Encounters -- Six One Act Plays
Samuel French, Inc., June 1967. Trade Paperback. Collection of Six One Act Plays including: Birdbath, Ferryboat, Halloween, Lunchtime, The Shirt, Times Square. More
Samuel French, Inc., June 1967. Trade Paperback. Collection of Six One Act Plays including: Birdbath, Ferryboat, Halloween, Lunchtime, The Shirt, Times Square. More
S. French, January 1980. Stapled Pamphlet. Stapled -- with two staples -- along spine. Mildly darkened margins of yellow card covered soft cover pamphlet. Previous owner's name in ink verso of front cover [84 pages]. More
Clarendon Press, March 1994. Hardcover. Shakespeare's Henry V has traditionally been acclaimed for its impressive depiction of the psychological and political impact of warfare, and it remains one of the most widely-discussed plays in the canon. In this highly original, scholarly, and thought-provoking study Professor Meron uses rare medieval ordinances..... More
Random House (NY), September 1988. Hardcover. A perfect matching of subject and author, the opening volume of Michael Holroyd's three-volume life of Bernard Shaw is a dazzling portrayal of a man who dominated the age he lived in. 32 pages of photos. More
Random House (NY), October 1991. Hardcover. The third and final volume of Michael Holroyd's Olympian biography of George Bernard Shaw, The Lure of Fantasy brings the magnificent live of Shaw to a triumphant climax. Volume 3 opens with Shaw's impassioned (and unheeded) campaign for a just peace after World War..... More
Penguin Books, October 1988. Paper Back. Thomas Middleton was one of the most prolific and fascinating playwrights of the Jacobean era, producing nearly fifty theatrical pieces in a quarter of a century. This collection comprises five of his most powerful plays, from the comedies satirizing city life, A Trick to..... More
Penguin Classics, December 1965. Mass Market PaperBack. 1970 re-print w/ orange cover; Spine shows mild wear from use; Clean text; Previous owner initnals present at publisher page. More
A&C Black, October 2006. Trade Paperback. "The next good mood I find my father in, I'll get him quite discarded" With these chillingly offhand words, Beatrice-Joanna, the spoilt daughter of a powerful nobleman, plots to get rid of the family servant who has crossed her once too often. The Changeling..... More
Heuer Publishing / Samuel French, January 1942. Stapled Soft Cover. Marginal ink markings throughout text; still fair reading copy. Mild discoloration to cover. More
Penguin Classics, October 2000. Trade Paperback. A Penguin Classic Joe Keller and Steve Deever, partners in a machine shop during World War II, turned out defective airplane parts, causing the deaths of many men. Deever was sent to prison while Keller escaped punishment and went back to business, making himself..... More
Reynal & Hitchcok, 1947. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo. 2nd printing. Beige cloth covered boards with darkened margins and spine. Dark blue lettering along spine. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Dustjacket is missing. Tick marks and side notes in pencil lightly scattered through text. [83 pages]. More
Penguin Classics, March 2003. Trade Paperback. A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community A Penguin Classic "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction..... More
Penguin Classics, March 2003. Trade Paperback. A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community A Penguin Classic "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction..... More
Penguin (Non-Classics), October 1976. Trade Paperback. The enduring classic drama of the Salem witch trials was inspired by the political witch-hunting activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy in the '50s. Though set in the 17th century, "The Crucible" presents issues still gnawing at modern society. More
Penguin (Non-Classics), October 1976. Trade Paperback. Willy Loman, the protagonist of "Death of a Salesman," has spent his life following the American way, living out his belief in salesmanship as a way to reinvent himself. But somehow the riches and respect he covets have eluded him. At age 63, he..... More
Viking Press, July 1971. Hardcover. More
New Directions, April 1979. Trade Paperback. A "melo-melo in seven scenes," Just Wild About Harry is Henry Miller's only excursion into playwriting. Harry is pure Miller, welling up from the same abundant love of life and freedom from convention that made its author the dean of writers dedicated to human..... More
Bristol Classical Press, February 2006. Paper Back. Accessible introductions to ancient tragedies discuss the main themes of a play and the central developments in modern criticism, while also addressing the play's historical context and the history of its performance and adaptation. References to Dionysus in popular culture focus on the..... More
Oxford University Press, August 2006. Hardcover. Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is the founder of modern theater, and his plays are performed all over the world. Yet in spite of his unquestioned status as a classic of the stage, Ibsen is often dismissed as a boring old realist, whose plays are of..... More
Easton Press, January 1980. Leather. Full leather. Gilt edges. Silk ribbon page marker. Moire endpapers. More
Theatre Communications Group, June 2010. Trade Paperback. "Richard Wilbur's translations of classic French drama are among the undiscovered treasure of our recent literature."-The Hudson Review Molière's late, elegant comedy, based on Plautus' Roman version, alludes to the love affairs of the French king. This is the fourth and final volume..... More
Theatre Communications Group, June 2010. Trade Paperback. "A mischievous new translation by the poet Richard Wilbur, [The Bungler] is great good fun and should open the gate for the play to be presented with the regularity it deserves."--Bruce Weber, The New York Times "My notion of translation is that you..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, October 2008. Trade Paperback. His biting satire, witty dialogue, and irreverent staging have made him a favorite with theatergoers for four centuries. This Norton Critical Edition of Moliere's most controversial and most often-performed play is based on Constance Congdon's acclaimed new verse translation. It is..... More
Signet Classics, February 1960. Mass Market PaperBack. This memorable collection represents the many facets of Moliere's genius and offers a superb introduction to the "comic inventiveness, richness of fabric, and insight" which comprise Moliere's living legacy to theater and literature. More
Harcourt Brace, 1965. Trade Paperback. More