0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Browse All Departments
Price
  • R0 - R50 (10)
  • R50 - R100 (70)
  • R100 - R250 (6,874)
  • R250 - R500 (29,770)
  • R500+ (28,204)
  • -
Status
Format
Author / Contributor
Publisher

Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays

Cyrano de Bergerac (Paperback): Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac (Paperback)
Edmond Rostand
R163 R137 Discovery Miles 1 370 Save R26 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A quarrelsome, hot-tempered, and unattractive swordsman falls hopelessly in love with a beautiful woman and woos her for a handsome but slow-witted suitor. A witty and eloquent drama.

The Swallowing Dark (Paperback): Lizzie Nunnery The Swallowing Dark (Paperback)
Lizzie Nunnery
R296 Discovery Miles 2 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Lizzie Nunnery's The Swallowing Dark is a heart-rending story of survival in the face of violence and bureaucracy. Canaan thought he'd left the past in Zimbabwe, but then, out of the blue, Martha appears to reopen his case and with it, old wounds. Does she want the truth, or just a good story? And when lives depend on it, is the truth the best story to tell?

Out of Focus (Paperback): Peter Gordon Out of Focus (Paperback)
Peter Gordon
R293 Discovery Miles 2 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Richard III (Paperback, Annotated edition): William Shakespeare Richard III (Paperback, Annotated edition)
William Shakespeare; Edited by Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine
R333 R296 Discovery Miles 2 960 Save R37 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Twelfth Night - Or What You Will (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition): William Shakespeare Twelfth Night - Or What You Will (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
William Shakespeare; Edited by Elizabeth Story Donno; Introduction by Penny Gay 1
R367 R312 Discovery Miles 3 120 Save R55 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This third edition of Twelfth Night retains the text edited and annotated by Elizabeth Story Donno for the first edition of 1985, and features an updated introduction by Penny Gay, which focuses on recent scholarship and performance history. Building on her Introduction to the second edition, Gay stresses the play's theatricality, its elaborate linguistic games and its complex use of Ovidian myths. She analyses the delicate balance Shakespeare strikes in Twelfth Night between romance and realism, and explores representations of gender, sexuality and identity in the text. A selection of new photographs completes the edition.

A Jovial Crew (Paperback, New edition): Richard Brome A Jovial Crew (Paperback, New edition)
Richard Brome; Volume editing by Stephen Jeffreys; Stephen Jeffreys
R322 Discovery Miles 3 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Shakespeare's First Folio Journal (Notebook / blank book): William Shakespeare Shakespeare's First Folio Journal (Notebook / blank book)
William Shakespeare
R277 Discovery Miles 2 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The First Folio - the celebrated collected edition of William Shakespeare's plays - was published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare's death. It was compiled by John Heminge and Henry Condell, both actors in Shakespeare's company, the King's Men, and originally titled Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Many of the plays - including Macbeth, The Tempest and Twelfth Night - do not survive in any earlier printed versions. To mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio, this high-quality journal reproduces the title pages of a selection of plays, together with the famous frontispiece featuring Shakespeare's portrait, an engraving by Martin Droeshout. Produced in hardback with ruled pages, foiled spine, gilt page edges and ribbon marker, this is an inspirational gift for Shakespeare fans and budding writers alike.

Broken Glass (Paperback): Arthur Miller Broken Glass (Paperback)
Arthur Miller; Series edited by Susan Abbotson; Volume editing by Ambika Singh, Nupur Tandon
R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

"It's moral vision, as well as the Miller voice, which remains as strong and unrelenting as a prophet's, that distinguish Broken Glass." - The New York Times When Sylvia Gellburg, a young Jewish woman living in Brooklyn, becomes partially paralyzed from the waist down, her husband Phillip is shocked: what could've caused this sudden condition? The answer is Kristallnacht, the horrific, anti-Semitic event occurring halfway around the world. As the Gellburgs reckon with this pogrom and with the breakdown of their own marriage, a terrifying thought emerges: will the Jewish people ever be able to avoid persecution? Broken Glass is one of Miller's most moving and personal works, touching on themes of Jewish identity and anti-Semitism, winning him the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 1994. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Ambika Singh, and Nupur Tandon, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from an interview with director David Thacker,) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.

