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Plays, playscripts

Paperback. Offers expert guidance to readers encountering the works for the first time. This book examines the cultural and political context in which the author wrote, and provides analysis of the themes, structure, and characters of the plays included. Translator(s): Svarlien, Diane Arnson. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603847353
ISBN
9781603847353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.40

Paperback.

"Andromache "takes place in the aftermath of the Trojan War. Andromache has become a concubine to Achilles' son, Neoptolemus, bearing him a child, Molossus. The captive Andromache is haunted by memories of her former life and by her love for Hector and their son Astyanax, both slain by the Greeks who are now her masters. Translator(s): Walton, J. Michael. Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 107 x 5. Weight in Grams: 64.

Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854596383
ISBN
9781854596383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.23

Paperback. Andha Yug, one of the most significant plays of modern India, was written immediately after the partition of the Indian subcontinent. A profound meditation on the politics of violence and aggressive selfhood, it focuses on the last day of the Mahabharata war. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 203.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198065227
ISBN
9780198065227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.11

Paperback. Celebrated children's writer Hans Christian Andersen arrives, unannounced, for a stay at Gad's Hill Place in the Kent marshes - home to Charles Dickens and his large, charismatic family. To the lonely and eccentric guest, the members of Dickens' household seem to live a life of unreachable bliss. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130 86pp. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Bury, in February 2010, in a joint production by Out of Joint and Hampstead Theatre
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571242283
ISBN
9780571242283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. A fierce, achingly tenders play that charts one farm's struggle to survive the march of history, from the bloodbath of the foot-and-mouth crisis to developers consuming land for real estate. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 90.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425118
ISBN
9781848425118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

paperback. This collection of three plays and one cine poem captures the essence of Zakes Mda's method as a dramatist. Included is the story of two women who meet during a long wait to buy subsidized rice and discover they have more in common than their poverty. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 125. Weight in Grams: 185.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868142224
ISBN
9781868142224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.83

Paperback. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' exhilarating play, drawing on Dion Boucicault's 1859 melodrama The Octoroon, won the 2014 Obie Award for Best New American Play. It had its UK premiere at the Orange Tree Theatre, London in 2017 Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848426412
ISBN
9781848426412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. Includes plays "An Inspector Calls", "Time and the Conways", "I Have Been Here Before", and "The Linden Tree". Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185354
ISBN
9780141185354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Series: Acting Edition S. Num Pages: 59 pages, plans. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 4. Weight in Grams: 96.
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1945
Edition
Acting ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573012051
ISBN
9780573012051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.88

Paperback. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Klett (Ernst) Verlag,Stuttgart
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9783125752139
ISBN
9783125752139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.59

Paperback. An Ideal Husband is a comic drama of political and personal deceit. This student edition contains a fully-annotated play text with a new Introduction examining its central themes of power and corruption and the growing role of women in public life. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408137208
ISBN
9781408137208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. A subtle satire of the British hypocrisy that allows public figures to conceal private duplicities. Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 107 x 8. Weight in Grams: 96.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854594600
ISBN
9781854594600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.26

Paperback. Written in the aftermath of hostile criticism of Ghosts, Ibsen's three plays all deal with the moral courage needed to tell the truth. They are peopled not by symbolic figures and abstract concepts, but by complex individuals pitted against, or part of, a society that Ibsen felt was morally abhorrent and claustrophobically provincial. Editor(s): McFarlane, James. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539130
ISBN
9780199539130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.89

Paperback. Dr Stockmann attempts to expose a water pollution scandal in his home town which is about to establish itself as a spa. When his brother conspires with local politicians and the newspaper to suppress the story, Stockmann appeals to a public meeting - only to be shouted down and reviled as an enemy of the people. Translator(s): Hampton, Christopher. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 165.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Henrik Ibsen and Christopher Hampton
Condition
New
SKU
9780571194292
ISBN
9780571194292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854590114
ISBN
9781854590114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. New stage adaptation of the bestselling children's author. On stage in Exeter & Bristol in 2014 before a full UK Tour in 2015 Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oberon Books
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0000255
ISBN
9781783191741
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. It is 1979. Esme Allen is a well-known West End actress at just the moment when the West End is ceasing to offer actors a regular way of life. The visit of her young daughter, Amy, with a new boyfriend sets in train a series of events which only find their shape eighteen years later. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Later Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571191796
ISBN
9780571191796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.73

Hardcover. The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c 205-184 BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. This title features the 21 of Plautus' extant comedies. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 114 x 33. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
768
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996533
ISBN
9780674996533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, music. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Josef Weinberger Plays United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856761614
ISBN
9780856761614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 65 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AN; DD; DQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 131 x 6. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868197463
ISBN
9780868197463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

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