Drama Books

Representing the largest expansion between editions this updated volume of Ott... Representing the largest expansion between editions this updated volume of Ottemiller s Index to Plays in Collections is the standard location tool for full-length plays published in collections and anthologies in England and the United States... more

Playing Shakespeare is the premier guide to understanding and appreciating the... Playing Shakespeare is the premier guide to understanding and appreciating the mastery of the world s greatest playwright. Together with Royal Shakespeare Company actors-among them Patrick Stewart Judi Dench Ian McKellen Ben Kingsley and David... more

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This collection of 24 original duet scenes are based on the real-life situatio... This collection of 24 original duet scenes are based on the real-life situations faced by young women today. Split evenly between comedic and dramatic scenes the 8 to 10-minute length of each royalty-free scene is ideal for forensic competition or... more

You make one decision. It stays with you. It s like the consequences of it get... You make one decision. It stays with you. It s like the consequences of it get into your bones. Set on the edges of Heathrow airport Wastwater is an elliptical triptych - a snapshot of three different couples who make a choice that will define the... more

In this extensively illustrated book Thomas Morawetz explores how the creation... In this extensively illustrated book Thomas Morawetz explores how the creation of transformational makeup for theatre movies and television fulfills the fundamental human fantasy of self-transformation and satisfies the human desire to become the othe more

When Blasted was first produced at the Royal Court in 1995 it was hailed joint... When Blasted was first produced at the Royal Court in 1995 it was hailed jointly as a masterpiece and a disgusting piece of filth (Daily Mail). Subsequently that play and the others that followed have been produced all over the world. This anthology... more

An unrivalled unofficial history of the rise and partial fall of fringe theate... An unrivalled unofficial history of the rise and partial fall of fringe theater Mike Bradwell s deadpan story is one of the funniest and angriest books to come out of theater today. As he travels through a counterculture peopled by scheming... more

Here are portraits of American life during the Great Depression and after popu... Here are portraits of American life during the Great Depression and after populated by a hopelessly hopeful chorus girl a munitions manufacturer ensnared in a love triangle a rural family that deals justice on its children an overconfident mob dandy a... more

An abridgement for performance by young people and amateur adults road tested ... An abridgement for performance by young people and amateur adults road tested at the Folger Shakespeare Library s Student Shakespeare Festival. more

It was like we were two children - two innocent children just... playing Mrs C... It was like we were two children - two innocent children just... playing Mrs C wants a baby not a Christmas tree. B wants a real hairdresser s scissors and a wife. D wants a snow globe and a big head of dirty auld curls . All of them want their own... more

An abridgement for performance by young people and amateur adults road tested ... An abridgement for performance by young people and amateur adults road tested at the Folger Shakespeare Library s Student Shakespeare Festival. more

This Oxford Shakespeare edition of Hamlet represents a radically new text of t... This Oxford Shakespeare edition of Hamlet represents a radically new text of the best known and most widely discussed of all Shakespearean tragedies. Arguing that the text currently accepted is not in fact the most authoritative version of the play... more

John Webster was a radically and creatively experimental dramatist. This volum... John Webster was a radically and creatively experimental dramatist. This volume offers his two great Jacobean tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi together with his brilliant tragicomedy The Devil s Law-Case and the comedy written with... more

Troy is in ruins. Its men are dead. Its women are captives and the victorious ... Troy is in ruins. Its men are dead. Its women are captives and the victorious Greeks are camped in the ashes preparing to sail home. Four quarrelling women drawn together by grief... Four exhausted soldiers who hate each other s guts... A King who... more

Dive into the humor and excitement of The Big Lebowski but with the tradition ... Dive into the humor and excitement of The Big Lebowski but with the tradition of Shakespeare in this rewrite of the cult classic into five acts of iambic pentameter featuring illustrations annotations and historical engravings. What if...William... more

The first book to consider cinematic and televisual melodrama in a broad Latin... The first book to consider cinematic and televisual melodrama in a broad Latin American and U.S. Latino context more

Gathering together three major works of acclaimed playwright Rajiv Joseph this... Gathering together three major works of acclaimed playwright Rajiv Joseph this collection features the Pulitzer Prize finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo alongside the critically acclaimed Gruesome Playground Injuries and Animals Out of Paper... more

The Oberon Book of Modern Monologues for Women collects over fifty speeches fr... The Oberon Book of Modern Monologues for Women collects over fifty speeches from some of the finest plays of the last twenty years and from the unique roster of the UK s leading independent drama publisher. Bringing together specially selected speeches... more

Humana Festival 2010: The Complete Plays brings together all eleven scripts fr... Humana Festival 2010: The Complete Plays brings together all eleven scripts from the 2010 Humana Festival of New American Plays the 34th annual cycle of world premiere productions staged at Actors Theatre of Louisville. This unique compilation features... more