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The tragedy of Richard II (New Folger Library Shakespeare)
By William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A Mowat. 1962
Historical tragedy and study of kingship first performed in the 1590s. Richard II, a weak and ineffectual king, settles a…
quarrel and exiles Henry Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, for ten years. He then seizes Henry's property to finance the Irish wars. Henry returns to claim his inheritance, murders the king's supporters, and imprisons Richard. Henry usurps the throne, but lives in fear until the deposed Richard is no more. 1962. Uniform title: King Richard IIThe three sisters (Dover Thrift Editions Ser.)
By Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. 1993
Olga is an old-maid school teacher, Masha is unhappily married, and Irina works in a telegraph office. The sisters are…
overcome with boredom following the death of their father, commander of a Russian brigade. When their brother marries a country girl who tries to control everyone, the three find a new purpose in life. 1993, c1900. Uniform title: Tri sestry.The taming of the shrew (New Penguin Shakespeare Ser.)
By William Shakespeare, G. R Hibbard. 1968
The sisters Rosensweig
By Wendy Wasserstein. 1993
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author sets this play about three middle-aged Jewish sisters in London in August 1991. The family is…
celebrating the fifty-fourth birthday of the eldest, Sara. Each sister has a successful career and is content with the life she leads. But Sara's plans to remain single may be changed by a guest at the party. 1993.The school for scandal (Longman Study Texts Ser.)
By Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Ray Heath. 1984
The real world?
By Michel Tremblay. 1988
A playwright uses the private lives of his family for material in his dramas. Both the "real" family and the…
writer's more dramatic version are presented on stage simultaneously. Some strong language. 1988. Uniform title: Le vrai monde?The milk lady of Bangalore: an unexpected adventure
By Shoba Narayan. 2018
When Shoba Narayan, a writer and cookbook author who had lived for years in Manhattan, moves back to Bangalore with…
her family, she befriends the milk lady, from whom she buys fresh milk every day. These two women from very different backgrounds bond over not only cows, considered holy in India, but also family, food, and life. After Narayan agrees to buy her milk lady a new cow (she needs one and Narayan can afford it, so why not?), they set off looking for just the right cow. What was at first a simple economic transaction becomes something much more complicated, though never without a hint of slapstick. 2018.The merchant of Venice (New Penguin Shakespeare Ser.)
By William Shakespeare, W Moelwyn Merchant. 1967
The incredible adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito: a one-woman musical in one act
By Tomson Highway. 2016
Tomson Highway's musical cabaret is the story of a wingless little mosquito from Manitoba. The ageless theme of a misfit,…
who finds her voice through song and who learns to make friends by communicating directly with her audience, is a timely treat for anyone who has felt like an outsider, dealt with bullying, moved to a new place, or was different from the rest of the pack. The entire script is here, complete with song lyrics, stage directions, Cree vocabulary, and challenging tongue twisters to delight all ages. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.The iceman cometh (Vintage International)
By Eugene O'Neill. 1999
1912. A seedy, skid row saloon, peopled by society's failures: worn-out anarchists, failed con artists, drifters, whores, pimps, and informers.…
The pipe-dreaming drunks of Harry Hope's bar numb themselves with rotgut gin and make grandiose plans, while waiting for the annual appearance of the big-spending, fast-talking salesman, Hickey. But this year's visit fails to bring the expected good times, as a changed Hickey tries to bring the barflies salvation. Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 1999, c1940.Le temps d'une vie ((Théâtre canadien ; 38).)
By Roland Lepage. 1974
Florence: pièce en deux parties et quatre tableaux (Théâtre/Leméac)
By Marcel Dubé. 1970
Medea and other plays: Medea And Other Plays (Penguin Classics Ser.)
