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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2013
Price: $4.99
Magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood provide the materials for one of Shakespeare’s most delightful comedies. When four young lovers, fleeing the Athenian law and their own mismatched rivalries, take to the forest of Athens, their lives become entangled with a feud between the King and Queen of the Fairies... Read more >
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2013
Price: $4.99
Magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood provide the materials for one of Shakespeare’s most delightful comedies. When four young lovers, fleeing the Athenian law and their own mismatched rivalries, take to the forest of Athens, their lives become entangled with a feud between the King and Queen of the Fairies... Read more >
Richard II
Written by William Shakespeare
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2013
Price: $6.99
This moving and eloquent historical drama depicts the conflict between a willful and arrogant poet of a king, Richard II, and his politically pragmatic cousin, Bolingbroke. Rich with memorable scenes and speeches, this lyrical history moves from a splendid medieval tournament to the poignant surrender of a crown; from the queen’s... Read more >
Written by William Shakespeare
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2013
Price: $6.99
This moving and eloquent historical drama depicts the conflict between a willful and arrogant poet of a king, Richard II, and his politically pragmatic cousin, Bolingbroke. Rich with memorable scenes and speeches, this lyrical history moves from a splendid medieval tournament to the poignant surrender of a crown; from the queen’s... Read more >
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The Tempest
Written by William Shakespeare
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $4.99
This joyous play, the last comedy of Shakespeare's career, sums up his stagecraft with a display of seemingly effortless skill. Prospero, exiled Duke of Milan, living on an enchanted island, has the opportunity to punish and forgive his enemies when he raises a tempest that drives them ashore—as well as to... Read more >
Written by William Shakespeare
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $4.99
This joyous play, the last comedy of Shakespeare's career, sums up his stagecraft with a display of seemingly effortless skill. Prospero, exiled Duke of Milan, living on an enchanted island, has the opportunity to punish and forgive his enemies when he raises a tempest that drives them ashore—as well as to... Read more >
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ZALMEN OR THE MADNESS OF GOD
Written by Elie Wiesel
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2013
Price: $12.99
On Yom Kippur eve in 1965, Elie Wiesel found himself in Russia, “in a synagogue crowded with people. The air was stifling. The cantor was chanting . . . Suddenly a mad thought crossed my mind: Something is about to happen; any moment now the Rabbi will wake up, shake himself... Read more >
Written by Elie Wiesel
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2013
Price: $12.99
On Yom Kippur eve in 1965, Elie Wiesel found himself in Russia, “in a synagogue crowded with people. The air was stifling. The cantor was chanting . . . Suddenly a mad thought crossed my mind: Something is about to happen; any moment now the Rabbi will wake up, shake himself... Read more >
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Buchanan Dying
A Play
Written by John Updike
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $16.00
To the list of John Updike’s well-intentioned protagonists—Rabbit Angstrom, Richard Maple, Henry Bech—add James Buchanan, the harried fifteenth president of the United States (1857–1861). In what the author calls “a kind of novel, conceived in the form of a play,” Buchanan’s political and private lives are represented as aspects of his... Read more >
A Play
Written by John Updike
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $16.00
To the list of John Updike’s well-intentioned protagonists—Rabbit Angstrom, Richard Maple, Henry Bech—add James Buchanan, the harried fifteenth president of the United States (1857–1861). In what the author calls “a kind of novel, conceived in the form of a play,” Buchanan’s political and private lives are represented as aspects of his... Read more >
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Buchanan Dying
A Play
Written by John Updike
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $9.99
To the list of John Updike’s well-intentioned protagonists—Rabbit Angstrom, George Caldwell, Piet Hanema, Henry Bech—add James Buchanan, seen above as a young Congressman in the 1820’s, and on the front cover as the harried fifteenth President of the United States (1857-1861). In a play meant to be read, Buchanan’s political and... Read more >
A Play
Written by John Updike
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $9.99
To the list of John Updike’s well-intentioned protagonists—Rabbit Angstrom, George Caldwell, Piet Hanema, Henry Bech—add James Buchanan, seen above as a young Congressman in the 1820’s, and on the front cover as the harried fifteenth President of the United States (1857-1861). In a play meant to be read, Buchanan’s political and... Read more >
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Living with Shakespeare
Essays by Writers, Actors, and Directors
Written by Susannah Carson
Foreword by Harold Bloom
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $16.00
Why Shakespeare? What explains our continued fascination with his poems and plays? In Living with Shakespeare, Susannah Carson invites forty actors, directors, scholars, and writers to reflect on why his work is still such a vital part of our culture.
We hear from James Earl Jones on reclaiming Othello as a tragic... Read more >
Essays by Writers, Actors, and Directors
Written by Susannah Carson
Foreword by Harold Bloom
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $16.00
Why Shakespeare? What explains our continued fascination with his poems and plays? In Living with Shakespeare, Susannah Carson invites forty actors, directors, scholars, and writers to reflect on why his work is still such a vital part of our culture.
