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A big, bawdy tangle of theatrical joy and heartbreak,Wise Childrenis a celebration of show business, family, forgiveness and hope, adapted by Emma Rice from the novel by Angela Carter.

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A collection of one woman plays written by Rame and Fo, which explore the joys and vicissitudes of woman's experience. The plays featured include "Rise and Shine", "Alice in Wonderless Land", "An Arab Woman Speaks", "I'm Ulrike - Screaming", "It Happened Tomorrow" and "A Mother".

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Follows a woman's Herculean struggle against the curse of infertility. The woman's barrenness becomes a metaphor for her marriage in a traditional society that denies women sexual or social equality. Her desperate desire for a child drives her to commit a terrible crime.

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Two plays from playwright Kevin Hood. In "The Astronomer's Garden", while the base of the play is the vicious rivalry between Astronomer Royal, John Flamstead and Sir Edmund Halley, its true subjects are sex and class conflict. In "Beached" a couple of young runaways wind up on a bleak sea coast.

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Two gripping plays by one of America's most exciting playwrights

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Two plays by one of Britain's most prolific young black authors

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One of a series of drama texts published to coincide with theatrical premieres of new plays and translations.

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In "Down the Line", the Walshes are a middle class suburban Dublin family. It is the 1980s and Eve and James have reared four children. Almost. In "The Hunt for Red Willie" a local landlord meets his end while in pursuit of the notorious Red Willie. Foul play is suspected and the hunt is on.

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Production at the Birmingham Rep

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A provocative double-bill taking a candid look at life on Britain's council estates over a 20-year period.

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A volume containing the scripts of two Joe Penhall plays which were premiered at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs during 1994 and 1995.

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One of a series of drama texts published to coincide with theatrical premieres of new plays and translations.

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This volume includes "Blinded by the Sun" and "Sweet Panic". In both plays, Poliakoff draws on the recurrent themes of modern urban life.

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A fully modernized, annotated edition of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Ford's tragedy centred on sibling incest and complex revenge plots. The introduction gives students a wealth of contextual and critical material to help their understanding of this complex drama.

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Two plays by the Lancashire playwright Jim Cartwright, author of Road. Two is an evocation of English pub life, in which two actors play a series of characters. Bed is a surreal journey into old age and sleep.

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This latest creation from the Obie-winning company The Civilians asks the thorny questionhow do we know what we know when everyone in power seems to be lying

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Mother died today. Or was it yesterday, I cant be certain. Albert Camus classic existentialist masterpiece, adapted by Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri.

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A new searingly sharp dark comedy that's Saltburn meets Schitt's Creek, following a family reuniting for their father's third (or fourth) wedding.

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This new series brings together some of the best new writing from contemporary American playwrights.

KINby Bathsheba Doran

MIDDLETOWNby Will Eno

COMPLETENESSby Itamar Moses

GOD'S EARby Jenny Schwartz

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100 Greatest American Plays is the 1st book on the 100 greatest American, non-musical plays. Arranged alphabetically, each entry covers each play extensively including the plot, the production history, a summary of the critical reaction, its influence and long-range effects, cast lists of notable stage and film versions, and a playwright biography.