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Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
What happens when two sets of parent's meet up to deal with the
unruly behaviour of their children? A calm and rational debate
between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave
properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums and tears
before bedtime? Boys will be boys, but the adults are usually worse
- much worse. God of Carnage won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy
and the Tony award for Best Play.
Andre and Madeleine have been in love for over fifty years. This
weekend, as their daughters visit, something feels unusual. A bunch
of flowers arrive, but who sent them? A woman from the past turns
up, but who is she? And why does Andre feel like he isn't there at
all? Christopher Hampton's translation of Florian Zeller's The
Height of the Storm was first performed at Richmond Theatre,
London, and opened in the West End at Wyndham's Theatre in October
2018.
Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry is a Jacobean closet
drama by Elizabeth Tanfield Cary. First published in 1613, it was
the first work by a woman to be published under her real name.
Never performed during Cary's lifetime, and apparently never
intended for performance, the Senecan revenge tragedy tells the
story of Mariam, the second wife of Herod. The play exposes and
explores the themes of sex, divorce, betrayal, murder, and Jewish
society under Herod's tyrannous rule. The comprehensive,
illustrated introduction discusses the play in the context of
closet drama, female dramatists and in terms of the religious
issues it explores, seeing Mariam as a martyr figure. The on-page
commentary notes provide further close analysis and explanation,
creating an ideal edition for study and teaching.
How would you react if you discovered you had AIDS? Would you tell
your family and friends or would you keep it a secret? This story
is about two friends who discover they are infected with AIDS and
how it affects them, their families and one of their close frineds.
Do they survive or do they die? A true and really moving story.
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