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Plays, playscripts
paperback. "What David Slavitt does, as the early Roman poets did, is to take a poem as his 'model' and make it his own by creating in late twentieth-century English an appropriate equivalent of the ancient poem. His Oresteia is the most lively and readable version known to me."-Gordon Williams Series: Penn Greek Drama Series. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 145 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780812216271
- ISBN
- 9780812216271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Translator(s): Grene, David; O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007724
- ISBN
- 9780226007724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.23
€ 27.99
€ 23.23
Paperback. Deals with events from Athenian history, and depicts the final defeat of Persia in the battle of Salamis. This work shows the inexorable downfall of the last members of the cursed family of Oedipus, and relates the pursuit of the fifty daughters of Danaus by the fifty sons of Aegyptus, and their final rescue by a heroic king. Translator(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140449990
- ISBN
- 9780140449990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. This translation is accompanied by an introduction, with individual discussions of the plays, and their sources in history and mythology. Editor(s): Vellacott, Philip. Translator(s): Vellacott, Philip. Num Pages: 160 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KKD0001050
- ISBN
- 9780140441123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Offers translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles", "Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles' "The Trackers". In this title, introductions for each play offer information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. Editor(s): Griffith, Mark; Most, Glenn W. Series Editor(s): Grene, David; Lattimore, Richmond. Series: Complete Greek Tragedies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 212 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226311449
- ISBN
- 9780226311449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.45
€ 18.45
Paperback. The author of more than 70 plays, Aeschylus is the earliest of the great Attic tragedians. Of these plays, only seven remain. The "Oresteia" is his only complete surviving trilogy. Peter Meineck has aimed to translate this version of the "Oresteia" for the modern stage. Translator(s): Meineck, Peter. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872203907
- ISBN
- 9780872203907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.42
€ 18.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. The great trilogy that is the wellspring of Western drama. Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 105 x 8. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854591739
- ISBN
- 9781854591739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.59
€ 6.59
Paperback. A king's decision to sacrifice his daughter and turn the tide of war inflicts lasting damage on his family, culminating in a terrible act of retribution. Editor(s): Stanford, W. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, notes, glossary, bibliog. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443332
- ISBN
- 9780140443332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. An accurate and highly readable new translation with introduction, extensive explanatory notes, and up-to-date bibliography of four of Aeschylus' plays, including the unique historical tragedy Persians and the hugely influential Prometheus Bound. Translator(s): Collard, Christopher. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3D; DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192832825
- ISBN
- 9780192832825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Translator(s): Collard, Christopher. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537815
- ISBN
- 9780199537815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Offers translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles", "Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles' "The Trackers". In this title, introductions for each play offer information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. Editor(s): Griffith, Mark; Most, Glenn W. Series Editor(s): Grene, David; Lattimore, Richmond. Series: Complete Greek Tragedies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226311470
- ISBN
- 9780226311470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.45
€ 18.45
Hardcover. Aeschylus (ca 525-456 BCE), the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world's great art forms, witnessed the establishment of democracy at Athens and fought against the Persians at Marathon. This third volume collects the major fragments of lost Aeschylean plays. Editor(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Translator(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 169 x 114 x 17. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996298
- ISBN
- 9780674996298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.96
€ 33.99
€ 32.96
Paperback. A collection of plays that focuses on three playwrights' - Peter Meineck, Cecelia Eaton Luschnig, and Paul Woodruff - treatment of the same events in the House of Atreus. It is suitable for those interested in Greek literature, theater history, or mythology. Translator(s): Meineck, Peter; Luschnig, Cecilia Eaton; Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209640
- ISBN
- 9780872209640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.42
€ 18.99
€ 15.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664724
- ISBN
- 9781624664724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.12€ 40.81
€ 51.12
€ 40.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: AS; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816636037
- ISBN
- 9780816636037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Series: Emergent Literatures S. Num Pages: 181 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First edition
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816616923
- ISBN
- 9780816616923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.53
€ 16.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. As part of Wakefield's centenary celebrations in 1988, the author was commissioned to do a modern adaptation of the Wakefield Medieval Mystery Plays. Simple vernacular speech is retained, spanning the Creation to the Resurrection. The music is by Andy Roberts. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413662101
- ISBN
- 9780413662101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.44
€ 18.44
Paperback. This volume contains a translated collection of plays by the important, but little-known to the English-speaking world, Chilean playwright and director Ramon Griffero's Diez obras de Fin de Siglo (Ten Plays from Teatro Fin de Siglo). BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Oberon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783197279
- ISBN
- 9781783197279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.38
€ 30.38
Paperback. A piano prodigy reeling from the death of his younger sister flees to New York City. Taking uneasy refuge in books, he reinvents himself as a writer. Across the following fifteen years he tries to cope with the ramifications of the tragic accident that tore his family apart and shattered their small American dream. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 5. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571244713
- ISBN
- 9780571244713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 4.99
€ 9.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Revised ed. of The Reduced Shakespeare Company's the complete works of William Shakespeare (abridged) / by Jess Borgeson, Adam Long, and Daniel Singer, c1994. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Edition
- Abridged edition
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617741555
- ISBN
- 9781617741555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.35
€ 13.35
Paperback. A unique and entertaining play about bucket lists, life-planning and the disappointing fact that you're not going to live forever. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848424920
- ISBN
- 9781848424920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 79 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Playdead Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910067185
- ISBN
- 9781910067185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811215268
- ISBN
- 9780811215268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Hardback. In the 1930s, Ayn Rand was asked to adapt her first novel, We the Living, for the theatre. Her first statement against communism, it sold over 3 million copies. This edition contains two unpublished versions of the play (the latter entitled The Unconquered), and is the first substantial piece of Rand's fiction to publish in over twenty years. Editor(s): Mayhew, Professor Robert. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428738
- ISBN
- 9781137428738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.57
€ 57.57