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I exist now. Don't tell me that I didn't exist before. How should a
nation apologise for the crimes of its past? Seoul, 1991. She kept
her silence for over forty years. Then Sun-Hee spoke out, igniting
a fire that burns to this day. Yuna is about to uncover a shameful
family secret. Priyanka, the first United Nations investigator into
Violence Against Women, probes the harrowing circumstances of the
WWII "comfort women". Three women's lives intertwine as they speak
truth to power and confront the atrocity of Japanese military
sexual slavery during wartime. Based on true accounts by survivors
and historical documents, The Apology is a play about what it takes
to forgive. This edition is published to coincide with the world
premiere at the Arcola Theatre, UK, in September 2022.
In Imaginary Performances in Shakespeare, visionary modernist
theatre director Aureliu Manea analyses the theatrical
possibilities of Shakespeare. Through nineteen Shakespeare plays,
Manea sketches the intellectual parameters, the visual languages,
and the emotional worlds of imagined stage interpretations of each;
these nineteen short essays are appended by his essay
'Confessions,' an autobiographical meditation on the nature of
theatre and the role of the director. This captivating book which
will be attractive to anyone interested in Shakespeare and modern
theatre.
Ariel Dorfman's explosively provocative, award-winning drama is
set in a country that has only recently returned to democracy.
Gerardo Escobar has just been chosen to head the commission that
will investigate the crimes of the old regime when his car breaks
down and he is picked up by the humane doctor Roberto Miranda. But
in the voice of this good Samaritan, Gerardo's wife, Paulina Salas,
thinks she recognizes another man--the one who raped and tortured
her as she lay blindfolded in a military detention center years
before.
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Bacchae
(Paperback)
Euripides; Translated by Aaron Poochigian
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About Aaron Poochigian's translation "Poochigian's translation is a
triumph--a remarkably lucid and vibrant rendition . . . The
script's language is precise yet sonorous, expertly constructed in
iambic pentameter to both moving and chilling effect." --ARAM
KOUYOUMDJIAN, author of Asbarez "By far the most theatrically
assured rendition of the play I've encountered. The fluid
translation by Aaron Poochigian is as mercurial as the staging."
--CHARLES MCNULTY, The Los Angeles Times
The five plays collected here offer a unique insight into the role
of theatre in a situation of oppression. They were produced in
close collaboration with their original black amateur casts,
drawing on their lives and everyday experiences in the townships.
They range from the early apprentice work of the brash but vital
Sophiatown plays, No-Good Friday and Nongogo, to the freer, more
urgent, and profound New Brighton plays, including the most famous
Sizwe Bansi is Dead and The Island, and the previously unavailable
The Coat.
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King Lear
(Paperback, New edition)
William Shakespeare; Introduction by Cedric Watts; Notes by Cedric Watts; Edited by Cedric Watts; Series edited by Keith Carabine
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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.
King Lear has been widely acclaimed as Shakespeare's most powerful
tragedy. Elemental and passionate, it encompasses the horrific and
the heart-rending. Love and hate, loyalty and treachery, cruelty
and self-sacrifice: all these contend in a tempestuous drama which
has become an enduring classic of the world's literature. In the
theatre and on screen King Lear continues to challenge and enthral.
This Wordsworth edition of King Lear provides a comprehensive,
integrated text of the play.
