Plays & Playwrights 14

"The Duchess of Malfi" was published in 1623, but the date of writing may have been as early as 1611. It is based on a story in Painter's "Palace of Pleasure," translated from the Italian novelist, ……続きを見る

Celeste, Sohn eines Sklavenhändlers aus Spanien gerät durch seine sexuellen Triebe immer mehr in innere Bedrängnis. Vor sich selber fliehend erreicht er einen Neuanfang, der jäh endet. Verwirrt und ……続きを見る

The Seagull is the first of Anton Checkov's four full-length plays. It explores the romantic and artistic tension in the relationships between a young woman, a fading older lady, her playwright son ……続きを見る

Poet and painter Plimpton's fiction debut is a luscious non-narrative map of shifting emotional and physical landscapes born out of the quotidian lives of people, trees, animals, beaches, and more. ……続きを見る

With humour, wit and a lifetime of experience this is a fascinating backstage pass to the life and plays of the Bard from Australia's best-known Shakespearean actor and director, John Bell. It's Sha……続きを見る

Donny Joe Snell loves the high life, and he takes shortcuts to get there. When Sarah Corham, who has aspirations to model, meets him, he promises to open doors for her by introducing her to the part……続きを見る

This is the story of an actual event that occurred with the U.S. Border Patrol and the Riverside Sheriff's department. It discloses the events that followed a failure to yield and ensuing high speed……続きを見る

Today, Londons West End is one square mile of musical flair worth hundreds-of-thousands of pounds a year. It is the largest theatre district in the world and the mecca of Britains commercial theatr……続きを見る

Delve into a hilarious examination of Victorian love, manners, morals, and marriage written by the author of Pygmalion. In Candida, George Bernard Shaw gives us the story of the misbegotten love tri……続きを見る

Phyliss Price fell in love, bought what she thought would be a family home, became pregnant, her man ran off, she lost her job and now she struggles as a single mother. How much different is her sit……続きを見る

William Butler Yeats was born near Dublin in 1865, and was encouraged from a young age to pursue a life in the arts. He attended art school for a short while, but soon found that his talents and int……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

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. 'Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.' Living with his sister and her husband, P……続きを見る

Ben Jonson's career began in 1597 when he held a fixed engagement in the "Admiral's Men", and although he was unsuccessful as an actor, his literary talent was apparent and he began writing original……続きを見る

Danielle successful fulfills all the Preacher's Kid duties: Sunday School, Bible Study, Youth Ushers, Youth Choir, great student . . . but the Allen home is filled with pretense. The happy marriage ……続きを見る

Two old friends in their sixties, one an architectural historian dying of cancer, tour Egypt with unpleasant results for all concerned. 続きを見る

What if people simply disappeared from being sad? What would you find if you ventured into your recently-deceased neighbor's apartment? What happens to the ones left behind after a suicide? Stories ……続きを見る

William Butler Yeats was born near Dublin in 1865, and was encouraged from a young age to pursue a life in the arts. He attended art school for a short while, but soon found that his talents and int……続きを見る

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) is revered as one of the great British dramatists, credited not only with memorable works, but the revival of the then-suffering English theatre. Shaw was born in Dub……続きを見る

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) is revered as one of the great British dramatists, credited not only with memorable works, but the revival of the then-suffering English theatre. Shaw was born in Dub……続きを見る

This is a story told by Brittney of her work experience at a small insurance agency in Maine. A murder mystery or not, that is to find out. Brittney vents out her frustrations at all she has done in……続きを見る

In the novel Dreaming of A Little Life you'll find love and disappointment, despair and hope, terrible judgment and rebirth - all that is troubling the main character who might as well live near you……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

'Obviously something more than a successful play, it is the practical demonstration of a patently conceived theory of dramatic form, and as such of high historical interest.' Times Literary Suppleme……続きを見る

With a Foreword by the Author “Before becoming a playwright I was a novelist, and one who was often impatient with the requisite description of weather or scenery or even with the business of moving……続きを見る

Annie and Eric are hosting a dinner party. Annie is edgy, having spent days obsessing over the fact that her old lover, Max, is in town for the holidays. And when Eric tells her he's invited Max, wh……続きを見る

Rita spent her childhood yearning for her dead mother, who left behind no memories or photographs. She constructed elaborate fantasies to compensate for the loss. But when her mother mysteriously re……続きを見る

Horse Bite is the story of Dave and his efforts to find a bit of permanence in the balance of the things we create and the things we do to sustain ourselves. His journey jumps between morning pit st……続きを見る

As You Like It is truly one of Shakespeare's greatest romantic comedies. The heroine, Rosalind has grown up in the court of her usurping uncle Duke Frederick, her father, the rightful duke, having b……続きを見る

Isn't she gorgeous? Hardly been ridden. She's been in the garage just gathering dust. Becky's pregnant and frustrated. But her husband is more interested in the baby manual than her new underwear, s……続きを見る