Literature/Plays & Other

Signet, 1960. 6th printing The Sandbox is a striking piece of dramatic writing. It contains throughout so many original touches of observation and approach, such flashes of humor and wry sympathy, so clear an indication of freshness in mind an imagination as to make it evident that one is in the presence of a true dramatist. NY Post. Cover Aged/tan Pages/rubs/tight. Paperback. Good. more information

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Pocket, 1965. This collection includes all the famous "Tevye Stories" a series of self contained, tragi-comic episdodes from the life of Tevye the dairyman and his seven lovely daughters - as well as many other favorites.. ISBN: 5050016797. Appears Unread But w/ Tanning Pages. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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Mentor, 1970. Book Description Aristophanes' great anti-war drama, with comedic overtones, glorifies the power of fertility in the face of destruction.. ISBN: 0486282252. Hinge crease/edge rubs/old Ed.. Paperback. Good. more information

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Mentor, 1960. From the cover: The complete texts of seven great Irish plays by well-known Irish playwights. ( George Bernard Shaw, Lady Gregory, John Millington Synge, William Butler Yeats, Jack B Yeats, Frank O'Connor and Sean O'Casey). Appears Unread But w/ Light Wear Rubs. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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Mentor, 1960. From the cover: The complete texts of seven great Irish plays by well-known Irish playwights. ( George Bernard Shaw, Lady Gregory, John Millington Synge, William Butler Yeats, Jack B Yeats, Frank O'Connor and Sean O'Casey). Cover Rough/bald spot/tilt/stamp/tan Pgs. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Pocket, 1953. Reading Copy Only From the cover: This is the second issue of a challenging new periodical devoted to outstanding short stories, poems and essays by some of today's most talented writers. All the selections are published here for the first time.. Well aged/tan pgs/stamp/hng Crse. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Arcade Publishing, Incorporated, 1997. ISBN: 155970280x. Brand New. Perfect!. Trade Paperback. New. CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN DRAMA DRAMATIC WORKS AUTHOR. more information

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Dell Laurel Edition, 1967. 4 plays...MEDEA is justly famous for its portrayal fo a woman driven by jealously and vengeance. HIPPOLYTUS is recognized as one of the most provocative of the Greek tragedies, a dramatic treatment of conflict between physical and spiritual love. ALCESTIS has the characteristics of both the tragedy and the satyr play, the only surviving example of its kind. THE BACCHAE is perhaps the most sinister of Euripides' plays, a masterful study of religious intoxication and excess.. Appears Unread But w/ Light Wear. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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Mentor, 1963. Reviewer a reader: This book summarizes the works for you. With just a little reading you can say something like, "What Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity did was radically change our perspective of time and space, and matter and energy. He showed that all motion is relative, and that the velocity of light is independent of the motion of its source. The implications are profound. To illustrate..." Or, "What Socrates means by his definition of love, as written in Plato's Symposium, is that love is the pursuit of the beautiful; a desire for the immortal though reproduction. This, at its highest state, is manifested in a generalized love of universal beauty - beautiful souls, thoughts, laws, institutions and the immortal afterlife." Everyone needs to read these works, and here is a condensed way to do it. It's a small investment in your education.. Hinge break/cvr aged/underlines/clean Pg. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Bantam, 1971. From the Cover The script of the John Schlessinger Film produced by Joseph Janni for United Artists with a 16 page portfolio of scenes.. ISBN: 0396085393. Appears Unread But w/ Tanning Pages. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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Grasset (Entirely in French) No ISBN, 1937. Written Entirely in French/ Also has bald spot on cover/ pages are extremely rough cut. Reviewer: rbehmo from France This play is probably Giraudoux's masterpiece: it contains every emotion that could possibly be felt by a woman torn between the love of her brother and the hate of her mother. Electre is a complex mythical character, incredibly well described by Jean Giraudoux.. ISBN: 2040160302. underlines/margin note/rough cut/sp Tear. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Penguin, 1959. This retelling of the stories of the Greek gods and heroes, embopdying the conclusions of modern anthropology and archaeology.. Book in Nice Cond But Pg Edges Stained. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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Mentor, 1960. Cvr Rough Much wear/underlines/tan Pgs. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Dell, 1964. Book Description First staged in 1963, The Deputy stirred up more controversy and caused greater repercussions than any other postwar work when it was first published. Its treatment of Pius XII -- the "deputy" of Christ on earth -- and the Church during the Nazi persecution of the Jews rendered it the object of impassioned praise and violent denunciation. It is a powerful, shocking play.. Lines/underlining/edge rubs/tan pgs/tite. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Penguin Classics, 1985. Reviewer: A reader from Bicton, WA Ghosts and Other Plays is a seminal series of plays that combine humor with scathing social critique. Ibsen was not afraid to tackle weightier themes and taboos, in order to shock his audience out of their complacency. These plays demonstrate Ibsen's loathing of hyprocrisy, soulless institutions, the mandates of society which cause suffering (ie. Christianity). He has also been perceived as the figurehead for the emancipation of women from their traditional "place." That is not to say Ibsen is of dire seriousness or dry. His plays move quickly, the events in "Ghosts" for ex. occurring in less than a day. Ibsen is a great playwright whose works remain relevant and vital, in a consumerist society where people still remain afraid to defy cultural norms.. ISBN: 0140441352. Appears Unread But w/ Light Wear. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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Des Welttheaters (written in German), 1967. Photos included in book. Totally in the German Language. ISBN: 0804464766. Cover Rubs/edge rubs/clean Pages. Paperback. Good. more information

