Plays, playscripts, drama
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Bailegangaire Methuen Modern Plays
Book SynopsisA senile bedridden old woman rehearses over and over again an epic tale of a village laughing match. Meanwhile her two granddaughters struggle to release themselves from the prison of remembered unhappiness.Trade ReviewThe remarkable 1985 play that helped to put Tom Murphy up alongside Brian Friel as one of the great masters of modern Irish playwriting. Scotsman Murphy ... is among Irelamd's greatest living dramatists. Bailegangaire ... can only further enhance his reputation. Sunday Herald Murphy's writing has the emotional weight and the intellectual athleticism of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. Sunday Herald
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Fallout
Book SynopsisA boy is found dead and DC Joe Stephens must return to his old neighbourhood to investigate. Shanice studiously avoids his enquiries into her boyfriend Emile's gang of friends. But when a reward is offered and Ibiza beckons, the girls and boys face the biggest test of street loyalty.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) ON THE SHORE OF THE WIDE WORLD BY STEPHENS SIMON AUTHOR Paperback 042005
Book SynopsisThe script of On the Shore of the Wide World, a co-production between the Royal Exchange and the National Theatre, which played at both venues in 2005 and won the Olivier Award for Best New PlayTrade Review'I thought Simon Stephens's play On the Shore of the Wide World was sensational. I was thrilled when it won the Olivier because I thought it was really underrated.' David Eldridge, playwright
£11.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Candide
Book SynopsisAll the world''s an Xbox and you''re a playerCandide is an optimist. A dreamer. He believes that everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. But that belief is about to be tested as Candide''s comfortable life is overtaken by an endless barrage of misfortune. First published in 1759, the story traces the journey of a young man who leads a sheltered life, believing that mankind lives in the best of all possible worlds and that everything happens for the best. But Candide''s happiness comes to a sharp end when he is unfairly evicted from his uncle''s castle for kissing his cousin and true love, Lady Cunégonde. Cast out into the big wide world, Candide is forced to confront reality.As his world collapses around him, we are transported across the centuries to new locations and parallel universes. How will Candide''s optimism fare when it collides with life in the twenty-first century?Trade ReviewRavenhill has more to say, and says it more refreshingly and wittily, than any other playwright of his generation * Time Out *There are few stage authors writing more interestingly than Mark Ravenhill . . . He is . . . a searing, intelligent, disturbing sociologist with a talent for satirical dialogue and a flair for sexual sensationalism. * Financial Times *An extraordinary piece, one that bulges with bright ideas * Guardian *... fiendishly clever and full of ideas. * The Times *Mark Ravenhill's imaginative, fitfully entertaining 'response' to Candide for the Royal Shakespeare Company is a picaresque, playful, and provocative piece ... Staged with terrific panache and colour by Lyndsey Turner ... * Mail on Sunday *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Mercy
Book SynopsisDeccy and Mac want to disappear. Cookie wants his Mum. Terry and Jean are running away together. Rory is just running. Then it happens. White dust is falling. London is sinking, and it is too late for regrets. All they can do is wait.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Richard Bean: Plays Four
Book SynopsisThe new collection from Richard Bean, one of Britain’s leading playwrights and the fastest-selling playwright in the history of the West End. This volume features an introduction by Mark Lawson and includes the plays: The Heretic, The Big Fellah and England People Very Nice.Trade ReviewA very funny but outrageous comedy - makes you laugh then wonder whether you should have. * Financial Times on England People Very Nice *Delicious - Bean's writing scintillates. Pulsing with shrewd humour, it's risque and linguistically rich * Evening Standard on The Heretic *Very funny, full of sharp contrasts between grim hilarity and gut-wrenching reversals. * The Stage on The Big Fellah *Features some of his funniest one-liners to-date. It might also be the most despairing piece about modern Britain [Bean] has yet written. * The Telegraph on Pub Quiz is Life *
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J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing The Cull
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J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing The Recipe
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Hofenberg Perikles: Fürst von Tyrus
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hockebooks Momo und die Zeitdiebe
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The Chinese University Press City of the Dead and Song of the Night
Book SynopsisCity of the Dead and Ballade Nocturne are two plays by Gao Xingjian, the Nobel laureate, which create new modes of theatrical presentation by experimenting with prose and poetry. In the City of the Dead, Gao employs traditional Chinese opera techniques that combine singing with dialogue, movement, and martial arts into a modern play. Ballade Nocturne, conceived as a poem play with dance, uses one female actor and two female dancers to represent the subjective self of the contemporary woman, divided in the “I” and the “she”. These two plays advance Gao's theatrical experiments in dramatic prose across linguistic and cultural boundaries.
