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Paperback. At a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by formulaic melodramas and farces, Chekhov created a new sort of drama that laid bare the everyday lives, loves and yearnings of ordinary people. This book includes an introduction that examines how Chekhov broke with theatrical conventions and discusses each play in detail. Translator(s): Carson, Peter. Num Pages: 416 pages, chronology, further reading, glossary. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
KKD0004999
ISBN
9780140447330
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Liubov Ranevskya, a widowed landowner returns home more or less insolvent after five years abroad. Everything appears just as she remembers, but hers is a diminishing world. Her vast and beautiful cherry orchard is soon to be sold off against her mounting debts. Translator(s): Stoppard, Tom. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571250066
ISBN
9780571250066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Anton Chekhov revolutionized Russian theater through his inimitable portrayals of characters faced with complex moral dilemmas. Editor(s): Senelick, Laurence. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
2nd Revised
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393924657
ISBN
9780393924657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. A fresh, lively, accurate, and, for the first time, complete translation in English of Chekhov's five most famous plays. Translator(s): Brodskaya, Marina. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804769662
ISBN
9780804769662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Hardback. Drawn from Sharon Marie Carnicke's volume of "Chekhov, Four Plays and Three Jokes" (Hackett), this title features Carnicke's translation of a play that has been called 'Chekhov's ultimate theatrical coup d'etat'. Translator(s): Carnicke, Sharon Marie. Num Pages: 108 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603843102
ISBN
9781603843102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

An exciting new version of Chekhov's classic play by a visionary young director and writer. Translator(s): Carnicke, Sharon Marie. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624661211
ISBN
9781624661211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.06

An exciting new version of Chekhov's classic play by a visionary young director and writer. Translator(s): Carnicke, Sharon Marie. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 172.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624661204
ISBN
9781624661204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.79

Paperback. Although the 17th Century playwright Enriquez Gomez was well known for his comedies, Los Siete Planetas is a surprisingly orthodox play. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 56 pages, Fr. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859892810
ISBN
9780859892810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.16

Paperback. Translator(s): Murphy, Timothy S. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816672943
ISBN
9780816672943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Telling the story of how Demetrios Tsafendas came to assassinate Hendrik Verwoerd, President of South Africa and the chief architect of Apartheid, this play mixes drama, politics and expressionism. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 113.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854597540
ISBN
9781854597540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Aphra Behn was the first female professional writer in England, and The Rover, her most popular play, is set in Naples during the misrule of carnival time. The Rover explores issues of love, trickery and deception, forced marriage, male power, fidelity, and the excesses of sexual passion. Editor(s): Bolam, Robyn. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408152119
ISBN
9781408152119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540204
ISBN
9780199540204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Announcing a new series of Drama Classic Collections. Editor(s): Griffiths, Trevor. Series: Drama Classic: Collections S. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition, 1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854598486
ISBN
9781854598486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Offers an insight into manners and roles. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Underlining
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803253506
ISBN
9780803253506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Paperback. Desperate to get away from her family and from a culture where everybody knows everything about everybody, Edie moves out but can she ever manage to move on? Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 85. Paperback in good to very condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
SKU
KRF0020456
ISBN
9780571203550
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scottish Text Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897976357
ISBN
9781897976357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.97

Paperback. Contains WIDOWS, a parable of courage and resilience in the face of totalitarian oppression, and LAST WALTZ IN SANTIAGO, a collection of poems written on the themes of exile and 'the disappeared'. From the author of DEATH AND THE MAIDEN. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854593764
ISBN
9781854593764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. The tale of a man and a woman who have entered purgatory - a soul-less white room. Each is interrogated in turn by the other. Each has to reach a state of forgiveness and contrition before they can leave purgatory and move on. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 5. Weight in Grams: 74.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854596697
ISBN
9781854596697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854593900
ISBN
9781854593900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. An epic tale about one 13-year-old boy, spanning multiple streets, families and years. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JM; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848426252
ISBN
9781848426252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Collecting three comedies that show Aristophanes tackling the consequences of war and social upheaval in Athens with his characteristic wit, this title is translated from the Greek with an introduction and notes. Translator(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, bibliography, chronology. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Addison Wesley
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448146
ISBN
9780140448146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Two cunning Athenians persuade the birds to build the utopian city of 'Much Cuckoo in the Clouds' in the sky, blockading the Olympian gods and installing themselves as new deities. The Knights is a venomous satire on Cleon, a prominent Athenian demagogue, who vies with a humble sausage-seller for the approval of the people. Translator(s): Sommerstein, Alan H.; Barrett, David. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449518
ISBN
9780140449518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585103089
ISBN
9781585103089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.67

Paperback. This line-for-line translation of Aritophanes' famous comedy features an introduction that explores Old Comedy and the place of "Clouds" and Aristophanic comedy within it. The text is accompanied by extensive footnotes. Translator(s): Meineck, Peter. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; AN; DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872205161
ISBN
9780872205161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.67

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