Theater Playscripts
PRELUDE TO A KISS AND OTHER PLAYS
Written by Lucas, Craig
This collection brings back into print one of Craig Lucas' best known and enduring works, Prelude to a Kiss, which was both a hit on Broadway and a popular motion picture. Missing Persons, an updated version of Lucas' first play, is also included in the collection, along with Three Postcards, an offbeat and uniquely imaginative free form musical play.
LINDA VISTA (TCG EDITION)
Written by Letts, Tracy
Letts is a master of pitch-dark comedies that measure the grisliest depths of human behavior...Linda Vista is very funny, equally unsettling...An inspired, ruthless take on the classic midlife-crisis comedy. --Ben Brantley, New York Times
GLORIA: A LIFE (TCG EDITION)
Written by Mann, Emily
"Gloria: A Life is a unique, deeply moving performance created in the hopeful, conversational spirit of its extraordinary subject." --Sara Holdren, New York Magazine's Vulture
MACBETH
Written by Shakespeare, William
The authoritative edition of Macbeth from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers. In 1603, James VI of Scotland ascended the English throne, becoming James I of England. London was alive with an interest in all things Scottish, and Shakespeare turned to Scottish history for material.
PARTICLE OF DREAD
Written by Shepard, Sam
In A Particle of Dread, Sam Shepard takes one of the most famous plays in history--Oedipus Rex--and transforms it into a modern American classic.
RICHARD II
Written by Shakespeare, William
The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design The Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used.
PEER GYNT AND BRAND
Written by Ibsen, Henrik
Masterful versions of Ibsen's two great verse plays by one of our greatest living poets, Geoffrey Hill These two masterly and contrasting verse dramas by Ibsen made his reputation as a playwright.
ODYSSEY: MISSING PRESUMED DEAD
Written by Armitage, Simon
A high-ranking government minister with a colorful past is sent on a diplomatic mission to Istanbul. When his trip ends up in a barroom brawl, he becomes Europe's most wanted man overnight. Chased by the authorities, damned by religious leaders, pursued by those looking for vengeance and headhunted by fanatics, his odyssey begins.
GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING: ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE
Written by McBride, Eimear
Winner of numerous literary awards including the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and the Goldsmiths Prize, Eimear McBride's debut novel A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing plunges us into the psyche of a girl with breathtaking fury and intimacy.
COCK
Written by Bartlett, Mike
But that's what this is, isn't it? The ultimate bitch fight. When John takes a break from his boyfriend, his accidentally meets the girl of his dreams. Filled with guilt and indecision, he decides there is only one way to straighten this out . . . Mike Bartlett's metrosexual play about love and longing provides us with questions of who we are and who we want to be.
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