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“Now BarabbasÉ”
- £30.00
- Douglas Home's first play, its original West End run at the Vaudeville Theatre lasted for 130 performances from 7 March to 28 June 1947. It concerns a variety of inmates at a British prison, including new arrivals, old hands and a convicted murderer sentenced to hang. The original cast included…
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A List Of Plays For Young Players And Others
- £15.00
- Endorsed by 'the Junior Drama Committee of the British Drama League', this small book lists plays thought suitable for children to perform - each provides characters, scenes, brief synopsis, performance difficulty etc.
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A Masque of Reason (& A Masque of Mercy)
- £20.00
- Contains two so-called "New England Biblicals" (A Masque of Reason - 1945, A Masque of Mercy - 1947), plus Steeple Bush and other poems. The title piece is a comedy purporting to be a missing chapter of Job, while the Masque of Mercy takes on the story of Jonah.
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A Part Worth Playing (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- Derek Fowlds is known the world over for his countless appearances in many household favourite television dramas and films. From apprentice printer to armed forces disc jockey, from the West End to Broadway, from the silver screen to worldwide television fame, Derek's career has seen him work alongside some of…
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Adaptations of Shakespeare: An Anthology of Plays from the 17th Century to the Present
- £30.00
- Shakespeare's plays have been adapted or rewritten in various, often surprising, ways since the seventeenth century. This groundbreaking anthology brings together twelve theatrical adaptations of Shakespeares work from around the world and across the centuries. The plays include The Woman's Prize or the Tamer Tamed John Fletcher / The History…
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Arms and the Man: an anti-romantic comedy in three acts
- £12.00
- The Dramatic Works of Bernard Shaw, No IV: "Youth is wasted on the young.” A comedy which takes place during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian war. Its heroine is Raina Petkoff who is a young Bulgarian woman engaged to Sergius Saranoff.
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Backing into the Limelight: The Biography of Alan Bennett
- £15.00
- Alan Bennett is one of Britain's most successful and popular living writers. He is also one of the last survivors of a generation of rule-breakers and radicals that first found its voice with "Beyond the Fringe" in 1961. Since then, he has gone on to huge success with his plays…
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Becket or The Honour of God
- £25.00
- First published in France in 1959, this was quickly translated into English. When the Archbishop of Canterbury died, Henry II forced his companion and political lieutenant, Thomas Becket to take his place. Becket told his King: 'If I become archbishop, I shall cease to be your friend.' Becekt, who with…
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Ben Jonson (English Men of Letters)
- £10.00
- Ben Jonson was an English playwright and poet. His artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox (c. 1606), The Alchemist (1610) and…
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Berserker! An autobiography (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- Ade Edmondson smashed onto the comedy circuit in the 1980s, stormed The Comedy Store and, alongside Rik Mayall, brought anarchy to stage and screen. How did a child brought up in a strict Methodist household Ð and who spent his formative years incarcerated in repressive boarding schools Ð end up…
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Burt Reynolds My Life (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- There are stars, and then there is Burt Reynolds. For almost three decades, he has been in a class by himself. Number 1 at the box office. The Picasso of car pictures. Emmy Award winner. From such early television series as Gunsmoke and Dan August to the blockbuster films Deliverance…
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- £80.00
- The Pulitzer Prize Play of 1955 )the year first published in the U.S.)
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Cock-a-Doodle-Dandy
- £20.00
- From the perspective of the 1990s O'Casey stands out as Ireland's greatest playwright of the century. He it was who most passionately, most powerfully and most memorably dramatized the traumatic birth of the nation. He it was who gave to the twentieth-century theatre a greater range of vivid and original…
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Complete Plays of Oscar Wilde
- £15.00
- This edition first published in 1954. Contents: The Importance of Being Earnest / Lady Windermere's Fan / A Woman of No Importance / An Ideal Husband / Salomé / The Duchess of Padua / Vera, or the Nihilists / A Florentine Tragedy / La Sainte Courtisane or The Woman Covered…
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Contemporary Monologues for Young Men and Women (LAMDA)
- £9.00
- Contemporary Monologues for Young Men and Women contains a collection of speeches from plays written since 1985, suitable for both teenagers and young adults. The selections vary in content, tone and style, and are accompanied by a brief outline of the context and the setting. The compilation will provide any…
- Add to basket
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“Now BarabbasÉ”
- £30.00
- Douglas Home's first play, its original West End run at the Vaudeville Theatre lasted for 130 performances from 7 March to 28 June 1947. It concerns a variety of inmates at a British prison, including new arrivals, old hands and a convicted murderer sentenced to hang. The original cast included…
- Add to basket
-
A List Of Plays For Young Players And Others
- £15.00
- Endorsed by 'the Junior Drama Committee of the British Drama League', this small book lists plays thought suitable for children to perform - each provides characters, scenes, brief synopsis, performance difficulty etc.
