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Paperback. A classic drama based on the true story of Alma Rattenbury who was tried with her 18-year-old lover for the murder of her husband. Cause Celebre was Terence Rattigan's last play. Published alongside a production at the Old Vic during the centenary year of Rattigan's birth. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854592071
ISBN
9781854592071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. A double bill by Terence Rattigan, featuring two plays of striking contrast that display his astonishing range as a writer. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425415
ISBN
9781848425415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. In "French Without Tears" play, a group of 'bright young things' are attempting to learn French on the Riviera, and in fact doing anything but. Featuring this play, this book contains an introduction and chronology by Dan Rebellato. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 144 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
118
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854592125
ISBN
9781854592125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Publication coincides with a swelling tide of revivals to celebrate Rattigan's centenary. This edition also includes "Less Than Kind." Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 285.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848421646
ISBN
9781848421646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. 1942. At the Falcon Hotel, on the Lincolnshire coast, Teddy a young RAF bomber pilot celebrates a reunion with his actress wife Patricia. They are thrown into upheaval when Peter, Patricia's ex lover and Hollywood heartthrob, arrives and an urgent bombing mission over Germany is ordered. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848421875
ISBN
9781848421875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Written in the early fifties when Rattigan was at the height of his powers, The Deep Blue Sea is a powerful account of lives blighted by love - or the lack of it. The play opens with the failed suicide of Hester Collyer who has deserted her husband for the charms of an ex-fighter pilot. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854594235
ISBN
9781854594235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Terence Rattigan's first play, published for the first time in this edition to mark the centenary of Rattigan's birth. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848421639
ISBN
9781848421639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. First seen in 1939 but then largely ignored until a 1994 BBC production, After the Dance is regarded as one of the great, lost plays of the 20th century. As interest in Rattigan has revived so too has the play's reputation and it is now considered by many to be one of the great works of a master dramatist. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854592170
ISBN
9781854592170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. Based on the real-life court case of a young naval cadet unjustly accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order. Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854594679
ISBN
9781854594679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. This text consists of two linked one-act plays set in a run-down hotel in Bournemouth. In one, a divorcee tracks down her former husband in order to resume a kind of half-life with him. In the other, a repressed young spinster offers moral support to a fake major accused of importuning women. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854594242
ISBN
9781854594242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. The story of an unpopular and unloved classics master at a public school in the 1940s. Deserted by his wife and on the verge of retirement, Crocker-Harris finds a form of redemption in an unexpected parting gift from a previously unregarded pupil. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854597106
ISBN
9781854597106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. 350 pages. One of the earliest ethnic theatres in America was the Norwegian Theater of Marcus Thrane, established in Chicago in September 1866. This book includes seven translated plays written by Thrane between 1866 and 1884, and covers the entire period of his active professional life in America. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; DD; GTB. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 11. Weight: 400. Translator(s): Leiren, Terje I.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ of Washington Pr
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987989
ISBN
9780295987989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.42

Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DD; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Premier Book Marketing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813120102
ISBN
9780813120102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.88

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
57
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573020254
ISBN
9780573020254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.69

Paperback. Terence's Phormio , based on a Greek original by Apollodorus of Carystus, was produced towards the end of his short dramatic career in 161 BC. With its lively action, based on the traditional elements of love, deception and mistaken identity, the play provides an ideal introduction to the genre of New Comedy. Editor(s): Maltby, Robert. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856686078
ISBN
9780856686078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.41

Paperback. The Roman dramatist Terence (c 186-159 BC) adapted many of his comedies from Greek sources, rendering them suitable for audiences of his own time by introducing subtler characterization and more complex plots. This title includes his romantic play, "The Girl from Andros" that portrays a love affair saved by a startling discovery. Translator(s): Radice, Late Betty. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliog. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Rev Rep
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443240
ISBN
9780140443240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Roman playwright Terence is one of the founding fathers of European comic drama. This new translation of all six of his comedies brings out their liveliness and performability and sets them in the context of Latin literature and the history of comic drama. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199556038
ISBN
9780199556038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

paperback. Includes three plays - "Sweet Bird of Youth", "Period of Adjustment", and "Period of Adjustment". In "Sweet Bird of Youth", Chance Wayne returns to his home town with an ageing movie actress in search of the girl he loved in his youth, but with terrible, violent results. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141191089
ISBN
9780141191089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811216029
ISBN
9780811216029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811207294
ISBN
9780811207294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.29

Paperback. 'Big Daddy' Pollitt, the richest cotton planter in the Mississippi Delta, is about to celebrate his sixty-fifth birthday. His two sons have returned home for the occasion: Gooper, his wife and children, Brick, an ageing football hero who has turned to drink, and his feisty wife Maggie. This is a portrayal of family tensions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190280
ISBN
9780141190280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield comforts herself with recollections of her earlier, life in Blue Mountain when she was pursued by 'gentleman callers'. Her son Tom, a poet with a job in a warehouse, longs for adventure and escape from his mother's suffocating embrace, while Laura, her daughter, has her glass menagerie and her memories. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92.
Edition
17th Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190266
ISBN
9780141190266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

Hardcover. The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play depicts the conflict between a fading Southern belle and the brash lower-class society of her sister's family. Series: Heinemann Plays for 14-16+. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DD; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435233105
ISBN
9780435233105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.39

Paperback. Contains stories such as "Baby Doll" and "Something Unspoken". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190297
ISBN
9780141190297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

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