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The Labor of Life: Selected Plays
ISBN: 9780804748582 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Israeli playwright and director Hanoch Levin was one of the most original and innovative writers of his generation. Although Levin is familiar within the Israeli cultural context--and despite the steadily growing stream of literary and theatrical research of his oeuvre--there are few resources on his work available outside of Israel. The present volume, containing a selection of ten of his plays, is the first comprehensive effort to present this unique playwright and director to a broad readership. Levin's artistic credo was based on a constant urge to criticize Israeli society and its...
Israeli playwright and director Hanoch Levin was one of the most original and innovative writers of his generation. Although Levin is familiar within ...
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Baghdad Wedding
ISBN: 9781840027839 / Angielski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Against a backdrop of London and war-torn Baghdad, three friends grapple with their sexual, cultural, and political identities. This is a surprising first play from Iraqi writer Hassan Abdulrazzak. Against a backdrop of London and war-torn Baghdad, three friends grapple with their sexual, cultural, and political identities. This is a surprisin... |
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Ibrahim the Mad and Other Plays: Volume One: An Anthology of Modern Turkish Drama
ISBN: 9780815608974 / Angielski / Miękka / 479 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the middle of the twentieth century, Turkish playwriting has been notable for its verve and versatility. This two-volume anthology is the first major collection of modern Turkish plays in English - a selection dealing with ancient Anatolian mythology, Ottoman history, contemporary social issues, family dramas, and ribald comedy from Turkey's cities and rural areas. It also includes several plays set outside Turkey.The two volumes together will feature seventeen plays by major playwrights published or produced from the late 1940s to the 1990s, with volume 1, "Ibrahim the Mad" and Other...
Since the middle of the twentieth century, Turkish playwriting has been notable for its verve and versatility. This two-volume anthology is the first ...
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The Stickspeaker Collection: Award-Winning Stories Remarkable In Their Clarity Bridging 'Here' And 'Over There'
ISBN: 9781440441363 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Remarkable in its clarity probing interactions between the worlds of 'here' and 'over there, ' these stories, with their depictions both stark and intimate, indelibly part the mists for anyone who longs for a glimpse of their true home and real family. You won't get through these pages without both tears and heartfelt smiles. Images sketched with the precision of line drawings, and painted with the gossamer stroke of a water color brush, stay with you long after you've shared it with a friend as a 'must read.' The Changing Room is a Moondance finalist winner, with semi-and-quarter-finalist...
Remarkable in its clarity probing interactions between the worlds of 'here' and 'over there, ' these stories, with their depictions both stark and int...
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57,27 |
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Theatre in Co-Communities: Articulating Power
ISBN: 9780230555198 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each chapter of this book presents a different marginalized community and explores how it appropriates theatre for its own needs, whichare often at odds withthose of the powerful sponsoring organisations. This fresh approach to the topic provides the reader with an innovative, critical way ofstudying community theatre."
Each chapter of this book presents a different marginalized community and explores how it appropriates theatre for its own needs, whichare often at od...
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Bearing Witness
ISBN: 9781908099006 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. D. says that he can not believe that this has been a Saturday, because only my stoning and another two have happened today. M. tells us that there is a huge respect in Palestine and other countries for "internationals" like us, who, M. says, leave "the comforts from your homes, your education, your work, your families, to come here and suffer with us Palestinians." Abu A. goes on about our very important mission here in Palestine and back home, telling what we have seen here. This book is part of that telling. Early reviews: "A very powerful and moving testimony of experiences in Palestine of...
D. says that he can not believe that this has been a Saturday, because only my stoning and another two have happened today. M. tells us that there is ...
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Aphrodite: A Play
ISBN: 9781450248051 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Masada Revisited: A Play in Ten Scenes
ISBN: 9781462074372 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The play "Masada Revisited" is a semi - fictionalized retelling in play form of an incident set in the locale of Masada, a place near the Dead Sea in modern day Israel, that occurred in 73 ce. It refers to the last event of the Jewish War against the Romans that lasted from 66 ce to 70 ce with cleanup operations lasting until 73 ce, Masada being the last one. The only historical refence is from the book "The Jewish War Against the Romans" written by the historian Josephus who lived in the first century ce. Josephus was not an eyewitness to the incident and was notoriously inaccurate... The play "Masada Revisited" is a semi - fictionalized retelling in play form of an incident set in the locale of Masada, a place near the Dead Sea ... |
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42,65 |
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The Florist @ Tahrir Square
ISBN: 9781469708591 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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46,55 |
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Calcutta Kosher
ISBN: 9781840024548 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A play by critically acclaimed and prize-winning playwright, Shelley Silas, this original and funny play explores cultral traditions and clashes.
A play by critically acclaimed and prize-winning playwright, Shelley Silas, this original and funny play explores cultral traditions and clashes.
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67,79 |
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Revolution of Love: Tragedy of Mem U Zin
ISBN: 9781467896429 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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108,61 |
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The Burning Cedars: A Personal Account of a Boy's Life Journey Through The Lebanese Civil War
ISBN: 9780615647661 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Burning Cedars provides a poignant and pragmatic account of the Lebanese civil war and ensuing turmoil while candidly unraveling the intricate secrets and at times turbulent relationships of a family whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs extended over three generations. The unpredictable and surprising turns and twists of each chapter continue to resonate with readers long after the last page has been turned over. At a time when Lebanon was thrust into the grips of a long and vicious civil war, the author offers an honest, sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, but always...
The Burning Cedars provides a poignant and pragmatic account of the Lebanese civil war and ensuing turmoil while candidly unraveling the intricate sec...
