Falstaff: A Play in Four Acts
ISBN: 9781434403346 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Frank J. Morlock has produced a play based on that great comic character, Falstaff, with scenes taken from William Shakespeare's Henry IV cycle and The Merry Wives of Windsor, William Kendrick's Falstaff's Wedding, and John Dennis's The Comical Gallant, plus original material by Morlock himself. A dramatic and comedic triumph!
Frank J. Morlock has produced a play based on that great comic character, Falstaff, with scenes taken from William Shakespeare's Henry IV cycle and Th...
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Grenadine
ISBN: 9780300149920 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Neil Wechsler's Grenadine has been chosen as the second winner of the Yale Drama Series. The play was selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and contest judge Edward Albee. Grenadine is the fantastical story of a man's quest for love in the company of three devoted friends. Albee writes, "I found it highly original. . . . The questions the play asks and the answers it proposes are provocative; the play stretched my mind."
About the Yale Drama Series Yale University Press, the Yale Repertory Theatre, and the David Charles Horn Foundation are proud... Neil Wechsler's Grenadine has been chosen as the second winner of the Yale Drama Series. The play was selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning pla... |
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The Greek Play
ISBN: 9781440140051 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tragedy is the heartiest of theater. It wakens us by calling to our senses more completely than any other medium. And it is successful only when the write can make his audiences savor every minute of it.
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Tragedy is the heartiest of theater. It wakens us by calling to our senses more completely than any other medium. And it is successful only when the w...
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Three Plays
ISBN: 9780807073261 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. World-renowned historian Howard Zinn has turned to drama to explore the legacy of Karl Marx and Emma Goldman and to delve into the intricacies of political and social conscience perhaps more deeply than traditional history permits. "Three Plays" brings together all this work, including the previously unpublished "Daughter of Venus", along with a new introductory essay on political theater, and prefaces to each of the plays.
World-renowned historian Howard Zinn has turned to drama to explore the legacy of Karl Marx and Emma Goldman and to delve into the intricacies of poli...
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111,34 zł |
The Provincetown Players and the Culture of Modernity
ISBN: 9780521122788 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Provincetown Players was a major cultural institution in Greenwich Village from 1916 to 1922, when American Modernism was conceived and developed. This study considers the group's vital role, and its wider significance in twentieth century American culture. Describing the varied and often contentious response to modernity among the Players, Brenda Murphy reveals the central contribution of the group of poets around Alfred Kreymborg's Others magazine, including William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, Mina Loy and Djuna Barnes, and such modernist artists as Marguerite and William Zorach,...
The Provincetown Players was a major cultural institution in Greenwich Village from 1916 to 1922, when American Modernism was conceived and developed....
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World Premieres from Horse Cave: Plays by Kentucky Writers
ISBN: 9781934894156 / Angielski / Miękka / 620 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During Warren Hammack's 25 years of leadership as artistic director at Horse Cave Theatre, 17 world premieres were produced. This collection of 14 of those scripts is documentation of an exciting and prolific period in Kentucky's literary, artistic and theatrical history. Playwrights whose work appears in the book are Billy Edd Wheeler, Jim Wayne Miller, Sallie Bingham, Liz Bussey Fentress, Nancy Gall-Clayton, Betty Peterson, Jim Peyton, Larry Pike, Joe Terrence Gray, John Howell, Ron Meilech and Frank Schaefer. As co-editor Fentress notes in her afterword, Hammack knew from experience that...
During Warren Hammack's 25 years of leadership as artistic director at Horse Cave Theatre, 17 world premieres were produced. This collection of 14 of ...
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158,04 zł |
Orchards
ISBN: 9780881450552 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection includes seven short plays based on Anton Chekhov's short stories: THE MAN IN A CASE by Wendy Wasserstein, VINT by David Mamet, DROWNING by Maria Irene Fornes, A DOPEY FAIRY TALE by Michael Weller, EVE OF THE TRIAL by Samm-Art Williams, THE TALKING DOG by John Guare, and RIVKALA'S RING by Spalding Gray. The plays were commissioned by the Acting Company, and the volume is of particular interest to those concerned with both the short story and short play forms. Some of the plays are faithful adaptations of the original stories. Others take the original short stories as jumping...