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The Glass Menagerie
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Tennessee Williams; Edited by E. Browne; Introduction by Robert B. Ray
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Tennessee Williams's evocation of loneliness and lost love, The
Glass Menagerie is one of his most powerful and moving plays. This
Penguin Modern Classics edition includes a new introduction by
Robert Bray. Abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield comforts
herself with recollections of her earlier, more gracious life in
Blue Mountain when she was pursued by 'gentleman callers'. Her son
Tom, a poet with a job in a warehouse, longs for adventure and
escape from his mother's suffocating embrace, while Laura, her shy
crippled daughter, has her glass menagerie and her memories. Amanda
is desperate to find her daughter a husband, but when the
long-awaited gentleman caller does arrive, Laura's romantic
illusions are crushed. Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was born in
Columbus, Mississippi. When his father, a travelling salesman,
moved with his family to St Louis some years later, both he and his
sister found it impossible to settle down to city life. He entered
college during the Depression and left after a couple of years to
take a clerical job in a shoe company. He stayed there for two
years, spending the evenings writing. He received a Rockefeller
Fellowship in 1940 for his play Battle of Angels, and he won the
Pulitzer Prize in 1948 and 1955. Among his many other plays Penguin
have published The Glass Menagerie (1944), A Streetcar Named Desire
(1947), The Rose Tattoo (1951), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), Sweet
Bird of Youth (1959), The Night of the Iguana (1961), and Small
Craft Warnings (1972). If you enjoyed The Glass Menagerie, you
might like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, also available in Penguin Modern
Classics. 'Tennessee Williams will live as long as drama itself'
Peter Shaffer, author of Equus
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The Skriker
(Paperback)
Caryl Churchill
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Premiered at the Royal National Theater, this extraordinary new
play by one of Britain's leading playwrights combines English folk
tales with modern urban life. In terms of its language alone, it is
as exciting and challenging on the page as on the stage.
The play follows the Skriker, 'a shapeshifter and death portent,
ancient and damaged', in its search for love and revenge as it
pursues two young women to London, changing its shape at every new
encounter. Along with the Skriker come Raw head and bloody bones,
the Kelpie, the Green Lady, Black Dog and more, till the whole
country is swarming with enticing and angry creatures that have
burst from the underworld.
'Our wars may come in many forms. On the battlefields. Within
ourselves.' Mahatma Gandhi: lawyer, champion of non-violence,
beloved leader. Nathuram Godse: journalist, nationalist - and the
man who murdered him. Anupama Chandrasekhar's play The Father and
the Assassin traces Godse's life over thirty years during India's
fight for independence: from a devout follower of Gandhi, through
to his radicalisation and their tragic final encounter in Delhi in
1948. An essential exploration of oppression and extremism, this
gripping play opened at the National Theatre, London, in May 2022,
directed by Indhu Rubasingham.
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Julius Caesar
(Paperback, Annotated edition)
William Shakespeare; Introduction by Cedric Watts; Notes by Cedric Watts; Edited by Cedric Watts; Series edited by Keith Carabine
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Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D.,
Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. Julius Caesar
is among the best of Shakespeare's historical and political plays.
Dealing with events surrounding the assassination of Julius Caesar
in 44 B.C., the drama vividly illustrates the ways in which power
and corruption are linked. The cry 'Peace, freedom and liberty!' is
used to exculpate brutal realities, while personal ambitions taint
public actions. Rich in characterisation and replete with eloquent
rhetoric, Julius Caesar remains engrossing and topical: a play for
today.
Dress by Ganni. Bra by Coco de Mer. Knife by Stanley. A gripping
revenge tale about an actress in her 40s under investigation for
the murder of an auteur theatre director whilst rehearsing a stage
production of Hitchcock's Psycho. A whip-smart take on what it
means to be middle-aged and female in an industry captivated by
stardust and beauty. This edition was published to coincide with
the run at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 2022.
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Blanket Ban
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Davinia Hamilton, Marta Vella; Created by Chalk Line Theatre
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Winner of New Diorama, Underbelly and Methuen Drama's Untapped
Award 2022 Sometimes I'm afraid of this play. Malta: Catholic
kitsch, golden sun, deep blue sea, Eurovision - and a blanket ban
on abortion. Propelled by three years of interviews with anonymous
contributors and their own lived experience, actors and activists
Marta and Davinia interrogate Malta's restrictions on the freedom
of women. What does it mean for your home to boast the world's most
progressive LGBTQIA+ rights, leading transgender laws - and a
population that is almost unanimously anti-choice? Blanket Ban is a
rallying cry from award-winning Chalk Line Theatre. This edition
was published to coincide with the production at Underbelly
Cowgate, Edinburgh, in August 2022.
