The Game's Afoot; Or Holmes for the Holidays (Ludwig)
ISBN: 9780573700460 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is December 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast-members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. Then it's up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays.
... It is December 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fello...
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Three Plays
ISBN: 9780985658427 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This second collection of plays by Mark Jackson includes three plays based on incredible historic events. "God's Plot" illuminates a little know chapter of American History, a 1665 case in which three American colonists were sued for blasphemy by a forth for having performed a political play in their local tavern. "Mary Stuart" is an adaptation of Friedrich Schiller's dramatic reimagining of the final showdown between Queen Elizabeth and Mary, Queen of Scots. "Salomania" depicts the sensational 1918 libel case of dancer Maud Allen verses British MP Noel Pemberton-Billing, in which the former...
This second collection of plays by Mark Jackson includes three plays based on incredible historic events. "God's Plot" illuminates a little know chapt...
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The Solvit Kids
ISBN: 9780573700873 / Angielski / Miękka / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new play from critically-acclaimed young playwrights Clara Mamet and Jack Quaid. In "The Solvit Kids," Bradley Phillips and Annie Wyatt are the stars of the world-renowned "Solvit Kids" movies - a series based off the popular children's books, the author of which dies just as he is finishing the last installment. Annie and Brad are then left with the rights to release it. However when something goes horribly wrong it is up to the former "Solvit Kids" to come up with a solution.
A new play from critically-acclaimed young playwrights Clara Mamet and Jack Quaid. In "The Solvit Kids," Bradley Phillips and Annie Wyatt are the star...
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The Exit Interview
ISBN: 9780573700903 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bertolt Brecht scholar Dick Fig has been terminated by his university and is having an excruciating exit interview with Eunice - a decidedly droll administrator. Downs' witty play ricochets through Brechtian interludes, a pair of politically-radicalized cheerleaders, a pompous newsman, communiques from God, and debates on religion, science and politics before reaching its surprising conclusion.
Bertolt Brecht scholar Dick Fig has been terminated by his university and is having an excruciating exit interview with Eunice - a decidedly droll adm...
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Theater gegen das Vergessen
ISBN: 9783484660212 / Angielski / Twarda / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the last ten years, George Tabori (* 1914) has been one of the dramatic authors most frequently performed this century in Germany and also one of the most sought-after directors in German-speaking theatres. This contrasts with the neglect he has been accorded in literary and drama studies. Only very recently has there been any notable change in this situation. This volume sets out to record and contribute to the ongoing discussion of Tabori's achievements, both his stage productions and his own plays, on the subject of the shoah. A comparative angle is also taken on his work,...
In the last ten years, George Tabori (* 1914) has been one of the dramatic authors most frequently performed this century in Germany and also one of t...
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Children's Dramas for the Church Year: Reproducible Dramas for Lent, Easter, and Pentecost
ISBN: 9781426778650 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This reproducible resource consists of very simple Easter dramas that can be performed by kids of all ages--the younger children can participate in rhymes and recitations that require very little or no speaking, while older children will enjoy the speaking and narration parts. Short poems are also included for use in programs. Selections take no more than 10 minutes to perform and the number of children can vary as needed by the size of the church. Props and scenery are minimal and selections can be performed with little rehearsal.
This reproducible resource consists of very simple Easter dramas that can be performed by kids of all ages--the younger children can participate in rh...
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The Kitchen Witches
ISBN: 9780573632860 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner 2005 Samuel French Canadian Playwrights Contest
Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two "mature" cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for 30 years, ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. When circumstances put them together on a TV show called The Kitchen Witches, the insults are flung harder than the food Dolly's long-suffering TV-producer son Stephen tries to keep them on track, but as long as Dolly's dressing room is one inch closer to the set than Isobel's, it's a losing battle, and the show becomes a rating smash as... Winner 2005 Samuel French Canadian Playwrights Contest
Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two "mature" cable-access cooking show ho... |
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Too Many Cooks
ISBN: 9780573700507 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's 1932 in Niagara Falls, Canada, where the rum-running business is at its peak. In the aftermath of the Crash, Irving Bubbalowe and his daughter, Honey, have risked everything they have to open a new gourmet restaurant. When their star - the renowned singing chef Francois LaPlouffe - fails to appear, tonight's grand opening is suddenly placed in jeopardy. However, when unemployed chef Frank Plunkett wanders in looking for work, Honey persuades him to masquerade as the missing LaPlouffe. The beleaguered Bubbalowe, meanwhile, also has to contend with Chicago gangster Alfonse Feghetti and his...
