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When George leaves his sick wife, Sophie, and flies out to meet Thea at Everest Base camp, their goals seem simple: to continue an affair and to climb the highest mountain in the world. But when a sherpa guide and an elusive photographer join them, they enter a mysterious territory of ghosts.This ground-breaking play opened at the Crucible Theatre (Studio) in March 2000.

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I've got a new law for you mate, it's called survival of the fittest, it's called fuck you we're the Riot Club.In an oak-panelled room in Oxford, ten young bloods with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting, intent on restoring their right to rule. Members of an elite student dining society, the boys are bunkering down for a wild night of debauchery, decadence and bloody good wine. But this isn't the last huzzah: they're planning a takeover. Welcome to the Riot Club.

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Bobby Tops is riding on the crest of a wave, poised to take the crown at the 1978 World Professional Darts Championship. Only now he's dead. His son Jack seeks his revenge on those he believes are responsible for his father's downfall and we're with him every step of the way as life turns him from adoring son to hard bitten criminal.A contemporary verse monologue exploring the terrifying dangers of violence and revenge.

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An intellectual escapes the security and wealth of his Budapest life and heads for the dream land of Portugal. He stops in a remote poverty-stricken village where he refuses to become part of the community. He seduces the inn-keeper's daughter with his alluring sadness, but is pursued by his wealthy wife.This version is from a literal translation by Katalin Trencsényi and is part of the National Theatre's Channels (Hungary) season of rehearsed readings, initiated by the NT Studio and performed in the Cottesloe Theatre.

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Commissioned by the NYS Theatre Institute and performed both in New York and London. This tale of friendship and loyalty is an outstanding musical, brimming with adventure and fun. One day Kai is snatched away by the Snow Queen and taken to her icy palace. Gerda sets out to find her friend and free him from the grasp of the wicked queen.

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When pirate-turned-explorer Martin Frobisher discovers a new land in the Arctic filled with riches, Elizabeth I glimpses a golden future of wealth, prestige and influence. Charmed by tales of the exotic singing 'Esquimaux', the Queen invests heavily to bring 'civilisation to the natives' and their assets home to England.Frobisher's Gold blends history, comedy and politics in a tale of imperial desire, improbable coincidences and bad dentistry. It premiered at the Junction Theatre, Cambridge in October 2006 in a production by Menagerie Theatre.

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The Annunciation: the Angel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary. A Known story, a miracle and a done deal. Or was it that simple? Marcelo Bertuccio imagines the argument that may have taken place that day and explores the stakes and the consequences for Mankind. A beautifully crafted language oscillating between the Contemporary and the Biblical.

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Award-winning playwright Philip Osment's sad, touching and sometimes comic story of five friends who journey into the Irish countryside to scatter the ashes of Henry, who has died of AIDS.

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A play combining fanstasy and realism about two children coping with their mother's depression and learning how to overcome their own fears. The Palace of Fear was developed in primary schools and toured Leicester schools in 2004.

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Set against a background of Soho strip clubs, sexual fantasy and loneliness, Strip is the story of a stripper and her relationship with her sado-masochistic lover. It was produced at the Lyric Studio, Hammersmith in 1993.Snaphots, which opened at the Royal Exchange Manchester in March 2000, is a powerful look at the institutional violence wrenching at the experience of motherhood.

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After a life of industrious industrial work, André and Lucie have retired to the country. Another life starts and André sets out to learn' about the world, the universe and everything in it. As he unravels the secrets of the cosmos, André unravels his fragile sanity, and Lucie is left to pick up the pieces.A beautifully simple and tender piece, which echoes Jean-Paul Wenzel's Far away from Hagondange written 25 years earlier. A generation has passed and the terms working life' and retirement' have taken on completely different meanings. Wenzel reflects on the work that launched his career in a very personal and intimate tone.Rising Blue was part of the National Theatre's 'Channels' project, a series of contemporary French plays read in translation at the Lyttleton.

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From a colonial past to a precarious European present, this selection of works by contemporary writers challenges the accepted vision of the Spain to explore the national themes, historical legacies and modern-day concerns of a country of great geographical and cultural diversity. A Basque History by Borja Ortiz de Gondra (2017 Max Award, Best Playwright) explores the impact of war, regional and national identity, language and culture on the Basque people of the Iberian north. The Sickness of Stone by Blanca Domenech. An idealistic restoration expert clashes with an old-school pragmatist over the best way to acknowledge and heal the wounds of Spain's bloody and oppressive past. Cuzco by Víctor Sánchez Rodríguez. A Spanish couple travels to Peru to save their relationship, but find themselves confronted by post-colonial guilt, depression and disconnectedness. The Greyhound by Vanessa Montfort. This comic tale of a homeless greyhound explores the clash between the EU's prosperous north and the austerity-stricken Mediterranean. On The Edge by Julio Escalada explores the little-known underworlds of Spain's North African territories where the fight for survival leads to prejudice, volatility and violence.

