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The Assassin Bar: A Short Dark Humor Play
ISBN: 9781477677599 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The play "The Assassin Bar" is constant knee slapping dark humor performance about a young assassin that is so klutzy he can't kill anyone. Luck is on his side as he barely makes out of tough situations in the most hilarious of fashions. The story takes place in a bar on an alien world. The main character, Lynch, discovers his true potential from a top notch pro that helps him learn the ropes. After landing one job after another will his friends stay true to their companionship or will greed take hold?
The play "The Assassin Bar" is constant knee slapping dark humor performance about a young assassin that is so klutzy he can't kill anyone. Luck is on...
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45,66 zł |
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Together Again
ISBN: 9780573700118 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Together Again" spans a touching and stormy relationship through three reunions. When Chrissie and Joe meet, something both dreadful and wonderful occurs. The story begins in the apartment of an aspiring young actress. Chrissie, an acting student, is about to host her acting class' fifth reunion, when her hero, Joe, a rising young Hollywood star, arrives an hour too soon. Ten years later, at the fifteenth reunion party, Chrissie is still studying drama, while Joe has won an Academy Award. The third reunion, ten years later, finds them together yet again in the hours before the reunion party....
"Together Again" spans a touching and stormy relationship through three reunions. When Chrissie and Joe meet, something both dreadful and wonderful oc...
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69,50 zł |
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Ken Ludwig's Midsummer/Jersey
ISBN: 9780573700767 / Angielski / Miękka / 87 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. " Midsummer/Jersey " is the hilarious high-octane re-telling of Shakespeare's " Midsummer Night's Dream " set on the boardwalk of a seaside town in modern-day New Jersey. The story revolves around the impending marriage of the Governor of New Jersey, the love affairs of four beach-bound high school crushes, a lively crew of fairies and the staff of the local beauty salon (run by Patti Quince and Stylist Nikki Bottom). The night takes a magical turn when Oberon and the impish Puck arrive on the scene armed with a powerful love potion and a desire for mischief making. With several weddings and...
" Midsummer/Jersey " is the hilarious high-octane re-telling of Shakespeare's " Midsummer Night's Dream " set on the boardwalk of a seaside town in mo...
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69,50 zł |
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Yo Ho Ho, A Pirate's Christmas
ISBN: 9780573698552 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's up to a little seven year-old girl named Eve to save Christmas for everyone What will become of Christmas when Santa Claus and the citizens of the North Pole are kidnapped by a bunch of directionally challenged pirates? This wondrous musical is destined to become a holiday tradition for you and your entire family.
It's up to a little seven year-old girl named Eve to save Christmas for everyone What will become of Christmas when Santa Claus and the citizens of t...
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69,50 zł |
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Seminar
ISBN: 9780573700590 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nominee 2012 Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Play
In Seminar, a provocative comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck, four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing classes with Leonard (JEFF GOLDBLUM), an international literary figure. Under his recklessly brilliant and unorthodox instruction, some thrive and others flounder, alliances are made and broken, sex is used as a weapon and hearts are unmoored. The wordplay is not the only thing that turns vicious as innocence collides with experience in this biting Broadway comedy. Nominee 2012 Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Play
In Seminar, a provocative comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee There... |
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69,50 zł |
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Savin' Up for Saturday Night
ISBN: 9780573700248 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lovin' ain't easy in this one-honky-tonk town, so when the bartender and the bandleader fall for the same dance hall girl, you're in for an evening of showstoppers and toe-tappers, cat fights, and love quadrangles that'll keep any joint jumpin' till way past last call. And if you think you got the gumption, you're welcome to get up and dance along.
Lovin' ain't easy in this one-honky-tonk town, so when the bartender and the bandleader fall for the same dance hall girl, you're in for an evening of...
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69,50 zł |
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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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69,50 zł |
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In-Laws, Outlaws, and Other People (That Should Be Shot)
ISBN: 9780874408942 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is 6pm and the Douglas family is busily preparing to be invaded by their quirky relatives for their annual Christmas Eve dinner. After robbing a neighborhood liquor store, high strung and irritable Tony, and his dim-witted side-kick Vinny, find themselves in need of a place to briefly hide out. Using a ruse to gain entrance into the Douglas home, they suddenly find themselves in charge of an ever-growing list of family members that they are forced to hold hostage. From smart-aleck teenagers, to nosy neighbors, and bickering adults - the laughs (like the flow of people) are non-stop and we...
