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Aeschylus: The Oresteia A Student Guideby Simon GoldhillISBN 0521539811 (0-521-53981-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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African American Theatre: A Historical and Critical Analysisby Samuel A. HayISBN 0521465850 (0-521-46585-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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After the Fallby Arthur MillerISBN 0553117777 (0-553-11777-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Beckett: Waiting for Godotby Lawrence GraverISBN 0521549388 (0-521-54938-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Beckett : Waiting for Godotby David Bradby, Michael RobinsonISBN 0521594294 (0-521-59429-4)
Hardcover, Cambridge University Press
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Beckett, Waiting for Godot: Waiting for Godotby David BradbyISBN 052159510X (0-521-59510-X)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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By Means of Performance: Intercultural Studies of Theatre and Ritualby Richard Schechner, Willa AppelISBN 0521339154 (0-521-33915-4)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Cambridge Introduction to English Theatre, 1660-1900by Peter ThomsonISBN 0521547903 (0-521-54790-3)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Cambridge Companion to American Women Playwrightsby Brenda MurphyISBN 0521576806 (0-521-57680-6)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Cambridge Companion to Beckettby John PillingISBN 0521424135 (0-521-42413-5)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrightsby Elaine Aston, Janelle G. ReineltISBN 0521595339 (0-521-59533-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Stageby Stanley W. Wells, Sarah StantonISBN 052179711X (0-521-79711-X)
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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's History Playsby Cambridge University Press, Michael HattawayISBN 0521775396 (0-521-77539-6)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Cambridge Companion to Victorian and Edwardian Theatreby Kerry PowellISBN 0521795362 (0-521-79536-2)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatreby James R. Brandon, Martin BanhamISBN 0521588227 (0-521-58822-7)
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Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain: Since the Second World Warby Boris FordISBN 0521327652 (0-521-32765-2)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatreby Simon TrusslerISBN 0521794307 (0-521-79430-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Candideby Francois M. VoltaireISBN 0553211668 (0-553-21166-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide'Book summary:Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, Voltaire, Candide is steeped in the political and philosophical controversies of the 1750s. But for the general reader, the novel's driving principle is clear enough: the idea (endemic in Voltaire's day) that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and apparent folly, misery and strife are actually harbingers of a greater good we cannot perceive, is hogwash.
Telling the tale of the good-natured but star-crossed Candide (think Mr. Magoo armed with deadly force), as he travels the world struggling to be reunited with his love, Lady Cunegonde, the novel smashes such ill-conceived optimism to splinters. Candide's tutor, Dr. Pangloss, is steadfast in his philosophical good cheer, in the face of more and more fantastic misfortune; Candide's other companions always supply good sense in the nick of time. Still, as he demolishes optimism, Voltaire pays tribute to human resilience, and in doing so gives the book a pleasant indomitability common to farce. Says one character, a princess turned one-buttocked hag by unkind Fate: "I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our most melancholy propensities; for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one's very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?"--Michael Gerber [via]
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A Cat on Stage Leftby Lydia AdamsonISBN 0525944192 (0-525-94419-2)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Chekhov/749by Henri Troyat, Michael Henry HeimISBN 0525244069 (0-525-24406-9)
Hardcover, Corner House Pub
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A Concise Encyclopedia of the Theatreby Robin MayISBN 054007005X (0-540-07005-X)
Hardcover, Osprey Publishing
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Diary of a Mad Playwrightby James KirkwoodISBN 0525247610 (0-525-24761-0)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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A Dictionary of Stage Directions in English Drama, 1580-1642by Alan C. Dessen, Leslie ThomsonISBN 0521552508 (0-521-55250-8)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Economics of the British Stage, 1800-1914by Tracy C. DavisISBN 0521571154 (0-521-57115-4)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Fathers and Sonsby Ivan Turgenev, Barbara Makanowitzky, Alexandra TolstoyISBN 0553212591 (0-553-21259-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Fifty Great Scenes for Student Actorsby Lewy OlfsonISBN 0553255207 (0-553-25520-7)
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Foreign Shakespeare: Contemporary Performanceby Dennis KennedyISBN 0521420253 (0-521-42025-3)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Four Tragediesby William ShakespeareISBN 0553212834 (0-553-21283-4)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Four Tragedies'Book summary:Hamlet
One of the most famous plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the young prince of Denmark who must reconcile his longing for oblivion with his duty to avenge his fathers murder is one of Shakespeares greatest works. The ghost, Ophelias death and burial, the play within a play, and the breathtaking swordplay are just some of the elements that make Hamlet a masterpiece of the theater.
