Salomé's one-act story structure immediately dives into the strange dynamic amongst Herod and his family. It's a haunting drama that's amplified by its Biblical setting and notable characters..

.These surreal compositions have been considered as forerunners to the theatre of the absurd of the 1950s, as exemplified by Beckett, Ionesco and Adamov. This volume also contains the accompanying illustrations by Picasso himself.

Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps Shakespeare's most popular play, particularly as a first introduction to Shakespeare for children--filled as it is with a marvelous mixture of aristocrats, workers, and fairies. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Paperback - William Shakespeare. Simple and engaging on the surface, it is none the less a highly original and sophisticated work, remarkable for both its literary and its theatrical mastery.

The classic Elizabethan play, with new material From the Elizabethan period's second-biggest dramatist comes the story of Faustus, a brilliant scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for limitless knowledge and powerful black magic.

Her other works include Barrio Grrrl , a children's musical; 26 Miles; Yemaya's Belly and The Happiest Song Plays Last, the third piece in The Elliot Plays trilogy. Water by the Spoonful (Revised Tcg Edition), Paperback - Quiara Alegr Hudes Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world.

This book reconsiders the importance and influence of the Grand-Guignol within its social, cultural and historical contexts, and is the first attempt at a major evaluation of the genre as performance.

King Henry VIII: The Oxford Shakespeare, Paperback - William Shakespeare DescriptionThis is the first fully annotated modern-spelling edition of King Henry VIII to appear for over a decade and includes up-to-date scholarship on all aspects of the play, including dating authorship, printing, sources and stage history.Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The HypLern project has been creating manually word-for-word translated language material since 2006. The aim of our project is to allow students to start reading the language of their choice immediately, and expand their vocabulary fast. It allows marking words and practicing them separately and includes a media player for the mp3s.

Everyone will bare their teeth and clap their hands. Not only will he make me a laughingstock, but some scribbler will come along, some pen-pusher, and put me into a comedy! A new translation of Nikolai Gogol's comic masterpiece by the renowned translators, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonksy (winner of two PEN/Book-Of-The-Month Translation Awards) and the playwright/director, Richard Nelson (Tony Award, Olivier Award).

"A gloriously impossible realization of Mervyn Peake's soaring flight of fancy."--GuardianIn a world bound by iron laws and dead rituals, two young men are struggling to make their way: Steerpike, the renegade kitchen-boy who seduces and murders his way up the social ladder, and Titus Groan, heir to Gormenghast, who comes to threaten its very existence..

Also included is a wide range of questions and activities for work in class, together with the historical background to Shakespeare's England, a brief biography of Shakespeare, and a complete list of his plays.This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes, allowing students to master Shakespeare's work.

Staged on continually shifting moral ground that challenges our received notions about gender, ethnicity, and even love itself, THIS IS HOW IT GOES unblinkingly explores the myriad ways in which the wild card of race is played by both black and white in America." --John Istel, American Theatre .

Daniel Boden's translation of Narcissus and its preface is true to the voice, times, and incongruities of Rousseau. In his preface to the play, penned after its failed production, Rousseau avows that he kept himself from publishing it for as long as he held onto some regard for his reputation as an author.

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And yet, this play set in an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. The authoritative edition of Romeo and Juliet from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -Newly revised explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play's famous lines and phrases -An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play -Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books -An up-to-date annotated guide to further reading Essay by Gail Kern Paster The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe.

. Award NameLambda Literary AwardsAward categoryTransgenderTwo Truths and a Lie is a memoir in the form of three solo plays written and performed by Scott Turner Schofield.From inside the often hilarious-but all too real-moments of his young life on the Homecoming Court and Debutante Ball circuit (in a dress), armed with only a decoder ring and a gifted tongue, Schofield comes out with truly unbelievable stories of a body in search of an identity.

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And yet, she inspires him to think "If indeed there were a home for the perfect kiss, it would be on her lips.Filled with completely unforgettable characters, One Day I Saw A Black King is a stunningly powerful story that explores the power of the past over the present, the search for love and belonging and the healing gift of an extraordinary love. But both must face their pasts if they ever hope to be free to live and love.

Taft Professor of German Language and Literature and Professor of the Humanities, Emeritus, at Wesleyan University.About the AuthorWALTER GROPIUS (1883-1969) was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School.

Jerry Frost has always aspired to become a postman." The Vegetable explores the idea of the everyman becoming President. "Any man who doesn't want to get on in the world, to make a million dollars, and maybe even park his toothbrush in the White House, hasn't got as much to him as a good dog has - he's nothing more or less than a vegetable. Read & Co.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Paperback - Tom Stoppard Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is one of the most enduring and frequently performed plays of contemporary theater and has firmly established itself in the dramatic canon.

Il a pour théâtre Oran durant la période de l’Algérie française. Peste, Paperback - Albert Camus La Peste est un roman d’Albert Camus publié en 1947 qui permit en partie à son auteur de remporter le prix Nobel en 1957. Le roman raconte sous forme de chronique la vie quotidienne des habitants de la ville pendant une épidémie de peste qui frappe la ville et la coupe du monde extérieur..

This second collection of Brian Friel's work contains:The Freedom of the City (1973) Volunteers (1975) Living Quarters (1977) Aristocrats (1979) (March) Faith Healer (1979) (April) Translations (1980).

Stolen Innocence, Hardcover - Tyrell Plair Alicia Johnson, a strong, independent, well renowned Corporate Attorney for one of the largest law firms in Atlanta is a woman haunted by her past. Thinking that by changing her name and location that it would give her a fresh start, Alicia is able to enjoy life the only way she sees fit -- her way.Will Alicia find what she's looking for or will the events that rocked her childhood have the final say so in ruining her life? The facade that she is forced to portray is unbeknownst to those closest to her in order to cover up a dark secret that she's had to deal with since childhood. Love and Men don't coincide in her world, being that relationships in her eyes only end in heartache and pain.

Perhaps no other Shakespearean drama so engulfs its readers in the ruinous journey of surrender to evil as does Macbeth..

But this mourning goes far beyond the usual black clothing: during the following eight years no one will leave the house, and no man will enter." "Silence, silence I have said Silence Professor Borja Rodriguez-Gutierrez adds to this edition a clear introductory essay that dismantles Garcia Lorca's clockwork mechanism, while introducing annotations that allow the reader to fully grasp the meaning of this influential cornerstone of Hispanic letters.. The conflict is deprivation of freedom, blown up to tragic proportions by the death of Bernarda Alba's second husband and her decision to impose eight years of strict mourning.