This collection includes seven short plays based on Anton Chekhov's short stories: THE MAN IN A CASE by Wendy Wasserstein, VINT by David Mamet, DROWNI...
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55,79 zł |
The Bible in Action
ISBN: 9781607919049 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have you ever wondered what Joseph's brothers said to him when they decided to sell him as a slave, what Abraham said when God asked him to sacrifice Isaac, or what happened to the little captive maid when Naaman came back healed of leprosy? The Bible in Action is a collection of Bible stories, using the dialogue in the Bible, and filling in the gaps with what was not recorded or not presented as dialogue. If you are a Sunday School teacher, youth worker, a parent or grandparent looking for material for devotions or family fun; or adults just wanting the Bible to be more exciting, this is a...
Have you ever wondered what Joseph's brothers said to him when they decided to sell him as a slave, what Abraham said when God asked him to sacrifice ...
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93,32 zł |
The Theatre in Early Kentucky: 1790-1820
ISBN: 9780813193366 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive study shows that the stage was active in Kentucky long before the first professional troupe toured in 1815. During the period covered, 1790--1820, Lexington, Frankfort, and Louisville became the major theatrical centers in the West. Performances on Kentucky stages far outnumbered those in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Nashville, or New Orleans. Drawing upon accounts in contemporary newspapers, West T. Hill Jr. demonstrates that drama had developed west of the mountains a full quarter century prior to the date given in theatre histories. The Theatre in... This comprehensive study shows that the stage was active in Kentucky long before the first professional troupe toured in 1815. During the period co... |
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Susan Glaspell: The Complete Plays
ISBN: 9780786434329 / Angielski / Miękka / 425 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first complete collection of the works of American playwright Susan Glaspell, this book includes all seven of the Pulitzer Prize winner's seven one-act works: Suppressed Desires, Trifles, The People, The Outside, Woman's Honor, Close the Book, and Tickless Time. The book also features Glaspell's seven full-length plays, including Bernice, Inheritors, The Verge, Alison's House, The Comic Artist, Chains of Dew, and Springs Eternal, the last two of which are published here for the first time. Each play includes an introductory essay along with extended biographical and critical essays. A...
The first complete collection of the works of American playwright Susan Glaspell, this book includes all seven of the Pulitzer Prize winner's seven on...
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443,99 zł |
The Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller
ISBN: 9780521768740 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arthur Miller is regarded as one of the most important playwrights of the twentieth century, and his work continues to be widely performed and studied around the world. This updated Companion includes Miller's work since the publication of the first edition in 1997 - the plays Mr Peters' Connections, Resurrection Blues, and Finishing the Picture - and key productions of his plays since his death in 2005. The chapter on Miller and the cinema has been completely revised to include new films, and demonstrates that Miller's work remains an important source for filmmakers. In addition to detailed...
Arthur Miller is regarded as one of the most important playwrights of the twentieth century, and his work continues to be widely performed and studied...
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377,80 zł |
de-Mythologising Popular American Myths: Critical Reading of David Mamet's Plays
ISBN: 9781449036164 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. THE BOOK ATTEMPTS TO TAKE A DISTINCTIVE LOOK ON THE WOLRD CRTEATED BY DAVID MAMET IN HIS DRAMATURGY. THE WORLD, AND PARTICULARLY AMERICA, CREATED BY MAMET IS PORTRAYING A DENATURALISED ONE IN WHICH THE POPULAR MYTHS CONSUMED BY THE PEOPLE ARE DECONSTRUCTIVELY STRIPPED - IN OTHER WORDS - DEMYTHOLOGISED.
THE BOOK ATTEMPTS TO TAKE A DISTINCTIVE LOOK ON THE WOLRD CRTEATED BY DAVID MAMET IN HIS DRAMATURGY. THE WORLD, AND PARTICULARLY AMERICA, CREATED BY M...
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Tartuffe: Born Again
ISBN: 9780573652424 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Comedy / 6m, 5f / Int. This modern adaptation casts Tartuffe as a deposed televangelist who rooks Orgon and his family of their money and property and nearly compromises Orgon's wife. The action takes place in a religious television studio in Baton Rouge where the characters cavort to either prevent or aid Tartuffe in his machinations. Written in modern verse, Tartuffe: Born Again adheres closely to the structure and form of the original. Moliere's legendary comedic characters are delightfully at home in this modern day version that played at New York's Circle in the Square.
