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The Theatre of the Absurd
The Theatre of the Absurd
Written by Martin Esslin
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307548016
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The Theatre of the Absurd

Written by Martin Esslin


Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $15.00

In 1953, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot premiered at a tiny avant-garde theatre in Paris; within five years, it had been translated into more than twenty languages and seen by more than a million spectators. Its startling popularity marked the emergence of a new type of theatre whose proponents—Beckett, Ionesco, Genet... Read more >
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Shakespeare and Co.
Shakespeare and Co.
Written by Stanley Wells
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307497826
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Shakespeare and Co.
Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher and the Other Players in His Story
Written by Stanley Wells


Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $14.95

From one of our most distinguished Shakespeare scholars, here is a fascinating, lively, anecdotal work of forensic biography that firmly places Shakespeare within the hectic, exhilarating world in which he lived and wrote.

Theater in Shakespeare's day was a burgeoning “growth industry." Everyone knew everyone else, and they all sought to learn... Read more >
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Shakespeare and Co.
Shakespeare and Co.
Written by Stanley Wells
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780375424946
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Shakespeare and Co.
Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher and the Other Players in His Story
Written by Stanley Wells


Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $26.00

From one of our most distinguished Shakespeare scholars, here is a fascinating, lively, anecdotal work of forensic biography that firmly places Shakespeare within the hectic, exhilarating world in which he lived and wrote.

Theater in Shakespeare's day was a burgeoning “growth industry." Everyone knew everyone else, and they all sought to learn... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Theatre of the Absurd
The Theatre of the Absurd
Written by Martin Esslin
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400075232
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The Theatre of the Absurd

Written by Martin Esslin


Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2004
Price: $15.00

In 1953, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot premiered at a tiny avant-garde theatre in Paris; within five years, it had been translated into more than twenty languages and seen by more than a million spectators. Its startling popularity marked the emergence of a new type of theatre whose proponents—Beckett, Ionesco, Genet... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Three Uses of the Knife
Three Uses of the Knife
Written by David Mamet
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375704239
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Three Uses of the Knife
On the Nature and Purpose of Drama
Written by David Mamet


Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: June 13, 2000
Price: $11.95

What makes good drama? And why does drama matter in an age that is awash in information and entertainment? With bracing directness and aphoristic grace, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Glengarry Glen Ross delivers a thrillingly original treatise on his art.

To David Mamet, human beings are drama-creating animals who impose narrative... Read more >
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