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Mrs Affleck (Paperback, Acting ed.): Samuel Adamson Mrs Affleck (Paperback, Acting ed.)
Samuel Adamson
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Characters: 3 males, 4 females, 2 boys (aged 9) plus Extras

Scenery: A house, a tea-house, a beach

Samuel Adamson takes Ibsen's Little Eyolf, a haunting psychodrama of guilt, sexual frustration and self-deceit, and re-locates it to 1950s England. Rita Affleck is a sensual, intelligent woman, stifled by circumstances. Her troubled ex -serviceman husband Alfred returns home after six weeks in the Scottish Highlands and vows to devote himself to their disabled son Olly. Rita decides that Olly has stolen Alfred from her and claims her right to her husband's unconditional love. When he overhears their arguments, Olly - who was crippled whilst his parents were preoccupied with lovemaking - follows the mysterious Flea into the sea, and tragedy ensues. Mrs Affleck was presented at the National Theatre in 2009, directed by Marianne Elliott and starring Claire Skinner and Angus Wright.

"Laden with fine writing (and) a keen dramatic intelligence... " The Independent

..". a powerful re-working of this bleak indictment of parental egocentricity." Daily Express

Henrik Ibsen's "Pillars of the Community" (Paperback): Samuel Adamson Henrik Ibsen's "Pillars of the Community" (Paperback)
Samuel Adamson
R383 Discovery Miles 3 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Shipbuilder Karsten Bernick is a respected, highly successful businessman in a small Norwegian coastal town but his wealth has been founded on a lie and now he is threatened with exposure. As the wily, unscrupulous Berniock struggles to preserve his standing in the community, he sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy all he holds most dear.Samuel Adamson's highly-acclaimed new version of the Ibsen classic was presented at the National Theatre in 2005, directed by Marianne Elliott and starring Damian Lewis.

A Doll's House - Play (Paperback, New edition): Henrik Ibsen A Doll's House - Play (Paperback, New edition)
Henrik Ibsen; Volume editing by Samuel Adamson
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Specially commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Southwark Playhouse, Samuel Adamson's new version of A Doll's House brings zest to this classic play. Thus, the story of Nora, the delicate and over-protected wife of Torvald Helmer, who bravely walks away from her confined marriage in a quest for freedom and self-enlightenment, remains poignant and real for modern-day audiences. Naively, Nora has secretly borrowed money for her husband by forging her father's signature. Krogstad, her creditor, has discovered her fraud and threatens to expose her in order to ruin Torvald. When Torvald finally finds out, Nora is appalled that he would protect his own reputation rather than support her.

The Cherry Orchard (Paperback, New edition): Anton Pavlovich Chekhov The Cherry Orchard (Paperback, New edition)
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov; Volume editing by Samuel Adamson
R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Spring 1903. Russia, And the cherry orchard is up for sale. Lyuboy Ranevskaya ran away to Paris five years ago after her only son drowned. Coming back to her beloved childhood home, she's faced with a mound of debts and an impossible decision - lose the family estate or carve up the land for summer holiday cottages. Lopakhin, the wealthy son of a former serf on the estate, sees a money-spinning opportunity and urges her to consider his scheme. But to Lyubov, the magnificent cherry orchard means everything. Written in 1904, The Cherry Orchard was Chekhov's last great comedy of life. This new version by Samuel Adamson was first produced by Oxford Stage Company on a UK tour and at London's Riverside Studios, with Geraldine James as Lyubov and Trevor Fox as Lopakhin.

Three Sisters (Paperback, New edition): Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Three Sisters (Paperback, New edition)
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov; Volume editing by Samuel Adamson
R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Three Sisters" is Anton Chekhov's dramatic play written in 1900 and first performed in 1901. The story concerns the lives of an aristocratic family, the Prozorovs, who struggle to search for meaning in the modern world. The three sisters, Olga, Masha, and Irina, along with their brother Andrei, are living in a small provincial town, yet they long to return to the urban sophistication of Moscow where they grew up. Chekhov's "Three Sisters" brilliantly depicts the lives and aspirations of the Prozorov family as they struggle to contend with the decline of the privileged class in Russia at the turn of the 20th century. A classic of Russian drama, "Three Sisters" is considered one of Chekhov's major works and remains one of his most popular plays.

Uncle Vanya (Paperback, Main): Anton Chekhov Uncle Vanya (Paperback, Main)
Anton Chekhov; Translated by Samuel Adamson
R305 R274 Discovery Miles 2 740 Save R31 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Tea's cold, lunch is late and the great Professor has turned out to be a fraud - for Uncle Vanya, life has gone wonky, it's gone to hell. Only one thing can save him - a glamorous woman's love. But she's not interested either. And what's worse, she's married to the Professor. Samuel Adamson new version of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya - a dark and funny exploration of cross-purposed love, bitter jealousy and a dysfunctional family - opened at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, in February 2015.

Wife (Paperback): Samuel Adamson Wife (Paperback)
Samuel Adamson
R306 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R31 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

- And your husband forgave you. But what did you do? Decided that forgiveness was offensive and walked out on your marriage. With nothing. Into nothing.

- Into everything, I think.

It's 1959. Robert leaves Ibsen's A Doll's House outraged by its attack on the sanctity of marriage; his wife Daisy dashes round to the stage door, in love with both Nora and the actress who plays her, thrilled by their promise of escape.

Daisy is at the crossroads. Her moral compass tells her to go one way, society the other. What she chooses to do next will have consequences not just for her and Robert, but for four couples who come after them over ninety years.

The truth is we have to give up parts of ourselves if we want to be with someone. And what if, before you know this, you run away from the wrong person?

Samuel Adamson's Wife premiered at Kiln Theatre, London, in May 2019.

Professor Bernhardi (Paperback, New edition): Arthur Schnitzler Professor Bernhardi (Paperback, New edition)
Arthur Schnitzler; Adapted by Samuel Adamson
R425 Discovery Miles 4 250 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"Vienna, 1900. A Jewish doctor prevents a Catholic priest from absolving a dying patient. A witchhunt ensues.Arthur Schnitzler's work has come to define Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century. Written in 1912, Professor Bernhardi exposes the violent prejudices lurking beneath the city's glittering surface. Schnitzler's ""serious comedy"", in a spiky new version by award-winning playwright Samuel Adamson, made its first appearance in London since 1936 as the third and final production in the The Last Waltz Season at the Arcola Theatre, London in March 2005."

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