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1	The Year of Magical Thinking more books like this by Joan Didion add to wishlist In THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, Joan Didion writes an account of her life since the 2003 death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne. Didion's grief was profound and debilitating; she and Dunne had been married for nearly 40 years, during which they were hardly ever apart. But in the course of her mourning period, she also gained crucial insights ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Macbeth more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist Shakespeare's dark portrait of ambition begins when three prophesying witches conspire to meet with Macbeth. Obliging his fate, he indeed encounters these "Weird Sisters," who mysteriously refer to him by the title Thane of Cawdor, and moreover, as the future king. Macbeth's companion Banquo is told that his descendants will inherit the throne. ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Three Theban plays : Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus more books like this by Sophocles add to wishlist Antigone defending her integrity and ideals to the death, Oedipus questing for his identity and achieving immortality - these heroic figures have moved playgoers and readers since the fifth century BC. Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, these three plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. Robert Fagles' translation ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
4	Midsummer Night's Dream more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist Confusions of the heart reign in Athens, where everyone is pining away for the wrong person except Theseus, the Duke and his fiancée, Hippolyta, whose wedding day is fast approaching. Hermia, the Duke's daughter, is intent on marrying Lysander, although her father disapproves and threatens to make her a nun if she refuses to marry his choice for ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Our town; a play in three acts more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist An illustrated hardcover edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, first produced in 1938, follows the changes that gradually occur in the lives of two early-twentieth-century New Hampshire families and their neighbors. 15,000 first printing. see all copies from £1.28! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
6	Fences: A Play more books like this by August Wilson, Lloyd Richards (Introduction by) add to wishlist The author of the 1984-85 Broadway season's best play, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, returns with another powerful, stunning dramatic work that has won him new critical acclaim and the Pulitzer Prize. The protagonist of FENCES, Troy Maxson, is a strong man, a hard man. He has had to be - to survive. For Troy Maxson has gone through life in an America ... see all copies from £4.48! new only from £4.48! \| first editions
7	Wit more books like this by Margaret Edson add to wishlist This Pulitzer Prize-winning play concerns the intersection of metaphysical poetry and terminal cancer. The character Vivian Bearing, a prominent professor, assesses her life during a traumatic hospital stay. see all copies from £3.53! new only from £3.53! \| signed copies
8	August: Osage County more books like this by Tracy Letts add to wishlist Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama "A tremendous achievement in American playwriting: a tragicomic populist portrait of a tough land and a tougher people."-"Time Out New York" "Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County" is what O'Neill would be writing in 2007. Letts has recaptured the nobility of American drama's mid-century heyday while still ... see all copies from £5.89! new only from £5.89! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	History of the theatre more books like this by Oscar Gross Brockett add to wishlist First published in 1968, History of the Theatre is the most comprehensive and widely used survey of theatre history. The eighth edition retains all of the traditional features that have made History of the Theatre a classic for over thirty years, including over 530 photos and illustrations, useful maps, and the expertise of Oscar Brockett, one of ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £19.77! \| first editions
10	The Clean House and Other Plays more books like this by Sarah Ruhl add to wishlist "Passionate. Show-stopping. Daringly over-the-top and impressively consistent in its delirious excess. "The Clean House" shines."-"New Haven Advocate" ""The Clean House" is not, by any means, a traditional boy-meets-girl story. In fact disease, death, and dirt are among the subjects it addresses. This comedy is romantic, deeply so, but in the ... see all copies from £9.74! new only from £9.74!
11 view cover	Oedipus Cycle of Sophocles more books like this by Sophocles, Robert Fitzgerald (Translator), Dudley Fitts (Translator) add to wishlist English versions of Sophocles' three great tragedies based on the myth of Oedipus, translated for a modern audience by two gifted poets. Index. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.31!
