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Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General

The Road to Mecca (Paperback, Main): Athol Fugard The Road to Mecca (Paperback, Main)
Athol Fugard 4
R95 R85 Discovery Miles 850 Save R10 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A South African pastor and a young teacher from Cape Town battle over the fate of an eccentric elderly widow. The play won the 1988 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Play.

Contemporary Plays by African Women - Niqabi Ninja; Not That Woman; I Want to Fly; Silent Voices; Unsettled; Mbuzeni; Bonganyi... Contemporary Plays by African Women - Niqabi Ninja; Not That Woman; I Want to Fly; Silent Voices; Unsettled; Mbuzeni; Bonganyi (Paperback)
Yvette Hutchison, Amy Jephta; Sophia Kwachuh Mempuh, Jc Niala, Adong Judith, …
R931 Discovery Miles 9 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume uniquely draws together seven contemporary plays by a selection of the finest African women writers and practitioners from across the continent, offering a rich and diverse portrait of identity, politics, culture, gender issues and society in contemporary Africa.

Niqabi Ninja by Sara Shaarawi (Egypt) is set in Cairo during the chaotic time of the Egyptian uprising.

Not That Woman by Tosin Jobi-Tume (Nigeria) addresses issues of violence against women in Nigeria and its attendant conspiracy of silence. The play advocates zero-tolerance for violence against women and urges women to bury shame and speak out rather than suffer in silence.

I Want To Fly by Thembelihle Moyo (Zimbabwe) tells the story of an African girl who wants to be a pilot. It looks at how patriarchal society shapes the thinking of men regarding lobola (bride price), how women endure abusive men and the role society at large plays in these issues.

Silent Voices by Adong Judith (Uganda) is a one-act play based on interviews with people involved in the LRA and the effects of the civil war in Uganda. It critiques this, and by implication, other truth commissions.

Unsettled by JC Niala (Kenya) deals with gender violence, land issues and relations of both black and white Kenyans living in, and returning to, the country.

Mbuzeni by Koleka Putuma (South Africa) is a story of four female orphans, aged eight to twelve, their sisterhood and their fixation with death and burials. It explores the unseen force that governs and dictates the laws that the villagers live by.

Bonganyi by Sophia Kwachuh Mempuh (Cameroon) depicts the effects of colonialism as told through the story of a slave girl: a singer and dancer, who wants to win a competition to free her family.

Each play also includes a biography of the playwright, the writer's own artistic statement, a production history of the play and a critical contextualisation of the theatrical landscape from which each woman is writing.

Agatha Christie - First Lady Of Crime (Paperback): H.R.F. Keating Agatha Christie - First Lady Of Crime (Paperback)
H.R.F. Keating; Introduction by Sophie Hannah
R310 R282 Discovery Miles 2 820 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Includes a new introduction from Sophie Hannah, bestselling author of THE MONOGRAM MURDERS.

Agatha Christie was not only the biggest selling writer of detective stories the world has ever known, she was also a mystery in herself, giving only the rarest interviews, declining absolutely to become any sort of public figure, and a mystery too in the manner in which she achieved her astonishing success.

H R F Keating, a crime novelist and respected reviewer of crime fiction, brought together a dozen distinguished writers from both sides of the Atlantic to throw light on this double mystery. Some analyse the art itself; some explain the reasons for her success, not just the books, but also in film and theatre. The approaches are penetrating, affectionate, enthusiastic, analytical, funny - even critical.

Together, they give an almost unique insight into the life and work of the First Lady of Crime.

Streetcar Named Desire: York Notes Advanced (Paperback, Revised Ed): T. Williams Streetcar Named Desire: York Notes Advanced (Paperback, Revised Ed)
T. Williams 2
R242 R221 Discovery Miles 2 210 Save R21 (9%) In Stock

York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts.

Death and the King's Horseman (Hardcover, POD): Wole Soyinka Death and the King's Horseman (Hardcover, POD)
Wole Soyinka
R1,307 Discovery Miles 13 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Elesin Oba, the King's Horseman, has a single destiny. When the King dies, he must commit ritual suicide and lead his King's favourite horse and dog through the passage to the world of the ancestors. A British Colonial Officer, Pilkings, intervenes to prevent the death and arrests Elesin. The play is a set text for NEAB GCSE, NEAB A Level and NEAB A/S Level. 'A masterpiece of 20th century drama' - Guardian "A transfixing work of modern world drama" (Independent); "clearly a masterpiece. . . he achieves the full impact of Greek tragedy" (Irving Wardle, Independent on Sunday); "the action of the play is as inevitable and eloquent as in Antigone: a clash of values and cultures so fundamental that tragedy issues: a tragedy for each individual, each tribe" (Michael Schmidt, Daily Telegraph)

