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Shapeless - A dark satirical look at eating disorders and body image. (Paperback): Sean Thomas Carthew Shapeless - A dark satirical look at eating disorders and body image. (Paperback)
Sean Thomas Carthew
R167 Discovery Miles 1 670 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

SHAPELESS is a One Act Play. A dark, satirical play within a play. It takes on eating disorders and body image in a "not so" typical manner. Four friends attempt to put on a play about eating disorders but cannot get past their own inhibitions to do so. It is not what you would expect. We have the game show NAME THOSE FLAWS. There is a scene with Adam and Eve and Dancing with food to name a few. It's a fast scenic play that is both gross, disgusting and enlightening. SHAPELESS played in Toronto at the Tarragon Theatre and had a very successful run. National Eating Disorder Awareness Week Picked it up and had it as their finale and it played at The Robert Gill Theatre in Toronto. My Name is Sean Carthew and I have a degree in acting from the University of Windsor. I have had a book, this play and a feature film produced. I feel that Shapeless makes a great read as it is not what you would expect when dealing with this issue. It will read differently for all as it is very visual and people will visualize it in many different ways. I think it should be on the stage again. Someone should pick it up and run with it as I feel it is very important and would make a great play for young people to do and/or what be a fantastic touring production as there is little or no production costs. I hope you enjoy it.

Breathless Cortez (Paperback): Jeremiah Semien Breathless Cortez (Paperback)
Jeremiah Semien
R344 Discovery Miles 3 440 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This is the mystery about some people getting killed; as the musical goes through a set of events; that lead up to the gangs being caught, and interrogating; until the detective finds out the truth.

Pan of the Never-Never - A Screenplay (Paperback): Paul Smith Pan of the Never-Never - A Screenplay (Paperback)
Paul Smith
R426 Discovery Miles 4 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Zen-Golf Murder! A Screenplay (Paperback): Paul Smith The Zen-Golf Murder! A Screenplay (Paperback)
Paul Smith
R442 Discovery Miles 4 420 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Winter Ave (Paperback): Jeremiah Semien Winter Ave (Paperback)
Jeremiah Semien
R328 Discovery Miles 3 280 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This is the story of a town; which is ficitonal; where peopel enjoy the winter time/christmas time; as a few friends are not ready for this season; as they have lost some loved ones; as they want to destroy the town's season; until they have a change of heart.

Sisters' Belief (Paperback): Jeremiah Semien Sisters' Belief (Paperback)
Jeremiah Semien
R321 Discovery Miles 3 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The final story of J. J. Rhymes; is at hand; as the contract comes; to him; as the group comes together; as the chance at hand; with all the complete; puzzles; it seems that J. J. Rhymes will final break into the business; for one last time.

The Suspect - The Official Screenplay (Paperback): Stuart Connelly The Suspect - The Official Screenplay (Paperback)
Stuart Connelly
R346 Discovery Miles 3 460 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A small-town bank robbery leads to a brutal showdown between a sheriff and a mysterious stranger in this high-stakes game of shifting identities and hidden motives, starring Mekhi Phifer (ER), William Sadler (The Shawshank Redemption) and Sterling K. Brown (Army Wives). When the obvious suspect is apprehended not far from the crime scene, the police think that the case is solved, but they couldn't be more wrong. The real crime hasn't even happened yet. Before it's over, two desperate men will be pushed over the line where innocent lives hang in the balance.

The Warden (Paperback): Jodee Maree Green The Warden (Paperback)
Jodee Maree Green
R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Warden- Isolation and family dysfunction lead a Warden's heir on a murderous spree of abductions and false imprisonments in this twisted drama.

The Yellow Wallpaper The Screenplay (Paperback): Logan Thomas, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Aric Cushing The Yellow Wallpaper The Screenplay (Paperback)
Logan Thomas, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Aric Cushing
R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Sea-Gull & the Slanderer (Paperback): Anton Checkov The Sea-Gull & the Slanderer (Paperback)
Anton Checkov
R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Seagull is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatizes the romantic and artistic conflicts between four characters: the famous middlebrow story writer Boris Trigorin, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the symbolist playwright Konstantin Treplev. Anton was a Russian physician, dramaturge and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career.