- Add to basket
-
A Masque of Reason (& A Masque of Mercy)
- £20.00
- Contains two so-called "New England Biblicals" (A Masque of Reason - 1945, A Masque of Mercy - 1947), plus Steeple Bush and other poems. The title piece is a comedy purporting to be a missing chapter of Job, while the Masque of Mercy takes on the story of Jonah.
- Add to basket
-
A Part Worth Playing (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- Derek Fowlds is known the world over for his countless appearances in many household favourite television dramas and films. From apprentice printer to armed forces disc jockey, from the West End to Broadway, from the silver screen to worldwide television fame, Derek's career has seen him work alongside some of…
- Add to basket
-
Adaptations of Shakespeare: An Anthology of Plays from the 17th Century to the Present
- £30.00
- Shakespeare's plays have been adapted or rewritten in various, often surprising, ways since the seventeenth century. This groundbreaking anthology brings together twelve theatrical adaptations of Shakespeares work from around the world and across the centuries. The plays include The Woman's Prize or the Tamer Tamed John Fletcher / The History…
- Add to basket
-
Arms and the Man: an anti-romantic comedy in three acts
- £12.00
- The Dramatic Works of Bernard Shaw, No IV: "Youth is wasted on the young.” A comedy which takes place during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian war. Its heroine is Raina Petkoff who is a young Bulgarian woman engaged to Sergius Saranoff.
- Add to basket
-
Backing into the Limelight: The Biography of Alan Bennett
- £15.00
- Alan Bennett is one of Britain's most successful and popular living writers. He is also one of the last survivors of a generation of rule-breakers and radicals that first found its voice with "Beyond the Fringe" in 1961. Since then, he has gone on to huge success with his plays…
- Add to basket
-
Becket or The Honour of God
- £25.00
- First published in France in 1959, this was quickly translated into English. When the Archbishop of Canterbury died, Henry II forced his companion and political lieutenant, Thomas Becket to take his place. Becket told his King: 'If I become archbishop, I shall cease to be your friend.' Becekt, who with…
- Add to basket
-
Ben Jonson (English Men of Letters)
- £10.00
- Ben Jonson was an English playwright and poet. His artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox (c. 1606), The Alchemist (1610) and…
- Add to basket
-
Berserker! An autobiography (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- Ade Edmondson smashed onto the comedy circuit in the 1980s, stormed The Comedy Store and, alongside Rik Mayall, brought anarchy to stage and screen. How did a child brought up in a strict Methodist household Ð and who spent his formative years incarcerated in repressive boarding schools Ð end up…
- Add to basket
-
Burt Reynolds My Life (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- There are stars, and then there is Burt Reynolds. For almost three decades, he has been in a class by himself. Number 1 at the box office. The Picasso of car pictures. Emmy Award winner. From such early television series as Gunsmoke and Dan August to the blockbuster films Deliverance…
- Add to basket
-
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- £80.00
- The Pulitzer Prize Play of 1955 )the year first published in the U.S.)
- Add to basket
-
Cock-a-Doodle-Dandy
- £20.00
- From the perspective of the 1990s O'Casey stands out as Ireland's greatest playwright of the century. He it was who most passionately, most powerfully and most memorably dramatized the traumatic birth of the nation. He it was who gave to the twentieth-century theatre a greater range of vivid and original…
- Add to basket
-
Complete Plays of Oscar Wilde
- £15.00
- This edition first published in 1954. Contents: The Importance of Being Earnest / Lady Windermere's Fan / A Woman of No Importance / An Ideal Husband / Salomé / The Duchess of Padua / Vera, or the Nihilists / A Florentine Tragedy / La Sainte Courtisane or The Woman Covered…
- Add to basket
-
Contemporary Monologues for Young Men and Women (LAMDA)
- £9.00
- Contemporary Monologues for Young Men and Women contains a collection of speeches from plays written since 1985, suitable for both teenagers and young adults. The selections vary in content, tone and style, and are accompanied by a brief outline of the context and the setting. The compilation will provide any…
- Add to basket
