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Pitirre Does Not Want to Speak English (Hardcover): Frank Alvarado Madrigal Pitirre Does Not Want to Speak English (Hardcover)
Frank Alvarado Madrigal
R846 Discovery Miles 8 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This master piece collects the painful feelings of a growing sector of a nation marked by the oppression of two different cultures. PITIRRE DOES NOT WANT TO SPEAK ENGLISH represents the rejection against the embarrassing and impunity ambition of an imperialist nation in plain twenty-first century.

Dead Curtain (Paperback): Marcus Lloyd Dead Curtain (Paperback)
Marcus Lloyd
R337 Discovery Miles 3 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cracked Vases (Hardcover): Teri Brooks Cracked Vases (Hardcover)
Teri Brooks
R586 Discovery Miles 5 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Stepmother (Paperback): Githa Sowerby The Stepmother (Paperback)
Githa Sowerby
R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Lois Relph, a young stepmother with two stepdaughters for whom she cares deeply and her own thriving business, appears contented and in charge. But this is 1924, so does she really have control of her own money, or even her life, and what will she be able to do if things are in danger of going wrong both personally and professionally? It needs courage and determination to define what being a wife, mother and businesswoman means and it is not easy. A story whose resonance is still felt today.

Sanders Family Christmas (Paperback): Connie Ray Sanders Family Christmas (Paperback)
Connie Ray; From an idea by Alan Bailey; Contributions by John Foley
R353 Discovery Miles 3 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Sanders Family Christmas is the sequel to Connie Ray and Alan Bailey's wildly successful bluegrass gospel musical Smoke on the Mountain. It's December 24, 1941, and America is going to war. So is Dennis Sanders, of the Sanders Family Singers. Join Pastor Mervin Oglethorpe and the rest of the Sanders family as they send Dennis off with hilarious and touching stories and twenty-five Southern Gospel Christmas favorites.

Moreno (Paperback): Pravin Wilkins Moreno (Paperback)
Pravin Wilkins
R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Winner! 2020 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award August, 2016. The NFL is being shaken by Colin Kaepernick's monumental decision. Whilst other players join him in taking the knee, star running back Luis Moreno is all about his game - and his pay check. A record-breaking season is in sight - but America's leadership is changing. When a destructive new reality hits close to home, Luis is forced to ask whether politics have a place on the field, and if he is willing to risk his career to take a stand for his own community. But does, and should, this movement hold a place for them? Pravin Wilkins' stunning debut play was the winner of the 2020 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award. It was chosen out of 1,719 scripts sent in from 45 countries by a group of independent readers, the 503 team and a panel comprising Erica Whyman (Chair of Theatre503 and deputy artistic director, RSC), producer Caro Newling, actor/director Daniel Evans, arts journalist and reviewer Sam Marlowe, playwrights Roy Williams and Vinay Patel, and Theatre503 artistic director Lisa Spirling.

The Escape; Or, a Leap for Freedom (Hardcover): William Wells Brown The Escape; Or, a Leap for Freedom (Hardcover)
William Wells Brown
R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The first play published by an African-American, this comic 1858 melodrama about two slaves who secretly marry explores the racial tensions between North and South in the years just before the Civil War. With its mix of action, comedy, social commentary and an authenticity only a former slave could recreate, The Escape is essential reading for students of black history and literature. It is also a remarkable glimpse at characters and situations rarely seen from the contemporary black perspective.Born into slavery, American author WILLIAM WELLS BROWN (1814 1884) escaped to the North where he became a prominent abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian. His novel, Clotel: or, The President 's Daughter, is considered by historians to be the first novel written by an African American. His other works include The Negro in the American Rebellion and The Black Man.

About God, the World and People (Hardcover): Toni Bickl About God, the World and People (Hardcover)
Toni Bickl
R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Renaissance Collection (Hardcover): Laurence Holder Renaissance Collection (Hardcover)
Laurence Holder
R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Captain and His Lady (Hardcover): Ellen Randolph Weatherly The Captain and His Lady (Hardcover)
Ellen Randolph Weatherly
R830 R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Save R96 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In the year of 1924, George N. Randolph, a US Army captain stationed at Camp Gaillard in the Panama Canal Zone, sat at his desk and began writing his first love letter to Ruth Morrison, a woman he had fallen in love with at first sight. Being a military man, he began expressing himself in a definite, precise manner. The recipient of his letter was the principal of the English Speaking School of Gatun, in the Canal Zone. She immediately replied to his letter in her own softer, more descriptive manner. Thus began their love story.

