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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€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. The comedies of Menander reveal that the oft-employed theme of mistaken identity is as old as the Great Dionysia. Series: Penn Greek Drama Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216523
- ISBN
- 9780812216523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. A volume of the tragedies of Aeschylus which relates the historic defeat and dissolution of the Persian Empire on the heels of Xerxes disastrous campaign to subdue Greece, the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the throne of Thebes, the story of fifty daughters who seek asylum from their uncle, the king of Egypt. Editor(s): Slavitt, David; Bovie, Palmer. Series: Penn Greek Drama Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216714
- ISBN
- 9780812216714
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Theater historian Jody Enders brings a dozen of the funniest French farces to contemporary English speaking audiences for the first time. This performance-friendly collection includes background information about the plays for medievalists, theater practitioners, and classic comedy lovers alike. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222517
- ISBN
- 9780812222517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.06
€ 46.99
€ 42.06
Hardcover. Crafted with a wit and contemporary sensibility that make them playable a millennium later, Jody Enders's translations of twelve medieval French farces take on the hilariously depressing-and depressingly hilarious-state of holy wedlock. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 552 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2AB; 3F; 3H; DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248746
- ISBN
- 9780812248746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.34
€ 86.34
Paperback. Editor(s): Brosius, Peter; Adams, Elissa. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816698103
- ISBN
- 9780816698103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Hardcover. Num Pages: 301 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 661. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821411407
- ISBN
- 9780821411407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.88
€ 59.88
paperback. Presents translations of texts by Latin American women playwrights, and performance artists, together with essays about their work. Editor(s): Taylor, Diana; Constantino, Roselyn. Num Pages: 464 pages, 58 b&w photos, 19 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ABM; DD; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822332404
- ISBN
- 9780822332404
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. The story comes from the Second Book of Samuel and tells of the incestuous passion of Amnon, David's eldest son, for his half-sister, Tamar and the subsequent murder of Amnon by his brother Absolom. Amnon's lust is set in the context of complementary passions of ambition and revenge, reflected in Absolom and Tamar respectively. Translator(s): Lyon, John. Num Pages: 234 pages, translation, commentary. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780856683244
- ISBN
- 9780856683244
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Ecclesiazusae, probably produced in 391 BC, is at once a typically Aristophanic fantasy of gender inversion, obscenity and farce, the earliest surviving work in the western Utopian tradition, and the source of a blueprint for a communist society on which Plato may well have drawn in his Republic. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprinted with corrections 2007. Reprinted 2015.
- SKU
- V9780856687082
- ISBN
- 9780856687082
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.05
€ 34.99
€ 31.05
Paperback. A meditation on responsibility and parenthood that asks an audience not only to suffer the unthinkable loss of a child as the author's characters do, but also to laugh at the couple's flaws and at the hilarity of the suburban life they lead. Series: In Performance. Num Pages: 254 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857421111
- ISBN
- 9780857421111
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.18
€ 25.99
€ 21.18
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Pollet, Cl mence. Translator(s): Conceison, Claire. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857423849
- ISBN
- 9780857423849
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.30
€ 45.99
€ 35.30
Paperback. Translator(s): Secil Reel Sen, Irem. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857423856
- ISBN
- 9780857423856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.40
€ 45.99
€ 35.40
Hardback. One will do well to read these hymns, these poems, and find nourishment in them in Slavitt's translations."-Anglican Theological Review, reviewing Slavitt's translation of Hymns of Prudentius Translator(s): Slavitt, David. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411361
- ISBN
- 9781421411361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.29€ 48.21
€ 52.29
€ 48.21
Hardback. Asian American plays from the heartland Editor(s): Lee, Josephine; Eitel, Donald; Shiomi, Rick. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439905159
- ISBN
- 9781439905159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.94
€ 98.94
Paperback. Asian American plays from the heartland Editor(s): Lee, Josephine; Eitel, Donald; Shiomi, Rick. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439905166
- ISBN
- 9781439905166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.81
€ 34.99
€ 31.81
Paperback. Tells us about the complex social and political issues depicted by Asian-American playwrights. In this title, the author argues that playwrights produce a different conception of "Asian-America" in accordance with their unique set of sensibilities. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; AN; DD; DSG; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566396370
- ISBN
- 9781566396370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. This collection commemorates Walterdale's 50th anniversary and highlights the social and artistic significance of amateur theatre practice in Canada by drawing together significant plays by acclaimed and emerging Canadian playwrights, detailed introductions, and archival production photographs. Editor(s): Whittaker, Robin C. Series: Canadian Plays Series. Num Pages: 165 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- AU Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781897425268
- ISBN
- 9781897425268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.76
€ 46.99
€ 41.76
Paperback. In this collection of four plays by Katherine Koller, the Canadian prairie drives and intensifies the actions of the human characters. Series: Canadian Plays. Num Pages: 240 pages, , black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- AU Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781926836935
- ISBN
- 9781926836935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82
Paperback. Series: Cornell East Asia Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell Univ East Asia Program
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947631
- ISBN
- 9781933947631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03