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Bantam, 1971. A play in four acts, centering around the Salem Witch Trials and using the incidents to comment on modern attitudes.. Corner crease/no stamps/tight Clean. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1959. The Misanthrope, Moliere's richly sophisticated comic drama is accompanied in this volume by The Would--be Gentleman, another tale of a dangerously deluded and obsessive hero. Tartuffe dares to take on the subject of religious hypocrisy. Also included are Such Foolish Affected Ladies and Those Learned Ladies, both newly translated for this edition. Finally, The Doctor Despite Himself is a hilarious example of Moliere's long-standing vendetta against the medical profession.. ISBN: 0140440895. Lines/edgerubs/tan pgs/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN DRAMA DRAMATIC WORKS. more information

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Penguin, 1968. Book Description This volume of Moliere's dramatic commentaries on society presents The Miser, a misguided hero who obsessively disrupts the lives of those around him. Also incudes: The Would Be Gentleman, That Scoundral Scapin, Love's the Best Doctor and Don Juan. Lt lines/tan Pgs/highlighting/tight. Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Vintage Book, 1972. some highlighting Reviewer: Robert W - In "The Emperor Jones" Brutus Jones is a black man who has escaped the law in the United States and found refuge on an island in the West Indies. Through deceit, Jones becomes emperor over the `bush Negroes' he so despises. The play opens on an empty court with a cockney confronting the last of Jones' servants who is preparing to `run away to the hills'. - In `"Anna Christie"', a Swedish Sailor and his daughter are reunited only to discover that everything can not be perfect after 15 years of separation. It is the story of Chris coming to terms with the knowledge that he could have provided a better life for his daughter, Anna. At the same time, Anna must realize that she can not live in a lie, but must tell her father and boyfriend the truth and ask for their forgiveness, while also learning how to love.. Underlining & margin Notes. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Award Books, 1965. From the Front First publication in the English language of extraordinary works by - William Burroughs, Jean Cocteu, Michel Butor, Peter Jones, Thomas Mcevilley II, Gil Orlovitz, Antonio Pizzuto and sol Yurick. Cover crease/clean Tight Tan Pages. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 1981. ISBN: 0451628195. Name inside/pgs Tight & bright/Nice!. Mass Market Paperback. Good. AESCHYLUS LITERARY CRITICISM DRAMA. more information

