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1	Cyrano de Bergerac more books like this by Edmond Rostand Poet and soldier, brawler and charmer, Cyrano de Bergerac is desperately in love with Roxane, the most beautiful woman in Paris. But there is one very large problem - he has a nose of stupendous size and believes she will never see past it to return his feelings. So when he discovers that the handsome but tongue-tied Christian is also pining for ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £4.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Waiting for Godot more books like this by Samuel Beckett This volume offers a comprehensive critical study of Samuel Beckett's first and most renowned dramatic work, Waiting for Godot, which has become one of the most frequently discussed, and influential plays in the history of the theatre. Lawrence Graver discusses the play's background and provides a detailed analysis of its originality and ... see all copies from £2.11! new only from £7.84! \| first editions
3	Doll's House more books like this by H Ibsen A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian middle class marriage on stage. The play ushered in a new social era and "exploded like a bomb into contemporary life". "Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| first editions
4	Medea more books like this by Euripides The Greek Tragedy in New Translations series is based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves, or who work in collaboration with poets, can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of the great Greek writers. These new translations are more than faithful to the original text, going beyond the literal ... see all copies from £1.58! new only from £3.99! \| first editions
5	Smiley's People more books like this by John Le Carre John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service agent George Smiley -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim. Rounding off his astonishing vision of a clandestine world, master storyteller ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	No Exit and Three Other Plays more books like this by Jean-Paul Sartre 4 plays about an existential portrayal of Hell, the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict and an arresting attack on American racism. see all copies from £5.48! new only from £9.06! \| first editions
7	Son of the circus more books like this by John Irving Born a Parsi in Bombay and educated in Vienna, Dr Farrokh Daruwalla is a Canadian citizen, an orthopedic surgeon, living in Toronto. Periodically, he returns to India. Once 20 years ago, Dr Darwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa. Now, he is reacquainted with the murderer. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Faust more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe The legend of Faust grew up in the sixteenth century, a time of transition between medieval and modern culture in Germany. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) adopted the story of the wandering conjuror who accepts Mephistopheles's offer of a pact, selling his soul for the devil's greater knowledge; over a period of 60 years he produced one of ... see all copies from £2.50! new only from £5.62! \| first editions
9	Nausea more books like this by Jean Paul Sartre "Nausea" is both Sartre's first published novel and first extended essay on the existential philosophy. In it, Antoine Roquentin, an introspective historian, records the disturbing shifts in his perceptions and his struggle to restore meaning to life in a continuing present and without lies. see all copies from £1.71! new only from £7.33! \| first editions
10	The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays more books like this by Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde was already one of the best known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to turn his extraordinary talents to the theatre. Between 1891 and 1895 he produced a sequence of distinctive plays which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s and retain their power today. The social comedies, Lady Windermere's Fan, A ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.09! \| first editions
11 view cover	Antigone more books like this by Jean Anouilh ANTIGONE was originally produced in Paris in 1942, when France was an occupied nation and part of Hitler's Europe. The play depicts an authoritarian regime and the play's central character, the young Antigone, mirrored the predicament of the French people in the grips of tyranny. Based on Sophocles ancient Greek tragedy of the same title, which ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £3.91! \| first editions
12 view cover	An Enemy of the People more books like this by Henrik Ibsen This is a fresh and contemporary translation of Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" by Nicholas Rudall. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.19! \| first editions
13 view cover	Hedda Gabler more books like this by Henrik Ibsen Condemned by British critics in 1890 when it was written, "Hedda Gabler" has since become one of Ibsen's most frequently performed plays. Its title role is elusive and complex: Hedda is an intelligent and ambitious woman, trapped in the stifling environment of a bourgeois 19th-century marriage. When writer Eilert Loevborg, an old flame returns to ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.55! \| first editions
14 view cover	Peer Gynt more books like this by Henrik Johan Ibsen Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen The epic story of Peer's quest for the meaning of life as he staggers from the fjords of Norway to the deserts of Africa and back. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £4.39! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Bodas de Sangre more books like this by Federico Garcia Lorca A marvelous event turns into a nightmare, when the bride runs away with her ex-love. The groom enraged seeks revenge. Does he forgive and forget or does he soothe his anger. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.68! \| first editions
16 view cover	Endgame and ACT Without Words more books like this by Samuel Beckett Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature n 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the greatest writers of our time. "Endgame, " originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett himself, is considered by many critics to be his greatest single ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £8.52! \| first editions
17 view cover	Goethe's Faust more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Walter Kaufmann (Translator) Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, "Faust" has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here indeed is a monumental Faust, an audacious man boldly wagering with the devil, Mephistopheles, that no magic, sensuality, experience or knowledge can lead him to a moment he ... see all copies from £2.07! new only from £7.99!
18 view cover	Cherry Orchard more books like this by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces deeply rooted in history and the society in which they live. Their estate is hopelessly in debt and when urged to cut down their beautiful cherry orchard and sell the land for holiday cottages, they are confronted by an impossible decision. "At ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.08! \| first editions
19 view cover	Galileo more books like this by Bertolt Brecht Considered by many to be one of Brecht's masterpieces, Galileo explores the question of a scientist's social and ethical responsibility, as the brilliant Galileo must choose between his life and his life's work when confronted with the demands of the Inquisition. Through the dramatic characterization of the famous physicist, Brecht examines the ... see all copies from £2.11! new only from £6.34! \| first editions
20 view cover	Six characters in search of an author more books like this by Luigi Pirandello Six people arrive in a theatre during rehearsals for a play. But theyare not ordinary people. They are the characters of a play that has notyet been written. Trapped inside a traumatic event from which they longto escape, they desperately need a writer to complete their story andrelease them. Intrigued by their situation, the director invites ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £3.85! \| first editions
21 view cover	Tartuffe more books like this by Moliere This lively prose translation of Moliere's great comedy remains close to the original French, while casting the speech of characters in a slightly compressed and formalised way that comes very close to the original effect created by Moliere's verse. This edition includes an introductory essay, notes, and translations of Moliere's three appeals to ... see all copies from £2.61! new only from £3.93! \| first editions
22 view cover	Tartuffe, by Moliere more books like this by Moliere, Richard Wilbur (Translator) Richard Wilbur's verse translation of Tartuffe has been acclaimed as a masterpiece in its own right. Set in rhymed couplets, it captures not only the tone of the original but the dramatic energy as well. Not surprisingly, the play in this translation has been performed regularly over the years. One of Moliere's most popular plays, Tartuffe, ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £7.76!
23 view cover	Becket more books like this by Jean Anouilh, Lucienne Hill (Translator) Portrays the conflict of loyalties between church and state as they influenced the lives of two powerful men in English history. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £4.24! \| first editions
24 view cover	Cyrano de Bergerac : an heroic comedy in five acts more books like this by Edmond Rostand First produced in 1897, CYRANO DE BERGERAC takes place in the 17th century. Rostand's classic drama presents a complex hero--one who is in the tradition of both the swashbuckling adventurer and the sensitive, more modern thinker and self-questioner. Cursed with ugliness but blessed with sublime wit and poetic ability, the gallant Cyrano loves his ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £4.91! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Plays of Anton Chekhov more books like this by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Paul Schmidt (Translator) A new translation of the complete plays of the celebrated Russian playwright, by the actor and Russian scholar Paul Schmidt. see all copies from £4.16! new only from £8.88! \| first editions

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