£20.76
Univ of Chicago Behalf Northwestern Univ Pres The Nether A Play
Book SynopsisA daring examination of moral responsibility in virtual worlds, The Nether opens with a familiar interrogation scene given a technological twist. Suspenseful, ingeniously constructed, and fiercely intelligent, Haley's play forces us to confront deeply disturbing questions about the boundaries of reality.
£14.20
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Romans
Book SynopsisAlice Birch is a British playwright and screenwriter. Her previous work includes Peckham: The Soap Opera and Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again (RSC). Other credits include: We Want You To Watch (National), The Lone Pine Club (Pentabus), Little Light (Orange Tree), Little on the Inside (Almeida / Clean Break), Salt (Comedie de Valence), Many Moons (Theatre 503), Flying the Nest (BBC Radio 4) and Lady Macbeth (BBC Films / BFI / Creative England). Alice was the co-winner of the 2014 George Devine Award for Revolt. She said. Revolt Again and winner of the Arts Foundation Award for Playwriting 2014.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Deciphering
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Big Ange
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University of Calgary Press Legislating Love: The Everett Klippert Story
Book SynopsisAspiring historian Maxine is researching Canadian social policy when she discovers the story of Everett Klippert, the last Canadian man jailed simply for being gay. Maxine becomes fascinated with Everett's case and with discovering the man beyond the headlines, a beloved Calgary bus driver on the downtown route who took care to brighten the day of his passengers, who played on the family baseball team and was everyone's favourite uncle, and who, when he was confronted by police about his sexuality, refused to lie. Inspired and captivated, Maxine interviews people who knew Everett Klippert. She connects with a senior at a local assisted living facility she knows only as Handsome, one of Klippert's lovers and perhaps the only person who can truly illuminate the past. At the same time, Maxine is navigating her own new relationship with Metis comedian Tonya.Legislating Love is a heartwarming play that weaves together past and present in a multi-generational exploration of queer love. It tells the near-forgotten story of one of Canada's quiet heroes and reminds us all that the past must be remembered as we work together for a better future.Trade ReviewA poignant reminder of a generation of gay men and women whose history has always run the risk of being forgotten . . . a thoughtful, moving, new brand of alternative Canadian historical drama. - Stephen Hunt, Globe and Mail (on original theatrical run)
£19.76
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Reminiscence Theatre: Making Theatre from Memories
Book SynopsisReminiscence theatre is about seeing and realising the dramatic potential in real life stories. It takes verbatim memories as the basis for theatre scripts, using the experiences of older people as a source of artistic productions and therapeutic creativity.This book is a comprehensive guide to the nature, practice and therapeutic effects of reminiscence theatre. Drawing on examples from a range of real-life case studies, Pam Schweitzer provides practical advice on the process of taking an oral history, creating from it a written script and developing that into a dramatic production, on whatever scale.The book outlines five components of key significance that the form affords: artistic development through creating original productions; cultural development, by creating reminiscence theatre in multi-cultural contexts, including dual-language productions; educational development through the intergenerational sharing and enactment of memories; psycho-social development for older people by reliving and reshaping past experiences; and health care, by using improvised reminiscence drama therapeutically with people with dementia and their carers.This book will be of great interest to theatre workers, social work professionals and carers of older people, arts therapy practitioners and students in these fields.Trade ReviewThe vast scope of the work recounted in this book as well as the detailed guidance it provides will become an invaluable resource for anyone who wishes to mine the riches of reminiscence work and to transform the spoken word into tangible artistic forms. -- Faith Gibson, Emeritus Professor of Social Work, University of UlsterThis highly-readable and engaging book is drawn from the experiences of working within the arena of reminiscence theatre. Everyone has a voice - Schweitzer has provided another avenue for us to explore. Impressively. -- SignpostSchweitzer demonstrates an uncanny ability to adapt and invent genres and techniques.Schweitzer provides compelling accounts of workshop exercises during which older participants describes their experiences of scarcity and constraint and challenged their younger partners to recognize and grapple with the limitations on personal freedom and control that