Birth and After Birth and Other Plays
ISBN: 9781559363211 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Three plays by acclaimed American playwright Tina Howe.
Three plays by acclaimed American playwright Tina Howe.
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81,39 zł |
Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Other Plays
ISBN: 9781559363266 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) -Have you ever noticed how most Asian Americans are slightly brain- damaged from having grown up with Asian parents?- begins the Korean American protagonist of Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven, the singular work by Young Jean Lee. This is the first collection by the downtown writer-director, whose explorations of stereotypes of race, gender, and religion are unflinching--and seat-squirming funny. This volume includes the following plays:
Songs of the Dragon Flying to Heaven -Scathingly mischievous...Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven is a provocateur's... -Have you ever noticed how most Asian Americans are slightly brain- damaged from having grown up with Asian parents?- begins the Korean American prota...
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77,09 zł |
Bliss
ISBN: 9781559363358 / Angielski / Miękka / 67 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Welcome to Wal-Mart. On their break, a cashier and her fellow workers flick through celebrity gossip magazines.
'See you Later, Celine, ' says a headline. What's wrong with Celine? Why is she turning her back on her glamorous public life, her adoring fans? And how is her story connected to the story of an unknown woman on the facing page? It's not. Until the Oracle intervenes. This wild and slippery fantasy from French-Canadian writer Olivier Choiniere explores our insatiable appetite for private lives made public. In a new translation by Caryl Churchill, Bliss is -a clever,... Welcome to Wal-Mart. On their break, a cashier and her fellow workers flick through celebrity gossip magazines.
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59,91 zł |
Wolf Lullaby
ISBN: 9780868196688 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In a bleak, remote town, a small child is murdered. Suspicion falls on nine-year-old Lizzie. Angela, Lizzie's young mother, is convinced her daughter is guilty. She must make the torturous choice between ignoring what her intuition tells her, and presenting Lizzie to the police with painfully extracted information.
In a bleak, remote town, a small child is murdered. Suspicion falls on nine-year-old Lizzie. Angela, Lizzie's young mother, is convinced her daughter ...
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81,72 zł |
Rabbit Proof Fence: the screenplay
ISBN: 9780868196558 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In the 1930s, three young girls fled through harsh desert country after being kidnapped by authorities in the name of miscegenation. Their remarkable story is now the subject of a new film by Australian director Phil Noyce.
In the 1930s, three young girls fled through harsh desert country after being kidnapped by authorities in the name of miscegenation. Their remarkable ...
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81,72 zł |
Skate
ISBN: 9780868197272 / Angielski / Miękka / 75 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A fictional play inspired by true events that occurred in a south western NSW town. A group of kids battle with their local council to get a skatepark built in their home town of Narragindi. In the midst of this struggle, they are forced to deal with the s
A fictional play inspired by true events that occurred in a south western NSW town. A group of kids battle with their local council to get a skatepark...
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81,72 zł |
Gary's House
ISBN: 9780868196077 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Gary has failed in everything he has attempted. But when he inherits a block of land, he gets an urge to build a nest with Sue-Ann, his angry and pregnant girlfriend... This is a story about Aussie battlers -- battling with each other, the elements and the
Gary has failed in everything he has attempted. But when he inherits a block of land, he gets an urge to build a nest with Sue-Ann, his angry and preg...
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81,72 zł |
Wonderlands
ISBN: 9780868197289 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In 1931, during a wild afternoon's ride, Alice, a white stationowner makes a tentative pact with her Aboriginal headstockman, Jim, to hand her land back to him and his people. An unfortunate accident prevents it from happening and no-one learns of their mu
In 1931, during a wild afternoon's ride, Alice, a white stationowner makes a tentative pact with her Aboriginal headstockman, Jim, to hand her land ba...
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81,72 zł |
PEACH SEASON
ISBN: 9780868198057 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) After the murder of her husband, Celia has shut herself and her 16-year-old daughter Zoe away, toiling on a peach farm in the middle of nowhere. The arrival of two young people to help during picking season heralds the beginning of the end for Celia's safe
After the murder of her husband, Celia has shut herself and her 16-year-old daughter Zoe away, toiling on a peach farm in the middle of nowhere. The a...
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81,72 zł |
STORIES IN THE DARK
ISBN: 9780868198316 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A terrified 12-year-old boy finds himself separated from his family in the unfamiliar streets of a war torn city. He takes refuge in a bombed-out house and in the total blackness his bravado crumbles into tears. Into his life steps Anna older, street smart and scornful of his crying.
A terrified 12-year-old boy finds himself separated from his family in the unfamiliar streets of a war torn city. He takes refuge in a bombed-out hous...
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81,72 zł |
SEED
ISBN: 9780868198262 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A play, which provides an exploration of a very real family and the repercussions of war.
A play, which provides an exploration of a very real family and the repercussions of war.