By Euripides, Philip Vellacott. 1963
A collection of plays by Euripides. 'Medea' is the story of the princess's horrible revenge for the infidelity of Jason.…
'Heracles' is one of his last plays. In 'Hecabe' and 'Electra' the wickedness of revenge is underlined. 1963.Prometheus bound ; The suppliants ; Seven against Thebes ; The Persians (Penguin classics)
By Aeschylus, Philip Vellacott. 1961
`The Persians' is based on the defeat of the Persians at the battle of Salamis. The other three plays are…
based on Greek legend. `Seven against Thebes' concerns the fate of the two main figures, Eteocles and Polyneices. `Prometheus' and `The Suppliants' shows that although the struggle of reason against violence can never be an easy one, it is reason that is the proper principle of the civilized life. 1961.The Bacchae and other plays (Penguin classics)
By Euripides, Philip Vellacott. 1972
"Ion" deals with the problem of reconciling religious faith with the facts of human life. "The women of Troy" reveals…
the horror of war, a theme also woven into the comedy "Helen", in which Euripides good-humouredly parodies himself. "The Bacchae", his last surviving tragedy and masterpiece, explores the psychology of mass violence. Classic Greek plays from the 5th century BC. 1972.Getting a life: the social worlds of geek culture
By Benjamin Woo. 2018
Comic book superheroes, fantasy kingdoms, and futuristic starships have become inescapable features of today’s pop-culture landscape, and the people we…
used to deride as “nerds” or “geeks” have ridden their popularity and visibility to mainstream recognition. Yet these conventionalized representations of geek culture typically ignore the real people who have invested time and resources to make it what it is. Woo recentres our understanding of geek culture on the everyday lives of its participants, drawing on fieldwork in comic book shops, game stores, and conventions. He shows how geek culture is a set of interconnected social practices that are associated with popular media and argues that typical depictions of mass-mediated entertainment as something that isolates and pacifies its audiences are flawed because they do not account for the conversations, relationships, communities, and identities that are created by engaging with the products of mass culture. 2018. "What is a nerd?" -- Talk nerdy to me: the meaning of geek culture -- Taking geek culture seriously: a practice-theoretic account -- Values and virtues: what is best in life? -- Careers: boldly going on -- Making communities from mass culture -- Institutions: building worlds between production and consumption -- The limits of participation -- The geek, the bad, and the ugly --A toi, pour toujours, ta Marie-Lou ((Théâtre canadien ; 21).)
By Michel Tremblay. 1971
Pièce créée en avril 1971 au Théâtre de Quat'sous. En 1961, dans leur appartement d’un quartier ouvrier de Montréal, Marie-Louise…
apprend à son mari Léopold qu’elle est enceinte d’un quatrième enfant. C’est l’occasion pour eux de mesurer l’échec de leur couple, de leur vie. Dix ans plus tard, au même endroit, se retrouvent leurs deux filles, Carmen et Manon. L’une, devenue chanteuse country, tente de convaincre sa sœur qu’elle peut s’affranchir du passé familial. 1971.Alcestis / Hippolytus / Iphigenia in Tauris
By Euripides, Philip Vellacott. 1974
'Alcestis', an early play in which a queen agrees to die to save her husband's life, is cast in a…
tragic vein, although it contains passages of satire and even comedy, whilst 'Iphigenia in Tauris' with its apparently happy ending, melodramatically reunites the ill-fated children of Agamemmon. 'Hippolytus' is pure tragedy - the fatal impact of Phaedra's unreasoning passion for her chaste stepson. Philip Vellacott's translations are now all in verse and his introduction provides an interpretation of Euripides' work. 1974.The last whalers: three years in the far Pacific with a courageous tribe and a vanishing way of life
By Doug Bock Clark. 2019
Journalist Doug Bock Clark tells the stunning inside story of the Lamalerans, an ancient tribe of 1,500 hunter-gatherers who live…
on a volcanic island so remote it is known by other Indonesians as "The Land Left Behind." They have survived for centuries by taking whales with bamboo harpoons, but now are being pushed toward collapse by the encroachment of the modern world. 2019.La maison suspendue ((Théâtre ; 184).)
By Michel Tremblay. 1990
Thème central: la réconciliation des générations. Quelques personnages importants de l'oeuvre romanesque de l'auteur (Victoire, Albertine, la grosse femme, Edouard,…
etc.) se retrouvent à Duhamel (Laurentides) dans la maison de campagne familiale à des périodes différentes: 1910, 1950, 1990. Accueil généralement favorable du public, plus mitigé de la critique qui trouve la structure de la pièce trop complexe. 1990.