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Twelve Classic One-Act Plays

Author : Mary Carolyn Waldrep
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780486112527

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Twelve Classic One-Act Plays by Mary Carolyn Waldrep Pdf

This collection of royalty-free plays contains classics by well-known playwrights: Glaspell's Trifles, Synge's Riders to the Sea, Strindberg's The Stronger, plus works by Aristophanes, Chekhov, Yeats, Barrie, and others.

Random Acts of Comedy

Author : Jason Pizzarello
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0981909973

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Random Acts of Comedy by Jason Pizzarello Pdf

Home of the most popular one-act plays for student actors, Playscripts, Inc. presents 15 of their very best short comedies. From a blind dating debacle to a silly Shakespeare spoof, from a fairy tale farce to a self-hating satire, this anthology contains hilarious large-cast plays that have delighted thousands of audiences around the world. Includes the plays The Audition by Don Zolidis, Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit by Jonathan Rand, 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview by Ian McWethy, Darcy's Cinematic Life by Christa Crewdson, The Whole Shebang by Rich Orloff, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Fifth Period by Jason Pizzarello, Small World by Tracey Scott Wilson, The Absolute Most Cliched Elevator Play in the History of the Entire Universe by Werner Trieschmann, The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet by Peter Bloedel, Show and Spell by Julia Brownell, Cut by Ed Monk, Check Please by Jonathan Rand, Aliens vs. Cheerleaders by Qui Nguyen, The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon by Don Zolidis, 15 Reasons Not To Be in a Play by Alan Haehnel

Twelve Angry Men

Author : Reginald Rose
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-29
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0143104403

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Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose Pdf

A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival—featuring an introduction by David Mamet A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic faith in the U.S. legal system. The play centers on Juror Eight, who is at first the sole holdout in an 11-1 guilty vote. Eight sets his sights not on proving the other jurors wrong but rather on getting them to look at the situation in a clear-eyed way not affected by their personal prejudices or biases. Reginald Rose deliberately and carefully peels away the layers of artifice from the men and allows a fuller picture to form of them—and of America, at its best and worst. After the critically acclaimed teleplay aired in 1954, this landmark American drama went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda, for which Rose wrote the adaptation. More recently, Twelve Angry Men had a successful, and award-winning, run on Broadway. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Oscar Wilde The Dover Reader

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-18
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780486791227

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Oscar Wilde The Dover Reader by Oscar Wilde Pdf

"The Irish poet and playwright's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, appears in this splendid showcase of philosophy and wit. Additional selections include Wilde's ever-popular comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest; his essay on aestheticism, "The Decay of Lying: An Observation"; his prison letter, "De Profundis"; and other works of poetry and prose"--

The Play That Goes Wrong

Author : Henry Lewis,Jonathan Sayer,Henry Shields
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-23
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781472576224

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The Play That Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis,Jonathan Sayer,Henry Shields Pdf

Good evening. I'm Inspector Carter. Take my case. This must be Charles Haversham! I'm sorry, this must've given you all a damn shock. After benefitting from a large and sudden inheritance, the inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society embark on producing an ambitious 1920s murder mystery. They are delighted that neither casting issues nor technical hitches currently stand in their way. However, hilarious disaster ensues and the cast start to crack under the pressure, but can they get the production back on track before the final curtain falls? The Play That Goes Wrong is a farcical murder mystery, a play within a play, conceived and performed by award-winning company Theatre Mischief. It was first published as a one-act play and is published in this new edition as a two-act play.

Publication

Author : Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) Play Bureau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Amateur theater
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020053000

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Publication by Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) Play Bureau Pdf

Classic Mystery Stories

Author : Douglas G. Greene
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780486112275

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Classic Mystery Stories by Douglas G. Greene Pdf

Thirteen classics devoted to genuine tale of ratiocination. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Charles Dickens' "Three Detective Anecdotes," Jack London's "The Leopard Man Story," 10 others. Introduction. Notes.

Three Sisters

Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov Pdf

The play focuses on the lives of three sisters, Olga, Masha, and Irina, young women of the Russian gentry who try to fill their days in order to construct a life that feels meaningful while surrounded by an array of military men, servants, husbands, suitors, and lovers, all of whom constitute a distractions from the passage of time and from the sisters' desire to return to their beloved Moscow.

The Knave of Hearts

Author : Louise Saunders
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1494809788

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The Knave of Hearts by Louise Saunders Pdf