Racine: A Theatrical Reading (Hardcover): David Maskell Racine: A Theatrical Reading (Hardcover)
David Maskell
R1,316 Discovery Miles 13 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This original and innovative study is the first systematic exploration of Racine's theatricality. It is based on a close examination of all Racine's plays and on evidence for performance of them from the seventeenth century to the present day. David Maskell considers, with the help of illustrations, the relationship between verbal and visual effects. He shows how the decor in plays such as Andromaque, Britannicus and Berenice is significant for the action, and indicates the rich, often symbolic implication of stage properties and physical gestures, particularly in Mithridate, Phedre, and Athalie. Racine's usually neglected single comedy, Les Plaideurs, is shown to cast light on the theatrical language of his eleven tragedies. Some familiar topics of tragedy - moral ambiguity, error, and transcendence - emerge in a fresh light, and the concept of the tragic genre is critically examined from the theatrical standpoint. This study challenges many long-established views of Racine and lays the foundation for a reassessment of his role in French drama. It also opens new perspectives on his relationship with dramatists writing in other languages.

A Streetcar Named Desire: York Notes for A-level everything you need to catch up, study and prepare for and 2023 and 2024 exams... A Streetcar Named Desire: York Notes for A-level everything you need to catch up, study and prepare for and 2023 and 2024 exams and assessments (Paperback)
Hana Sambrook, Steve Eddy 1
R252 Discovery Miles 2 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An enhanced exam section: expert guidance on approaching exam questions, writing high-quality responses and using critical interpretations, plus practice tasks and annotated sample answer extracts. Key skills covered: focused tasks to develop analysis and understanding, plus regular study tips, revision questions and progress checks to help students track their learning. The most in-depth analysis: detailed text summaries and extract analysis to in-depth discussion of characters, themes, language, contexts and criticism, all helping students to reach their potential.

Byron's Historical Dramas (Hardcover): Richard Lansdown Byron's Historical Dramas (Hardcover)
Richard Lansdown
R1,409 Discovery Miles 14 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Byron's poetic reputation has been established in his comic epic Don Juan and its cognates Beppo and The Vision of Judgment. Poems lying outside this group are still regarded with some uncertainty. This study demonstrates that some of Byron's most deeply held critical and political convictions - but also certain aspects of his experience over which he had comparatively little conscious control - found expression in his historical dramas of 1820-21: Marino Faliero, Sardanapalus, and The Two Foscari. In these plays we find Byron responding with the fullest degree of imaginative intelligence to his work on the management subcommittee at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, the background to which is given its most extensive treatment yet; to his involvement with the Italian nationalist movement; to his advocacy of neo-classical dramatic form and above all to his understanding of Shakespeare and of Shakespeare's reputation among Romantic critics. In this pioneering study Richard Lansdown sheds fresh critical and biographical light on Byron's contribution to the theatre, which will be of great interest to many studying the Romantics.

Medea (Hardcover, POD): Mike Bartlett Medea (Hardcover, POD)
Mike Bartlett; Euripides
R1,301 Discovery Miles 13 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

If there's a God, which at the moment I DOUBT, I want you to curse him. If there's any justice, I want them - both of them - in a car crash. Her husband's gone and her future isn't bright. Imprisoned in her marital home, Medea can't work, can't sleep and increasingly can't cope. While her child plays, she plots her revenge. This startlingly modern version of Euripides' classic tragedy explores the private fury bubbling under public behaviour and how in today's world a mother, fuelled by anger at her husband's infidelity, might be driven to commit the worst possible crime. The production is written and directed by one of the UK's most exciting and in-demand writers, Mike Bartlett, who has received critical acclaim for his plays including Earthquakes in London; Cock (Olivier Award), a new stage version of Chariots of Fire, and Love Love Love. This programme text coincides with a run at the Headlong Theatre in London from the 27th of September to the 1st of December 2012.

A Streetcar Named Desire (Hardcover, 1 New Ed): Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire (Hardcover, 1 New Ed)
Tennessee Williams
R615 Discovery Miles 6 150 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play depicts the conflict between a fading Southern belle and the brash lower-class society of her sister's family.

Give this a scan (Paperback): Colin McAllister Give this a scan (Paperback)
Colin McAllister
R379 Discovery Miles 3 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Life of Pi (Paperback): Lolita Chakrabarti Life of Pi (Paperback)
Lolita Chakrabarti; Yann Martel
R375 Discovery Miles 3 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Winner of the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Play "Life of Pi will make you believe in the power of theatre" (Times). After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, there are five survivors stranded on a lifeboat - a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, a Royal Bengal tiger, and a sixteen year-old boy named Pi. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive? Based on one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction - winner of the Man Booker Prize, selling over fifteen million copies worldwide - and featuring breath-taking puppetry and state-of-the-art visuals, Life of Pi is a universally acclaimed, smash hit adaptation of an epic journey of endurance and hope. Adapted by acclaimed playwright Lolita Chakrabarti, this edition was published to coincide with the West End premiere in November 2021.

