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‘The Woods are just Trees. The Trees are just Wood.’ – All together In 1987, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine combined several classic fairy tales including Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and ……続きを見る

'LaBute takes us to shadowy places we don't like to talk about, sometimes even to think about.' Newsday Obsession with surface and secrets runs through this second collection of Neil LaBute's work. ……続きを見る

"Pearl and Angela" is a suspense-filled story that profoundly chronicles the emotional damages of hatred and cruelty and the miraculous healing power of love. The characters come to life, providing ……続きを見る

Go where there's violence. Silicon Valley. The future. A rocket launches. Luke is an aerospace billionaire who can talk to anyone. But God is talking to him. He sets out to change the world. Only vi……続きを見る

At age nine, Donna Catchings began to feel the impact of mental and verbal abuse from her mother after being blamed for her brother’s death. Never understanding why, Donna stopped trying to figure i……続きを見る

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“You might think a play that grapples with serious modern social issuesーhomophobia, teenage alienation, the limits of online privacyーwould have no room for a warbling Abraham Lincoln doing an inte……続きを見る

Marisela is tired of her life of prostitution and drugs, and she struggles to escape from it. After meeting Jake, the first man to ask her opinion on life, she determines to break out of the brothel……続きを見る

“How many plays make us long for grace? Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Hudes is such a rare play; it is a yearning, funny, deeply sad and deeply lyrical piece, a worthy companion to Hudes’s Elliot,……続きを見る

*"monos" is short for "monologues." These 72 monologues have 100-200 words, perfect for short performance pieces in class, in a talent show, or in the living room. There's a variety of genres, none ……続きを見る

I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore. Howard Beale, news anchorman, isn't pulling in the viewers. In his final broadcast he unravels live on screen. But when the ratings soar, ……続きを見る

The webs that we weave will sometimes result in tragedies. The author informs everyone how careless actions of selfishness and greed can cause harm to themselves as well as others. Therefore, as we ……続きを見る

The bankrupt Stoker is a middle aged mixed martial arts fighter going into the ring against an up and coming superstar. His promoter, however, wants to ensure that Stoker loses and bribes him to tak……続きを見る

Blackwood was born in Shooter's Hill (today part of south-east London, but then part of northwest Kent) and educated at Wellington College. His father was a Post Office administrator who, according ……続きを見る

PART ONE of PAT. PEND. takes place in an unknown point in the future. The protagonist/narrator, JAMES ORSON, only knows where he is. Other than being in Angelholm, Sweden, he has no idea what day it……続きを見る

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of al……続きを見る

When Eve Elliott, a beautiful Manhattan Advertising Executive, is suddenly widowed at age 36, her profound loss causes her great depression and she takes a leave of absence from her job to spend the……続きを見る

“Daphne’s Dive is the kind of place ‘where everybody knows your name.’…Ms. Hudes has a supple feel for characterization and a wide-ranging sympathy for life’s waifs and strays. And like the characte……続きを見る

After a difficult young life Andy has a very hard time interacting with women. He begins to enjoy college life when he becomes involved with his best friend's sister Zina. They become very involved ……続きを見る

Growing up, Nancy believed in magic despite a hand-me-down life in a small town. So it’s no wonder the buzzing excitement of Toronto and its allure of freedom was a likely choice for her new home, t……続きを見る

To Prince Oht, heir apparent of the Olisan Empire, all the trappings of nationhood seem as skeletal and artificial as the trappings of theatre. War chants to suggest fraternity, court language to su……続きを見る

Ha Fitzgerald most is élne (1940-ben érte a halál), nemcsak azt látná, hogy az olvasók (és most már a mozi nézők) nemcsak a Gatsbyt szeretik, hanem élénk érdeklődést tanúsítanak minden iránt, amit p……続きを見る

Is love strong enough to overcome hatred? Is it strong enough to overcome even the worst hatred of all, of self? They first meet as small children in a supermarket, then again years later, in high s……続きを見る

A stunning, new translation by the poet and classicist Anne Carson, first performed in 2015 at the Almeida Theatre in London Anne Carson writes, “Euripides was a playwright of the fifth century BC w……続きを見る

The Adulateur, a five-act play, published in 1773; The Defeat, excerpts from a play, published 1773; The Group, a three-act play, published in 1775; The Blockheads, a three-act play, published in 17……続きを見る

"Just Another Kid is not just another book. This remarkable teacher's memoir reminds us that love takes many forms." -The New York Times From the bestselling author of One Child comes the true story……続きを見る

What caused the Great Recession? Vote-hungry politicians, greedy bankers, artificial values, just to name a few culprits. This is a dark-humored play that, just like The Big Short, shows what happen……続きを見る

The book opens with a Kentucky farmer named Arthur Shelby facing the loss of his farm because of debts. Even though he and his wife Emily Shelby believe that they have a benevolent relationship with……続きを見る

Faced with the toughest battle of his life, David Connor finds comfort in the conversation and gentle touch of a beautiful woman named Sarah. Unfortunately David and Sarah are both married to someon……続きを見る

This book contains selected poems which run the gamut of emotional experience. Some of the poems are quite personal in nature, but non embarrassingly so. On the whole, the poems attempt to discover ……続きを見る