Plays & Playwrights 13

During a seven-decade career that spanned from 19th century Vienna to 1920s Broadway to the golden age of Hollywood, three-time Academy Award winner Max Steiner did more than any other composer to i……続きを見る

'Wenn ich ganz still bin, über mir die Sterne, dann fühl' ich manchmal mich ganz leise emporgehoben und hör' auf wunderbare Weise Musik von oben.' Sein Märchenroman 'Momo' war erst kurz veröffentlic……続きを見る

Set on an abandoned cattle station in the Kimberley landscape, this one-woman play combines the poetry of a campfire story with the comedy of a great yarn. Also included in Contemporary Indigenous P……続きを見る

Duncan Macmillan's stunning and resonant adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Rosmersholm. This revival of a masterpiece charts love, politics, past and future, with plenty of twists thrown in for good meas……続きを見る

A brilliantly witty story of unconventional, unwavering, and regularly exasperating friendship. Meet Jarvis Ham: tea-room assistant, diarist, lift-cadger, Princess Di fan, secret alcoholic, and rele……続きを見る

Короткой ー всего лишь 27 лет ー оказалась жизнь великого русского поэта, писателя, художника Михаила Юрьевича Лермонтова. Но и за это время он успел написать около 400 стихотворений, почти три деся……続きを見る

«Given that most scholarship on cinema and utopia focuses on the subgenre of dystopia and its pessimistic discourses, Mónica Martín’s volume could not be more timely. It is a pioneering work; arguab……続きを見る

Николай Карамзин ー историк, крупнейший русский литератор эпохи сентиментализма, прозванный «русским Стерном». Создатель «Истории государства Российского» ー одного из первых обобщающих трудов по ис……続きを見る

The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great adventure novels of the nineteenth century. But the author, Alexandre Dumas, also converted many of his fictions into riveting dramas, dividing his clas……続きを見る

At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park. She gra……続きを見る

50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die is the book that everyone should read to understand themselves and each other. The authors and works for this book were selected, as a result of numer……続きを見る

Seule oeuvre théâtrale écrite et publiée par Céline, L’Eglise constitue en quelque sorte une répétition générale du Voyage au bout de la nuit. L’Eglise bien que publiée en 1933, un an après le Voyag……続きを見る

The Irish playwright, novelist, essayist and poet Oscar Wilde has delighted audiences and readers with his witty brilliance for over a hundred years and now you can enjoy his works in their entirety……続きを見る

Twelfth Night; or, What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. 続きを見る

The Lame Lover is a 1770 comedy play by the British writer Samuel Foote about Sir Luke, a young man who loses his leg. Foote wrote the play while he was recovering from the amputation of his leg, fo……続きを見る

Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) This book contains the complete novels of the Brontë Sisters: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë The T……続きを見る

'Jane Eyre' is a story about an orphan child. Jane's parents died when she was still too little to remember them, and it is her uncle (her mother's brother) who takes her in. Jane's uncle also dies ……続きを見る

A three-act romantic comedy takes place in 2212 in the city-state Times Square. An ensemble piece exploring life and theft: the theft of the diamonds that are the basis of the local currency, the th……続きを見る

In this fast-paced, sophisticated and hilarious play, a man contemplating suicide on a seventh-storey building ledge confronts the stories of the people who live inside the building. These “seven st……続きを見る

This collection contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable. The Stories included are: -The Nameless City -The Festival -The Colour Out of Space……続きを見る

'I could fly to New York and back every day for seven years and still not leave a carbon footprint as big as if I have a child. Ten thousand tonnes of CO2. That's the weight of the Eiffel Tower. I'd……続きを見る

William Somerset Maugham was an English playwright, novelist, and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era. 続きを見る

Our Bad Magnet is an unashamedly dark and deliciously funny play from one of Scotland's brightest young writing talents, in which the boundaries between fantasy and reality merge with unpredictable ……続きを見る

This book contains the complete novels of Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the chronological order of their original publication. Poor Folk The Double Notes From The Underground Crime and Punishment The Gamble……続きを見る

A brand new edition of the smash-hit play, now a wildly popular CBC TV series. Mr. Kim is a first-generation Korean immigrant and the proud owner of Kim’s Convenience, a variety store located in the……続きを見る

This book focuses on how in/security works in and through Jamaican dancehall, and on the insights that Jamaican dancehall offers for the global study of in/security. This collection draws together a……続きを見る

Das bunt zusammengesetzte Volk will endlich von einem König geeint und angeführt werden. Widerwillig erfüllt Gott ihm den Wunsch und lässt den jungen Saul zum Herrscher ausrufen, der anfangs umjubel……続きを見る

From the renowned author of Balconville, this powerful drama gives a voice to the disillusioned working-class women employed at the British Munitions Factory in Verdun, Quebec, during the First Worl……続きを見る

Hailed as a creative genius (TLS) and a singular American visionary (New York Times), James Purdy may be best known for his remarkable novels, but he is also an astonishing playwright who has writte……続きを見る

This Student Edition of A View from the Bridge is perfect for students of literature and drama and offers an unrivalled guide to Miller's play. It features an extensive introduction by Steve Marino ……続きを見る