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Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays
Meet the couple every couple wants to be. Attractive and
immaculately turned out, they are the perfect team. Tomorrow they
will be in Stockholm, a city where, in summer, the sun shines 24/7
and sometimes it's dark all day long. Today it's his birthday and
she's going to give him all his presents and treats and surprises.
Treading a fine line between tenderness and cruelty, Stockholm
reveals a relationship unravelling. It's beautiful, but it's not
pretty. Stockholm unites leading physical theatre company Frantic
Assembly with award-winning playwright Bryony Lavery and designer
Laura Hopkins (Black Watch, Mercury Fur) to deliver an
extraordinary perspective on the nature of modern love. Stockholm
opened at the Theatre Royal Plymouth in September 2007.
An analytical record of all plays, extinct or lost, chronologically
arranged and indexed by authors, titles and dramatic companies.
(Applause Books). To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Reduced
Shakespeare Company's classic farce, two of its original
writer/performers (Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield) have thoroughly
revised the show to bring it up to date for 21st-century audiences,
incorporating some of the funniest material from the numerous
amateur and professional productions that have been performed
around the world. The cultural touchstone that is The Complete
Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was born when three
inspired, charismatic comics, having honed their pass-the-hat act
at Renaissance fairs, premiered their preposterous masterwork at
the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1987. It quickly became a
worldwide phenomenon, earning the title of London's
second-longest-running comedy after a decade at the Criterion
Theatre. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is
one of the world's most frequently produced plays, and has been
translated into several dozen languages. Featured are all 37 of
Shakespeare's plays, meant to be performed in 97 minutes, by three
actors. Fast paced, witty, and physical, it's full of laughter for
Shakespeare lovers and haters alike.
'I'd get freaked out here, alone in the dark. Wondering what's
lurking at the bottom of the bed, ready to grab your feet.' Jenny
and Sam - and their baby Phoebe - have recently moved into their
new home. But something feels frightening and wrong. Very wrong.
Over the baby monitor, at 2:22 every night, Jenny hears footsteps
around her daughter's cot. Could the house be haunted? When their
friends Lauren and Ben come round for a housewarming dinner, they
drink wine, relive their pasts, and argue about the existence of
ghosts. They decide to stay up until 2:22, to discover the truth.
Over one adrenaline-filled night - as the foxes scream outside -
secrets will emerge and ghosts may appear... Spine-chilling, funny
and scary, Danny Robins' play 2:22 was premiered at the Noel Coward
Theatre in London's West End in August 2021, directed by Matthew
Dunster, and starring Lily Allen, Julia Chan, Hadley Fraser and
Jake Wood. It went on to win Best New Play at the 2022 WhatsOnStage
Awards, and was nominated for Best New Play at the Olivier Awards.
2:22 provides rich opportunities for any drama group wanting to
make things go bump in the night - and their audiences scream.
Song List includes: Beautiful, Candy Store, Fight for Me, Freeze
Your Brain, Dead Girl Walking, Our Love is God, My Dead Gay Son,
Seventeen, Lifeboat, Kindergarten Boyfriend, Meant to Be Yours, and
Seventeen Reprise
TREMBLE as she faces Matron Stinking Bottomly. THRILL as she
discovers the squirrel house and Tanglefield's Travelling Circus.
GASP as she endures a night locked in the attic. QUAKE as she
braves the scary streets of Victorian London and CHEER as she
overcomes all in the search to find her real mother and a true
family of her own. From bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson, the
tale of plucky Hetty Feather is brought thrillingly to life on
stage by award-winning script writer Emma Reeves (CBBC's The Story
of Tracy Beaker) and the Olivier Award-Nominated director Sally
Cookson whose many five-star productions include Peter Pan, We're
Going on a Bearhunt and Stick Man. With a huge heart, Hetty Feather
is a terrific adventure story! 'The play sticks to my basic story,
but with many inventive touches that constantly took me by
surprise... [it] was a magical experience.' Jacqueline Wilson
Shakespeare and Cultural Appropriation pushes back against two
intertwined binaries: the idea that appropriation can only be
either theft or gift, and the idea that cultural appropriation
should be narrowly defined as an appropriative contest between a
hegemonic and marginalized power. In doing so, the contributions to
the collection provide tools for thinking about appropriation and
cultural appropriation as spectrums constantly evolving and
renegotiating between the poles of exploitation and appreciation.