Othello
This great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and emotion is played out against Renaissance splendor. The doomed marriage of Desdemona to the Moor Othello is the focus of a storm of tension, incited by the consummately evil villain Iago, that culminates in one of the most deeply moving scenes in theatrical history.
King Lear
Here is the famous and moving tragedy of a king who foolishly divides his kingdom between his two wicked daughters and estranges himself from the young daughter who loves hima theatrical spectacle of outstanding proportions.
Macbeth
No dramatist has ever seen with more frightening clarity into the heart and mind of a murderer than has Shakespeare in this brilliant and bloody tragedy of evil. Taunted into asserting his masculinity by his ambitious wife, Macbeth chooses to embrace the Weird Sisters prophecy and kill his kingand thus, seals his own doom.
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" Comprehensive explanatory notes
" Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship
" Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English
" Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories
" An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography [via]More editions of Four Tragedies:
Futurist Performanceby Michael KirbyISBN 0525111212 (0-525-11121-2)
Hardcover, Dutton
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Heartbreak House and Misallianceby George Bernard ShawISBN 055321442X (0-553-21442-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Henslowe's Diaryby R. A. Foakes, Philip Henslowe, R. T. RickertISBN 0521524024 (0-521-52402-4)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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I Sing the Body Electricby Ray BradburyISBN 0553263196 (0-553-26319-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Impersonations: The Performance of Gender in Shakespeare's Englandby Stephen OrgelISBN 0521568420 (0-521-56842-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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An Introduction to Post-Colonial Theatreby Brian Crow, Chris Banfield, David BradbyISBN 052156722X (0-521-56722-X)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Les Liaisons Dangereusesby Choderlos de Laclos, Pierre C. De LaclosISBN 0553213725 (0-553-21372-5)
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Machiavelli: The Princeby Quentin Skinner, Russell PriceISBN 0521349931 (0-521-34993-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Main Streetby Sinclair Lewis, Morris DicksteinISBN 0553214519 (0-553-21451-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Main Street'Book summary:The first of Sinclair Lewiss great successes, Main Street shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire of narrow-minded provincialism. Reflecting his own unhappy childhood in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewiss sixth novel attacked the conformity and dullness he saw in midwestern village life. Young college graduate Carol Milford moves from the city to tiny Gopher Prairie after marrying the local doctor, and tries to bring culture to the small town. But her efforts to reform the prairie village are met by a wall of gossip, greed, conventionality, pitifully unambitious cultural endeavors, andworst of allthe pettiness and bigotry of small-town minds.
Lewiss portrayal of a marriage torn by disillusionment and a woman forced into compromises is at once devastating social satire and persuasive realism. His subtle characterizations and intimate details of small-town America make Main Street a complex and compelling work and established Lewis as an important figure in twentieth-century American literature. [via]More editions of Main Street:
The Making of American Audiences: From Stage to Television, 1750-1990by Richard ButschISBN 0521664837 (0-521-66483-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Mambo Mouth: A Savage Comedyby John LeguizamoISBN 0553370871 (0-553-37087-1)
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The Member of the Weddingby Carson McCullersISBN 0553250515 (0-553-25051-5)
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Of Mice and Menby John SteinbeckISBN 055327824X (0-553-27824-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Of Mice and Men'Book summary:Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbeck, one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century, offers a powerful but tragic tale in "Of Mice and Men". 'Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place'. George and his large, simple-minded friend Lennie are drifters, following wherever work leads them. Arriving in California's Salinas Valley, they get work on a ranch. If they can just stay out of trouble, George promises Lennie, then one day they might be able to get some land of their own and settle down some place. But kind-hearted, childlike Lennie is a victim of his own strength. Seen by others as a threat, he finds it impossible to control his emotions. And one day not even George will be able to save him from trouble. "Of Mice and Men" is a tragic and moving story of friendship, loneliness and the dispossessed. "A thriller, a gripping tale that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick". ("New York Times"). Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. His complete works are published by Penguin and include "Cannery Row", "The Pearl", "The Winter of Our Discontent" and "The Grapes of Wrath". [via]
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Out of Character : Rants, Raves, and Monologues from Today's Top Performance Artistsby Mark RussellISBN 0553374850 (0-553-37485-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Perfect Monologueby Ginger FriedmanISBN 055328391X (0-553-28391-X)
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Peter Panby J. M. BarrieISBN 0553211781 (0-553-21178-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter Pan'Book summary:Considered a masterpiece since its first appearance on stage in 1904, Peter Pan is J. M. Barries most famous work and arguably the greatest of all childrens stories. While it is a wonderful fantasy for the young, Peter Pan, particularly in the novel form Barrie published in 1911, says something important to all of us. Here the boy who wouldnt grow up and his adventures with Wendy and the lost boys in the Neverland evoke a deep emotional response as they give form to our feelings about parents, boys and girls, the unknown, freedom, and responsibility. Humorous, satiric, filled with suspenseful cliff-hangers and bittersweet truths, Peter Pan works an indisputable magic on readers of all ages, making it a true classic of imaginative literature. [via]
The Piano Lessonby August WilsonISBN 0525249265 (0-525-24926-5)
Hardcover, Dutton
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The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings by Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 0553212540 (0-553-21254-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings by Oscar Wilde'Book summary:A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden."