It's 1932 in Niagara Falls, Canada, where the rum-running business is at its peak. In the aftermath of the Crash, Irving Bubbalowe and his daughter, H...
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80,14 zł |
Small Change
ISBN: 9781905233410 / Angielski / Miękka / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Miriam Nash's debut, 'Small Change, ' is a document of transitions. In language that is at once rural, urban, shocking and gentle, she chronicles a compelling portrait of modern life - a global conundrum in which even love learns to stretch beyond time-zones
Miriam Nash's debut, 'Small Change, ' is a document of transitions. In language that is at once rural, urban, shocking and gentle, she chronicles a co...
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39,30 zł |
The Escape; Or, a Leap for Freedom
ISBN: 9781602066458 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Suzan-Lori Parks in Person: Interviews and Commentaries
ISBN: 9780415624916 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of interviews offers unprecedented insight into the plays and creative works of Suzan-Lori Parks, as well as being an important commentary on contemporary theater and playwriting, from jazz and opera to politics and cultural memory. Suzan-Lori Parks in Person contains 18 interviews, some previously untranscribed or specially undertaken for this book, plus commentaries on her work by major directors and critics, including Liz Diamond, Richard Foreman, Bonnie Metzgar and Beth Schachter. These contributions combine to honor the first African... This collection of interviews offers unprecedented insight into the plays and creative works of Suzan-Lori Parks, as well as being an important com... |
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Abrogate
ISBN: 9780573699535 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This political comedy from acclaimed film, theatre, and television legend Larry Gelbart examines the long-term consequences of the Bush-era White House through an imaginary hearing investigating the abrogation of human rights under the Bush regime.
Hillary Clinton is now president and, in an attempt to sift through the debris of the post-Bush regime, holds a congressional meeting to explore how the atrocities during the previous administration could have possibly happened. As the hearing progresses, some shocking truths about the infamous conservative leaders are revealed. This political comedy from acclaimed film, theatre, and television legend Larry Gelbart examines the long-term consequences of the Bush-era White Hous...
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56,49 zł |
Reborning
ISBN: 9780573700668 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Art and life become disturbingly interchangeable when a sculptor of baby dolls meets a woman desperate to recreate the past. This dark comedy takes an unsettling look at work, latex, and the power of creation.
Nominee 2011 Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award, Best Original Script Art and life become disturbingly interchangeable when a sculptor of baby dolls meets a woman desperate to recreate the past. This dark comedy takes an...
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Precious Little
ISBN: 9780573700842 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Brodie, a gifted linguist, learns unsettling news about the baby she carries. Unable to get comfort from her girlfriend, she finds it in the two least likely sources imaginable: the elderly speaker of a vanishing language...and a gorilla at the zoo. Madeleine George's irreverent and charming new play reveals the beauty and the limits of human language.
Brodie, a gifted linguist, learns unsettling news about the baby she carries. Unable to get comfort from her girlfriend, she finds it in the two least...
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PROFILES IN BARBEQUE SAUCE The Psychedelic Firesign Theatre On Stage - 1967-1972
ISBN: 9781593935511 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Eugene Ionesco meets Norman Corwin, live from the Colorado Beefsteak Mines. An essential compilation of scripts to old familiar faves, well-traveled bootlegs, and pieces so rare even David forgot about them. Includes "International Youth on Parade", "Temporarily Humboldt County", "W.C. Fields Forever", "38 Cunegonde", "A Shadow Moves Upon a Land", "Freek for a Week", "Profiles in Barbeque Sauce", "Thanksgiving or Pass the Indian Please!", "The Fuse of Doom", "The Count of Monte Cristo", "...nd of the World", "The TV Set", "Mutt n Smutt", "The Dr. Blojob Show", "The Bob Sideburn News", and the...