This collection argues that the concept of cultural appropriation
is one of the most undertheorized yet evocative frameworks for
Shakespeare appropriation studies to address the relationships
between power, users, and uses of Shakespeare. By robustly
theorizing cultural appropriation, this collection offers a
foundation for interrogating not just the line between exploitation
and appreciation, but also how distinct values, biases, and
inequities determine where that line lies. Ultimately, this
collection broadly employs cultural appropriation to rethink how
Shakespeare studies can redirect attention back to power
structures, cultural ownership and identity, and Shakespeare's
imbrication within those networks of power and influence.
Throughout the contributions in this collection, which explore
twentieth and twenty-first century global appropriations of
Shakespeare across modes and genres, the collection uncovers how a
deeper exploration of cultural appropriation can reorient the
inquiries of Shakespeare appropriation studies. This collection
will be of great interest to students and scholars in theatre and
performance studies, Shakespeare studies and adaption studies.
This book analyses the epistemological problems that Shakespeare
explores in Othello. In particular, it uses the methods of analytic
philosophy, especially the work of the later Wittgenstein, to
characterize these problems and the play.
This book lays bare the dialogue between Shakespeare and critics of
the stage, and positions it as part of an ongoing cultural,
ethical, and psychological debate about the effects of performance
on actors and on spectators. In so doing, the book makes a
substantial contribution both to the study of representations of
theatre in Shakespeare's plays and to the understanding of ethical
concerns about acting and spectating-then, and now. The book opens
with a comprehensive and coherent analysis of the main early modern
English anxieties about theatre and its power. These are read
against 20th- and 21st-century theories of acting, interviews with
actors, and research into the effects of media representation on
spectator behaviour, all of which demonstrate the lingering
relevance of antitheatrical claims and the personal and
philosophical implications of acting and spectating. The main part
of the book reveals Shakespeare's responses to major antitheatrical
claims about the powerful effects of poetry, music, playacting, and
playgoing. It also demonstrates the evolution of Shakespeare's view
of these claims over the course of his career: from light-hearted
parody in A Midsummer Night's Dream, through systematic
contemplation in Hamlet, to acceptance and dramatization in The
Tempest. This study will be of great interest to scholars and
students of theatre, English literature, history, and culture.
Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention
centre after his mother fled the violence of a distant homeland,
life behind the fences is all he's ever known. Now his imagination
is pushing at the limits of his world. One day, Jimmie appears on
the other side of the fence, bringing a notebook written by the
mother she lost. Unable to read it, she relies on Subhi to unravel
her own family's mysterious and moving history. Together, Subhi and
Jimmie must find a way to freedom, and they must be braver than
they've ever been before... The Bone Sparrow, Zana Fraillon's
powerful and deeply moving novel about the displacement and
treatment of refugees and sanctuary seekers, has been widely read
and studied around the world since its publication in 2017. This
enthralling stage adaptation by award-winning Australian playwright
S. Shakthidharan was first produced on a UK tour in 2022 by Pilot
Theatre with York Theatre Royal, Derby Theatre, Belgrade Theatre,
Coventry, and Mercury Theatre Colchester. Also included is a range
of teaching materials and resources designed to help educators
bring the play to life for their students. Praise for the novel,
The Bone Sparrow: 'With an affecting and distinctive narrative
voice... [Zana Fraillon] builds a convincing and complete world.
Moving and memorable, The Bone Sparrow deserves to be read by all
who care about our common humanity' Guardian 'A heartrending tale
about how our stories make us, and also an angry polemic, vividly
convincing in its detailed description of what it means for your
home to be a tent in the dust behind a guarded fence' Sunday Times
'This is a tragic, beautifully crafted and wonderful book whose
chirpy, stoic hero shames us all' Independent Winner of the Amnesty
CILIP Honour Award Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award and the
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
Private Peaceful relives the life of Private Tommo Peaceful, a
young First World War soldier awaiting the firing squad at dawn.
