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Dracula
- Play
(Paperback)
John Godber, Jane Thornton, Bram Stoker; Screenplay by John Godber, Jane Thornton
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R303
Discovery Miles 3 030
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Written in 1897, Stoker's novel introduces the iconic character of
the vampire Count Dracula. Through a series of letters and diary
entries, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move
from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a
small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.
Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern
form as we know it today.
This comedy features a group of lawyers away for an important
weekend conference. Hugo Barnes desperately wants to be a High
Court Judge and has organised the conference - under the title
'Clean up the Bar' - to impress the new Lord Chancellor. Hugo's
friend and married colleague, Nick Willmott, has invited a young
solicitors' secretary along for the weekend. This decision
threatens Nick's marriage, Hugo's plans for a trouble-free
conference and both their reputations. Misunderstandings, narrow
escapes and attemped sexual infidelity combine with an unusual
undercurrent of family reconciliation and personal discovery.
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Sweat
(Paperback)
Lynn Nottage
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R270
Discovery Miles 2 700
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In one of the poorest cities in America - Reading, Pennsylvania - a
group of factory workers struggle to keep their present lives in
balance, ignorant of the financial devastation looming in their
near future. Based on the playwright's extensive interviews with
residents of Reading, Lynn Nottage's play Sweat is a tale of
friends pitted against each other by big business, and a topical
reflection of the present and poignant decline of the American
Dream. The play premiered in Oregon in 2015, before being produced
at the Public Theater, New York, in 2016, and the following year on
Broadway, where it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It received
its UK premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2018, directed
by Lynette Linton, and went on to win Best Play at the 2019 Evening
Standard Theatre Awards.
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