these entailed. -- Cambridge University PressIt is inspirational in demonstrating that the dedication, commitment and enthusiasm of one person can make a difference and has laid foundations which will ensure reminiscence theatre work will continue to develop and diversify. -- Journal of Social Work PracticeThis book is a marvelous treasure chest of experience and will enrich any reader. -- Leveson NewsletterThis book is aimed at anyone- health or social care staff, actors, musicians, artists, teachers - who has an interest in creative reminiscence and in how to transform individual's verbal memories into interactive pieces of theatre. The book systematically and comprehensively outlines the processes involved in the various forms of re-enacting reminiscences. Whilst it acknowledges some of the body of research into this area and illustrates how the author has contributed to research projects, it is the use of practical examples and the occasionally moving dialogue and anecdotes that bring the book alive and help to illustrate the value of reminiscence. The author's conviction that presenting reminiscence in this way is beneficial is convincingly relayed to the reader. It is a valuable resource for anyone with an interest in creative reminiscence to enhance self-identity and esteem. -- Occupational Therapy for Older PeopleThis is a welcome addition to an era of literature that is somewhat sparse and it will certainly be of great interest to theatre workers, social work professionals as well as carers of older people, arts therapies practitioners and students in these fields... This is a well-structured book that is easy to read and assimilate. What I found most useful were the introductions to each chapter briefly outlining what was contained therein, and the summary at the end, which I felt consolidated the understanding of what one had read. To complete the enjoyment, the book is shot through with some stunning photographs of the various projects that Schweitzer undertook (the "child aspect" in me loves a book with pictures) during her long association with Age Exchange Theatre.One example is a particularly poignant picture of an elderly couple enacting their wedding day memories.The author's enthusiasm and passion for reminiscence work shines through the text and her regard for all the people that she has worked with is always evident.The many examples of the company's work will act as a spur for all practitioners in this field and should lead to some really constructive work between generations in the future. The main message of the book stresses that it is really important to keep memories alive, they are, after all, lived experiences and the history of future generations. -- DramatherapyThis book certainly leaves the reader with a very clear understanding of the aim of reminiscence theatre and the diverse nature of approaches. I particularly enjoyed the multicultural projects that described the cultural isolation of older people when they moved to England from overseas. -- Nursing Older PeopleIn her book, "Reminiscence Theatre" Pam Schweitzer draws on and documents 23 years of practical experience as Artistic Director of Age Exchange Theatre Trust which she founded in 1983. It is a memoir, a history of Age Exchange's pioneering theatre and intergenerational practice and also a practical "how to do it" manual, with useful analysis of the many processes of making theatre from memory. -- Interrogational Practice NewsletterSheds new light on complex human issues and the message is loud and clear: reminiscence and reminiscence theatre can make a profound improvement in real people's real lives. -- from the Foreword by Glenda Jackson MPTable of ContentsForeword by Glenda Jackson MP. Preface. Introduction by Faith Gibson. About this book. Background. Part 1. Reminiscence Theatre. Process and Product. 1. Setting Up a Reminiscence Theatre Company. 2. From Interviews to Verbatim Script. 3. Development of Verbatim Plays. 4. Reflecting a Multi-cultural Society. 5. Dramatising Jewish and Irish Elders' Memories. 6. A Sense of Time and Place. 7. Staging and Touring Reminiscence Theatre. Part 2. Participatory and Inter-generational Projects. 8. Theatrical Scenes Stimulating Audience Participation. 9. Reminiscence Theatre-in-Education Projects. 10. Reminiscence in a Youth Theatre Context. 11. Inter-generational Playmaking in Schools. Part 3. Older People Dramatising their Own Memories. 12. Older People Enacting their Own Memories. 13. Minority Ethnic Elders Make Theatre from their Lives. 14. Using Drama in Outreach Work and in Dementia Care. Conclusion. References. Index.
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Hofenberg Musik: Sittengemälde in vier Bildern
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Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki Robert Macaire, Or, the Exploits of a Gentleman at Large
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia After August
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J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing Vierge
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