The American Clock - A Vaudeville (Paperback): Arthur Miller The American Clock - A Vaudeville (Paperback)
Arthur Miller; Series edited by Susan Abbotson; Volume editing by Jane K. Dominik
R383 Discovery Miles 3 830 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'It is Mr. Miller's notion, potentially a great one, that the Baums' story can help tell the story of America itself during that traumatic era.' NEW YORK TIMES When the stock market crashes, the once-financially comfortable Baum family lose everything and are forced to leave their lofty home in Manhattan to live with relatives in Brooklyn: how can their pride, purpose and artistic endeavours survive such a sudden and shocking reversal of fortune? A sweeping, hard-hitting look at the Great Depression of the 1930s, The American Clock is a vaudevillian celebration of American resilience and optimism in the face of national crisis, and was performed on Broadway in 1980. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Jane K. Dominik, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from interviews with designers of the 1980 Broadway production) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.

Asylum (Paperback): Paul Kember Asylum (Paperback)
Paul Kember
R322 Discovery Miles 3 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Die Dag Is Bros / Sandton City Grootdoop (Afrikaans, Paperback): Wessel Pretorius Die Dag Is Bros / Sandton City Grootdoop (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Wessel Pretorius
R191 Discovery Miles 1 910 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Twee dramas oor familie, verhoudings, vergifnis en herinneringe. Wat bybly, is dat mense maar net mense is. Dat versoening deel van menswees is. Dat stukkende mense mekaar kan help heel word en dat familie tog familie bly – ondanks omstandighede, persoonlike keuses en uitdagings. Sandton City grootdoop: ‘n Drama oor ’n ma en haar twee dogters wat vir die eerste keer in ’n lang tyd bymekaarkom om die oudste, Danel, se verjaardag in Sandton City te vier. In die proses begin die trio mekaar se verlede, gevoelens en emosies oopkrap met eerlike, en snaakse, oomblikke. Kara, die ma, is die aktrise wat haar man en kinders op ’n jong ouderdom verlaat het om haar groot droom om wereldberoemd te word, na te volg. Sy erken dat sy nie bevoeg of beskore was vir moederskap nie, maar probeer tog om tot hulle deur te dring en hulle vertroueling te wees. Haar oudste dogter, Danel, is bipoler en bly na ‘n onlangse selfmoordpoging weer by haar ma. Sy is naief en emosioneel en val maklik vir haar ma se manipulasie. Haar suster, Lisa, is gay en verwyt haar ma dat sy nog niks met haar lewe gedoen het nie. Sy is kwaad en kras en wil graag haar ma skok met haar uitlatings oor seks, maar ’n mens kom agter dat sy eintlik baie kwesbaar is. Die dag is bros: Dis laatmiddag. Elsa, voorheen ’n lektor in Afrikaanse letterkunde, berei ’n driegangmaaltyd voor vir Brian se verjaarsdag. Hy was ’n jeugmisdadiger wat ’n tweede kans gegun is onder Elsa se vlerk. Sy stel hom bloot aan Sheila Cussons en hy vul ’n leemte in haar lewe. Tussendeur word daar speletjies gespeel met Tertius – die vreemde kind wat kersiebloeisels aandra uit Japan. Voor die kos koud kan word sal die dag ’n ingrypende wending neem. Die Dag is Bros is benoem vir ’n Fiesta as beste nuutgeskepte Afrikaanse produksie.

Burgerz (Paperback): Travis Alabanza Burgerz (Paperback)
Travis Alabanza
R346 Discovery Miles 3 460 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Hurled words. Thrown objects. Dodged burgers. A burger was thrown at Travis Alabanza on Waterloo Bridge in 2016. From this experience they have created a poetic, passionate performance piece based around the 'burger': the texture, and taste of being trans. Their experiences include verbal abuse, ostracisation and being thrown out of a Top Shop changing room. The piece also explores the black trans experience.

A Funny Thing Happened to Me on My Way Through the Bible - A Collection of Humorous Sketches and Monologues Based on Familiar... A Funny Thing Happened to Me on My Way Through the Bible - A Collection of Humorous Sketches and Monologues Based on Familiar Bible Stories (Paperback)
Martha Bolton
R516 R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Save R97 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Watch the Bible come to life... with these delightfully funny sketches and monologues taken from familiar biblical narratives. Written with great humor and charm, these 16 scripts are always in good taste and contain pointed truths recognizable to everyone. Each piece will be appropriate for audiences inside the church and out. Martha Bolton's commitment is evident in each sketch's message.