Comedy / 6m, 5f / Int. This modern adaptation casts Tartuffe as a deposed televangelist who rooks Orgon and his family of their money and property and...
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Frozen Identity
ISBN: 9781591099741 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This Medical thriller opens with the birth of a severely disfigured child the details the history of the main characters starting from their meeting at one of the most historic footraces in the world - The Dipsea Race. Their courtship begins with conflict but grows into one that will inspire readers to achieve in their own relationships. The novel encompasses three decades and dramatically unfolds after a seemingly small error occurs in a frozen sperm sample. As we embark on the 21st century sometimes ethical issues lag behind the swift pace of medical technology. Readers will grasp the...
This Medical thriller opens with the birth of a severely disfigured child the details the history of the main characters starting from their meeting a...
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Dracula Starring Lon Chaney - An Alternate History for Classic Film Monsters
ISBN: 9781593934781 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Late 1929. The Stock market crash. At MGM Studios Irving Thalberg was involved in a power struggle. Lon Chaneys contract was coming up for renewal. Tod Browning, MGMs famed director of the macbre genre for the studio, had left and signed a contract back at his home studio, Universal. Carl Laemmle Jr was made production head of Universal for his father and he wanted to do a film version of Dracula. Carl Sr. agreed, as long as they had Lon Chaney as the star.
Early in August of 1930, Carl Junior, still attempting to sign Chaney for the role, ordered a treatment to be authored by Louis... Late 1929. The Stock market crash. At MGM Studios Irving Thalberg was involved in a power struggle. Lon Chaneys contract was coming up for renewal. To...
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The Secret Garden
ISBN: 9780573693618 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett Full Length, Musical / 12m, 10f, 1 girl (doubling possible) / Ints., exts. This enchanting classic of children's literature is reimagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of 'Night Mother. Orphaned in India, 11 year-old Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald and his invalid son Colin. The estate's many wonders include a magic garden which beckons the children with haunting melodies and the "Dreamers," spirits from Mary's past...
Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett Full Length, Musical / 12m, 10f, 1 girl (doubling possible) / Ints., exts. This enchanting classic of ch...
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Contemporary African American Theater: Afrocentricity in the Works of Larry Neal, Amiri Baraka, and Charles Fuller
ISBN: 9780415883245 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Straight White Male: Performance Art Monologues
ISBN: 9781604738841 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mass media images of the male are central to popular culture. This book analyzes a genre known as -performance art monologues- as presented by white heterosexual men. Its focus is stand-up comedians and stage and screen artists, including Spald-ing Gray, Eric Bogosian, Josh Kornbluth, Rob Becker, Andrew Dice Clay, Wallace Shawn, and Danny Hoch, whose acts portray and investigate power, politics, privilege, and community. Solo work has become the dominant form in performance art, and stand-up comedy has returned to the front row of popular culture. While apparently free of many traditional...
Mass media images of the male are central to popular culture. This book analyzes a genre known as -performance art monologues- as presented by white h...
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152,20 zł |
Some Assembly Required
ISBN: 9781551114996 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Some Assembly Required , Eugene Stickland's lighthearted but deeply moving portrayal of a dysfunctional family at Christmas, was first produced in 1994 at Alberta Theatre Projects; it has enjoyed dozens of productions across North America since then. In 1995, Some Assembly Required was a finalist for the Governor General's Award in Drama. This re-issue incorporates a number of small revisions, and includes a new introduction by the author.
Some Assembly Required , Eugene Stickland's lighthearted but deeply moving portrayal of a dysfunctional family at Christmas, was first produced in 199...
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That's Entertainment!
ISBN: 9780978202675 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inside this book is a collection of scripts written by Erik Mortensen, owner and operator of The Mainstreet Players, including both his produced and yet-to-be produced works. Each play is introduced by Mortensen as he reflects on his inspiration, the writing process and everything else leading up to opening night . The anthology offers a wide variety: one act scripts to full length productions, comedies of both a high and low nature, dramas dealing with contemporary social and world issues, and thrillers that will chill and excite. It's all inside, and it will all leave you saying, "That's...
Inside this book is a collection of scripts written by Erik Mortensen, owner and operator of The Mainstreet Players, including both his produced and y...
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87,32 zł |