wyszukanych pozycji: 27
Fearful Majesty: The Life and Reign of Ivan the Terrible
ISBN: 9781880100844 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Ivan the Terrible - the name evokes the legend of a cruel and dangerously insane tyrant. Fearful Majesty explores that legend and exposes the man, his nature, and his time. This acclaimed biography of one of Russia's most important and tyrannical rulers is not only a rich, readable biography, it is also surprisingly timely, revealing how many of the issues Russia faces today have their roots in Ivan's reign. Ivan IV oversaw huge conquests of neighboring lands, the creation of a national church, and Russia's emergence as a world power. Arrogant, handsome, a gifted orator and theologian, Ivan...
Ivan the Terrible - the name evokes the legend of a cruel and dangerously insane tyrant. Fearful Majesty explores that legend and exposes the man, his...
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109,20 zł |
Passengers
ISBN: 9780573662676 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Collection of Scenes / 2m, 2f / Exterior Four actors, a man and woman in their mid to late twenties and a man and woman in their mid to late forties, play seventeen characters in eight short scenes that take place in a small mid-western bus station. The scenes, which segue fluidly from one to another without stopping, vary from comedic to poignant and are tied together in the last scene. Scene 1 - Jane and Walter, a disillusioned man and woman, meet in the station. As they converse, they are convinced they are dead. Scene 2 - Frank, one of life's eternal losers, encouraged by his wife Clara,...
Collection of Scenes / 2m, 2f / Exterior Four actors, a man and woman in their mid to late twenties and a man and woman in their mid to late forties, ...
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69,67 zł |
Baggage
ISBN: 9780573662584 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Comedy / 2m, 2f / Interior Two difficult, single people, Phyllis and Bradley, both trying to heal from their respective disappointing relationships, get their luggage mixed up at the airport. After a very disagreeable first encounter, the two decide to help each other get over their heartaches by forcing a friendship that eventually leads to the two discovering that while they may be too difficult for everyone else in the world, they are right for each other.
Comedy / 2m, 2f / Interior Two difficult, single people, Phyllis and Bradley, both trying to heal from their respective disappointing relationships, g...
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69,67 zł |
Hamlet II (Better Than the Original)
ISBN: 9780573619830 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Hamlet, but with a happier ending. If you've had trouble grasping the intent of Shakespeare's classic endeavor, this should clear it up once and for all. The text remains very true to good old Will's basic fundamentals.
Hamlet, but with a happier ending. If you've had trouble grasping the intent of Shakespeare's classic endeavor, this should clear it up once and for a...
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69,67 zł |
Flemming (an American Thriller)
ISBN: 9780573662485 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Comedic Drama / 5m,3f, / Interior Bored by his privileged, but mundane life, Henry Flemming sells his lucrative brokerage firm to become a detective. On his very first case, and to the horror of his wife, Karen, and his two crazy neighbors, Suzy and Stan, the Flemming living room begins to fill up with dead bodies. Karen is further annoyed when one of them turns out to be her father. Even though Henry keeps showing up at home every day more disheveled and beaten up, he couldn't be happier. Henry is convinced he's found his life's work and Westport, Connecticut is safer for it. The play is a...
Comedic Drama / 5m,3f, / Interior Bored by his privileged, but mundane life, Henry Flemming sells his lucrative brokerage firm to become a detective. ...
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69,67 zł |
Last Chance Romance
ISBN: 9780573662652 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Comedy / 3m, 4f, +1 extra / Interior Set Myra Witzer, a strong willed woman in her late thirties, is determined to get married at any cost and Leonard Shank, an unassuming man in his early forties is the guy she goes after and gets, much against his will. After several months of married life, Myra realizes that the chase excited her more than the capture and wants out. On the other hand, Leonard, who at the beginning wanted no part of the marriage to Myra, now wants to stay married to her more than anything.
Comedy / 3m, 4f, +1 extra / Interior Set Myra Witzer, a strong willed woman in her late thirties, is determined to get married at any cost and Leonard...
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69,67 zł |
The Crazy Time
ISBN: 9780573630460 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This is a play about men trying to understand women, and how they never will. Miles Gladstone, a man in his mid-fifties, has left his wife of thirty years and married a young woman half his age. Six months later his new wife leaves him, his business partner has screwed him, and his first wife, who is looking better than ever, wants to buy his modern apartment for her and her extremely young boyfriend. Struck by his first wife's fabulous appearance and new vivacious attitude, Miles offers to go back to her. He's shocked that she's not interested.