Gorgo (Paperback): Bill Cooke Gorgo (Paperback)
Bill Cooke; Edited by Philip J Riley
R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Sam Slade didn't believe in Gorgo until he saw the monster's hideous scaly face, its slimy green talons and the massive mouth that could swallow a killer whale. If this was not enough he was to have even bigger problems in his future. The story mixes familiarity with a couple of neat plot twists; the special effects are ambitious and oftentimes stunning; and the use of a man in a rubber dinosaur suit, a technique usually met with derision, is undoubtedly one of the best on record. But perhaps the reason that supersedes them all is that Gorgo is the rare city-stomping monster spectacle with heart. Released by MGM in 1961, Gorgo is that oft-told cinematic fable of the giant beast that threatens humanity This volume contains the shooting script and the original tie-in novel by Carson Bingham and a production background by Bill Cooke.

Jake's Page - A Short Story & Play (Paperback): Emily Craven Jake's Page - A Short Story & Play (Paperback)
Emily Craven
R289 Discovery Miles 2 890 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"You've got to give Duncan credit, it took most people ages to realise the lederhosen was painted on and not real clothing..." Jake Black is almost your average teen, fresh from high-school he jumps at the chance to move from Hobart to Adelaide, with the vague plan of taking engineering at the University. Like many of his generation who travel from home, he turns to Facebook to keep in touch with family and friends. If only his mother wouldn't call him every day to check on his diabetes. Or use his sister's account to spy on his activities. Perhaps this is why his parents were so eager for him to attend one of the city's residential colleges, where he is surrounded by two hundred students who can keep watch. However, college is more adventurous than Jake's parents bargained for... Ignoring the inevitable medical impacts of his new life style Jake struggles managing his mother and his new freedom, with mixed results on the public Facebook platform. A combination of short story written in status updates and posts, and a one-act play for small and large casts, Jake's Page is a comic yet heart-breaking tale of a young, type one diabetic and his Facebook Page.

Torn (Paperback): Michael Judd Richter Torn (Paperback)
Michael Judd Richter
R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

An unexpected bond forms between two women when their sons are killed in an explosion at a local shopping mall. When the police find evidence of a bomb, one of the sons, a Muslim American, becomes the prime suspect, threatening the two mothers' new friendship and forcing them to question how well they knew their own children.

"Torn capitalizes on a gripping and emotional storyline to deliver a terrific ending." - Tony Hicks, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

"Slowly uncovering the prejudices that calamity can unleash, Michael Richter's screenplay lays bare the damage wrought by Sept. 11 while deftly dodging hysteria, wondering how we differentiate between innocent teenage behaviors and dangerous red flags. Most of all, it wonders if we can ever fully know the people we live with, leaving the question to resonate as deeply as the two women's grief." - Jeannette Catsoulis, THE NEW YORK TIMES

"A great accomplishment." - John Oursler, THE VILLAGE VOICE

"A terse, wonderfully observant and unsentimental screenplay by Michael Richter... Richter tells the tale with admirable economy-the film runs 80 minutes-as well as an unstressed but devastating emotional authenticity. He could have ended his film with the question of the boys' culpability unanswered and that ambiguity would have been sufficient, but instead he reveals the truth, and the revelation is breathtakingly poignant." - David Noh, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

"A genuinely unsettling microcosm of modern terrorism... Torn rings with the sound of quiet truth." - Andrew Lapin, THE DISSOLVE

"Michael Richter's screenplay weaves together its various themes and such subplots as Lea's tentatively resuming a relationship with her long estranged ex-husband (Patrick St. Esprit) with intelligence and sensitivity, not to mention an uncommon succinctness (the film runs a scant 80 min). The relationships between the complex characters are well drawn, and the ironic ending manages to touchingly upend our expectations." - Frank Scheck, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

Florence 1505 - Leonardo Battles Michelangelo (Paperback): Gayle Millbank Florence 1505 - Leonardo Battles Michelangelo (Paperback)
Gayle Millbank
R370 Discovery Miles 3 700 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

For a unique, little-known three month period in 1505 Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. They each had a comission to paint a mural depicting the military glories of Florence. This play dramatizes that great moment in history. What transpired in that room? How did Leonardo, sophisticated and well travelled, handle the local bearded recluse? How did Michelangelo react to the older, more experienced artist working in his city? Salai, Leonardo's adopted son, was named the Devil for good reason.