Eugene Ionesco meets Norman Corwin, live from the Colorado Beefsteak Mines. An essential compilation of scripts to old familiar faves, well-traveled b...
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Juicy and Delicious: The Play That Inspired the Motion Picture Beasts of the Southern Wild
ISBN: 9781938120381 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Critical acclaim for BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD: "This movie is a blast of sheer, improbable joy...A lot of thinking has gone into BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, about themes as well as methods, about the significance of the story as well as its shape. And it is certainly rich enough to invite and repay a healthy measure of critical thought." --THE NEW YORK TIMES "One of the most striking films ever to debut at the Sundance Film Festival, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD is a poetic evocation of an endangered way of life and a surging paean to human resilience and...
Critical acclaim for BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD: "This movie is a blast of sheer, improbable joy...A lot of thinking has gone into BEASTS OF THE...
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Ira Aldridge (1807-1867); The Great Shakespearean Tragedian on the Bicentennial Anniversary of his Birth
ISBN: 9783631577349 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is the outcome of the Ira Aldridge Symposium, which the British and Commonwealth Studies Department, University of Lodz (Poland), organized to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of this great Afro-American Shakespearean actor (1807-1867). The collection provides invaluable insight into Aldridge s contribution to abolitionist debates raging in mid-nineteenth century in the United States and England. Moreover, it discusses his reception among varied audiences in European countries, such as Germany, Poland, Russia and the Austrian Empire. Last but not least, Aldridge...
This volume is the outcome of the Ira Aldridge Symposium, which the British and Commonwealth Studies Department, University of Lodz (Poland), organize...
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Authentic Blackness - «Real» Blackness: Essays on the Meaning of Blackness in Literature and Culture
ISBN: 9781433115097 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Authentic Blackness - Real Blackness explores and explains the idea of authenticity, of keeping it real, as it relates to the multi-faceted meanings of blackness in the United States and the world. Including reflections on hip-hop, comedy, literature, intellectual history, and autobiography, the collection gives both a broad overview of and intervenes in the debates concerning blackness. A comprehensive introductory essay outlines the history of the idea of authentic blackness, while other chapters examine the contours of blackness in Canada and Jamaica; the relationship between...
Authentic Blackness - Real Blackness explores and explains the idea of authenticity, of keeping it real, as it relates to the multi-faceted mea...
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The Drama of Gender: Feminist Theater by Women of the Americas
ISBN: 9780820462431 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Drama of Gender fills the scholarly gap between women s dramaturgy and feminism as women manifest themselves on contemporary stages across the Americas. The plays examined Lua nua by Leilah Assucao, Simply Maria or the American Dream by Josefina Lopez, ...Y a otra cosa mariposa by Susana Torres Molina, and Cocinar hombres by Carmen Boullosa exhibit a desire to deconstruct patriarchal notions of gendered roles and behaviors, compulsory heterosexuality, and dramatic forms."
The Drama of Gender fills the scholarly gap between women s dramaturgy and feminism as women manifest themselves on contemporary stages across ...
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318,61 zł |
Maxim Gorky; Russian Dramatist
ISBN: 9783039103058 / Angielski / Miękka / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Maxim Gorky was dubbed the father of socialist realism in the Soviet period, but he had forged his career as an internationally known novelist and dramatist some three or more decades earlier. Posing questions that Soviet critics found difficult to confront, the author examines the effects of exile and religion on the content and form of the plays as well as the role played by women, and the personal and political implications of motherhood. All sixteen of Gorky s published plays are covered, and the book explores whether this body of work has themes and styles to unify it. While conflict is...
Maxim Gorky was dubbed the father of socialist realism in the Soviet period, but he had forged his career as an internationally known novelist and dra...
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687,07 zł |