This one act play is made available to all. It may be used freely to perform in any environment. No Royalties owed. You do not have to buy multiple copies to perform, copy this book. You may change lines and scenes. Please give credit to the original author as inspiration of the work.The elder Dumas, who wrote many successful plays, as well as the famous romances, said that all he needed for constructing a drama was "four boards, two actors, and a passion." What he meant by passion has been defined by a later French writer, Ferdinand Brunetière, as a conflict of wills. When two strong desires conflict and we wonder which is coming out ahead, we say that the situation is dramatic. This clash is clearly defined in any effective play, from the crude melodrama in which the forces are hero and villain with pistols, to such subtle conflicts, based on a man's misunderstanding of even his own motives and purposes.In comedy, and even in farce, struggle is clearly present. Here our sympathy is with people who engage in a not impossible combat—against rather obvious villains who can be unmasked, or against such public opinion or popular conventions as can be overset. The hold of an absurd bit of gossip upon stupid people is firm enough in "Spreading the News"; but fortunately it must yield to facts at last. The Queen and the Knave of Hearts are sufficiently clever, with the aid of the superb cookery of the Knave's wife, to do away with an ancient and solemnly reverenced law of Pompdebile's court.Again, in comedies as in mathematics, the problem is often solved by substitution. The soldier in Mr. Galsworthy's "The Sun" is able to find a satisfactory and apparently happy ending without achieving what he originally set out to gain. Or the play which does not end as the chief character wishes may still prove not too serious because, as in "Fame and the Poet," the situation is merely inconvenient and absurd rather than tragic. Now and then it is next to impossible to tell whether the ending is tragic or not. It is natural for us to desire a happy ending in stories, as we desire satisfying solutions of the problems in our own lives. And whenever the forces at work are such as make it true and possible, naturally this is the best ending for a story or a play. Where powerful and terrible influences have to be combated, only a poor dramatist will make use of mere chance, or compel his characters to do what such people really would not do, to bring about a factitious "happy ending." One of the best ways to understand these as real stage plays is through some sort of dramatization. This does not mean, however, that they need be produced with elaborate scenery and costumes, memorizing, and rehearsal; often the best understanding may be secured by quite informal reading in the class, with perhaps a hat and cloak and a lath sword or two for properties. With simply a clear space in the classroom for a stage, you and your imaginations can give all the performance necessary for realizing these plays very well indeed. Of course, you must clearly understand the lines and the play as a whole before you try to take a part, so that you can read simply and naturally, as you think the people in the story probably spoke. Some questions for discussion in the appendix may help you in talking the plays over in class or in reading them for yourself before you try to take a part. You will find it sometimes helps, also, to make a diagram or a colored sketch of the scene as the author describes it, or even a small model of the stage for a "dramatic museum" for your school. If you have not tried this, you do not know how much it helps in seeing plays of other times, like Shakespeare's or Molière's; and it is useful also for modern dramas. Such small stages can be used for puppet theatres as well. "The Knave of Hearts" is intended as a marionette play, and other dramas—Maeterlinck's and even Shakespeare's—have been given in this way with very interesting effects.

Capital: Volume One

Author : Karl Marx
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 883 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780486832395

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Capital: Volume One by Karl Marx Pdf

Capital: Volume One by Karl Marx is a classic of political economics and was described by Friedrich Engels, the author's friend and collaborator, as "the bible of the working class." Thirty years in the making, this 1867 publication was the first in the three-part Das Kapital series and the only volume published during Marx's lifetime. The polemic asserts that society is advancing from primitive economic systems toward the utopian state of communism. It remains a work of tremendous importance and influence and offers an astute critique of capitalism, exploring commodities, value, money, and other factors related to the system's historic origins and contemporary functions. The examination of these elements forms the basis of Marxist doctrine: the system is irredeemable, a revolution is imperative, and a socialist system is the only viable alternative, providing a structure in which production serves the needs of all rather than the enrichment of the elite. AUTHOR: Philosopher and radical thinker Karl Marx (1818-74) was expelled from Germany and France after publishing controversial material, including The Communist Manifesto, which he co-wrote with Friedrich Engels. In 1848, he was exiled to London, where he wrote Das Kapital and resided for the remainder of his life.

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Copyright
ISBN : MINN:30000011066374

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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Pygmalion

Author : George Bernard Shaw
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781504061483

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Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw Pdf

The most successful play by the Nobel Prize–winning Irish playwright, and basis for the movie and Broadway musical My Fair Lady. Based on the Greek legend of Pygmalion and Galatea, George Bernard Shaw’s witty adaptation features linguistic expert Professor Henry Higgins, who encounters a cockney flower seller named Eliza Doolittle. Boasting that he could pass Eliza off as a duchess by teaching her to speak correctly and polishing up her manners, Higgins does not believe he will ever have to prove his claim—until Eliza shows up on his doorstep asking for elocution lessons. Eliza’s subsequent transformation fools London society, but makes both Eliza and Higgins question whether they can return to the lives they had before their extraordinary experiment. “Pygmalion, written in 1912 at a time when women’s suffrage was making daily headlines, stages both Shaw’s progressive belief in the equality of the sexes, as well as his satire of the defiant persistence of Victorian customs and the English class system in the face of inevitable social progress.” —BroadwayWorld

The Long Voyage Home and Other Plays

Author : Eugene O'Neill
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780486159171

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The Long Voyage Home and Other Plays by Eugene O'Neill Pdf

Populated by moody, intense characters trapped by forces greater than themselves, these four short melodramas include Bound East for Cardiff, In the Zone, The Long Voyage Home, and The Moon of the Caribbees.

Medea

Author : Euripides
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780486113753

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Medea by Euripides Pdf

One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, masterfully portraying the fierce motives driving Medea's pursuit of vengeance for her husband's insult and betrayal. Authoritative Rex Warner translation.