In The Captain's Lady, the couple's daughter, Ellen Randolph Weatherly, shares the letters her parents penned to each other, complete with all the essential elements necessary in a spellbinding love story. The letters include commentaries involving historical events, political elections, pioneer history, humorous happenings, and life during the period of 1924.

Compiled exactly as they were written, the letters, and accompanying photographs, not only paint a picture of the times, but also narrate the tale of an enduring love story.

The Last Word (Hardcover): Morley Kev The Last Word (Hardcover)
Morley Kev
R1,052 Discovery Miles 10 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bob White (Hardcover): David L. Simmons Bob White (Hardcover)
David L. Simmons
R547 Discovery Miles 5 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Zara - a Tragedy (Hardcover): Voltaire Zara - a Tragedy (Hardcover)
Voltaire; Aaron Hill
R740 Discovery Miles 7 400 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Hardcover): Luigi Pirandello Six Characters in Search of an Author (Hardcover)
Luigi Pirandello; Translated by Edward Storer
R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

'Six Characters in search of an Author' is a is a satirical tragicomedy play. First performed in 1921 at the Teatro Valle in Rome, it had a very mixed reception, with the audience shouting "Manicomio " ("Madhouse "). However, the reception improved significantly and in 1922 it played on Broadway at the Princess Theatre.The play starts with a group of actors preparing to rehearse for a Pirandello play. The rehearsal is interrupted by the arrival of six characters. One of then informs the manager that they are looking for an author. He explains that the author who created them did not finish their story, and that they therefore are unrealized characters who have not been fully brought to life. Initially, the manager goes to throw them out of the theatre, but becomes more intrigued when they start to describe their story.

The Ferryman (Paperback): Jez Butterworth The Ferryman (Paperback)
Jez Butterworth 1
R273 Discovery Miles 2 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'Vanishing. It's a powerful word, that. A powerful word.' County Armagh, Northern Ireland, 1981. The Carney farmhouse is a hive of activity with preparations for the annual harvest. A day of hard work on the land and a traditional night of feasting and celebrations lie ahead. But this year they will be interrupted by a visitor. Developed by Sonia Friedman Productions, Jez Butterworth's play The Ferryman premiered to huge acclaim at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in April 2017, before transferring to the West End and then Broadway. The production was directed by Sam Mendes. It went on to win the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play, and the Critics' Circle, Olivier and WhatsOnStage Awards for Best New Play. It also won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Play.

Waiting for LE*ve - A Novel by (Hardcover): Cassandra JerVey Waiting for LE*ve - A Novel by (Hardcover)
Cassandra JerVey
R565 Discovery Miles 5 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jesus Salvame Que Perezco (English, Spanish, Hardcover): Miriam Valencia Jesus Salvame Que Perezco (English, Spanish, Hardcover)
Miriam Valencia
R895 Discovery Miles 8 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

El contenido de este libro son las experiencias y
vivencias de la biografia su autora Dra. Miriam Valencia. Este tomo tiene: drama, romance, y
accion. Drama de su ninez y matrimonio por la violencia domestica y abusos emocionales y
fisicos que experimento. Romance, los abusos de fraudes que se llevaron a cabo por la inexperiencia
e ingeniosidad de creer en un romance a traves de la tecnologia, y accion por la experiencia
vivida cuando estuvo su vida en peligro de muerte. Tambien contiene un minucioso estudio
de guerra espiritual ya que fue envuelta por una doctrina falsa en la cual por inexperta
recibio abusos de seres espirituales demoniacos.
El proposito de este contenido es: Dar conocimiento a muchos afi cionados a la literatura para
darle una nueva experiencia a su vida y su alma y espiritu y puedan encontrar la paz que necesitan.
Vivimos en una era de grandes cambios, donde la necesidad del conocimiento apremia, los libros
pueden envejecer; pero la razon es apremiante de adquirir el conocimiento de otros. Lo triste es
cuando se ha llegado al pensamiento de que ya se aprendio todo; Y cuando refl exionamos nos damos
cuenta que apenas comenzamos, y asi lo. Establecio el Senor Dios todo poderoso en las sagradas
escrituras: Mi pueblo fue destruido, porque le falto conocimiento, yo te echare del sacerdocio; y porque
olvidaste la ley de tu Dios, tambien yo me olvidare de tus hijos. (Oseas 4:6).
Con todo respeto espera que El Dios Altisimo creador, a traves de su Hijo Jesus con la comunion
de su Santo Espiritu llene de bendicion, de amor y de paz su vida; son mis grandes deseos para todo
lector. Dra. Miriam Valencia"