MoliAre and the tradition of folly in farces a  sottiesa   and ballets (Paperback): Louis Bardou MoliAre and the tradition of folly in farces a sottiesa and ballets (Paperback)
Louis Bardou
R346 Discovery Miles 3 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Find the Lady (Paperback): Michael Pertwee Find the Lady (Paperback)
Michael Pertwee
R330 Discovery Miles 3 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Theatre of the Book, 1480-1880 - Print, Text, and Performance in Europe (Hardcover): Julie Stone Peters Theatre of the Book, 1480-1880 - Print, Text, and Performance in Europe (Hardcover)
Julie Stone Peters
R8,162 Discovery Miles 81 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Theatre of the Book explores the impact of printing on the European theatre, 1480-1880. Far from being marginal to Renaissance dramatists, the printing press played an essential role in the birth of the modern theatre. Looking at playtexts, engravings, actor portraits, notation systems, and theatrical ephemera as part of the broader history of theatrical ideas, this illustrated book offers both a history of European dramatic publication and an examination of the European theatre's continual refashioning of itself in the world of print.

I hope this scans (Paperback): Colin McAllister I hope this scans (Paperback)
Colin McAllister
R199 Discovery Miles 1 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Colin McAllister was born in 1942 in Sao Paulo, Brazil but has lived in St Andrews since 1955. He was educated at the Abbey School, Fort Augustus and at St Andrews University, where he graduated with MA Honours in Political Economy and Geography. For 28 years he taught Economics and related subjects at Dundee College. He was Captain of The New Golf Club at St Andrews in 1999 and President of St Andrews Burns Club from 2005 to 2007. Golf is his main hobby, but other interests include Scottish history, the Gaelic language, economics and politics, good wine and malt whisky, and foreign travel. He published But does it scan? In 2008, Can I Scan? In 2012 and ita s Quite an Uncanny in 2016, More than 100 jokes That Made Me Laugh in 2016 and To Scan or Not To Scan in 2018.

The Duchess of Malfi A Level Edition (Paperback, 2nd edition): John Webster, Monica Kendall The Duchess of Malfi A Level Edition (Paperback, 2nd edition)
John Webster, Monica Kendall
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Ferdinand forbids his widowed sister to marry again. When he discovers that she is not only married but had a child he is driven mad with fury. The Duchess of Malfi is a study in strong characters, dark deeds and dreadful revenge. This edition includes close textual analysis, notes on different interpretations, interviews with actors and directors and a selection of critical scenes.

Shakespeare - His Life, Art, and Characters: With an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Growth of the Drama in England... Shakespeare - His Life, Art, and Characters: With an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Growth of the Drama in England (Paperback)
Henry Norman Hudson
R676 Discovery Miles 6 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Shakespeare - His Life, Art, and Characters: With an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Growth of Drama in England... Shakespeare - His Life, Art, and Characters: With an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Growth of Drama in England (Paperback)
Henry Norman Hudson
R714 Discovery Miles 7 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Shakespeare's Comedy of the Merchant of Venice (Paperback): William Shakespeare Shakespeare's Comedy of the Merchant of Venice (Paperback)
William Shakespeare
R400 Discovery Miles 4 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Defence of Poetry, Music, and Stage-Plays (Paperback): Thomas Lodge A Defence of Poetry, Music, and Stage-Plays (Paperback)
Thomas Lodge
R488 Discovery Miles 4 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The English Drama and Stage Under the Tudor and Stuart Princes, 1543-1664 (Paperback): William Carew Hazlitt The English Drama and Stage Under the Tudor and Stuart Princes, 1543-1664 (Paperback)
William Carew Hazlitt
R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Drama of Sensibility - a Sketch of the History of English Sentimental Comedy and Domestic Tragedy, 1696-1780 (Paperback):... The Drama of Sensibility - a Sketch of the History of English Sentimental Comedy and Domestic Tragedy, 1696-1780 (Paperback)
Ernest Bernbaum
R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood - With a Life of the Poet, and Remarks on His Writings (Paperback): Thomas Heywood The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood - With a Life of the Poet, and Remarks on His Writings (Paperback)
Thomas Heywood
R751 Discovery Miles 7 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Hamlet (Paperback): William Shakespeare Hamlet (Paperback)
William Shakespeare
R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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