Drama 9

Set on the gritty Brooklyn waterfront, "A View from the Bridge" follows the cataclysmic downfall of Eddie Carbone, who spends his days as a hardworking longshoreman and his nights at home with his wife, Beatrice, and niece, Catherine. But the routine of his life is interrupted when Beatrice's cous……続きを見る

This play about a young white boy and two African servants is at once a compelling drama of South African apartheid and a universal coming-of-age story. Originally produced in 1982, it is now an acknowledged classic of the stage.続きを見る

Susan Wingate is a novelist, poet and playwright. She received her undergraduate degree from Arizona State University in 1994. She then, has written three novels. She is a featured writer for the Arizona Author's Association newsletter and a contributing writer for other magazines. Her novels, sho……続きを見る

Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the greatest writers of our time."Endgame," originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett himself, is cons……続きを見る

Student edition of Euripedes' classic in which an abandoned, mistreated wife exacts revenge by killing her children.続きを見る

In Aristophanes' most popular play, sex is a powerful agent of reconciliation. As war ravages ancient Greece, a band of women, led by Lysistrata, promise to deny their husbands all sex until they stop fighting. And the battle of the sexes begins. Revised reissue.続きを見る

A powerful new play by the author of Intimate Apparel.続きを見る

The award-winning plays of one of the most celebrated and innovative American writers of our time.続きを見る

Richard III is one of the great Shakespearean characters and roles. James R Siemon examines the attraction of this villain to audiences and focuses on how beguiling, even funny, he can be, especially in the earlier parts of the play. Siemon also places King Richard III in its historical context; a……続きを見る

An anthology of three classic fairy tales adapted for the stage by acclaimed playwright Charles Way.続きを見る

First major exploration of a ground-breaking new technique for actors and theatre artists.続きを見る

This collection of Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett's dramatic pieces includes a short stage play, two radio plays, and two pantomimes. The stage play"Krapp's Last Tape"evolves a shattering drama out of a monologue of a man who, at age sixty-nine, plays back the autobiographical tape he recorded ……続きを見る

From the Elizabethan period's second-biggest dramatist comes the story of Faustus, a brilliant scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for limitless knowledge and powerful black magic. Includes new material. Revised reissue.続きを見る

Arguably the darkest of all Shakespeare's plays, Macbeth is also one of the most challenging. Is it a work of nihilistic despair, "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing," or is it a cautionary tale warning of the dangers of Machiavellianism and relativism? Does it lea……続きを見る

Includes the unabridged text of Shakespeare's classic play plus a complete study guide that features scene-by-scene summaries, explanations and discussions of the plot, question-and-answer sections, author biography, historical background, and more.続きを見る

Includes the unabridged text of Shakespeare's classic play plus a complete study guide that features scene-by-scene summaries, explanations and discussions of the plot, question-and-answer sections, author biography, historical background, and more.続きを見る

An updated edition with detailed notes from the world's leading center for Shakespeare studies"--Cover.続きを見る

Designed for "teaching the conflicts," this critical edition of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" reprints the authoritative Bevington text of the play along with 21 selections representing major critical and cultural controversies surrounding the work. The distinctive editorial material helps readers g……続きを見る

From the author of Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off.続きを見る

Incorporating definitive text and cutting-edge notes from "William Shakespeare: Complete Works"--the first authoritative, modernized edition of Shakespeare's First Folio in more than 300 years--this remarkable series of individual plays from the world-famous Royal Shakespeare Company is edited by ……続きを見る

A remarkable new play by one of England's most astonishing playwrights.続きを見る

Published as a trade paperback for the first time, with a new introduction by the acclaimed playwright John Patrick Shanley (Doubt) and the one-act on which The Rose Tattoo was based.続きを見る

A new satire of multiculturalism, by one of America's leading playwrights.続きを見る

An important new student source book for colleges, universities and libraries.続きを見る

A play which looks at the political costs of women rising to the top.続きを見る

Though best known as the author of a series of brilliant novels, here Higgins turns his writerly gifts to work for the radio.続きを見る