Kategoria BISAC: Drama >> American - General

A TRIO OF TERRIFYING TALES FROM THAT LAND "OF SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE." Meet a little girl's doll who says charming things like, "My name is Talky Tina and I'm going to kill you."Say hello to Martin Senescu of Ferguson's Museum, where the wax figures of notorious murderers seem a little too real.And shake hands with movie star Pamela Morris, who gives new meaning to the phrase "eternally young." These classic scripts, two of which have never been published, are The Twilight Zone at its shivery best WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHRISTOPHER CONLON AND AN AFTERWORD BY GEORGE CLAYTON JOHNSON

The past few years have seen the release of "Twilight Zone" scripts by principal writers Rod Serling, Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, and Earl Hamner. With this publication, all but a few of the scripts from the original series will be in print. This distinguished pair of volumes also includes critical commentary and biographical information about the writers of these marvelous old tales. This volume contains: "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" by Reginald Rose "What's In the Box" by Martin M. Goldsmith "The Encounter" by Martin M. Goldsmith "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" by John...

Socialists, Socialites, and Sociopaths is a quartet of plays and screenplays written by Frank Tuttle between film directing assignments during the last twenty-five years of his life. Even more than his autobiography, They Started Talking, Tuttle's original plays reveal the wit and imagination that made him one of Hollywood's most sought after (if often underrated) directors of the 1920s and 30s. In addition the plays and screenplays provide vibrant behind-the-scenes views of the many facets of the entertainment industry as well as an honest portrayal of how politics and show business...

-Playwright David Foley is a rich new find.---The New York Post

Three plays about religion, family and lifestyle, and the often problematic connections between them. Includes Mother Caldwell; The Last Days of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, in Exile; and Suffering the Witch. David Foley has written nine plays, ranging in subject from the Trojan War to a turn-of-the-century Naval sex scandal.

-Adriano Shaplin is set to join Arthur Miller and David Mamet in the pantheon of great modern American dramatists . . . a playwright destined to leave a lasting impact on 21st century theatre.---Scotland on Sunday

This collection includes Wreck the Airline Barrier, Victory at the Dirt Palace, and Pugilist Specialist.

Written and directed by Steven Cosson for The Civilians, a New York-based theater company, with songs by Michael Friedman, Nobody's Lunch is a dark ride through the landscape of American public culture. Turning extensive interviews into a mercurial cabaret-play, the versatile cast inhabits an eccentric cast of characters, all taken from real life.

Beane is an exile from life--an oddball. His well-meaning sister Joan and brother-in-law Harry try and make time for him in their busy lives, but no one can get through. Following the burglary of his apartment, Joan is baffled to find her brother blissfully happy and tries to unravel the story behind Beane's mysterious new love Molly.

Great Expectations is one of Dickens's best-loved novels and, say some critics, his greatest. Covering the story of one man's life--with many autobiographical elements--it tackles big question of identity while mustering a cast of unforgettable characters, chief amongst them Miss Havisham and Joe Gargery.