Plays & Playwrights 21

In a community gripped by fear, tragedy begins with a whisper, a rumor, an accusation. "Sex Offender Lives Here" is a suspenseful tale of divorce, child custody battles, and America's obsession with……続きを見る

The three plays collected in this volume depict the faults, errors and foibles of ordinary people with exuberant humour, savage satire and acute observations. Volpone portrays a rich Venetian who pr……続きを見る

Tammy Mattheis makes a living fighting for those with no voice, but he is beginning to feel the effects of his work after only a short period. "Like supermodeling or high impact sport, the retiremen……続きを見る

Relationship with people can be cruel, just because of the nature of human beings. A bond with a cat can be purer, especially both of you are young. Harshness of not knowing comes out in a child. Ev……続きを見る

This early work, originally published in 1922, is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Written by the German dramatist Georg Kaiser, one the most successful Expressionist dramatists……続きを見る

The legend of Faust grew up in the sixteenth century, a time of transition between medieval and modern culture in Germany. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) adopted the story of the wandering c……続きを見る

My God, Russian soldiers being shot with Chinese bullets. Sometimes the world is so beautiful. As the Soviet army burns its way through Afghanistan and toward the critical Pakistani border, CIA ope……続きを見る

Mary Duvall came back to Eastwick to claim her inheritanceーnot to rekindle a romantic relationship with millionaire Kane Brentwood! Years ago, she'd been content as the English lord's mistress. But……続きを見る

Ирине, младшей из трех сестер Прозоровых, исполняется двадцать лет. «На дворе солнечно, весело», а в зале накрывается стол, ждут гостей ー офицеров расквартированной в городе артиллерийской батареи ……続きを見る

События происходят в первой половине XIX в., в вымышленном приволжском городке Калинове. Первое действие ー в общественном саду на высоком берегу Волги. Местный механик-самоучка Кулигин беседует с м……続きを見る

Sara Stewart suffers three years of hell with an alcoholic and abusive father who treats her as a domestic slave and housekeeper, as well as making her work their family farm almost by herself. When……続きを見る

Explore this incredible tale of an Indian woman and her familys erotic and dramatic journey to a foreign land to seek a spouse and to embrace a better future in the Western world. The story revealed……続きを見る

Books for All Kinds of Readers ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Each edition has been optimized for maximum readability, using……続きを見る

George Duchner died in 1837 at a tragically early age, and his three works for the stage remained virtually unknown for half a century. Today all three, especially Danton's Death, his great play abo……続きを見る

Based on current facts concerning the global oil shortage, accurate details regarding actual espionage operations, insights into the power centers of the western capitals, and the deadly rivalies be……続きを見る

Humanity is facing extinction, and Penny Plain, elderly and blind, can only sit and wait for the end. After a heartbreaking farewell from her dog, Geoffrey, who leaves to live as a man, Penny faces ……続きを見る

Imagine what it would be like to go back in time to the 15th century Venice. And imagine what it would be like to meet your lifelong hero, Michelangelo. And imagine what it would be like if, on firs……続きを見る

'n Klein plattelandse myndorpie is bestem om gesloop te word. Nie net die geboue en strukture word plat geslaan nie maar ook die mense wie se lewens gevorm is deur die omgewing. 続きを見る

'Why does he write those ghastly plays that the whole of Paris flocks to see? And why does he paint such lifelike portraits that everyone recognizes themselves?' Moliere, The Impromptu at Versailles……続きを見る

JAY HAWK: The Assassin's Lover A Thriller by Sean Eagan Britt Jaeger, "BJ," fleeing an abusive marriage, survives a knifepoint sexual attack in the back of a Greyhound bus, on her way to New York fr……続きを見る

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1604) a play by Christopher Marlowe is based on the medieval legend of a German scholar and magician. Faustus sells his soul to the devil for knowledge and po……続きを見る

I hate this place. I hate these wannabe, thug ass niggas. I hate these wannabe fly, ghetto ass girls. I hate this cold ass weather. Everybody wanna be somebody important and really ain't shit. I hat……続きを見る

Standing outside his father’s study in Paraguay, Rudi is smoking cigarettes, trying to work up the courage to go in. It has been seven years since he stood in that same spot; seven years since he le……続きを見る

Henrik Ibsen (20th March, 1828 23rd May, 1906) is often referred to as the father of realism and ranked just below Shakespeare as Europes greatest ever playwright especially as his plays are perfor……続きを見る

In this story of intrigue and romance; Portland detective, Kyle Morrell and a modern day samurai geisha, Aiko, take on the city’s corrupt underworld. Aiko and Kyle’s chance encounter occurs when the……続きを見る

Books for All Kinds of Readers. ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead™ are optimized by increasin……続きを見る

SYNOPSIS: In the city of Seattle, Washington, Rodney and Maggie Smythe receive a message on Rodney's telephone answering machine from Maggie's son Danny by a former marriage, saying "Hey, mom, tell ……続きを見る

Life is full of promise when we’re young. We are the lambs that go through the seasons of life, from that early sunny spring until we have to face the icy winds of winter. That winter for Tony, his ……続きを見る

Irony and theatre share intimate kinships, not only regarding dramatic conflict, dialectic or wittiness, but also scenic structure and the verbal or situational ironies that typically mark theatrica……続きを見る

Though some scholars have recently begun to question whether Aeschylus authored the play Prometheus Bound, there is no question that this classic of ancient Greek literature is a literary achievemen……続きを見る