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Hamlet (Penguin Black Classics) by William Shakespeare
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Category: Plays
Perhaps the single most influential work of English drama, William Shakespeares Hamlet is a timeless tragedy of the conflicted loyalties, madness, betrayal and terrible revenge. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by TJB Spencer with an introduction by Alan Sinfield. 'To be or not to be - that is ...Show more
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Penguin Black Classics) by William Shakespeare
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Category: Plays
This is a raucous comedy that thrusts a quartet of reckless young lovers headfirst into a world of magic and fantasy, William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is edited by Stanley Wells with an introduction by Helen Hackett in Penguin Shakespeare. "Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, suc ...Show more
Macbeth (Penguin Black Classics) by William Shakespeare
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Category: Plays
Referred to by superstitious actors as 'the Scottish play', William Shakespeare's Macbeth is a tragedy in which appalling earthly crimes have lasting supernatural repercussions. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by George Hunter with an introduction by Carol Rutter. 'By the pricking of my thumb ...Show more
Venice Saved by Simone Weil; Philip Wilson (Translator); Silvia Panizza (Translator)
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Category: Plays
Towards the end of her life, the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil (1909-43) was working on a tragedy, Venice Saved. Appearing here in English for the first time, this play explores the realisation of Weil's own thoughts on tragedy. A figure of affliction, a central theme in Weil's religious met ...Show more
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
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Category: Plays | Series: Vintage classics
Middle-aged history professor George, and his wife Martha, are joined by another college couple. The result is an all-night drinking session that erupts into a nightmare of revelations.
Medea by Lucius Annaeus Seneca; Frederick Ahl (Translator)
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Category: Plays | Series: Masters of Latin Literature Ser.
This edition of the Medea is the first complete volume of any play by Seneca to include an introduction, Latin text, apparatus criticus, and commentary.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
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Category: Plays
The Wizarding World journey continues . . . The powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured in New York with the help of Newt Scamander. But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escapes custody and sets about gathering followers, most of whom are unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise p ...Show more
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays (Lady Windemere's Fan / An Ideal Husband) by Oscar Wilde
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Category: Plays | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Who would have thought a comedy of manners written more than a hundred years ago would still be so apt and so funny? Oscar Wilde was a genius of play writing, and his deftness, wit and sharp eye for social satire keep audiences in thrall to this day. Alongside Earnest, discover a biblical tragedy retold ...Show more
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Penguin Modern Classics) by Tennessee Williams
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Category: Plays | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
A Southern family meet to celebrate 'Big Daddy' Pollit's birthday- Gooper with his wife and children, his brother Brick - an ageing, broken football star - and his wife Maggie. But as the party unfolds the facade of a happy family gathering is fractured by sexual frustration, repressed love, and greed i ...Show more
Medea - Euripides, in a New Version by Rachel Cusk by EurÃpides; Rachel Cusk (Adapted by)
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Category: Plays | Series: Oberon Classics Ser.
Medea's marriage is breaking up. And so is everything else. Testing the limits of revenge and liberty, Euripides' seminal play cuts to the heart of gender politics and asks what it means to be a woman and a wife. One of world drama's most infamous characters is brought to controversial new life by award ...Show more
Black Is the New White (Play) by Nakkiah Lui
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Category: Plays
The smash-hit play, in print for the first time with a forward and notes from multitalented playwright, writer, commentator and actor Nakkiah Lui. Winner of the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting, NSW Premier's Awards
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