341 books in Drama
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Copenhagen
Written by Michael Frayn
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2000
Price: $15.00
The Tony Award—winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art, Copenhagen is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb.
In 1941 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a clandestine trip to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart and friend... Read more >
Written by Michael Frayn
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2000
Price: $15.00
The Tony Award—winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art, Copenhagen is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb.
In 1941 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a clandestine trip to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart and friend... Read more >
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Hamlet
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
One of the greatest plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the tormented young prince of Denmark continues to capture the imaginations of modern audiences worldwide. Confronted with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, and with his mother’s infidelity, Hamlet must find a means of reconciling his longing for... Read more >
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
One of the greatest plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the tormented young prince of Denmark continues to capture the imaginations of modern audiences worldwide. Confronted with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, and with his mother’s infidelity, Hamlet must find a means of reconciling his longing for... Read more >
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Measure for Measure
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $2.99
Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this powerful play that explores sexual hypocrisy and questions morality at all levels of society. This volume also includes more than a hundred pages of exclusive features, including:
• an original Introduction to Measure for Measure
• incisive scene-by-scene... Read more >
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $2.99
Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this powerful play that explores sexual hypocrisy and questions morality at all levels of society. This volume also includes more than a hundred pages of exclusive features, including:
• an original Introduction to Measure for Measure
• incisive scene-by-scene... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Actor's Scenebook
Scenes and Monologues From Contemporary Plays
Written by Michael Schulman, Ph.D. and Eva Mekler
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: May 1, 1984
Price: $7.99
Here is wonderful, up-to-date material for scene study, selected from the best plays from recent theater seasons. More than 20 monologues for both men and women, carefully chosen to display the widest range of dramatic ability, are essential for auditioning actors. A large selection of parts for woman provide exciting opportunities... Read more >
Scenes and Monologues From Contemporary Plays
Written by Michael Schulman, Ph.D. and Eva Mekler
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: May 1, 1984
Price: $7.99
Here is wonderful, up-to-date material for scene study, selected from the best plays from recent theater seasons. More than 20 monologues for both men and women, carefully chosen to display the widest range of dramatic ability, are essential for auditioning actors. A large selection of parts for woman provide exciting opportunities... Read more >
Noises Off
Written by Michael Frayn
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $13.99
Noises Off, the classic farce by the Tony Award—winning author of Copenhagen, is not one play but two: simultaneously a traditional sex farce, Nothing On, and the backstage “drama” that develops during Nothing On’s final rehearsal and tour. The two begin to interlock as the characters make their exits from Nothing... Read more >
Written by Michael Frayn
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $13.99
Noises Off, the classic farce by the Tony Award—winning author of Copenhagen, is not one play but two: simultaneously a traditional sex farce, Nothing On, and the backstage “drama” that develops during Nothing On’s final rehearsal and tour. The two begin to interlock as the characters make their exits from Nothing... Read more >
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Shorter, Faster, Funnier
Comic Plays and Monologues
Edited by Eric Lane and Nina Shengold
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $16.95
Comic Plays and Monologues
Edited by Eric Lane and Nina Shengold
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $16.95
This cornucopia of comedy showcases works by major playwrights and emerging young writers, with casts of all sizes and diverse and challenging roles for actors of every age and type. You’ll discover such colorful characters as a businessman free-falling from a plane, an embittered sword swallower, a punkish girl skateboarder, and...
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The Heidi Chronicles
Uncommon Women and Others & Isn't It Romantic
Written by Wendy Wasserstein
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 2, 1991
Price: $15.95
The graduating seniors of a Seven Sisters college, trying to decide whether to pattern themselves after Katharine Hepburn or Emily Dickinson. Two young women besieged by the demands of mothers, lovers, and careers—not to mention a highly persistent telephone answering machine—as they struggle to have it all. A brilliant feminist art... Read more >
Uncommon Women and Others & Isn't It Romantic
Written by Wendy Wasserstein
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 2, 1991
Price: $15.95
The graduating seniors of a Seven Sisters college, trying to decide whether to pattern themselves after Katharine Hepburn or Emily Dickinson. Two young women besieged by the demands of mothers, lovers, and careers—not to mention a highly persistent telephone answering machine—as they struggle to have it all. A brilliant feminist art... Read more >
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Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever, Private Lives
Three Plays
Written by Noel Coward
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 26, 1999
Price: $15.95
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Three Plays
Written by Noel Coward
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 26, 1999
Price: $15.95
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Buried Child
Written by Sam Shepard
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2009
Price: $11.99
A newly revised edition of an American classic, Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize—winning Buried Child is as fierce and unforgettable as it was when it was first produced more than twenty-five years ago.
A scene of madness greets Vince and his girlfriend as they arrive at the squalid farmhouse of Vince’s hard-drinking grandparents... Read more >
Written by Sam Shepard
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2009
Price: $11.99
A newly revised edition of an American classic, Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize—winning Buried Child is as fierce and unforgettable as it was when it was first produced more than twenty-five years ago.
A scene of madness greets Vince and his girlfriend as they arrive at the squalid farmhouse of Vince’s hard-drinking grandparents... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Oleanna
A Play
Written by David Mamet
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: March 28, 2012
Price: $10.99
In David Mamet’s latest play, a male college instructor and his female student sit down to discuss her grades and in a terrifyingly short time become the participants in a modern reprise of the Inquisition. Innocuous remarks suddenly turn damning. Socratic dialogue gives way to heated assault. And the relationship between... Read more >
A Play
Written by David Mamet
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: March 28, 2012
Price: $10.99
In David Mamet’s latest play, a male college instructor and his female student sit down to discuss her grades and in a terrifyingly short time become the participants in a modern reprise of the Inquisition. Innocuous remarks suddenly turn damning. Socratic dialogue gives way to heated assault. And the relationship between... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