Pirandello and Other Plays (Paperback): Don Nigro Pirandello and Other Plays (Paperback)
Don Nigro
R428 Discovery Miles 4 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection of seven darkly funny and mysterious plays includes the long one act Pirandello, in which the great Italian playwright, writing alone on the stage of his theatre late at night, is interrupted by the Italian dictator Mussolini, who wants him to write the authorized biographical play of the dictator's life, Pirandello's jealous wife, who believes Pirandello is sleeping with every woman in sight, including his daughter, and an increasingly disturbing group of characters who may or may not be real, leading Pirandello to question the relationship between his theories about the malleable nature of reality to the rise of Fascism and Fascist propaganda; The Recollection Of Green Rain, which tells the mostly true story of two green children found wandering near an English village, who spoke an unknown language and insisted they were from a mysterious green underground kingdom; Pinocchio, in which Gloria's blind date turns out to be an angry puppet with a rather unsettling story to tell; Rusalka, in which a police officer investigating the disappearance of a young girl tries to make sense out of the increasingly odd stories her best friend tells about her; Humpty Dumpty, in which an enormous egg with very bad hair sits on top of a wall and talks about making Wonderland great again; Brimstone Run, in which a family legacy of betrayal and tragedy is played out at the town dump; and Nictzin Dyalhis, in which a legendary, reclusive writer of weird tales is haunted by a sea goddess he may or may not have invented. In each of these plays, in one way or another, compelling characters find themselves lost in a labyrinthine twilight zone of dream variations which combine the Gothic, the surreal and the absurd. Don Nigro is among the most frequently published and widely produced playwrights in the world and has continued to build a deeply interrelated and diverse body of dramatic literature, employing a wide variety of dramatic conventions and styles of presentation. He has written monologues and epics, spare realistic dramas and surreal homicidal puppet farces, plays with music and verse plays. He continues to build the long cycle of Pendragon County plays, which traces the history of America through the lives of several related east Ohio families from the eighteenth century to the present, and features many characters whose lives are traced from youth through middle age to old age in a number of plays that may be presented in a variety of combinations.

The DOPPELGANGER Did IT! (Hardcover): David Miles The DOPPELGANGER Did IT! (Hardcover)
David Miles
R744 Discovery Miles 7 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must be a Muhfucka (Paperback): Tori Sampson If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must be a Muhfucka (Paperback)
Tori Sampson
R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Combining West African folklore and contemporary American culture, If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must be a Muhfucka follows four teenage girls as they grapple with societal definitions of beauty. In the fictional setting of Affreakah-Amirrorkah, the four young women - Kaya, Massassi, Adama and Akim - are given an opportunity to live in a society where their individual beauty can reign supreme. But this opportunity comes at a dangerous cost. Tori Sampson's hilariously provocative play doesn't ask the question "How much is beauty worth?" but rather, "Why are so many willing to pay its price?"