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Jon Fosse is the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2023. Jon Fosse's work includes novels, poetry, essays and books for children. He is one of the most produced playwrights in Europe and his plays have been translated into more than forty languages. Methuen Drama publishes Plays One (Someone Is Going to Come, The Name, The Guitar Man, The Child), Plays Three (Mother and Child, Sleep my Baby Sleep, Afternoon, Beautiful, Death Variations), Plays Four (And We'll Never Be Parted, The Son, Visits, Meanwhile the Lights Go Down and Everything Becomes Black), Plays Five (Suzannah, Living Secretly, The Dead Dogs, A Red Butterfly's Wing, Warm, Telemakos, Sleep), Nightsongs, The Girl on the Sofa and I Am The Wind. Fosse was made a Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite of France in 2007 and received The International Ibsen Award in 2010.

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I've even thought of a name for it. Delicious Agony. Coz that's what it is. The villain's pulling a fast one and the audience can only sit and watch. Do you know what I mean?'Duncan is an ambitious young TV producer, ready to do anything to find the next big hit. While planning to bring wrestling back to British TV screens, he meets Victor, aka The Count of Monte Cristo. Victor is one of the old guard, past his prime but desperate to reclaim his glory days and he's a perfect pawn for Duncan to use in his climb to the top of the industry ladder.Packed with hilarious one-liners, this razor-sharp media satire was first performed at Soho Theatre in a production starring Martin Freeman.

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‘If the essence of drama is conflict, the crossing of wills, of culture versus barbarism, the Norwegians have a natural spring to tap into – and it is explosive.’ – Line Rosvoll, Artistic Director of the Norwegian Centre of New Playwriting, from her Introduction. The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary Norwegian Plays brings together a selection of exciting playwrights reflecting the breadth and vitality of Norwegian theatre’s booming new writing scene. Six plays, translated by Neil Howard and published for the first time in English, demonstrate a common willingness to push formal boundaries and to find new ways to tackle the universal experiences of the human condition; grief and loss, violence, manipulation, abuse and despair. Grief Work by Eirik Fauske; Kinder K by Kristofer Grønskag; A Remarkable Person by Pernille Dahl Johnsen; Time Without Books by Lene Therese Teigen; Why Not Before by Liv Heløe; Watching Shadows by Hans Petter Blad

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Two new plays by Howard BarkerSlowlyAs barbarians approach the palace of a decaying culture, four princesses debate their fate. Decorum demands suicide. But, for some, the possibility of life is all too compelling. In a culture of conformity, it may not be up to the individual to decide...Hurts Given and Received Howard Barker re-examines the creative life of the artist through one of his most fascinating and appalling creations. Provocative ideas, pungent poetic language, and savage wit build a thought-provoking allegory of the artist's relationship with society.

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Mick Oberon may look like just another 1930s private detective, but beneath the fedora and the overcoat, he's got pointy ears and he's packing a wand. A series of brutal murders is sweeping Chicago, baffling both the local police and the Seelie Court, who sense that an aura of corruption and death has touched Mick himself. When Mick's associates become targets, and a vampire appears in his office, Mick is drawn into his most dangerous hunt yet. A hunt that will lead him to seek answers about his mysterious past and what it could mean for those in his present.

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Winner of Best Playwright and Best Director at the 2003 New York Fringe FestivalLogan Brown and Matthew Benjamin's hilarious take on casual carnage is a laugh-a-minute, fast-paced classic cop-caper, with drugs, guns and bodies in car trunks. But it combines this tale of sexy young things behaving badly with a twister of a morality tale, begging the question what would you do if you could get away with it? How to Act Around Cops is a timely and illuminating insight into the corrupting effect of power in the world's richest nations, and asks the question: if you're untouchable surely you can do anything and get away with it?Production at the Pleasance Courtyard at the Edinburgh Fringe 2004 followed by a transfer to the Soho Theatre, London.

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David Pownall was born in Liverpool and he is a graduate of Keele University. He was dramatist in residence with the Century and Duke's Playhouse, Lancaster and co-founder of Paines Plough Theatre Company with John Adams. His internationally-performed plays include Music to Murder By, An Audience Called Edouard, Beef, Livingstone an Sechele and Master Class. Her most recent new play was Getting the Picture at The Lyric, Belfast. Theatre awards include the John Whiting Prize for Beef, the New York Theatre Yearbook, the LS Directors' Award for Livingstone and Sechele, and many others. David Pownall won the Writers' Guild Award for Radio Drama Tennyson and Edison in 2013. He has published ten novels and a collection of short stories.