The Return of Frankenstein (Paperback): Philip J Riley, John L Balderston The Return of Frankenstein (Paperback)
Philip J Riley, John L Balderston
R733 Discovery Miles 7 330 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

When "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" became box office hits for Universal, Carl Laemmle Junior immediately ordered that sequels be written for both films. Scripts were prepared but Junior's choice of director - James Whale - had had enough of monster films and was doing everything he could to avoid them. Finally in 1935, after getting out of shooting "Dracula's Daughter" Whale agreed to direct "The Return of Frankenstein." In this volume is the final shooting script by John L. Balderston. Balderston added more scenes from the novel, such as the monster hiding in a peasant's hut and learning to read and speak. But Whale thought his version of the Monster's personality too brutish and evil. He wrote a new script with screenwriter William Hurlbut, added new characters such as Mini and Dr. Pretorius, keeping Balderston's script as just an outline. Most historians and fans feel that when Return of Frankenstein was renamed "Bride of Frankenstein" it became the most beloved film in Universal's Classic Monster films.

Space Police - The Original Screenplay (Paperback): Tony Barwick, Shane Rimmer, Jamie Anderson Space Police - The Original Screenplay (Paperback)
Tony Barwick, Shane Rimmer, Jamie Anderson
R216 Discovery Miles 2 160 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"I'm Brogan...Lieutenant Brogan. For fifteen years I worked for the NYPD...Now I'm a Space Cop." After 15 years as a New York street cop, Lt. Chuck Brogan is appointed commanding officer of Space Police Precinct 44, an intergalactic police corps fighting organised crime on alien worlds. But in the famous "Mr Big's Secret Hideout" nightclub, V. Lann and E. Vile are plotting the demise of the President. Brogan and his team only have a limited time to foil the terrorists' plot and save the President's life. In the mid-1980's Gerry Anderson - the man behind cult classics like Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, Space:1999 - came up with a concept for an exciting new television series. Together with long-time collaborator Tony Barwick, Gerry wrote and shot the pilot story for Space Police. Once the pilot was complete it would take nearly 10 years to secure the funding to make the series which was eventually renamed Space Precinct. Now, for the first time, the original screenplay of this untransmitted pilot film is available for Gerry Anderson fans worldwide to enjoy

Agamemnon (Paperback): Aeschylus Aeschylus Agamemnon (Paperback)
Aeschylus Aeschylus
R199 Discovery Miles 1 990 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: our knowledge of the genre begins with his work and our understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays. Only seven of his estimated seventy to ninety plays have survived into modern times. Fragments of some other plays have survived in quotes and more continue to be discovered on Egyptian papyrus, often giving us surprising insights into his work.

Hafiz of Shiraz - Book Two, The Middle Years: The Life, Poetry & Times of the Immortal Persian Poet (Paperback): Paul Smith Hafiz of Shiraz - Book Two, The Middle Years: The Life, Poetry & Times of the Immortal Persian Poet (Paperback)
Paul Smith
R774 Discovery Miles 7 740 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Crooked Eight Ball - Screenplay (Paperback): Joseph De Leo Crooked Eight Ball - Screenplay (Paperback)
Joseph De Leo
R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Alchemy Da Vinci (Paperback): Louis Phillips Alchemy Da Vinci (Paperback)
Louis Phillips
R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Louis Phillips, a widely published poet, playwright, and short story writer, has written some 50 books for children and adults. Among his published works are: five collections of short stories - A DREAM OF COUNTRIES WHERE NO ONE DARE LIVE (SMU Press), THE BUS TO THE MOON (Fort Schuyler Press), and THE WOMAN WHO WROTE KING LEAR AND OTHER STORIES (Pleasure Boat Studio), FIREWORKS IN SOME PARTICULARS (Fort Schuyler Press), and MUST I WEEP FOR THE DANCING BEAR (Pleasure Boat Studio). HOT CORNER, a collection of his baseball writings, and R.I. P. (a sequence of poems about Rip Van Winkle) from Livingston Press; THE ENVOI MESSAGES, and THE LAST OF THE MARX BROTHERS' WRITERS, full-length plays, (Broadway Play Publishers). His books for children include: THE MAN WHO STOLE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN (Prentice Hall & Camelot Books), THE MILLION DOLLAR POTATO (Simon and Schuster), and HOW TO WRESTLE AN ALLIGATOR (Avon). His sequence of poems - The Time, The Hour, The Solitariness of the Place -was the co-winner in the Swallow's Tale Press competition (1984). Among his published books of poems are: THE KRAZY KAT RAG (Light Reprint Press), BULKINGTON (Hollow Spring Press), THE TIME, THE HOUR, THE TIME, THE HOUR, THE SOLITARINESS OF THE PLACE (Swallow's Tale Press), CELEBRATIONS & BEWILDERMENTS (Fragments Press). He edited BEST LOVED POEMS (Random House) and THE RANDOM HOUSE BOOK OF HUMOROUS VERSE. Other books include: GERTRUDE STEIN IN DAYTON & OTHER PLAYS; AMERICAN ELEGIES, THE TRIAL OF THE ASSASSIN GUITEAU, and LATE NIGHT IN THE RAIN FOREST (World Audience Publishers) He teaches at the School of Visual Arts in NYC.

