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A gripping philosophical clash between Pope Benedict XVI and the future Pope Francis.

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Two plays by one of Europe's greatest comic writers.

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An examination of the underclass in society and the culture of blame that followed the riots in 2011.

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This is a story from the North. The story of a life. The story of our lives. Exploring some of the events of the last eighty years alongside the experience of a man who has lived through it, the work looks to examine as well as challenge some of our ideas of identity, location and history.

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Regarded as Von Kleist's masterpiece. Prince Friedrich of Homburg is the indisputable dramatic masterpiece of Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811), a leading figure, along with Goethe and Schiller, among early German Romantics.

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Cairo, 2011, the time of the popular uprising in Tahrir Square. A thrilling play about middle-class struggle set against a broad historical canvas.

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An absurdist dark comedy on friendship and isolation from up-and-coming American playwright Jean Ann Douglass.

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Vanbrugh's treatment of the woman's role contributes to the current and continuing interest in such social issues. The book includes a commentary and critical introduction which sets the play in its historical, social and theatrical context.

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A New York comedy from acclaimed US-based writer Dan McCabe that asks how far you would go to speak your truth.

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A scholarly, modern-spelling edition of a play by the Caroline dramatist John Ford which was accidentally omitted from the 1652 edition of his works and so has not received much attention. A full introduction explores what made the play interesting to audiences both when it was first written in the late 1620s and when it was published in 1653.

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A play which explores political radicalisation in light of the Wikileaks scandal.

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An interesting play from Peter Oswald based on Hindu beliefs.

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Molina's tragedy of epic proportions, based on the Old Testament story, which transcends its biblical origins. Premiered at The Lyric Hammersmith in a successful and much-lauded production.

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A funny and tender play from brilliant American playwright Will Eno, questioning just how much we really know about our neighbours!

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This edition sheds light on Farquhar's work, highlighting its status as an account of army corruption and sexual intrigue, and its relevance to later literature such as Brecht's Trumpets and Drums, Keneally's The Playmaker, and Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good.

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Revisions to this edition of The Recruiting Officer" include new notes based on recent scholarly material and the editor's further study of the text, and an up-to-date reading list."

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Play script, including biographical notes, textual details and information about the staging of the play.

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This Jacobean tragic-comedy by Philip Massinger explores the cultural conflict between Christian Europe and Muslim North Africa experienced when the two began to travel and trade in the early modern period.

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The play explores the tantalising and sometimes threatening "other" world of other religions and cultures and is studied alongside more familiar plays such as Othello and The Merchant of Venice. Michael Neill puts it in its historical cotext and discusses its resonances with modern audiences and readers today.

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This scathing satire and parable transposes the rise of Hitler to gangland Chicago and continues to have relevance wherever totalitarianism appears today.