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Talking to Terrorists by Robin Soans
$17.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Oberon Modern Plays
I looked around the room and I thought, I m the only person in this room that hasn t killed anyone. "Talking to Terrorists" is a play commissioned by the Royal Court and out of Joint. The writer, director Max Stafford-Clark, and actors interviewed people from around the world who have been involved in t ...Show more
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
$25.95 AUD
Category: Poetry & Drama | Series: Oxford Modern Playscripts
Maurice is no ordinary cat. He's amazing. He can think, he can talk...and he has an amazing scam going. And all he needs to pull it off is an army of intelligent rats and one stupid-looking kid. But when his gang enter Bad Blintz, the town they have decided to con next, they soon realize that all is not ...Show more
The Domino Effect and Other Plays by Fin Kennedy
$29.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
A new collection of plays by Fin Kennedy, author of How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found and The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays.
The Firework-Maker's Daughter (play) by Phillip Pullman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry & Drama | Series: Oberon Modern Plays Ser.
Adapted by Stephen Russell, The Firework-Makers Daughter, is award winning childrens writer Philip Pullmans brilliant and inspiring story about Lila, who dreams of becoming a firework-maker just like her father. Her hopes are dashed when her father tells her it is no job for a girl. Setting out in se ...Show more
The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
$24.99 AUD
Category: Education | Series: Modern Plays
A farcical look at political violence as it's played out during The Troubles in Northern Ireland against the drab backdrop of a bare, rustic Irish cottage and unending boredom in an inhospitable environment in which a mutilated cat sets off a murderous cycle of revenge.The second play in Martin McDonagh ...Show more
The Visit, or the Old Lady Comes to Call by Friedrich Dürrenmatt; Tony Kushner (Adapted by)
$23.99 AUD
Category: Education | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
In the town of Slurry, New York, post-war recession has bitten. Claire Zachanassian, improbably beautiful and impenetrably terrifying, returns to her hometown as the world's richest woman. The locals hope her arrival signals a change in their fortunes, but they soon realise that prosperity will only com ...Show more
Twelve Angry Men: Modern Plays Edition by Reginald Rose
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Methuen Modern Plays Ser.
'New York, summer 1954Criminal Courts BuildingA man is deadThe life of another is at stakeA guilty verdict seems a foregone conclusion. But one member of the jury has the will to probe more deeply into the evidence and the courage to confront the ignorance and the prejudice of some of his fellow jurors. ...Show more
Wit (plays, playscript) by Margaret Edson
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Category: Poetry & Drama | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
A striking and sharply funny reflection on the frailty of existence and the complex relationship between knowledge and love. Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned specialist in the brilliantly difficult Holy Sonnets of John Donne, has been diagnosed with stage f ...Show more