New World Government (Paperback): Jeremiah Semien New World Government (Paperback)
Jeremiah Semien
R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This is the story; of government control; it seemed that; as the government wants to take over; the world; as they enlist; the help of two scientist; then; all of sudden; the other people; who are against the goverment; is ready; to take them down.

Star Wars (Paperback, FF Classics): George Lucas Star Wars (Paperback, FF Classics)
George Lucas 2
R252 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R25 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The phenomenal success of George Lucas's first Star Wars trilogy quite simply revolutionized the cinema; but what sets Lucas's films apart from their legion of imitators is the quality of their screenplays. Lucas originally intended this trilogy to be a single film, but the epic scope of the story (combining hi-tech, sci-fi cinephilia with elements of Arthurian myth and mysticism) demanded that it be split into three. The first panel of the triptych is A New Hope. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, young Luke Skywalker leads a dull, isolated existence on his uncle's homestead. One day, two androids, C3PO and R2D2, show up bearing a message from Princess Leia, the leader of the rebel forces engaged in a struggle against the vicious tryranny of the Empire - as personified by the rasping presence of Darth Vader. The message leads Luke to realize his heritage as a Jedi Knight. He sets out on a wild adventure across the galaxy and, together with Leia and rogue pilot Han Solo, attempts to thwart the Empire by destroying its menacing base of operations: the Death Star.

Phantasy (Paperback): Marlowe Sr Phantasy (Paperback)
Marlowe Sr
R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

SHORT DESCRIPTION:
Story about a disgruntled young man who begins to therapeutically write and in the process, creates a fantasy world where, he ends up creating a monster which seems to be totally indestructible
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LONG DESCRIPTION:
Fired from his job, dumped by his girlfriend and shoved around by the world, a young, lazy, day-dreamer takes refuge in his world of dreams and fantasies, and finally decides to become a writer. And what does he want to write about? He wants to write about monsters He wants to write about fights, action, adventure, etc. He's writing a book about:
'Two simple minded, happy-go-lucky buddies suddenly find themselves in trouble when they are attacked by a 3000-year old fireball-belching monster whom nothing seems to be able to defeat. When all the tricks of the local police fail to control the creature, and ordinary bullets and bombs prove useless, the question remains - will the world ever be able to get rid of this menace once and for all?'
He has started created a world of his own, a world in which only HE can rule with full authority. But will he be able to finish what he's started? More importantly, will he be able to taste success in his new venture?

Reservoir Dogs (Paperback, FF Classics): Quentin Tarantino Reservoir Dogs (Paperback, FF Classics)
Quentin Tarantino 2
R278 R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Save R28 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

When Reservoir Dogs burst upon the screen in 1992, it announced the arrival of one of the most charismatic and audacious voices in cinema today. Reservoir Dogs is the story of a heist gone wrong, and how the group of outlaws concerned are subsequently undone in the course of their search for the enemy within. Quentin Tarantino uses words like bullets and writes with a propulsive energy that is compellingly readable. As always with Tarantino, the style of the storytelling is restlessly inventive, showcasing not only his fine ear for frank and foul-mouthed dialogue but also his grasp of formal structure, comparable to that of the smartest crime novelists.

Creepers Mysteries - Haunted Cattle Drive (Paperback): Connie Kingrey Anderson Creepers Mysteries - Haunted Cattle Drive (Paperback)
Connie Kingrey Anderson
R223 Discovery Miles 2 230 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Have you ever gathered around a cowboy's campfire on a pitch black night, and felt like someone was standing beside you in the dark? Have you ever heard scratching on the side of your tent, and hoped it was only a tumbleweed? There are TWO ways to have fun with Creepers Mysteries. Enjoy reading the BOOK (in the front). Star in your own Movie for the Ear using the SCRIPT (in the back). You'll have a blast Harry, Gillian and Arvin visit Smokey Joe's Ranch and go on an authentic cattle drive. They find out just how authentic when they land in the middle of a century-old mystery between a bandit and a bounty hunter from the Old West.

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