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Caligari
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Georgie Bailey; Created by ChewBoy Productions
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Winner of New Diorama, Underbelly and Methuen Drama's Untapped
Award 2022 A new Caligari comes to life - accompanied by a
five-piece band. Embracing the long shadows and broad brushstrokes
of German expressionism, Caligari exposes parallels between
post-war Weimar and the UK today: an ever-widening class divide, a
subconscious need for a tyrant, and an unwillingness to rebel
against deranged authority. The doctor's victims take centre stage
in this minty-fresh take on the German horror cult-classic, written
by Georgie Bailey and presented by Off West End Award-winning
ChewBoy Productions. This edition was published to coincide with
the production at Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh, in August 2022.
Good evening, I'm Inspector Carter. Take my case. This must be
Charles Haversham! I'm sorry, this must've given you all a damn
shock... The original version of the global hit play created by
Mischief. After benefiting from a large and sudden inheritance, the
inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society embark
on producing an ambitious 1920s murder mystery. Hilarious disaster
ensues and the cast start to crack under the pressure. Can they get
the production back on track before the final curtain falls? This
one-act version of Mischief's world famous The Play That Goes Wrong
originally premiered at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London in 2012.
Since then, the expanded two-act version has taken the world by
storm and has been performed in over 35 countries across 5
continents, winning multiple awards including the WhatsOnStage and
Olivier Award for Best New Comedy plus a Tony and Drama Desk Award
for Best Scenic Design of a Play. This edition features the
original one-act edition of the play that's perfect to be enjoyed
on the page as well as in performance. A true global phenomenon, it
is guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter.
The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama and classic
plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an
equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play deals with the horror
and futility of trench warfare, as Captain Stanhope and his
officers await attack in their dugout.
The first and only book to survey the canon of Irish drama, from an
inclusive and international perspective. Aimed specifically at
undergraduate students covering Irish drama, either as part of
broader studies in modern drama or a specific degree unit. No other
books currently available deal with the Irish canon.
The first and only book to survey the canon of Irish drama, from an
inclusive and international perspective. Aimed specifically at
undergraduate students covering Irish drama, either as part of
broader studies in modern drama or a specific degree unit. No other
books currently available deal with the Irish canon.
"Everyone is constructing themselves. I'm just conscious of doing
it. More than that, I'm a sculptor of it. I am a fucking artist."
Finalist: Popcorn Writing Award 2021 Alex is a social success. Her
Instagram boasts a montage of members-only rooftops, inexplicably
sunny days and clinking glasses - like after like after like! When
her father dies, Alex reluctantly joins a bereavement group. She
shares a little, and then lies... a lot. And it feels good - like
the 'likes', but live, and just like that, Alex is hooked. Please,
Feel Free to Share by Rachel Causer is a dynamic, darkly comic,
one-woman show about our personal addictions, the never-ending
pursuit of 'likes' and our growing desire to share all. This play
was developed by Scatterjam, a female-led production company that
are committed to creating innovative shows that actively challenge
commonly held preconceptions and celebrate the comedic potential of
doing so. They are the makers of the Offie-Nominated play When It
Happens.
Focused on the cultural relevance of theatre. Written in an
engaging style. Designed to be accessible to undergraduates. Living
Theatre is the most popular text for theatre history courses. The
Seventh Edition builds on these strengths with "Past and Present"-a
NEW feature that focuses on connections between theatre's long
history and the practise of theatre today-and with a brilliant NEW
design that highlights the beauty and excitement of the art of
theatre.
Presents and contextualizes a carefully selected collection of
noteworthy equestrian drama. Contains the annotated play scripts
for Timour the Tartar by Matthew Lewis, The Battle of Waterloo by
J.H. Amherst, Mazeppa by Henry M. Milner, and The Whip by Henry
Hamilton and Cecil Raleigh. An online supplement to this book is
available to provide readers with additional content relating to
this collection.
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