This is a play about men trying to understand women, and how they never will. Miles Gladstone, a man in his mid-fifties, has left his wife of thirty y...
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69,67 zł |
Splitting Issues
ISBN: 9780573662683 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Comedy / 15m, 13f or 3m, 3f / Interior Splitting Issues consists of nine sketches with a total of 28 roles but can also be done using as few as six actors. Splitting Issues - Pete and Gwen Darren invite their best friends, Larry and Marcie, over for drinks to inform them that they are splitting up. They then want to know which of them Larry and Marcie will choose to remain friendly with. Do You Come Here Often? - Bob and Nan meet at a singles dance for young professionals. She's a professional manicurist and he's a professional house painter. Purgatory - Jack, a beaten man who has married a...
Comedy / 15m, 13f or 3m, 3f / Interior Splitting Issues consists of nine sketches with a total of 28 roles but can also be done using as few as six ac...
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69,67 zł |
The Psychic
ISBN: 9780573698842 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Characters: 4 male, 2 femaleMurder Mystery, ComedyAdam Webster, a down-on-his- luck writer, in desperation to make the rent, has put a sign in his apartment window, "Psychic Readings $25." The characters it draws in lead into a tangled murder mystery of sorts in this hilarious original comedy. "The play's clever, Pirandello-esque twists make for a pleasant divertissement... satisfyingly unpredictable" - LA Times"Surprise plot twists, and all-around hilarity. It's one of the best original comedies I've seen!"-StageSceneLA"A delightful murder mystery adventure...many humorous, suspenseful,...
Characters: 4 male, 2 femaleMurder Mystery, ComedyAdam Webster, a down-on-his- luck writer, in desperation to make the rent, has put a sign in his apa...
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69,67 zł |
Getting Sara Married
ISBN: 9780573662621 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 3m, 3f / Comedy / Interior Sara Hastings is an unmarried lawyer in her mid-thirties, much too busy to get involved in any romance. Her Aunt Martha has decided to take matters into her own hands and find her a husband. Unfortunately, Aunt Martha's method of doing it amounts to having the prospective groom bopped over the head and brought to Sara's apartment. Aunt Martha's choice is Brandon Cates, a young man who handles her finances. Although Brandon is already engaged to be married, this does not deter Aunt Martha. After being bopped on the head a few times, having a temporary loss of memory...
3m, 3f / Comedy / Interior Sara Hastings is an unmarried lawyer in her mid-thirties, much too busy to get involved in any romance. Her Aunt Martha has...
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69,67 zł |
Are You Sure?
ISBN: 9780573694103 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Are You Sure? is a case of shifting realities. How much is happening, how much isn't? Does David want to kill Caroline? Does Charlie want to kill David? Does Caroline want to kill everyone?
Are You Sure? is a case of shifting realities. How much is happening, how much isn't? Does David want to kill Caroline? Does Charlie want to kill Davi...
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69,67 zł |
The Spider or the Fly?
ISBN: 9780573700057 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Characters: 2 male, 2 female Int. Two jurors on a grisly murder trial become romantically involved. As the trial progresses, they realize they disagree adamantly on the verdict. Their story unfolds to a frightening climax while a couple in a different time frame occupies the same apartment and plays out a bizarre relationship also tied to the Stanway case. Here is a psychological thriller by the veteran playwright of Norman Is that You?, Murder at the Howard Johnson's and Remember Me. "Absorbing. Keeps us on the edge to its chilling denouement.''-LA Weekly. "Scintillating and... Characters: 2 male, 2 female Int. Two jurors on a grisly murder trial become romantically involved. As the trial progresses, they realize the... |
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Wide as the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution
ISBN: 9781451613605 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Next to the Bible itself, the English Bible was -- and is -- the most influential book ever published. The most famous of all English Bibles, the King James Version, was the culmination of centuries of work by various translators, from John Wycliffe, the fourteenth-century catalyst of English Bible translation, to the committee of scholars who collaborated on the King James translation. Wide as the Waters examines the life and work of Wycliffe and recounts the tribulations of his successors, including William Tyndale, who was martyred, Miles Coverdale, and others who came to bitter...
Next to the Bible itself, the English Bible was -- and is -- the most influential book ever published. The most famous of all English Bibles, the King...