It is 6pm and the Douglas family is busily preparing to be invaded by their quirky relatives for their annual Christmas Eve dinner. After robbing a ne...
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69,50 zł |
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Satirical Prose of Obeyd Zakani
ISBN: 9781480122369 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. SATIRICAL PROSE OF OBEYD ZAKANI Translation and Introduction by Paul Smith Obeyd Zakani is an important a figure in Persian and Sufi literature and poetry. His satire, humorous stories, ribald and obscene poems, social commentary, mystical ghazals, prose, ruba'is and his famous epic qasida 'Mouse & Cat' are popular today and are more relevant than ever. He is considered to be one of the world's greatest satirist and social-commentator whose life and mystical poems had a great influence on his student and friend Hafiz and many others. Here are most of his hilarious and often obscene satirical...
SATIRICAL PROSE OF OBEYD ZAKANI Translation and Introduction by Paul Smith Obeyd Zakani is an important a figure in Persian and Sufi literature and po...
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96,09 zł |
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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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60,78 zł |
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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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69,50 zł |
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POWER was my mentor.: How America's Favorite TV Dad Helped Me See the Big Picture.
ISBN: 9781467950756 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a true story about how a relatively unknown comedian and aspiring writer was uniquely plucked from obscurity and mentored by the legendary entertainer Bill Cosby. Garfield was hired as a warm up comedian and fired by producers because they were envious he was given an opportunity by Cosby to watch "their" show in-process from the inside. In the face of adversity, hate, deceit, and backstabbing from those that dismissed him, he unrelentingly pursued this tempt at fate, win or lose, claiming this once in a lifetime invitation and access. In the end he proved to be and do more than...
This book is a true story about how a relatively unknown comedian and aspiring writer was uniquely plucked from obscurity and mentored by the legendar...
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45,71 zł |
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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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69,50 zł |
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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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82,57 zł |
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A Decade of Dark Humor: How Comedy, Irony, and Satire Shaped Post-9/11 America
ISBN: 9781617038235 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Decade of Dark Humor analyzes ways in which popular and visual culture used humor--in a variety of forms--to confront the attacks of September 11, 2001, and, more specifically, the aftermath. This interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from four countries to discuss the impact of humor and irony on both media discourse and tangible political reality. Furthermore, it demonstrates that laughter is simultaneously an avenue through which social issues are deferred or obfuscated, a way in which neoliberal or neoconservative rhetoric is challenged, and a means of forming... A Decade of Dark Humor analyzes ways in which popular and visual culture used humor--in a variety of forms--to confront the attacks of Septe... |
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219,82 zł |
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See You Around: Pantomime of Bygone Fun and Frolic
ISBN: 9781908184085 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A retired SailorBoy, home from the sea, looked at an old postcard and dreamed about it. Suddenly the old postcard came alive. Once again he revisited the seaside resort where he had enjoyed fun with friends as a younger man. Out of the card stepped a lady - a dancer - who began to show the SailorBoy around the Magic Mile - a place in the other world where all the funny postcard people had gone and where they still lived and sang their oldtime songs. In this time-warp, such characters came alive as Lotsadebt, the dwarf and his pal BillBailiff; Skinny, the walking bones; Snooty, the upper-class...
A retired SailorBoy, home from the sea, looked at an old postcard and dreamed about it. Suddenly the old postcard came alive. Once again he revisited ...
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34,31 zł |
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Buffalo Morgan's Chronicles from the Asylum: Sick & Funny Comedy from Buffalo's Vegas Show
ISBN: 9781938634031 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the world spinning faster and faster, there's less roses being smelled, love is getting shallower and laughter is down to a chuckle. These books are to remind people that there is alot of little things we need to do other than work and sleep and pay our bills. We have to live. And as long as people tell me they love my books, I'll keep writing them. I love my fans.....
With the world spinning faster and faster, there's less roses being smelled, love is getting shallower and laughter is down to a chuckle. These books ...
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45,07 zł |
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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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60,78 zł |
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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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69,50 zł |
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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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69,50 zł |
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