Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Play) by Ray Lawler
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Category: Plays
Every summer Roo and Barney have come down from their work in the Queensland canefields to the Carlton house they share with Olive and Nancy for an annual celebration of love and laughter. But this year Nancy has deserted the house to get married, and Pearl has taken her place... Ray Lawler's brawny can ...Show more
The Theban Plays (King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone) by Sophocles
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Category: Plays | Series: Penguin Classics
The legends surrounding Oedipus of Thebes and his ill-fated offspring provide the subject matter for Sophocles' three greatest plays, which together represent Greek drama at the pinnacle of its achievement. Oedipus the King, the most famous of the three, has been characterized by critics from Aristotle ...Show more
As You Like It (Staged -YA Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
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Category: Plays | Series: Staged Ser.
With a foreword by Talia Hibbert, author of Get a Life, Chloe Brown 'We that are true lovers run into strange capers.' Banished from her ambitious uncle's court, the lovesick Rosalind flees to the forest with her cousin, Celia. Disguised as shepherds, they soon meet the dashing Orlando - forced into h ...Show more
Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare) by SparkNotes
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Category: Plays | Series: No Fear Shakespeare
This Scholastic Classics edition of Shakespeare's well-known tragi-comedy is perfect for students and Shakespeare enthusiasts alike. These violent delights have violent ends... When Romeoand Julietmeet during a chance encounter, they have no idea what lies ahead - for these star-crossed loversbelong to ...Show more
Romeo and Juliet (Staged -YA Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
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Category: Plays | Series: Staged Ser.
With a foreword by Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright Places and Breathless 'For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.' A bloody feud. A tangled love. A senseless tragedy that brings two families to their knees. After a chance meeting at a ball, young Romeo Montague an ...Show more
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
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Category: Plays | Series: Wordsworth Classics
Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English Literature, University of Sussex. The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the mater ...Show more
Macbeth (Staged -YA Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
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Category: Plays | Series: Staged Ser.
With a foreword by Kat Delacorte, author of With Fire in Their Blood 'It will have blood, they say - blood will have blood.' On a bleak, stormy night, three witches prophesy- Macbeth will be a lord twice-over, Macbeth will be king, Banquo's sons will be kings.When their predictions start to come true, ...Show more
Contemporary Indigenous Plays (Bitin' Back; Black Medea; King Hit; Rainbow's End; Windmill Baby) by Vivienne Cleven, Wesley Enoch, David Milroy, Geoffrey Narkle, Jane Harrison
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Category: Plays
'Contemporary Indigenous Plays' brings together five plays from around Australia which illustrate that the rich tradition of indigenous storytelling which is flourishing in contemporary Australian theatre.This diverse collection of contemporary plays from all over Australia includes: Bitin Back by Vivie ...Show more
Medea And Other Plays by Euripides
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Category: Plays | Series: Penguin Classics
Four plays which exemplify his interest in flawed, characters who defy the expectations of Greek society The four tragedies collected in this volume all focus on a central character, once powerful, brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred. The first playwright to depict suffering without ref ...Show more
Hamlet (Staged -YA Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
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Category: Plays | Series: Staged Ser.
With a foreword by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, author of Ace of Spades 'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.' When Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, discovers his father was murdered, he swears vengeance against the killer- his father's brother, Claudius, who has married Hamlet's mother and taken the thro ...Show more
Henry IV: Part Two: Black Penguin Classics by William Shakespeare
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Category: Plays
Continuing the saga begun in Henry IV Part I, William Shakespeare's history play Henry IV Part II charts the continuing evolution of Prince Hal from roguish troublemaker to noble ruler of men. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by Peter Davison with an introduction by Adrian Poole. Angered by th ...Show more
Henry IV: Part One: Black Penguin Classics by William Shakespeare
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Category: Plays
A history play alternating between the high drama of court life and the earthy comedy of the Boar's Head Tavern in Eastcheap, William Shakespeare's Henry IV Part I is a masterful drama of a prodigal son rising to meet his destiny. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by Peter Davison with an intro ...Show more