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81,72 zł |
The Magic Tree
ISBN: 9781840028669 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The Magic Tree is an exploration into human behaviour at a time when humanity seems determined to endlessly repeat the mistakes of the past. It looks at why good people are capable of doing bad things and asks if love alone can save us. The Magic Tree is an exploration into human behaviour at a time when humanity seems determined to endlessly repeat the mistakes of the past.... |
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62,43 zł |
The Collected Plays of Paul Rudnick
ISBN: 9780061780202 / Angielski / Miękka / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) "Paul Rudnick is a champion of truth (and love and great wicked humor) whom we ignore at our peril." --David Sedaris, author of Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
This definitive collection of Paul Rudnick's plays presents the pinnacle of theatrical hilarity from one of America's great humorists. Popular for his wickedly funny novels, including I'll Take It and Social Disease, comic screenplays like In & Out and Addams Family Values, and the Augusten Burroughs-like memoir I Shudder, Rudnick... "Paul Rudnick is a champion of truth (and love and great wicked humor) whom we ignore at our peril." --David Sedaris, author of Naked, Me Talk Pre...
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107,32 zł |
Chekhov's Three Sisters and Woolf's Orlando
ISBN: 9781559364041 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) - Ruhl's Orlando] captures both the intellectual spirit and the literary brilliance of Woolf's work. . . . Ruhl writes with the imaginative sweep that allows Woolf's poetry to soar.---Variety -Sarah Ruhl's smart new translation of Three Sisters] feels just right to contemporary American ears--lean, colloquial, and conversational for us and true to Chekhov's original work.---The Cincinnati Enquirer In her stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf's gender-bending, period-hopping novel, award-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl -is her usual unfailingly elegant,... - Ruhl's Orlando] captures both the intellectual spirit and the literary brilliance of Woolf's work. . . . Ruhl writes with the imaginative ... |
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72,80 zł |
Shirley Valentine
ISBN: 9780573031021 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The heroine in this actor's tour-de-force is an ordinary middle class English housewife. As she prepares egg and chips for dinner, she ruminates on her life and tells the wall about her husband, her children, her past, and an invitation from a girlfriend to join her on holiday in Greece to search for romance and adventure. Ultimately, Shirley does escape to Greece, has an "adventure" with a local fisherman and decides to stay. This hilariously engaging play was a hit in London and New York, performed by Pauline Collins, who later recreated her role on film garnering an Oscar nomination.
The heroine in this actor's tour-de-force is an ordinary middle class English housewife. As she prepares egg and chips for dinner, she ruminates on he...
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73,99 zł |
Staging Gender in Behn and Centlivre: Women's Comedy and the Theatre
ISBN: 9780754631255 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Staging Gender in Behn and Centlivre studies the representation of gender in four of the most important plays by the leading professional women playwrights of the late Stuart period. Behn's The Rover (1677) and The Luckey Chance (1686) and Centlivre's The Busie Body (1709) and The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret (1714) are first placed in their original theatrical and cultural contexts and then studied through subsequent productions and adaptations extending from the eighteenth century to the twentieth. The detailed analysis of these plays is framed by a discussion of the cultural position of...
Staging Gender in Behn and Centlivre studies the representation of gender in four of the most important plays by the leading professional women playwr...
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702,94 zł |
That Was Us: Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance
ISBN: 9781783190355 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In the wake of Ireland's recent economic rise, fall, and associated social crises, theatre and performance have played vital roles in reflecting on the past, engaging the present, and imagining possible futures.
That Was Us features a wide, rich range of critical essays and artist reflections that strive to make sense of some of the most significant shifts and trends in contemporary Irish theatre and performance. Focusing on artists connected to the Dublin Theatre Festival, the book addresses work by the Abbey Theatre, ANU Productions, Brokentalkers, The Corn Exchange, Druid,... In the wake of Ireland's recent economic rise, fall, and associated social crises, theatre and performance have played vital roles in reflecting on th...
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93,67 zł |
The Browning Version
ISBN: 9780573020254 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Ill health is forcing Andrew to retire from teaching. His wife despises him for his failures and finds consolation with Frank, a younger teacher. She openly taunts Andrew while Frank watches with disgust and shame. The wife knows she has lost Frank - but even more bitter is the realization he's now Andrew's best friend.
Ill health is forcing Andrew to retire from teaching. His wife despises him for his failures and finds consolation with Frank, a younger teacher. She ...
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90,17 zł |
Meredith Oakes: Collected Plays (the Neighbour, the Editing Process, Faith, Her Mother and Bartok, Shadowmouth, Glide, the Mind of the Meeting)
ISBN: 9781840029666 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Contains all seven plays previously published by Oberon individually. Also contains a revised version of The Editing Process.
Contains all seven plays previously published by Oberon individually. Also contains a revised version of The Editing Process.
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104,09 zł |
The Cocktail Party
ISBN: 9780544310261 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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150,31 zł |