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The Project
ISBN: 9780984300815 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A nuclear bomb is buried in eastern North Carolina. It remains deep underground inside a limestone aquifer, beneath a 1961 B-52 crash site. The warhead is now being secretly recovered for the King of Saudi Arabia. The leader of the Sunni Muslim world has decided to by-pass his weakened American allies. He has created his own plan to address the nuclear ambitions of the Shiite Mullahs in Iran. Khalid has retained a covert American paramilitary group to use modern tunnel boring technology to retrieve the enriched uranium. They will have it processed into three smaller weapons and deliver them...
A nuclear bomb is buried in eastern North Carolina. It remains deep underground inside a limestone aquifer, beneath a 1961 B-52 crash site. The warhea...
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Le Monde Du Théâtre- Édition 2011: Compte Rendu Des Saisons Théâtrales 2007-2008 Et 2008-2009 Dans Le Monde
ISBN: 9789052017297 / Francuski / Miękka / 490 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cet ouvrage interessera l amateur de theatre a plus d un titre. Il propose un panorama mondial a travers 51 articles traitant de deux saisons de theatre. La singularite de cette forme merite d etre soulignee. Chacun des pays representes ici a confie a un specialiste un regard analytique sur les saisons 2007 2008 et 2008 2009. Cela donne une juxtaposition d approches qui, unies dans un objectif commun, gardent leurs specificites. Ici, on met l accent sur la perpetuation des traditions theatrales, la, on est attentif aux signes d ouverture aux aventures du theatre international. Ici, on scrute...
Cet ouvrage interessera l amateur de theatre a plus d un titre. Il propose un panorama mondial a travers 51 articles traitant de deux saisons de theat...
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Almost a Turkish Soap Opera
ISBN: 9780986492105 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A humorous look at arranged marriages, betrayals and affairs. Finalist New Generation Indie Book Awards 2013 and adapted into award winning feature film Adel and Kamil, two young good looking Turkish men try to immigrate to North America. Adel's ruthless grand uncle arranges him to marry Yonka (his spoiled obnoxious cousin) in exchange for his immigration status in Canada. The problem is Yonka and Adel hate each other. The drama heats up even more when Adel has an affair with Nora, his beautiful English teacher which ruins Yonka's plans. And to add to this, his best friend Kamil has a big...
A humorous look at arranged marriages, betrayals and affairs. Finalist New Generation Indie Book Awards 2013 and adapted into award winning feature fi...
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Al Soltan Wal Sayyaf
ISBN: 9781482650143 / Arabski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Arabic, "Al Sultan Wal Sayyaf" (The Sultan and the Executioner), is written in three acts, and a total of fourteen, rather short, scenes (5, 4, and 5). Borrowing from the settings of "One Thousand and One Night," the play is filled with the usual characters: a sultan; his vizier, wives, slave girls, etc. These colorful characters populate the rooms of the sultan's palace, which are vibrating with music and song, as well as jealousy and intrigue. Though somewhat of a tale, this is not an adventure, but rather a psychological presentation of a sudden, unlikely, and all-engulfing friendship...
In Arabic, "Al Sultan Wal Sayyaf" (The Sultan and the Executioner), is written in three acts, and a total of fourteen, rather short, scenes (5, 4, and...
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The Red Silk Robe: A Love Story
ISBN: 9781468016383 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You will laugh and cry throughout this TRUE international love story - The Red Silk Robe is full of devotion, intrigue, adventure and suspense. From Bristol to Beirut....The Red Silk Robe encompasses love, death, escape, survival and illegal entry into the US with two small children, without friends, family or funds...A survival story of love and strength.. The Red Silk Robe is a true story of a young English girl from Bristol, left without a family, who was determined to live life to the full and experience the world. You will follow her dream of being in show business, her travels, and her...
You will laugh and cry throughout this TRUE international love story - The Red Silk Robe is full of devotion, intrigue, adventure and suspense. From B...
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53,13 |
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Doomed by Hope: Essays on Arab Theatre
ISBN: 9780745333540 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Doomed by Hope" is a beautifully presented collection of essays by writers and artists which traces the history of contemporary Arab theatre and its relationship to social change. "Doomed by Hope" is a beautifully presented collection of essays by writers and artists which traces the history of contemporary Arab theatre and i... |
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The Dramatic Literature of Nawal El Saadawi
ISBN: 9780863566837 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Nawal El Saadawi's play God Resigns, the prophets and great women gather for a meeting with God. Satan arrives to tender his resignation, but neither Jesus, Mohammad, nor Moses is willing to replace him. Finally, God himself resigns in disgust. Eygptian officials declared the work heretical because 'God cannot resign' and ordered her publisher to destroy all copies. El Saadawi was charged with insulting Islam and was threatened with arrest on return to Egypt. Isis is a critique of the discriminatory rules that control women - the daughters of Isis - in North Africa and the Middle East...
In Nawal El Saadawi's play God Resigns, the prophets and great women gather for a meeting with God. Satan arrives to tender his resignation, but neith...
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52,13 |
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I Am Yusuf and This Is My Brother
ISBN: 9781408130056 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I am Yusuf and This Is My Brother is a powerful, poetic exploration of history, memory and different forms of love.
'Before it happened I didn't know those people existed. Now I'm not certain that we do...' January 1948. Palestine. The British Mandate is ending. The UN is voting on who will control what part of the land. Ali is in love with Nada - but he is in despair. Her father won't let them marry because his brother Yusuf is 'odd' with his own eccentric, child-like point of view. Rufus, a soldier on the occupying British forces, longs... I am Yusuf and This Is My Brother is a powerful, poetic exploration of history, memory and different forms of love.
'Before it happ... |
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