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A fascinating addition to the magical literature of the Elizabethan era, this unique grimoire is a must-have for magic aficionados and historians. Dating from the time of Shakespeare (c. 1580), The Book of Oberon is a meticulous transcription and translation of a magic book recently rediscovered by the Folger Shakespearean Library. Unlike the more theoretical magic books of the era, this is a compilation of practical spells, secrets, and summonings. The Book of Oberon includes rituals for summoning spirits and faeries (including Oberon); original drawings; talismans and charms for toothaches, bleeding, the capture of thieves, and other practical matters; one of the oldest known copies of the magical manual The Enchiridion; and much more.

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Without crime I became a criminal. Without payment I became a whoreMunich, 1906. Klara lives with her singing teacher and his wife. But when a backstreet abortionist is arrested, a secret emerges which theatens to destroy the household's respectability.Frank Wedekind was the great rebel of European theatre, best known for Spring Awakening and the Lulu Plays. In Musik he delivers a blistering attack on middle-class hyprocrisy and double-standards.This exhiliarating adaptation by Neil Fleming opened The Last Waltz Season at the Arcola Theatre, London in March 2005.

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His theatrical works include Olivier nominated The Big Life (with Paul Joseph) at Theatre Royal Stratford East & West End, Rat Pack Confidential at Nottingham Playhouse/New Wolsey Ipswich/Bolton Octagon & West End, and Come Dancing (with Ray Davies) at Stratford East. Other works include: Bad Blood Blues; A Night in Tunisia; Worlds Apart; Crusade; Jamaica House (all Stratford East) and plays for Graeae, Soho Theatre, Polka Theatre, Yellow Earth Theatre; Live Theatre, Newcastle; Dukes Lancaster and the Edinburgh Fringe. Awards include: Best Off-West End Musical, Whatsonstage; Best Play, Pearson; Best Production, City Life; Best Writer & Best Play, New York International Radio Festival; and nominations for TMA, Evening Standard and Olivier awards. Paul has also worked extensively as a dramaturg including many productions at Soho Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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Donald Howarth (born 5 November 1931) is a playwright and theatre director. After training at Esme Church's Northern Theatre School in Bradford, he worked in various repertory theatres around England before writing his first play, Sugar in the Morning, which was selected by George Devine for performance at the Royal Court Theatre in 1959. Ian McKellen's first starring role in London's West End was in Howarth's third play, A Lily in Little India, and his fourth play, Three Months Gone starred Diana Dors.

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Paul Sirett has worked as a dramaturg on over 50 productions including West End (Vaudeville), Edinburgh International Festival (Royal Lyceum), Soho Theatre Company, Royal Court and Theatre Royal Stratford East. He has also worked as a writer for BBC radio and TV. Oberon Books publishes his first volume of plays, which includes A Night in Tunisia, Skaville and Jamaica House.

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John Osborne was born in London in 1929. He worked as a journalist for a number of trade magazines before becoming an Assistant Stage Manager and actor with several repertory companies. Look Back in Anger (1956) has come to stand as a key text for modern British Drama, and prompted other successes with The Entertainer and Epitaph for George Dillon. He was the first of many writers to be 'discovered' by the Royal Court Theatre, and Look Back in Anger was the first of the Royal Court's plays to be internationally recognised. Osborne adapted Look Back in Anger and The Entertainer for film. He also wrote an Oscar winning screenplay adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel Tom Jones.

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Eight women tell their stories using their own words stories of the unseen fallout of the war on terror in Britain. These are stories of real women, from cultures as varied as Palestine, Senegal, Jordan, Libya, St John's Wood, and the English Midlands. They all came to the UK as refugees, or married refugees here. After 9/11 the world they loved here vanished almost overnight. One after another they were engulfed by isolation and private terror.

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Peculiar Lives and Strange Times of Music Hall and Variety Artistes.What was the vulgar dressing-room practice of Jack Haig, Nutty but Nice, that so dismayed hisfellow artists? How did the mysterious Werth, Banana Skin and Stone Manipulator, display his art? What anatomical peculiarity was enjoyed, although never displayed, by Stanelli and his Hornchestra? Find out the answers to these and other fascinating conundrums in this saucy backstage look at music hall, variety and vaudeville, illustrated with the posters and photographs of the time.

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John Osborne was born in London in 1929. He worked as a journalist for a number of trade magazines before becoming an Assistant Stage Manager and actor with several repertory companies. Look Back in Anger (1956) has come to stand as a key text for modern British Drama, and prompted other successes with The Entertainer and Epitaph for George Dillon. He was the first of many writers to be 'discovered' by the Royal Court Theatre, and Look Back in Anger was the first of the Royal Court's plays to be internationally recognised. Osborne adapted Look Back in Anger and The Entertainer for film. He also wrote an Oscar winning screenplay adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel Tom Jones.

