Pier Paolo Pasolini published the Manifesto for a New Theatre in Nuovi Argomenti in 1968, while preparing to direct Orgia, another of his six verse tragedies. While betraying his personal dissatisfact
Bryan Stark describes himself as the "Greek Chorus," constantly watching the action and drama unfold around him in the arena with the most high school divas possible--the theater! At his posh private
Hartley Blackstone--the famous director, producer, choreographer, and genuine Broadway icon--has chosen Orion Academy to hold auditions for one lucky guy and girl to attend his summer theater program
Every performance needs a little scandal and . . . DRAMA! Spawned from Hollywood's A-list glitterati, nearly every student at the exclusive Orion Academy is a singer, dancer, model, or actor -- wi
Don't be miserable, you wonderful woman; be a mermaid. There's the ocean; throw yourself in. Fall in love with some poor mortal and drag him down with you.Astonish us! On an isolated country estate, S
This volume contains the complete short plays of Harold Pinter from The Room, first performed in 1960, to Celebration, which premiered in 2000.The book commemorates the tenth anniversary of the playwr
Each volume of this resource covers four to eight significant dramatists or plays. For each play or playwright featured, a full range of critical opinion is presented, along with a biographical sket
Okot wants nothing more than to get to the UK. Beth wants nothing more than to help him.Join the hopeful, resilient residents of ‘The Jungle’, the refugees and volunteers from around the globe who gat
You have to wonder why there isn't a word in the English language for the fireworks that go off in your brain when you finally kiss someone you've wanted for years. Or for the intimacy and tenderness
Drama Criticism assembles critical responses to the writings of the world's most renowned playwrights and provides supplementary biographical context and bibliographic material to guide the reader to
The tenth winner of the Yale Drama Series centers on a young mother dealing with life’s many trials Marking the tenth anniversary of the Yale Drama Series for emerging playwrights, Emily Schwend
Lorca's passionate, lyrical tales of longing and revenge put the spotlight on the rural poor of 1930s Spain and are considered masterpieces of twentieth-century theatre. These plays exhibit Lorca's in
"The play is full of prickly comedy and offers 90 minutes of civilised pleasure." - Guardian Benjamin Rubin is a cantankerous old writer, whisky aficionado and pedant, still basking in the reflected g
Chase has been set up. She finds herself on a blind date with a Korean hottie, and all because her mom obsessively loves Korean romance dramas. It turns out that Daniel Bak is actually really dreamy,
"John Fowles is one of the greatest novelists of the late 20th century. But The Lottery of Love... suggests he could have pursued a life in the theatre to similar acclaim." - Daily Telegraph An eligib
"A fascinating document of popular sentiment." - TelegraphBritannia calls a meeting, to listen to her people. Caledonia, Cymru, East Midlands, North East, Northern Ireland and the South West bring the
"For years afterwards the farmers found them - the wasted young, turning up under their plough blades." So run the blunt, grimly beautiful opening lines of the Welsh poet Owen Sheers's elegy for the m
"A thrillingly theatrical encapsulation of a little-known theatre of war." - GuardianLizzie Nunnery’s play with music captures bittersweet memories of the North Atlantic convoys as documentary meets m
A new play from the author behind the bestselling Rai Rahotep detective trilogyHandel's Messiah is the world's most popular choral work. But its story begins in the unlikely setting of a room above a
I don’t know what it is I’m going to do but I’m going to do something. I’m going to be someone. I am! I’m sick of just being me. I’m going to be someone else. Someone better. I’m going to make a diffe
"Hitchcock would approve." - The Times (UK)"A dark story of dissolving identity… Mesmeric." - ObserverConnecticut, 1969. On their way back from a party, two couples struggle home through thesnow. Not