Going Down to Morocco (Paperback): Jose Luis Alonso de de Santos Going Down to Morocco (Paperback)
Jose Luis Alonso de de Santos; Translated by Duncan Wheeler
R818 Discovery Miles 8 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Going Down to Morocco (Bajarse al moro), is one of the most emblematic and best known theatrical work of recent times in Spain. It both contributed to and documented La Movida, a drug-fuelled youth movement that placed Madrid firmly on the global cultural map in the early 1980s. Alonso de Santos' play, a commercial and critical success when first staged in 1985, was made into a film starring Antonio Banderas in 1989. Chusa, a free-spirited and spontaneously generous young drug smuggler introduces Elena, a middle-class runaway, to the apartment she shares with her cousin Jaimito and her boyfriend Alberto, a rookie policeman. The result is chaos in their previously disorderly but happy life. The comedy explores opposing lifestyles of young people in 1980s Spain, during a period of radical social change. It is characterised by humour, creative use of contemporary slang, and intertextual film references. Duncan Wheeler's translation of the original play marks with footnotes the changes made in the new version done in 2008 for a high-profile revival to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary. This edition also includes an unpublished interview conducted by Duncan Wheeler with Alonso de Santos in 2010.

Romeo and Juliet (Paperback, New edition): William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet (Paperback, New edition)
William Shakespeare; Introduction by Cedric Watts; Notes by Cedric Watts; Edited by Cedric Watts; Series edited by Keith Carabine
R124 R102 Discovery Miles 1 020 Save R22 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal. Romeo and Juliet is the world's most famous drama of tragic young love. Defying the feud which divides their families, Romeo and Juliet enjoy the fleeting rapture of courtship, marriage and sexual fulfilment; but a combination of old animosities and new coincidences brings them to suicidal deaths. This play offers a rich mixture of romantic lyricism, bawdy comedy, intimate harmony and sudden violence. Long successful in the theatre, it has also generated numerous operas, ballets and films; and these have helped to make Romeo and Juliet perennially topical.

The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback): Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
Oscar Wilde 2
R78 Discovery Miles 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Witty and buoyant comedy of manners is brilliantly plotted from its effervescent first act to its hilarious denouement, and filled with some of literature's most famous epigrams. Widely considered Wilde's most perfect work, the play is reprinted here from an authoritative early British edition. Note to the Dover Edition.

Amadeus (Paperback): Peter Shaffer Amadeus (Paperback)
Peter Shaffer
R240 R192 Discovery Miles 1 920 Save R48 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a genius, the most brilliant musician the world will ever see. But the court of eighteenth-century Vienna doesn't recognize his talents - only Antonio Salieri, the Court Composer, does, and he is tortured by what he hears. Seething with rage at the genius of this flippant buffoon and suddenly aware of his own mediocrity, Salieri declares war and sets out to destroy the man he sees as God's instrument on earth. Peter Shaffer's award-winning play is a rich, exuberant portrayal of a God-like man among mortals, and lives destroyed by envy.

Of Mice and Men - Playscript (Paperback): John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men - Playscript (Paperback)
John Steinbeck
R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Journey's End (Paperback, New Ed): RC Sherriff Journey's End (Paperback, New Ed)
RC Sherriff
R215 R172 Discovery Miles 1 720 Save R43 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Set in the First World War, Journey's End concerns a group of British officers on the front line and opens in a dugout in the trenches in France. Raleigh, a new eighteen-year-old officer fresh out of English public school, joins the besieged company of his friend and cricketing hero Stanhope, and finds him dramatically changed ...

Laurence Olivier starred as Stanhope in the first performance of Journey's End in 1928; the play was an instant stage success and remains a great anti-war classic.

The Sugar House (Paperback): Alana Valentine The Sugar House (Paperback)
Alana Valentine
R502 R361 Discovery Miles 3 610 Save R141 (28%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Beautiful Words (Paperback): Sean Riley Beautiful Words (Paperback)
Sean Riley
R499 R358 Discovery Miles 3 580 Save R141 (28%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An epic chronicle of the refugee experience, Beautiful Words weaves together three very different stories of survival, told through the eyes of three children in different times and places. The outcome is heart-rending, humorous, and surprising by turns. From the horrors of Auschwitz Concentration Camp in the final days of World War II, to Taliban-ruled Kabul, to present day Australia, this enthralling play presents a rich tapestry of human experience, overlapping lives, and the bonds that unite generations.