We hear from James Earl Jones on reclaiming Othello as a tragic... Read more >
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eBook.
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Living with Shakespeare
Essays by Writers, Actors, and Directors
Written by Susannah Carson
Foreword by Harold Bloom
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $9.99
Why Shakespeare? What explains our continued fascination with his poems and plays? In Living with Shakespeare, Susannah Carson invites forty actors, directors, scholars, and writers to reflect on why his work is still such a vital part of our culture.
We hear from James Earl Jones on reclaiming Othello as a tragic... Read more >
Essays by Writers, Actors, and Directors
Written by Susannah Carson
Foreword by Harold Bloom
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $9.99
Why Shakespeare? What explains our continued fascination with his poems and plays? In Living with Shakespeare, Susannah Carson invites forty actors, directors, scholars, and writers to reflect on why his work is still such a vital part of our culture.
We hear from James Earl Jones on reclaiming Othello as a tragic... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Come Back, Little Sheba
Written by William Inge
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $11.99
William Inge's famous story of marital frustration which erupts in violence. Doc and Lola had an indiscreet affair, she became pregnant and, compelled to marry her, he gave up his medical studies, forfeited his future and settled down to a life of quiet desperation with the simple, homey Lola, who lost... Read more >
Written by William Inge
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $11.99
William Inge's famous story of marital frustration which erupts in violence. Doc and Lola had an indiscreet affair, she became pregnant and, compelled to marry her, he gave up his medical studies, forfeited his future and settled down to a life of quiet desperation with the simple, homey Lola, who lost... Read more >
Picnic
Written by William Inge
Format: eBook, 72 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $11.99
This title collects four plays by American playwright William Inge, including Come Back Little Sheba, Picnic, Bus Stop, and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. Read more >
Written by William Inge
Format: eBook, 72 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $11.99
This title collects four plays by American playwright William Inge, including Come Back Little Sheba, Picnic, Bus Stop, and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. Read more >
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The Tragedy of Mister Morn
Written by Vladimir Nabokov
Translated by Thomas Karshan and Anastasia Tolstoy
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.99
Written by Vladimir Nabokov
Translated by Thomas Karshan and Anastasia Tolstoy
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.99
For the first time in English, Vladimir Nabokov’s earliest major work, written when he was only twenty-four: his only full-length play, introduced by Thomas Karshan and beautifully translated by Karshan and Anastasia Tolstoy.
The Tragedy of Mister Morn was written in the winter of 1923–1924, when Nabokov was completely unknown. The...
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The Tragedy of Mister Morn
Written by Vladimir Nabokov
Translated by Thomas Karshan and Anastasia Tolstoy
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $26.00
Written by Vladimir Nabokov
Translated by Thomas Karshan and Anastasia Tolstoy
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $26.00
For the first time in English, Vladimir Nabokov’s earliest major work, written when he was only twenty-four: his only full-length play, introduced by Thomas Karshan and beautifully translated by Karshan and Anastasia Tolstoy.
The Tragedy of Mister Morn was written in the winter of 1923–1924, when Nabokov was completely unknown. The...
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eBook.
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The Wakefield Mystery Plays
Written by Martial Rose
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 19, 2012
Price: $14.99
Four hundred years ago the medieval mystery plays, presented each year in various English villages to teach the stories of the Bible to the illiterate population, were the great classic English dramas. Queen Elizabeth I banned these plays because she considered them Roman Catholic, and since then the texts have been... Read more >
Written by Martial Rose
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 19, 2012
Price: $14.99
Four hundred years ago the medieval mystery plays, presented each year in various English villages to teach the stories of the Bible to the illiterate population, were the great classic English dramas. Queen Elizabeth I banned these plays because she considered them Roman Catholic, and since then the texts have been... Read more >
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Fifteen One-Act Plays
Written by Sam Shepard
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $11.99
Filled with wry, dark humor, unparalleled imagination, unforgettable characters, and exquisitely crafted storytelling, Sam Shepard’s plays have earned him enormous acclaim over the past five decades. In these fifteen one-acts, we see him at his best, displaying his trademark ability to portray human relationships, love, and lust with rare authenticity. These... Read more >
Written by Sam Shepard
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $11.99
Filled with wry, dark humor, unparalleled imagination, unforgettable characters, and exquisitely crafted storytelling, Sam Shepard’s plays have earned him enormous acclaim over the past five decades. In these fifteen one-acts, we see him at his best, displaying his trademark ability to portray human relationships, love, and lust with rare authenticity. These... Read more >
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Fifteen One-Act Plays
Written by Sam Shepard
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $16.00
Filled with wry, dark humor, unparalleled imagination, unforgettable characters, and exquisitely crafted storytelling, Sam Shepard’s plays have earned him enormous acclaim over the past five decades. In these fifteen one-acts, we see him at his best, displaying his trademark ability to portray human relationships, love, and lust with rare authenticity. These... Read more >
Written by Sam Shepard
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $16.00
Filled with wry, dark humor, unparalleled imagination, unforgettable characters, and exquisitely crafted storytelling, Sam Shepard’s plays have earned him enormous acclaim over the past five decades. In these fifteen one-acts, we see him at his best, displaying his trademark ability to portray human relationships, love, and lust with rare authenticity. These... Read more >
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eBook.