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After two years at Liverpool University and a stint in the RAF, Henry Livings took to the boards. Provincial rep was followed by a formative period as an actor with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop. His television work included a minor role in Coronation Street, still remembered by friends who call for the return of Our Lily's Wilf. He also played an important part in Alfred Bradley's Northern Drift, a showcase for new writers in the North of England. His writings for stage includes 'Stop It Whoever You Are', 'Eh?', 'Big Soft Nelly', 'Nil Carborundum', 'Honour and Offer', 'The Little Mrs Foster show', 'The ffinest ffamily in the Land', 'Don't Touch Him He Might Not Like It' and 'Stop the Children's Laughter'.

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Situado en el corazón mismo del monoteísmo y la cultura occidental, Moisés no es una figura de la historia, sino de la memoria, y como tal se convierte en el objeto principal de esta obra de Jan Assmann. Con increíble maestría, Assmann nos introduce en el mundo de los recuerdos, y nos muestra de qué forma se conservaron, modificaron o eliminaron los recuerdos relacionados con dos acontecimientos clave de la historia del antiguo Egipto: la revolución monoteísta de Akhenatón y la expulsión de los reyes hicsos que supuso el comienzo del Imperio Nuevo. A través de las páginas de este libro, Assmann nos introduce en un mundo de recuerdos y traumas históricos del que surge una figura de Moisés enormemente rica en matices: educado en la sabiduría de los egipcios, legislador y creador del pueblo de Israel, seguidor de la revolución atonista de Akhenatón para unos, líder de un grupo de leprosos para otros, sabio para casi todos. No es éste un libro sobre el Moisés histórico, sino sobre cómo man

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Este libro es una recopilación cuidadosa de los principales mitos de la India, que, aparte de su interés y belleza como piezas literarias per se, sirven magníficamente para adentrarse en un mundo de sabiduría milenaria que empleó el género narrativo para difundir sus postulados filosóficos y religiosos. Mediante sus leyendas se puede conocer el ethos indio y recrearse con una concepción de universo en extremo atractiva para la mente occidental. En los textos sacros de la India (los Vedas, los Purânas y las dos grandes epopeyas, el Râmâyana y el Mahâbhârata) se hallan el origen y el marco de los mitos hindúes, donde los dioses, los héroes y sus peripecias son siempre símbolos de las verdades más profundas y, a la vez, fuente inagotable de placer estético e intelectual para todo lector.

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S. . . . Prólogo de María Teresa Román López, 13. Advertencia previa, 17. Presentación y agradecimientos, 19. Introducción, 31. . primera parte: el bon primitivo. . I.Orígenes de los tibetanos, 43. II.Creencias de los antiguos tibetanos: . el bon primitivo, 65. III.El bon primitivo en nuestros días, 125. . segunda parte: el bon de la svástika . . IV.Orígenes. Shangshung, 167. V.Tonpa shenrab y sus enseñanzas. La svástika, 189. VI.El bon viajero: el tÍbet central desde drigum . hasta la llegada del budismo, 209. VII.Evolución. La resistencia frente al budismo, 225. III.El bon modificado, 237. IX.Bon y budismo, 247. X.Textos y doctrinas, 257. XIDeidades: el panteón bonpo, 293. . Apéndices . . El bon hoy, 307. El monasterio de la gnosis, 315. Cronología, 329. términos y expresiones, 331. Glosario de términos tibetanos y sánscritos, 337. Glosario explicativo de términos y expresiones, 339. Bibliografía, 347. . . .

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Los antiguos egipcios creían en muchos dioses o en un solo con muchas formas? La clave para saberlo se encuentra en la especial relación existente entre el dios sol Ra y el rey en su básico papel de "hijo de Ra". Este libro reúne, por primera, vez los últimos avances producidos en la comprensión del culto de Ra, que fue adorado desde el tercer milenio a.C. hasta la conquista romana de Egipto y la aparición de la cristiandad. Stephen Quirke examina las fuentes egipcias relativas al carácter de Ra y a su fundamental papel en la creación, explorando los modo en los que era adorado y descubriendo los más escondidos misterios del culto. Mediante la información contenida en las principales inscripciones y manuscritos, el lector penetra en el cerrado mundo del rey cuando llevaba a cabo su principal misión, mantener la vida en Egipto. Mediante las oraciones, las ofrendas y el poder del conocimiento, el faraón aseguraba que el paso del sol, de hora en hora a lo largo del día fuera tranquilo. El

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘My Oberon! what visions have I seen!Methought I was enamoured of an ass.’ When four young lovers flee from Athens and become lost in an enchanted wood, they stumble into a fairy world where King Oberon, and Queen Titania, are feuding over ownership of a young Indian prince. Seeking his revenge on Titania, Oberon and his servant Puck begin a magical, yet farcical chain of events where all become interwoven in a comedic and mischievous play about the difficulties of love.

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