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Modern Classics eBook Series

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  • The Mountaintop

    by Katori Hall ...
    Series series Modern Classics
    Exactly one year ago, I stood in that crumbling pulpit in Riverside and shouted that this war would be our own violent undoing, freedom's suicide . . . Well, I'll tell you, there weren't too many Amens that Sunday. But who is a man who does not speak his mind? He is not a man, but I am a man.The night before his assassination, King retires to room 306 in the now-famous Lorraine Motel after giving ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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  • The Night Watch

    by Sarah Waters, Ms Hattie Naylor ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    I thought everything would change, after the war. And now, no one even mentions it. It is as if we all got together in private and said whatever you do don't mention that, like it never happened.It's the late 1940s. Calm has returned to London and five people are recovering from the chaos of war.In scenes set in a quiet dating agency, a bombed-out church and a prison cell, the stories of these ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (Book Analysis)

    Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

    by Bright Summaries ...
    Series series BrightSummaries.com
    In this clear and detailed reading guide, we’ve done all the hard work for you!Waiting for Godot is one of Samuel Beckett’s most famous plays. It shows how Vladimir and Estragon wait for a mysterious character called Godot. Nothing happens aside from the dialogue between the two protagonists, yet the implications of this very successful play are numerous.Find out everything you need to know about ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Angry Brigade

    by Mr James Graham ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    Its government has declared a vicious class war. A one-sided war . . . We have started to fight back . . . with bombs.Against a backdrop of Tory cuts, high unemployment and the deregulated economy of 1970s Britain, a young urban guerrilla group mobilises: The Angry Brigade. Their targets: MPs, embassies, police, pageant queens. A world of order is shattered by anarchy and the rules have changed. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • 365 Days / 365 Plays

    by Suzan-Lori Parks ...
    Suzan-Lori Parks is one of the most important dramatists America has produced.”-Tony KushnerThe plan was that no matter what I did, how busy I was, what other commitments I had, I would write a play a day, every single day for a year. It would be about being present and being committed to the artistic process every single day, regardless of the weather.’ It became a daily meditation, a daily ... Read more

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  • James Graham Plays: 2

    This House; The Angry Brigade; The Vote; Monster Raving Loony

    by Mr James Graham ...
    Series Book 2 - Contemporary Dramatists
    The second collection of plays from eminent playwright James Graham, bringing together four of his state-of-the-nation plays.The volume includes the following plays, alongside an introduction by the author:This House (2012) explores Westminster and the 1974 hung parliament through a combination of wit and waspish dialogue, comedy and political comment, and historical and contemporary concerns.The ... Read more

    $26.49 USD

  • Islam in Performance

    Contemporary Plays from South Asia

    Edited by Ashis Sengupta ...
    Islam in Performancebrings together six contemporary plays from Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan that highlight the political performance of Islam in South Asia, especially since the 1947 partition of the subcontinent.The plays invite comparison with one another, engaging with the issue from perspectives of the three countries concerned: Hindutva politics in India othering the Muslim population for ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Shopping and F***ing

    by Mr Mark Ravenhill ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    It's summer. I'm in a supermarket. It's hot and I'm sweaty. Damp. And I'm watching this couple shopping. I'm watching you. And you're both smiling. You see me and you know sort of straight away that I'm going to have you.With a raw mixture of black humour and bleak philosophy, the play follows three disconnected young adults whose lives have been reduced to a series of transactions in an ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Theatre of Brian Friel

    Tradition and Modernity

    by Prof. Christopher Murray, Csilla Bertha, David Krause, Professor Shaun Richards ...
    Series series Critical Companions
    Brian Friel is Ireland's foremost living playwright, whose work spans fifty years and has won numerous awards, including three Tonys and a Lifetime Achievement Arts Award. Author of twenty-five plays, and whose work is studied at GCSE and A level (UK), and the Leaving Certificate (Ire), besides at undergraduate level, he is regarded as a classic in contemporary drama studies. Christopher Murray's ... Read more

    $129.99 USD

  • The Irish Dramatic Revival 1899-1939

    by Anthony Roche ...
    Series series Critical Companions
    The Irish Dramatic Revival was to radically redefine Irish theatre and see the birth of Ireland's national theatre, the Abbey, in 1904. From a consideration of such influential precursors as Boucicault and Wilde, Anthony Roche goes on to examine the role of Yeats as both founder and playwright, the one who set the agenda until his death in 1939. Each of the major playwrights of the movement ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Masterclass: Writing Plays

    How to create realistic and compelling drama and get your work performed

    by Ann Gawthorpe, Lesley Bown, Lesley Hudswell ...
    Writing Plays is the invaluable and comprehensive guide to anyone who wants to write plays and get them performed.It covers the basics of the theatre, creating and working with characters, writing realistic speech and dialogue, constructing compelling plots and creating a great ending. There are also separate chapters focused on writing for different genres, including pantomimes, musicals, radio ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Sea Fret

    by Tallulah Brown ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    The sea took my house and not yours, everything's different for me.Rising sea levels are threatening the ground beneath her house, but Ruby is distracted. She wants one final blowout before her best friend, Lucy, leaves for University.With the local community in favour of letting nature take its course, Ruby must choose: follow Lucy inland or stay and help her father hold back the tide.Sea Fret is ... Read more

    $15.39 USD