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Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights
Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee
Written by Stella Adler
Edited by Barry Paris
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $14.99
In her long-awaited book, the legendary acting teacher Stella Adler gives us her extraordinary insights into the work of Henrik Ibsen (“The creation of the modern theater took a genius like Ibsen . . . Miller and Odets, Inge and O’Neill, Williams and Shaw, swallowed the whole of him”), August Strindberg... Read more >
Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee
Written by Stella Adler
Edited by Barry Paris
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $14.99
In her long-awaited book, the legendary acting teacher Stella Adler gives us her extraordinary insights into the work of Henrik Ibsen (“The creation of the modern theater took a genius like Ibsen . . . Miller and Odets, Inge and O’Neill, Williams and Shaw, swallowed the whole of him”), August Strindberg... Read more >
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Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights
Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee
Written by Stella Adler
Edited by Barry Paris
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $27.95
“Don’t use your conscious past. Use your creative imagination to create a past that belongs to your character. I don’t want you to be stuck with your own life. It’s too little.”
“You must get beneath the words before you can say them. The text must be in you. It... Read more >
Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee
Written by Stella Adler
Edited by Barry Paris
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $27.95
“Don’t use your conscious past. Use your creative imagination to create a past that belongs to your character. I don’t want you to be stuck with your own life. It’s too little.”
“You must get beneath the words before you can say them. The text must be in you. It... Read more >
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eBook and a
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Caligula and Three Other Plays
Written by Albert Camus
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2012
Price: $7.99
Read more >
Written by Albert Camus
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2012
Price: $7.99
Read more >
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Richard III
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2012
Price: $7.99
An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and... Read more >
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2012
Price: $7.99
An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Henry IV, Part Two
Written by William Shakespeare
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: May 16, 2012
Price: $2.99
The stirring continuation of the themes begun in Henry IV, Part One again pits a rebellion within the State and that master of misrule, Falstaff, against the maturing of Prince Hal. Alternating scenes between bawdy tavern and regal court, between revelry and politics, Shakespeare probes at the sources, uses, and responsibilities... Read more >
Written by William Shakespeare
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: May 16, 2012
Price: $2.99
The stirring continuation of the themes begun in Henry IV, Part One again pits a rebellion within the State and that master of misrule, Falstaff, against the maturing of Prince Hal. Alternating scenes between bawdy tavern and regal court, between revelry and politics, Shakespeare probes at the sources, uses, and responsibilities... Read more >
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Henry VI
Parts I, II, and III
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $12.00
“The gaudy, blabbing and remorseful day
Is crept into the bosom of the sea.”
—Henry VI
Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of the three-part classic history that revolves around the epic, dynastic Wars of the Roses.
THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE... Read more >
Parts I, II, and III
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $12.00
“The gaudy, blabbing and remorseful day
Is crept into the bosom of the sea.”
—Henry VI
Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of the three-part classic history that revolves around the epic, dynastic Wars of the Roses.
THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE... Read more >
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Henry VI
Parts I, II, and III
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $8.99
Displaying the bold vision and growing skill of a young playwright, these are Shakespeare’s first three history plays, covering some sixty tumultuous years of English history. Their pageantry, violence, and stirring speeches excite audiences with action as well as character, and midway through the final play in this trilogy, a shocking... Read more >
Parts I, II, and III
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $8.99
Displaying the bold vision and growing skill of a young playwright, these are Shakespeare’s first three history plays, covering some sixty tumultuous years of English history. Their pageantry, violence, and stirring speeches excite audiences with action as well as character, and midway through the final play in this trilogy, a shocking... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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King John & Henry VIII
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $10.00
“Mad world, mad kings, mad composition!”
—King John
In one volume, eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide fresh new editions of two classic histories: Henry VIII and King John.
THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES:
• original Introductions to... Read more >
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $10.00
“Mad world, mad kings, mad composition!”
—King John
In one volume, eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide fresh new editions of two classic histories: Henry VIII and King John.
THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES:
• original Introductions to... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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King John & Henry VIII
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $7.99
“Mad world, mad kings, mad composition!”
—King John
In one volume, eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide fresh new editions of two classic histories: Henry VIII and King John.
THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES:
• original Introductions to... Read more >
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $7.99
“Mad world, mad kings, mad composition!”
—King John
In one volume, eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide fresh new editions of two classic histories: Henry VIII and King John.
THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES:
• original Introductions to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Pericles
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $8.00
“This world to me is but a ceaseless storm
Whirring me from my friends.”
—Pericles
Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this classic tragicomedy of good and evil in many guises.
THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES OF... Read more >
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $8.00
“This world to me is but a ceaseless storm
Whirring me from my friends.”
—Pericles
Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this classic tragicomedy of good and evil in many guises.
THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES OF... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