12 view cover	Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare more books like this by Professor Stephen J Greenblatt add to wishlist Greenblatt interweaves a searching account of Elizabethan England with a vivid narrative of the playwright's life. Readers see Shakespeare learning his craft, starting a family, and forging a career for himself in the wildly competitive London theater world. see all copies from £1.25! new only from £5.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Raisin in the Sun more books like this by Lorraine Hansberry add to wishlist The award-winning, now classic drama about a working-class African-American family on the South Side of Chicago--their hopes, their dreams, their aspirations. see all copies from £3.27! new only from £3.27! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Vagina Monologues more books like this by Eve Ensler (Read by) add to wishlist Gloria Steinem's introduction supplements this special edition of this controversial and beloved play, which has been performed by Glenn Close, Susan Sontag and many others. A feminist meditation, this Obie Award-winning piece considers the attitudes of women of various ages toward their vaginas. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Long Day's Journey Into Night: Second Edition more books like this by Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, Professor Harold Bloom (Foreword by) add to wishlist Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play "Long Day's Journey into Night" is regarded as his finest work. First published by Yale University Press in 1956, it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and has sold more than one million copies. This edition includes a new foreword by Harold Bloom, and coincides with a new production of the play starring Brian ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.26! \| first editions
16 view cover	A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts more books like this by Robert Bolt (Preface by) add to wishlist Robert Bolt's classic play about Thomas More, the Catholic saint beheaded by Henry VIII at the birth of the Church of England, is now in trade paperback for the first time. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.01! \| first editions
17 view cover	Communicating for Results: A Guide for Business and the Professions more books like this by Cheryl Hamilton add to wishlist Drawing on case studies and research from both management and communications fields, this text provides students with an understanding of the basic concepts and techniques needed to communicate successfully in today's business world. Separate chapters on the communication process and organizational theory form the foundation for later discussions ... see all copies from £1.51! new only from £9.35! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Complete Greek Tragedies: Sophocles I more books like this by Sophocles, David Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor) add to wishlist Includes "Oedipus the King", "Oedipus at Colonus" and "Antigone". see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.02! \| first editions
19 view cover	Antigone more books like this by Sophocles add to wishlist Sophocles' Antigone is among the greatest and most famous of all works of Greek literature, and it is often the play that is read first, whether in Greek or in translation, by those who are beginning to study Greek tragedy. But it is by no means an easy play, and the reader requires careful guidance if he is to appreciate its subtleties and come ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Doubt: A Parable more books like this by John Patrick Shanley add to wishlist "A superb new drama written by John Patrick Shanley. It is an inspired study in moral uncertainty with the compellingly certain structure of an old-fashioned detective drama. Even as "Doubt" holds your conscious attention as an intelligently measured debate play, it sends off stealth charges that go deeper emotionally. One of the year's ten best." ... see all copies from £4.78! new only from £4.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Taming of the Shrew more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist This newly revised Signet classic includes an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, a unique introduction to the play, a comprehensive stage history of notable actors, and historical and contemporary dramatic criticism. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts more books like this by Arthur Miller add to wishlist Set during the Salem witchcraft trials, this play is most famous for its metaphor for McCarthyism--in fact, three years after the play was produced, Miller himself was called before HUAC. In the play, Miller used colonial language to near-poetic effect; the plot involves characters who have to make certain moral choices concerning their ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.79! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Riverside Shakespeare more books like this by G Blakemore Evans, William Shakespeare, Harry Levin add to wishlist The Second Edition of this complete collection of Shakespeare's plays and poems features two essays on recent criticism and productions, fully updated textual notes, a photographic insert of recent productions, and two works recently attributed to Shakespeare. The authors of the essays on recent criticism and productions are Heather DuBrow, ... see all copies from £28.29! new only from £44.09! \| first editions
24 view cover	Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Part One: Millennium Appro more books like this by Professor Tony Kushner add to wishlist Tony Kushner's two-part masterwork is now available in a single edition to coincide with the broadcast of the epic HBO special directed by Mike Nichols and starring Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Emma Thompson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Gambon and Simon Callow, scheduled for December 2003. see all copies from £6.85! new only from £9.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	The Laramie Project more books like this by Moises Kaufman, Tectonic Theater Project add to wishlist A small town faces bigotry and fear in this docu-drama depicting the aftermath of the tragic 1998 murder of the young gay man, Matthew Shepard. As his murder became emblematic of the violence and prejudice faced nationwide by members of the gay community, the townsfolk in Laramie, Wyoming, try to make sense of the event. see all copies from £5.41! new only from £5.41! \| first editions

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