Plays & Playwrights 11

Terry Pratchett's infamous city of Ankh-Morpork is under threat from a 60-foot fire-breathing dragon, summoned by a secret society of malcontented tradesmen. Defending Ank-Morpork against this threa……続きを見る

For Memorial Day weekend, an electrical engineer, who suffers from allergies, visits his troubled brother to help him sort through his life. When he leaves, he carries with him in a cooler one of hi……続きを見る

In Necessary Evils, Hal, an L. A. cop driven to avenge the murder of his three partners, finds himself blindfolded and stripped to the waist, on his knees, his hands bound behind him, surrounded by ……続きを見る

Artemis Bridge is the know-to, go-to guy, the amoral fixer in 2028 Los Angeles with the connection for your illicit desires. When an associate dies in his arms, he is burdened with a damaging video ……続きを見る

Benjamin Jonson (1572-1637) was a Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor, known best for his satirical plays and lyric poems. His career began in 1597 when he held a fixed engagement in "The Admiral'……続きを見る

Los Secretos de Lavinia es una novela que nos presenta la problemática de una mujer joven, de atractivo inmejorable, trabajaba en un laboratorio, investigada por el Comisionado influyente de la ciud……続きを見る

Originally published in 1968, Jerzy Grotowski's groundbreaking book is available once again. As a record of Grotowski's theatrical experiments, this book is an invaluable resource to students and th……続きを見る

In this action-packed character novel, Sasquatch is not the mythical creature rumored to haunt the forests of North America. He is a young Texan named Clint Buchanan (pronounced “Buck Hannon”) who p……続きを見る

Tao stammer. En lidelse han opfatter som uoverskuelig og ydmygende, og som derfor invaliderer hans tilvaerelse saa meget, at han for det meste blot forsoger at holde det talte ord fra sig saa meget ……続きを見る

Wycherley's four comedies are admired for their satirical wit, farcical humour, vivid characterization, and social criticism.Love in a Wood, a lively comedy of intrigue, established him as a brillia……続きを見る

From charitable vandals to lovelorn superheroes to mad bombers, the disconsolate characters of the six stories in Anything But Lonely each face their own figurative- and sometimes literal -end of th……続きを見る

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

A short - (barely 2000 words so don't look for Gone with the Wind!) Johnny is a young man burning with ambition to perform on stage. He's sure the Regent Theatre is the place where his dreams will b……続きを見る

Ein Mann ohne Namen telefoniert mit seiner Frau, so wie jeden Tag. Eigentlich nichts besonderes, aber was so alltäglich erscheint, ist in Wirklichkeit sehr fragil. 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. 1981. As the Soviet army burns its way through Afghanistan and toward the critical Pakistani border, CI……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

Данная книга представляет собой воспоминания реального человека. Все персонажи в ней - жили или живут настоящей жизнью, и все совпадения которые вы можете обнаружить, являются элементами наблюдавших……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

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Leito paints. He watches and listens and seeks out his purpose in life. He hopes someday soon to make a living as artist, to be the best artist he can be. Through a series of vignettes and flashback……続きを見る

A man seizes an opportunity, rising soley out of chance, to perpetrate a perfect crime; a kidnapping.... of sorts. Getting out of the mess he creates is a bigger challenge than succeeding would have……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

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