Plays & Playwrights 6

In Place of a Show is a compelling account of Western theatre buildings in the 21st century: theatres stripped of their primary purpose, lying empty, preserved as museums, or demolished. Playfully c……続きを見る

A dark and poignant play about a young New Yorker who is obsessed with birds and a long history of family tragedies, and his path towards resolving them and breaking free from the chains of his own ……続きを見る

Antigone is universally celebrated as the ultimate figure of ethical resistance to the state power which oversteps its legitimate scope and as the defender of simple human dignity (more important th……続きを見る

Mother Courage and Her Children is widely regarded as Brecht's best work, a theatrical landmark and one of the most powerful anti-war plays in history. This translation by Michael Hofmann was publis……続きを見る

William Gardner rejuvenates our attitudes towards ethics and morals in a low-key, thought-provoking, suspenseful, amusing, and addictive way with his new novella that traces a month in the course of……続きを見る

Set in rural Kentucky, Leaves of Departure is the story of a man and his estranged daughter, dealing with a painful anniversary. 続きを見る

The most traumatic disaster in modern history. The short, explosive story of a boy and his life changing quest to save his father. 続きを見る

Old Arthur is a cleaner at Sydney's Central Railway Station. One of those invisible people who carries out the thankless jobs that make our lives that little bit easier. You know, keeping public spa……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

This is a play but with some extra input would easily become a musical. Set in the time of Covid 19 Virus just down from London's west end in a nightclub, referenes to west indian music and the Swed……続きを見る

A short story about one man rediscovering why he left, and needs to stay, back home. 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

Margaret Alexiou's The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, first published in 1974, has long since been established as a classic in several fields. This is the only generic and diachronic study of lea……続きを見る

In this short story, follow Tara on a journey to Italy that she hopes will also be a step in her journey to healing. After the death of her sister, Tara's friendships, family relationships, work per……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

"Senior", the controlling partner at the firm has "problems"...psychological problems ... paranoia at the least, probably schizophrenia .... and a dubious sense of ethical obligation to his employee……続きを見る

A short story. While searching for his wayward, addict brother, the narrator remembers how that brother was once a hero to him who showed great promise. 続きを見る

A dark short story about a young girl and her birthday present. 続きを見る

Keith goes for a morning walk, and before long finds himself in a tree house having a bizarre conversation with someone he's never met. A short story by Jean Paul Zermelo. 続きを見る

HighTide Theatre Festival was founded in 2006 and has since become one of the most prolific homes of new writing. It has been described by the Telegraph as "one of the little gems of the artistic ca……続きを見る

This antiquarian book contains a version of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' adapted for the stage and written by James Braham White. Complete with lovely illustrations and sheet music for accompan……続きを見る

Wedekind's play about adolescent sexuality is as disturbing today as when it was first produced Wedekind's notorious play Spring Awakening was written in 1891 but had to wait the greater part of a c……続きを見る

«The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice» is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the short story Un Capitano Moro (&laq……続きを見る

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Open-space Learning offers a unique resource to educators wishin……続きを見る

It's the battle of the century on 64 squares when Ian returns from college and meets his old high school friend Duf for a game of chess. Academic VS Drop out... Logic VS Intuition... Nerd VS Geek. A……続きを見る

This up-to-date edition makes Euripides' most famous and influential play accessible to students of Greek reading their first tragedy as well as to more advanced students. The introduction analyzes ……続きを見る

The first collection of plays of one of Scotland's best-known contemporary dramatists EUROPE is set in a railway station at an unnamed border town where old and new Europeans weave a tale of love, l……続きを見る

A Liverpudlian West Side Story: twin brothers are separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both. She gives one of them away to wealthy Mrs Lyons and they grow up as friends……続きを見る

The lights were dimmed, but it seemed as though there was no reason for them to be on at all. A cornucopia of candles was all that was required, their flickering beams forming a curious interplay wi……続きを見る

A novelette. Paul's daughter is taken when he leaves her alone for a few minutes at the park. He thinks he saw the man who took her, but not everybody believes his story. Ten years later Paul crosse……続きを見る