4,055円 In eighteenth-century England, actresses were frequently dismissed as mere prostitutes trading on their sexual power rather than their talents. Yet they were, Felicity Nussbaum argues, central to the success of a newly commercial theater. Urban, recently moneyed, and thoroughly engaged with their...

599円 16 works of John Fletcher Jacobean playwright (1579-1625) This ebook presents a collection of 16 works of John Fletcher. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: A King, and No King Beaumont and Fletcher's Works – Volume VIII Philaster Rule ...

927円 Its all in a days work for high-flying literary agent Alexander; manuscripts to read, deals to be done, celebrity clients to be taken out to lunch… but first there is an author to deal with whose latest book the agent thinks is, frankly, not up to scratch. However he hadn't counted on the author'...

922円 This is one of Shakespeare’s darkest comedies, for the romantic story of a young man, Bassanio, who has squandered his fortune and must borrow money to woo the wealthy lady he loves is set against the more disturbing story of the Jewish moneylender Shylock and his demand for the “pound of flesh” ...

360円 "Man and Superman" is George Bernard Shaw's response to the request of his fans to write a Don Juan themed play. This four-act drama often preformed without or with an abbreviated version of the lengthy third act can be seen as a simple comedy of manners or, as Shaw had intended, something quite ...

9,285円 Performed at the Globe Theater in 1605, King Leir is presumed to be a prime source for Shakespeare. Although the story is the same, in this anonymous version the ending is happy. This is the first time this fascinating work is published in a single-play edition

777円 Three Early Comedies Love's Labor's Lost Farce and fun follow when a young king and his three friends vow to give up women for a yearーjust as a pretty princess and her three ladies-in-waiting arriveーin a delightful play that ends with one of Shakespeare’s loveliest songs. The Two Gentlemen of V...

1,360円 'The work of our best living playwright in its command of the language and its power to erect a coherent structure in a twilight zone of confusion and dismay.' The Times Do Hirst and Spooner really know each other, or are they performing an elaborate charade? The ambiguity - and the comedy - inte...

403円 Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently perfor...

650円 A short, funny play for 7-11 ol ds, including a craft activity relevant to the Tudor times. Henry VII has to keep control of the royal finances. He also likes to know all the gossip around the palace. So he writes everything down in a big book. He has a pet monkey, Some servants take the monkey t...

777円 George Bernard Shaw demanded truth and despised convention. He punctured hollow pretensions and smug prudishnessーcoating his criticism with ingenious and irreverent wit. In Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Arms and the Man, Candida, and Man and Superman, the great playwright satirizes society, military...

1,360円 Small Town, Fife. Andy and Vicky were meant to be getting married tomorrow. The trouble is, Andy's stag weekend was so epic, so legendary, that he didn't survive it. The finest pleasures that Amsterdam and Hamburg have to offer, together with a mile-high fling with a budget-airline stewardess, br...