Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
$8.00 NZD
Category: Shakespeare | Series: The Arden Shakespeare | Reading Level: very good
"Sources, Analogues, and Contexts," a rich selection of historical and literary writing, gives readers an understanding of Antony and Cleopatra's origins, from the earlier texts that inspired Shakespeare, especially those by Herodotus, Plutarch, and Virgil, to later works by Chaucer, Mary Sidney (Counte ...Show more
The Shoemaker's Holiday by Thomas Dekker; Anthony Parr (Editor)
$8.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: New Mermaid Ser. | Reading Level: very good
'I know the trade: I learned it when I was in Wittenberg' Thus speaks Lacy, the gentleman who disguises himself as a simple shoemaker in order to win his true love, the grocer's daughter Rose. The Shoemaker's Holiday is one of the most engaging citizen comedies of the 17th century. Written and first per ...Show more
The Works of John Webster Volume Three by David Gunby, David Carnegie and MacDona P Jackson (eds)
$45.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: The Works of John Webster | Reading Level: near fine
DoP October 2008, UK 576pp / 229x152mm NZ editors - Gunby, Carnegie & Jackson This is the third and final volume of the Cambridge edition of the works of John Webster. It contains the final complete play in the edition, the City comedy Anything for a Quiet Life, as well as Webster's spectacular Lord ...Show more
William Percy's Mahomet and His Heaven - A Critical Edition by Matthew Dimmock (Editor)
$125.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Reading Level: near fine
William Percy's Mahomet and His Heaven (1601) is extraordinary. Not only is it the only early modern play purportedly based upon the Qur'an, but it is also the first to place the Prophet Muhammad on the stage. While there existed a remarkable range of texts concerning Islamic characters and themes in Re ...Show more
Five Plays by Ben Jonson
$10.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: The World's Classics ( No. 524) | Reading Level: good- very good
Six Caroline Plays by Edited by A S Knowland
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Category: Drama | Series: The World's Classics ( No. 583) | Reading Level: good- very good
Five Heroic Plays by Edited by Bonamy Dobree
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Category: Drama | Series: The World's Classics ( No. 576) | Reading Level: good-very good
Other Places by Harold Pinter
$8.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: Modern Plays Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Deborah was a lively 16-year-old and part of a close-knit family when she fell victim to sleeping sickness. Twenty-nine years later, having been watched over throughout by the same doctor, she comes to life and gradually tries to adjust to the world around her.
H being Monologues at Front of Burning Cities by Charles Wood
$10.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Reading Level: very good
Lazarus and his Beloved. A One-Act Play by Kahlil Gibran
$10.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Reading Level: good
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
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Category: Drama | Reading Level: good
Written in exile during the Second World War, the story subverts an ancient Chinese tale - echoed in the Judgement of Solomon - in which two women claim the same child. The message of Brecht's parable is that resources should go to those who will make best use of them. Thanks to the rascally judge, Azda ...Show more