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Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw
$5.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: Penguin Plays and Screenplays Ser. | Reading Level: good
George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House is a comedy about the deceptions and meaningless pursuits of England's ruling class. Though the play takes place on the the eve of World War I, the characters, too absorbed in their intrigues, are unaware that a war is about to begin. In this lesson, we will explor ...Show more
Lady Windermere's Fan, a Woman of No Importance, an Ideal Husband, the Importance of Being Earnest, Salome by Oscar Wilde
$8.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: Penguin Plays Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Making Noise Quietly - Three Short Plays by Robert Holman by Robert Holman
$12.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser. | Reading Level: very good
An acclaimed trilogy of plays exploring the impact of war on ordinary lives. In Being Friends, two young men meet in a Kentish field in 1944 as doodlebugs whizz overhead. One is a conscientious objector, the other an artist, but an intense bond forms between them. In Lost, May Appleton, whose son is ser ...Show more
Mother Courage and Her Children: Modern Plays by Bertolt Brecht
$8.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: Methuen Modern Plays Ser. | Reading Level: good
Part of the "Methuen Modern Plays" series aimed at the burgeoning readership of young theatregoers, this title and five others are reissued, representing the range and vitality of the list of 170 titles in print .
Old Times by Harold Pinter
$6.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: Modern Plays Ser. | Reading Level: good
Old Times was first presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre, London, on 1 June 1971. It was revived at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in July 2004. 'Old Times is a joyous, wonderful play that people will talk about as long as we have a theatre.' New York Times 'What am I writing ...Show more
Other Places by Harold Pinter
$8.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: Modern Plays Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Deborah was a lively 16-year-old and part of a close-knit family when she fell victim to sleeping sickness. Twenty-nine years later, having been watched over throughout by the same doctor, she comes to life and gradually tries to adjust to the world around her.
Parables for the Theatre: The Good Woman of Setzuan, The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
$6.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: Penguin Plays and Screenplays Ser. | Reading Level: good
Push Up by Roland Schimmelpfennig; Maja Zade (Translator)
$8.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A savage satire on the rapacious nature of office lives and lusts - the British debut from a writer whose work has been seen in prestigious theatres all over Germany. Everyone wants to get to the executive suite. Everyone wants the Delhi job. Everyone wants sex, everyone wants love. So, they push for it ...Show more
Shopping and F* * *Ing by Mark Ravenhill; Bloomsbury Publishing Staff; Chris Megson (Series edited by); Jenny Stevens (Series edited by)
$7.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: Methuen Modern Plays Ser. | Reading Level: very good
'Shopping and F***ing is... Falling in love with your best friend - if you can get the right mix of Es and whizz... Passion buried beneath layers of bubble and wrap and cellophane. A world where microwaves are the only source of heat. A place where Shopping is sexy and F***ing is a job... And if you kil ...Show more
Stoning Mary by Debbie Tucker Green
$8.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
Mysterious while compelling, bewildering while intoxicating, Stoning Mary is a mix of Caryl Churchill, Sarah Kane, and Edward Bond. Yet Debbie Tucker Green has a voice all her own, one that mixes poetic rhythms with vernacular phrases, rap-song repetitions with complex psychology. In 2004, she won the O ...Show more
The Fool and We Come to the River by Edward Bond
$8.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: Modern Plays Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen
$10.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: Modern Plays Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Ellida, claustrophobic and restless, swims in the sea every day. She loves her husband Dr Wangel but, ten years ago, promised herself to another man. On a late summer's day he comes to claim her. Henrik Ibsen's elusive masterpiece The Lady from the Sea, in a translation by Stephen Unwin, premiered at t ...Show more