Shakers (Re-stirred) (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): John Godber, Jane Thornton Shakers (Re-stirred) (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
John Godber, Jane Thornton
R289 Discovery Miles 2 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Mating Game (Paperback): Robin Hawdon The Mating Game (Paperback)
Robin Hawdon
R246 Discovery Miles 2 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Lorca: Blood Wedding (Hardcover, Revised): Salvador Ortiz-Carboneres Lorca: Blood Wedding (Hardcover, Revised)
Salvador Ortiz-Carboneres; Edited by Paul Burns
R3,753 Discovery Miles 37 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Federico Garca Lorca was born near Granada in 1898. Initially set on studying music in Paris, after his piano teacher died in 1916 he became involved in a literary and artisitc group, including H G Wells and Rudyard Kipling. This move towards a more literary life eventually paid off. Blood Wedding (Bodas de Sangre) was written in 1932, and was first performed in Madrid in March 1933. It proved to be the popular and critical success he'd been waiting for. When the play was staged in Buenos Aires he even found himself confronted with the prospect of wealth - a prospect that soon became a reality. This prosperous, happy spell was short-lived though, as the political situation in Spain altered under Franco, putting an end to this time, and ultimately, his life. Lorca was executed on August 18th 1936. Blood Wedding is based around the story of a young woman who, unable to wed her lover is made to marry a more suitable man. On the day of her wedding, however, La Novia (The Bride) runs away with her lover (Leonardo), who is married with children. A series of events ensues... Leonardo is the only character in the play to have a name, the others all being identified by their role: El Novio (The Groom), La Suegra (The Mother-in-Law). As with many of Lorca's plays, symbolism is key, with the moon and death personified. This is the first play in Lorca's trilogy of rural tragedies, with Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba being second and third.

J.M. Coetzee: two screenplays - Waiting for the barbarians and in the heart of the country (Paperback): J. M. Coetzee J.M. Coetzee: two screenplays - Waiting for the barbarians and in the heart of the country (Paperback)
J. M. Coetzee
R305 R238 Discovery Miles 2 380 Save R67 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

J.M. Coetzee's screenplay versions of In the Heart of the Country and Waiting for the Barbarians are original and as yet unproduced cinematic adaptations of his novels. Apart from a few early lyric experiments, Coetzee's literary career has almost exclusively been dedicated to prose forms such as the novel, the memoir and the essay, and it is mainly for his accomplishments in novelistic fiction that he has achieved world-wide recognition. For readers familiar with Coetzee's writing career spanning more than 40 years, the screenplays, published for the first time in this volume, are thus an unusual and unexpected addition to the oeuvre. They show his versatility as a writer able to cross over into the medium of script writing and film, and doing so in a technically proficient and highly accomplished manner. Academic Herman Wittenberg has written an introduction to this collection, examining the difference in treatment between the screenplays and the novels, as well as Coetzee's relationship with cinema and film-making. This work is the only one to be produced in 2014 by J. M. Coetzee and will be celebrated at a conference in Adelaide, Australia, to be held in December, focusing on Coetzee's life work.

Free Delivery
Pinterest Twitter Facebook Google+
You may like...
Diary of Anne Frank
Frances Goodrich Paperback R270 R226 Discovery Miles 2 260
Bafana Republic And Other Satires - A…
Mike Van Graan Paperback R210 R164 Discovery Miles 1 640
The Tempest
William Shakespeare Paperback R343 Discovery Miles 3 430
The New Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Norman Robbins Paperback R296 Discovery Miles 2 960
Die Vrou Wat Alleen Bly - Twee…
Karel Schoeman Paperback R210 Discovery Miles 2 100
Ont
Wessel Pretorius Paperback R191 Discovery Miles 1 910
Contemporary Plays by African Women…
Yvette Hutchison, Amy Jephta Paperback R806 Discovery Miles 8 060
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry Paperback R195 R153 Discovery Miles 1 530
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of…
J. K. Rowling Hardcover  (1)
R523 R427 Discovery Miles 4 270
Die Dans Van Die Watermeid
Amee Lekas Paperback R191 Discovery Miles 1 910

 

Partners