As Hallward tries to make sense of his creation, his epigram-happy friend Lord Henry Wotton encourages Dorian in his sensual quest with any number of Wildean paradoxes, including the delightful "When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy." But despite its many languorous pleasures, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an imperfect work. Compared to the two (voyeuristic) older men, Dorian is a bore, and his search for ever new sensations far less fun than the novel's drawing-room discussions. Even more oddly, the moral message of the novel contradicts many of Wilde's supposed aims, not least "no artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style." Nonetheless, the glamour boy gets his just deserts. And Wilde, defending Dorian Gray, had it both ways: "All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment." [via]
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Piratesby Rachel WrightISBN 053114156X (0-531-14156-X)
Hardcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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Players of Shakespeare 2: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players With the Royal Shakespeare Companyby Russell Jackson, R.S. Means Company, Robert L. SmallwoodISBN 0521333385 (0-521-33338-5)
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Players of Shakespeare 3: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players With the Royal Shakespeare Companyby Russell Jackson, R.S. Means Company, Robert L. SmallwoodISBN 0521477344 (0-521-47734-4)
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Players of Shakespeare: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performanceby R.S. Means Company, Robert SmallwoodISBN 0521554209 (0-521-55420-9)
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Plays for the Theatre With Infotrac: A Drama Anthologyby Robert J. Ball, Oscar Gross BrockettISBN 0534577865 (0-534-57786-5)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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Pretty Thingsby Cynthia MacAdamsISBN 0525475222 (0-525-47522-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Pride and Prejudiceby Jane AustenISBN 0553213105 (0-553-21310-5)
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Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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- Pride And Prejudice: ISBN 0521825148 (0-521-82514-8)
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Hardcover, Franklin Watts - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0521576547 (0-521-57654-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0525183817 (0-525-18381-7)
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The Princeby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 0553212788 (0-553-21278-8)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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The Queen's Men and Their Playsby Sally-Beth MacLean, Scott McMillinISBN 0521594278 (0-521-59427-8)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Ragtimeby E.L. DoctorowISBN 0553257366 (0-553-25736-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ragtime'Book summary:Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. An extraordinary tapestry, Ragtime captures the spirit of America in the era between the turn of the century and the First World War.
The story opens in 1906 in New Rochelle, New York, at the home of an affluent American family. One lazy Sunday afternoon, the famous escape artist Harry Houdini swerves his car into a telephone pole outside their house. And almost magically, the line between fantasy and historical fact, between real and imaginary characters, disappears. Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, J. P. Morgan, Evelyn Nesbit, Sigmund Freud, and Emiliano Zapata slip in and out of the tale, crossing paths with Doctorow's imagined family and other fictional characters, including an immigrant peddler and a ragtime musician from Harlem whose insistence on a point of justice drives him to revolutionary violence.
The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book trade, providing readers with affordable hardbound editions of important works of literature and thought. For the Modern Library's seventy-fifth anniversary, Random House redesigned the series, restoring as its emblem the running torch-bearer created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925 and refurbishing jackets, bindings, and type, as well as inaugurating a new program of selecting titles. The Modern Library continues to provide the world's best books, at the best prices. [via] 
Re-Interpreting Brecht: His Influence on Contemporary Drama and Filmby Pia Kleber, Colin VisserISBN 0521429005 (0-521-42900-5)
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The Right Stuffby Tom WolfeISBN 0553381350 (0-553-38135-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Right Stuff'Book summary:Tom Wolfe began The Right Stuff at a time when it was unfashionable to contemplate American heroism. Nixon had left the White House in disgrace, the nation was reeling from the catastrophe of Vietnam, and in 1979--the year the book appeared--Americans were being held hostage by Iranian militants. Yet it was exactly the anachronistic courage of his subjects that captivated Wolfe. In his foreword, he notes that as late as 1970, almost one in four career Navy pilots died in accidents. "The Right Stuff," he explains, "became a story of why men were willing--willing?--delighted!--to take on such odds in this, an era literary people had long since characterized as the age of the anti-hero."
