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A unique anthology of hard-hitting contemporary plays exploring a wide range of themes and characters, from religious teens to sex workers to survivors of political turbulence, providing insight int……続きを見る

Harold Brighouse's 'The Scaring off of Teddy Dawson' is a captivating piece of literature set in early 20th century England. This dramatic play follows the story of a young man named Teddy Dawson wh……続きを見る

In Imaginary Performances in Shakespeare, visionary modernist theatre director Aureliu Manea analyses the theatrical possibilities of Shakespeare. Through nineteen Shakespeare plays, Manea sketches ……続きを見る

Oscar Wilde's 'Salomé' is a symbolist play that explores the biblical story of the seductive stepdaughter of King Herod, who demands the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter. The play is ren……続きを見る

1910년대 대표 연극인 조중환의 유일한 창작 작품으로 1912년 매일신보에 연재한 한국 최초 희곡이다. 続きを見る

Academic interest in hysteria has burgeoned in recent decades. The topic has been probed by feminist theorists, cultural studies specialists, literary scholars, anthropologists, sociologists, psycho……続きを見る

This book is the first of its kind offering a materialistic semiotic analysis of a non-Western theatre culture: Bengali group theatre. Arnab Banerji fills two lacunas in contemporary theatre scholar……続きを見る

Booth Tarkington's 'The Trysting Place: A Farce in One Act' is a comedic play that takes place in a small parlor where misunderstandings and miscommunications abound. Tarkington's witty dialogue and……続きを見る

While this book is about a specific play, we see several potential readerships, including: • Fans of David Byrne’s work. • People interested in the Philippines under the Marcos regime. • People exci……続きを見る

ঝড়ের দিনের বন্ধু একটি ছোট একাঙ্ক নাটক যেখানে সমাজের স্বার্থপরতা ধরা পড়েছে। একটি মৃতদেহ নিয়ে মানুষজন কি ভাবে নিজেদের মধ্যে ঝগড়া করে আর যখন না পায় তখন সবাই চলে যায় সে মৃতদেহ ফেলে। তখন কিছু বসল মানুষ জ……続きを見る

This is the first anthology of Yuan-dynasty zaju (miscellaneous comedies) to introduce the genre to English-speaking readers exclusively through translations of the plays' fourteenth-century edition……続きを見る

The Columbia Companion to Modern Chinese Literature features more than fifty short essays on specific writers and literary trends from the Qing period (1895–1911) to the present. The volume opens wi……続きを見る

Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy is a classic play from Japan's golden age of puppet theater. Written in the eighteenth century, it tells the tale of Sugawara no Michizane, a wronged scholar-……続きを見る

The first of its kind in English, this anthology translates twenty-two popular Chinese plays published between 1919 and 2000, accompanied by a critical introduction to the historical, cultural, and ……続きを見る

This condensed anthology reproduces close to a dozen plays from Xiaomei Chen's well-received original collection, The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama, along with her critical introduction……続きを見る

A masterpiece of eighteenth-century Japanese puppet theater, Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees is an action-packed play set in the aftermath of the twelfth-century Genji–Heike wars. It follow……続きを見る

Carefully selected and represented, the plays in this collection showcase both the fantastic and the realistic innovations of Korean dramatists during a time of rapid social and historical change. S……続きを見る

From the early years of the Common Era to 1700, Indian intellectuals explored with unparalleled subtlety the place of emotion in art. Their investigations led to the deconstruction of art's formal s……続きを見る

Wondrous Brutal Fictions presents eight seminal works from the seventeenth-century Japanese sekkyo and ko-joruri puppet theaters, many translated into English for the first time. Both poignant and d……続きを見る

This anthology features translations of ten seminal plays written during the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), a period considered the golden age of Chinese theater. By turns lyrical and earthy, sentimental……続きを見る

First half of 20th century was full of events that affected mankind for decades to come - The world wars, the great depression, the Spanish flu pandemic. The first half of 21st century is turning ou……続きを見る

There are brothers, princes, sworn enemies and rulers of their own vast lands. But, prophecy and the sanctified scrolls of the king, their late father, state that there must be a king to rule over t……続きを見る

Dizem que a Terra foi uma criação do Cosmos. Os Kadeas chamam isso de Infinito, os Daekos de Deus e os cientistas de Big Bang.Tudo começou quando uma luz dourada surgiu e espalhou criando os planeta……続きを見る

Questo insolito dramma del premio Nobel Rabindranath Tagore ha una trama altrettanto insolita che ruota attorno alla figura di un re misterioso e onnisciente che è sia benevolo che saggio, ma prova ……続きを見る

Una delle opere più celebri del premio Nobel Rabindranath Tagore, dramma in un atto che fu pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1913 e fece scalpore soprattutto per la chiave femminista che caratterizz……続きを見る

In her cell in Rangoon's Insein prison, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi – incarcerated by Burma's military dictatorship for almost 20 years – tells her story. Richard Shannon's powerful an……続きを見る

This new version of William Wycherley 's most famous classic, The Country Wife has been adapted by Tanika Gupta, one of the country 's leading playwrights. This contemporary farce tells the story of……続きを見る

Jamaica: a sensual paradise where the sun, sea and sand are free but anything more comes at a price. Welcome to the 21st century where women travel across the world in search of sex, love, and liber……続きを見る

Vira hasn't seen her sister Deesh for years. Deesh's kids, Amy and Bill, want to know why but nobody's telling them anything. When Deesh invites her sister to Amy's flashy party, Vira reckons it's t……続きを見る

Teenage sisters Affy and Di look out for each other. Dying to escape their violent life, they move from dreams to betrayal - with devastating results.Inside Out, a Clean Break commission, is the pro……続きを見る