate students of drama to this day. This anthology collects timeless comedies that both informed ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • A Country Scandal (Platonov)

    by Anton Chekhov ...
    Translated by Alex Szogyi ...
    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
    A Russian version of Don Juan is the focus of Chekhov's first play, a farce in which a newly arrived schoolmaster proves irresistible to the bored women of a provincial community. Platonov's charm lies in his novelty, and his seductions are strictly passive as a libidinous widow, her idealistic stepdaughter, and an earnest student vie for his romantic attentions.Discovered in 1923, two decades ... Read more

    $4.00 USD

  • The Mikado

    by William Schwenck Gilbert ...
    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
    A lighthearted burlesque of Victorian English culture and the vagaries of love, The Mikado offers an ideal matching of William Schwenck Gilbert's elegant comedic gifts with Arthur Sullivan's agile and refined musicianship. The tale unfolds amid a fanciful version of Japanese society, in which a wandering minstrel has the misfortune to fall in love with the beautiful ward of the Lord High ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Recognition of Sakuntala

    by Kalidasa ...
    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
    While out on a hunting trip, a king encounters a lovely maiden, and the course of their secret romance sweeps the audience from a forest hermitage to a dazzling palace to ethereal celestial realms. The tale of King Dusyanta and Śakuntala, who meet by chance and are separated by a curse, was derived from an episode in the Mahabharata, India's grand religious epic. The Recognition of Śakuntala, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Henry VIII

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
    The portrait of a monarchy in crisis, this historical drama concerns the famous king's efforts to secure a divorce from his dignified and popular queen in order to marry an enchanting courtesan and produce a male heir. The play ranks among Shakespeare's most sumptuous and spectacular works, offering a splendid pageant of masques and royal ceremony. Occasional lapses in historical accuracy are ... Read more

    $4.00 USD

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  • The Apple Cart

    A Political Extravaganza

    by George Bernard Shaw ...
    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
    Historically, the phrase “upset the apple cart” was a metaphor for troubles caused by an unexpected event akin to an apple cart being overturned, scattering its contents chaotically. This vivid imagery aptly encapsulates the essence of George Bernard Shaw’s The Apple Cart. The deliberate unsettling of conventional norms provokes thought about the future direction of British society and begs the ... Read more

    $0.99 USD