The Late Wedding (Paperback): Christopher Chen The Late Wedding (Paperback)
Christopher Chen
R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Inspired by the writings of Italo Calvino (Invisible Cities and If on a Winter's Night a Traveler), The Late Wedding is a fractured portrait of a fractured marriage, as told through a series of interconnected fables, including an anthropological tour of fantastical tribes and their marital customs. Christopher Chen's winking second-person narrative, delivered by a six-person shape-shifting cast, deftly guides you on a wild and delightful examination of love and longing. At once an anthropological tour through marriage customs, a spy thriller, and a sci-fi love story, the mind-bending The Late Wedding is an inventive and surprising theatrical experience. "Wild, witty... contemplative and poignant... you gotta see this funny, brilliant play." - San Francisco Examiner "A seductive play... a fascinating little gem... a script about the mystery and challenges of love, in all its permutations. The play is a provocative one-act composed with a unique theatrical structure... a swirling nebula of magical notions put down in a contemporary world." - DC Metro Theatre Arts "A comic, dramatic inquiry into human relationships - between lovers or spouses; between playwright and audience - [The Late Wedding] is another of Chen's slyly metatheatrical, blissfully funny, whiplash-smart creations... What begins as a look at anthropological research into the marital arrangements and lore of a few odd tribes segues without warning into a political drama cum action thriller." - SF Gate "Bold and brainy... As The Late Wedding dips in and out of such genres as the spy caper and science fiction... it blurs the boundaries between its two strands of Calvino homage, so that the genre-sampling meta-theater begins to reflect on the bittersweet realities of marriage." - The Washington Post "[The Late Wedding] is about the vagaries of love and marriage, both homo- and heterosexual, and the way that we both cherish and distort the past, and about the creative process itself... you gotta see this funny, brilliant play." - San Francisco Examiner

The Irish Curse (Virtual Version) (Paperback): Martin Casella The Irish Curse (Virtual Version) (Paperback)
Martin Casella
R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

New version approved for virtual performance! What "The Irish Curse" is - and how it manifests itself - is the raw centerpiece of this wicked, rollicking and very funny new play. From its blistering language to its brutally honest look at sex and body image, The Irish Curse is a revealing portrait of how men, and society, define masculinity. In doing so, it dares to pose the fundamental question that has been on the minds of men since the beginning of time: "Do I measure up to the next guy?" Size matters to a small group of Irish-American men (all professionally successful New Yorkers) who meet every Wednesday night, in a Catholic church basement, at a self-help group for men with small penises. This alleged Irish trait is the focus of their weekly sessions, as they all feel this "shortcoming" has ruined their lives. One evening, when a twentysomething blue-collar guy joins the group, he challenges everything the other men think about "the Irish Curse"... tackling their obsession with body image and unmasking the comical and truthful questions of identity, masculinity, sex and relationships that men face every day.

The Mamalogues (Paperback): Lisa B. Thompson The Mamalogues (Paperback)
Lisa B. Thompson
R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Mamalogues portrays what it's like to parent while Black, unmarried, sand middle class. During a retreat, three single mothers share their angst about racial profiling on the playground, navigating social minefields during soccer season, and their child being the "only one." The satirical comedy follows the agonies and joys of motherhood as these moms lean in, stress out, and guide Black children from diapers to college in a dangerous world.

Faustus: From the German of Goethe - Translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Hardcover, New): Frederick Burwick, James C.... Faustus: From the German of Goethe - Translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Hardcover, New)
Frederick Burwick, James C. McKusick
R6,491 Discovery Miles 64 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The major work of German literature, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust (1808), was translated into English by one of Britain's most capable mediators of German literature and philosophy, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Goethe himself twice referred to Coleridge's translation of his Faust. Goethe's character wrestles with the very metaphysical and theological problems that preoccupied Coleridge: the meaning of the Logos, the apparent opposition of theism and pantheism. Coleridge, the poet of tormented guilt, of the demonic and the supernatural, found himself on familiar ground in translating Faust. Because his translation reveals revisions and reworkings of Coleridge's earlier works, his Faust contributes significantly to the understanding of Coleridge's entire oeuvre. Coleridge began, but soon abandoned, the translation in 1814, returning to the task in 1820. At Coleridge's own insistence, it was published anonymously in 1821, illustrated with 27 line engravings copied by Henry Moses after the original plates by Moritz Retzsch. His publisher, Thomas Boosey, brought out another edition in 1824. Although several critics recognized that it was Coleridge's work, his role as translator was obscured because of its anonymous publication. Coleridge himself declared that he 'never put pen to paper as translator of Faust', and subsequent generations mistakenly attributed the translation to George Soane, a minor playwright, who had actually commenced translating for a rival press. This edition of Coleridge's translation provides the textual and documentary evidence of his authorship, and presents his work in the context of other contemporary efforts at translating Goethe's Faust.

The Wages Of Sinn - Everyone Pays In The End (Hardcover): S. K. Gathright The Wages Of Sinn - Everyone Pays In The End (Hardcover)
S. K. Gathright
R797 Discovery Miles 7 970 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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