During the night he looks back at his short but joyful past growing
up in rural Devon: his exciting first days at school; the accident
in the forest that killed his father; his adventures with Molly,
the love of his life; and the battles and injustices of war that
brought him to the front line. Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the
Year, Private Peaceful is by the third Children's Laureate, Michael
Morpurgo, award-winning author of War Horse. His inspiration came
from a visit to Ypres where he was shocked to discover how many
young soldiers were court-martialled and shot for cowardice during
the First World War. This edition also includes introductory essays
by Michael Morpurgo, Associate Director of Private Peaceful
production Mark Leipacher, as well as an essay from Simon Reade,
adaptor & director of this stage adaptation of Private
Peaceful.
David conducts an office romance by e-mail. He has love at his
fingertips. But a shocking admission unravels his relationship
piece by chilling piece. Jess loves David. She believes happiness
can be bought - but it doesn't come cheap in a world of easy
credit. Jess and David's ideal blend of love and money is killing
them. Funny but heart wrenching, this ingenious drama dares us to
enter a dislocated world of bad debts and even worse desires. Love
and Money opened at the Manchester Royal Exchange in October 2006
with a transfer to the Young Vic, London.
A romp through the bubble-gum years of teenage life. Angela and
Mazine, besotted with Madonna, play truant from school, form a
band, attempt to write songs and, with hairbrushes in hand, live
out their adolescent dreams of becoming famous. Meanwhile Angela's
mother, Viv, struggles to come to terms with her marriage break-up
and her daughter's explosive lifestyle, as the play rollercoasters
through hope, sex, ambition, despair, and, most of all, love.
First, do no harm. How do we defend the "truth" when no one agrees
what it is and many have reason to undermine it? Very freely
adapting Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler, Robert Icke's
gripping moral thriller uses the lens of medical ethics to examine
urgent questions of faith, belief, and scientific rationality.
After a critically acclaimed run at London's Almeida Theatre, The
Doctor transferred to the West End in September 2022. This revised
and updated edition was published to coincide with the new
production.
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The Son
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Florian Zeller; Translated by Christopher Hampton
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Nicolas is going through a difficult phase after his parents'
divorce. He's listless, skipping classes, lying. He believes moving
in with his father and his new family may help. A different school,
a fresh start. When he senses he isn't wanted there, he decides to
go back to his mother's. But what happens when the options dry up?
I'm telling you. I don't understand what's happening to me. Florian
Zeller's The Son completes a trilogy with The Mother and The
Father, all of which are translated by Christopher Hampton. The Son
premiered at the Kiln Theatre, London, in February 2019, and
transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre in August.
I Was There... is a perfect introduction for younger readers into
stories from the past, allowing children to imagine that they were
really there. I Was There... Ira Aldridge tells the exciting story
of the African-American actor, Ira Aldridge, who rose to fame on
the London stage. Brilliantly imagined, readers aged 7+ will love
this first-hand account of a child's experience of
nineteenth-century London and the vibrant life of the theatre.
Amazing black-and-white illustrations throughout bring the story to
life! Perfect stories for children who are struggling with their
reading
Playwright and novelist Nigel Williams's stage adaptation of
William Golding's story was first professionally produced by the
Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon in July 1995.
'Remarkably true to the novel in spirit . . . the theatre lends
itself particularly well to the ritualistic aspects of the story -
chanting, dancing, marching, forming a circle round the victim,
stamping out a fire . . . You end up feeling you have seen a fable
of infinite implications enacted in a little room.' Sunday
Telegraph This special acting edition, particularly suitable for
schools and amateur groups, contains the full playtext as well as
notes on staging, a full properties list and lighting and sound
cues.
Percy Lifar', a Play in Two Acts, 1986, as represented by Curtis
Brown Ltd., London and performed by The Hot Toddy Theatre Company
(Mark Normandy, Director), The Photographers' Gallery, London, 198
"The Century Cycle" is August Wilson's epic dramatization of the
African-American experience and heritage in the 20th century.
Wilson's extraordinary lifework has been called one of the most
ambitious dramatic projects ever undertaken. "(New York Times)" It
is presented here for the first time in its entirety in a
ten-volume, hardcover, slipcased edition.
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