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104,79 zł |
Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas
ISBN: 9780743290265 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) - A first-rate historian: Benson Bobrick is the author of several celebrated books, including The Fated Sky and Testament . His work has been hailed as "Lucid and vivid" by The New Yorker, "elegant" by The Washington Post Book World, and "engrossing...detailed and gripping" by the Chicago Tribune . And The New York Times Book Review says, "Bobrick is perhaps the most interesting historian writing in America today.." - A fascinating biography of an underappreciated American hero: George H. Thomas was, Bobrick argues, the greatest general of the...
- A first-rate historian: Benson Bobrick is the author of several celebrated books, including The Fated Sky and Testament . His work has...
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109,16 zł |
Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution
ISBN: 9781451626995 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Angel in the Whirlwind is the epic tale of the American Revolution, from its roots among tax-weary colonists to the triumphant Declaration of Independence and eventual victory and liberty, recounted by Benson Bobrick, lauded by The New York Times as "perhaps the most interesting historian writing in America today." Overwhelmed with debt following its victory in the French and Indian Wars, England began imposing harsh new tariffs and taxes on its colonists in the 1760s. Rebellion against these measures soon erupted into war. Bobrick thrillingly describes all the major battles,...
Angel in the Whirlwind is the epic tale of the American Revolution, from its roots among tax-weary colonists to the triumphant Declaration of I...
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96,10 zł |
The Fated Sky: Astrology in History
ISBN: 9780743268950 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) From ancient times to the present day, astrology has captured the imagination -- is it possible that human fate is influenced by the stars? Astrologers throughout the ages have advised the powerful, from popes to presidents to royalty, and their influence can be seen as a hidden history behind the great events of the past. In The Fated Sky, historian Benson Bobrick writes the first serious history of astrology and takes a fascinating look at its origins and impact on human events. Astrology is the origin of science itself, as astronomy, mathematics, and other disciplines arose in...
From ancient times to the present day, astrology has captured the imagination -- is it possible that human fate is influenced by the stars? Astrologer...
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82,95 zł |
Knotted Tongues: Stuttering in History and the Quest for a Cure
ISBN: 9781501140877 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Two and a half million Americans - fifty-five million people worldwide - stutter. Though their baffling malady has been subjected to endless analysis for over 2,500 years, most endure it without hope of a cure. The very anticipation of stuttering can dominate a victim's social and emotional life. If the majority suffer in anonymity, famous figures down through the ages - Moses, Charles I, Lewis Carroll, Henry James, W. Somerset Maugham, Winston Churchill, and Marilyn Monroe among them - have also known the isolation and trauma of living with knotted tongues. Indeed, Charles Dickens once aptly...
Two and a half million Americans - fifty-five million people worldwide - stutter. Though their baffling malady has been subjected to endless analysis ...
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69,85 zł |
Weekend Comedy
ISBN: 9780573690228 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Comedy / Characters: 2 male, 2 female
Scenery: Interior The celebrated co authors of such classics as Norman, Is That You?, Murder at the Howard Johnsons and Wally's Cafe and his wife have created another sure fire winner in which two couples rent the same Catskills cabin for the same weekend by mistake. One couple is staid and middle aged; the other free wheeling and young. They decide to share and before the weekend is over the youngsters have learned how to add stability to their relationship and the oldsters have learned to loosen up. "Thoroughly enjoyable. . . . A steady rat a tat... Comedy / Characters: 2 male, 2 female
Scenery: Interior The celebrated co authors of such classics as Norman, Is That You?, Murder at the Howard J... |
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69,67 zł |
Murder at the Howard Johnson's
ISBN: 9780573612022 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Full Length, Comedy
Characters: 2 male, 1 fmale Interior Set All is fair in love? Even murder? That's the question posed by this light and funny suspense comedy about a love triangle in a Howard Johnson Motor Inn. In the first episode, Mitchell, an obvious and commonplace dentist who sees himself as the dashing, heroic type and Arlene, a middle aged "Femme Fatale" of sorts, plan to murder her husband Paul, a blundering used car salesman. In the second episode, having discovered that Mitchell has been unfaithful, Arlene allies herself with Paul to do away with Mitchell. In the third... Full Length, Comedy
Characters: 2 male, 1 fmale Interior Set All is fair in love? Even murder? That's the question posed by this light and fu... |
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69,67 zł |
The Scavenger Hunt
ISBN: 9781637776520 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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63,55 zł |