Wolfe's roots in New Journalism were intertwined with the nonfiction novel that Truman Capote had pioneered with In Cold Blood. As Capote did, Wolfe tells his story from a limited omniscient perspective, dropping into the lives of his "characters" as each in turn becomes a major player in the space program. After an opening chapter on the terror of being a test pilot's wife, the story cuts back to the late 1940s, when Americans were first attempting to break the sound barrier. Test pilots, we discover, are people who live fast lives with dangerous machines, not all of them airborne. Chuck Yeager was certainly among the fastest, and his determination to push through Mach 1--a feat that some had predicted would cause the destruction of any aircraft--makes him the book's guiding spirit.
Yet soon the focus shifts to the seven initial astronauts. Wolfe traces Alan Shepard's suborbital flight and Gus Grissom's embarrassing panic on the high seas (making the controversial claim that Grissom flooded his Liberty capsule by blowing the escape hatch too soon). The author also produces an admiring portrait of John Glenn's apple-pie heroism and selfless dedication. By the time Wolfe concludes with a return to Yeager and his late-career exploits, the narrative's epic proportions and literary merits are secure. Certainly The Right Stuff is the best, the funniest, and the most vivid book ever written about America's manned space program. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
The Russian Theatre after Stalinby Anatoly Smeliansky, Patrick Miles, Laurence Senelick, David BradbyISBN 0521587948 (0-521-58794-8)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godotby Lawrence GraverISBN 0521355133 (0-521-35513-3)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godotby Samuel Beckett, Lawrence GraverISBN 0521357756 (0-521-35775-6)
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Scoundrel Timeby Lillian HellmanISBN 055323689X (0-553-23689-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Scripts and Scenarios : The Performance of Comedy in Renaissance Italyby Richard AndrewsISBN 0521353572 (0-521-35357-2)
Hardcover, Cambridge University Press
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Shakespeare's Scribeby Gary BlackwoodISBN 0525464441 (0-525-46444-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare's Scribe'Book summary:Danger, action, and mystery swirl around our scrappy young hero, Widge, as he returns to center stage in this book. The plague has shut down the Globe Theatre--forcing the troupe to take to the road. Excitement follows Widge at every crossroads: He faces a secret from his past, a sly new apprentice threatens to steal his roles, and the road back to London is treacherous. But there is a place for Widge in the troupe--right next to Shakespeare himself, who needs Widge to assist him with a new play commissioned by the queen!
Readers who relished Widge's heroics in Gary Blackwood's first novel about Shakespeare's players will be entranced yet again by a tapestry of drama, history, and nonstop high jinks. All's well that ends well in this new Elizabethan escapade. [via]More editions of Shakespeare's Scribe:
Solo Actby Helen DunwoodieISBN 0552545244 (0-552-54524-4)
Softcover, Transworld Pub
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The Sonnetsby William Shakespeare, Rex GibsonISBN 0521559472 (0-521-55947-2)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Sport in Australian Dramaby Richard FotheringhamISBN 0521401569 (0-521-40156-9)
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Stories from Shakespeareby Marchette ChuteISBN 0529055333 (0-529-05533-3)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Structuring Drama Work: A Handbook of Available Forms in Theatre and Dramaby Jonothan Neelands, Tony GoodeISBN 0521787297 (0-521-78729-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Technique of Actingby Stella Adler, Marlon BrandoISBN 0553349325 (0-553-34932-5)
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Theatre and State in France, 1760-1905by Frederic William John HemmingsISBN 0521450888 (0-521-45088-8)
Hardcover, Cambridge University Press
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Theatre in the Victorian Ageby Michael R. BoothISBN 0521348374 (0-521-34837-4)
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Three Classical Tragediesby William Shakespeare, David Scott KastanISBN 0553212842 (0-553-21284-2)
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An Unfinished Womanby Lillian HellmanISBN 0553254847 (0-553-25484-7)
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The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, and Other Playsby Ray BradburyISBN 0552672971 (0-552-67297-1)
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Worlds Apart : The Market and the Theater in Anglo-American Thought, 1550-1750by Jean-Christophe AgnewISBN 0521379105 (0-521-37910-5)
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Wyrd Sistersby Terry PratchettISBN 0552144304 (0-552-14430-4)
Softcover, Transworld Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wyrd Sisters'Book summary:[via]Adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs, in this tale there is a wicked duke and duchess, a ghost of a murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, and a land in peril. But it is three witches who stand between the Kingdom and destruction.More editions of Wyrd Sisters:
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