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Signet, 1963. Special Introduction to the play by the editor, Robert B. Heilman, University of Washington. General discussion of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, Sylvan Barnet,Tufts University. Special note on the sources from Shakespeare from which he derived The Taming of the Shrew. dramatic criticism; commentaries by Nevill Coghill, Richard Hosley, Harold C. Goddard, Maynard Mack. Text and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable type. Name of each speaker given in full . DetaiIed footnotes at the bottom of each page of the play keyed to the numbered lines of the text. Textual note. Extensive bibliography.. Writing Inside cover/cover creases/tan P. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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New York: Signet, 1988. From the back: The work of the world's greatest dramatist in authoritative texts edited by outstanding scholars. Special Introduction to the play by the editor, Daniel Seltzer, Harvard University. General discussion of Shakespeare's life, world, andd theater by the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, Sylvan Bamet, Tufts University and more.. ISBN: 0451522974. Lite lines/edgerubs/tan pgs/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. TROILUS LEGENDARY CHARACTER DRAMA BRITISH. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Signet Classic, 1987. The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature Tragedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, performed in 1605-06 and published in a quarto edition in 1608. One of Shakespeare's finest tragedies, the work displays a pessimism and nihilism that make it a 20th-century favorite. The aging King Lear decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, allotting each a portion in proportion to the eloquence of her declaration of love. The hypocritical Goneril and Regan make grand pronouncements and are rewarded; Cordelia, the youngest daughter, who truly loves Lear, refuses to make an insincere speech to prove her love and is disinherited. The two older sisters mock Lear and renege on their promise to support him. Cast out, the king slips into madness and wanders about accompanied by his faithful Fool. He is aided by the Earl of Kent, who, though banished from the kingdom for having supported Cordelia, has remained in Britain disguised as a peasant. Kent brings Lear to Cordelia, who cares for him and helps him regain his reason. The Earl of Gloucester likewise spurns his honest son, Edgar, and believes his conniving illegitimate son, Edmund. Edmund allies himself with Regan and Goneril to defend Britain against the French army mobilized by Cordelia. He turns his father over to Cornwall--who gouges out Gloucester's eyes--then imprisons Cordelia and Lear, but he is defeated in battle by Edgar. Jealous of Edmund's romantic attentions to Regan, Goneril poisons her and commits suicide. Cordelia is hanged. Lear, broken, dies with her body in his arms.. ISBN: 0451517687. Corner tear/underlines/notes/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. BRITISH IRISH DRAMA DRAMATIC WORKS. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: N A L, 1965. An international team of scholars offers: - modernised, easily accessible texts - ample but unobtrusive academic guidance - attention to the theatrical qualities of each play and its stage history - informative illustrations, including reconstructions of early performances The Merchant of Venice has been performed more often than any other comedy by Shakespeare. This edition pays special attention to the expectations of its first audience, and to our modern experience of seeing and hearing the play.. ISBN: 0451517946. Appears unread/corner crease/tanning Pg. Mass Market Paperback. Good. BRITISH IRISH DRAMA DRAMATIC WORKS. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atria Books, 1990. ISBN: 0671733540. Few Margin Notes & highlights/tight Pgs. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM 1564 1616 MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: N A L, 1963. ISBN: 0451519795. Edge wear/sev Folded pgs/clean Tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. BRITISH IRISH DRAMA DRAMATIC WORKS AUTHOR ENGLISH SCOTTISH WELSH. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Pr, 1980. Soon after the thirty-eight volumes forming The Pelican Shakespeare had been published, they were brought togetherin The Complete Pelican Shakespeare. The editorial revisions and new textual features are explained in detail in the Gcneral Editor's Preface to the one-volume edition. They have all been incorporated in the present volume.. ISBN: 014071409x. Gently read /clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. BRITISH IRISH DRAMA DRAMATIC WORKS. more information

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Penguin, 1974. The Play Cesar and Cleopatra. Name inside/stamp/cvr aged/underlines. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Penguin, 1946. One of the Plays by Bernard Shaw complete and unabridged. Name inside/brown pgs/cvr Age Discolored. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Dell, 1957. CANDIDA The Reverend James Morell's joy in his comfortable marriage to Candida is shaken by the arrival of the young poet, Marchbanks. Both men adore her, in quite different ways and for quite different reasons, and she is attracted to them for their very different qualities. Marchbanks believes she has a choice. Morell is devastated by the idea of losing her. They both forget she is her own woman. CESAR AND CLEOPATRA...THE DEVILS DISCIPLE, CAPTAIN BRASSHOUND'S CONVERSATION. Cvr rough/name on cvr/hng Crs/tn pgs/sp. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Mentor, 1967. A modern Translation by Douglass Parker Aristophanes's humorous work on what happens when women take charge of society. Ex lib/slighly Soiled /Tight. Paperback. Good. more information

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Folger Library, 1970. Reviewer: drew from Michigan Hamlet has always been thought of as one of the classics of literature. I could not think of another book which deserves this title more. The story of a Danish pricne who learns from his fathers ghost that his father, the king, was murdered by his brother, Hamlet's uncle, who then went on to marry Hamlet's mother. Hamlet is overcome by a longing for revenge, but also indecisive. Shakespeare creates a great amount of tension between the chatacters with powerful confrontatoins and biting language. It is a suspenseful tragedy, filled with anguish. William Shakespeare was a genious when it came to breaking down the human psyche, and Hamlet is perhaps one of the most complex plays when it comes to human emotions. It is undoubtably one of his finest works, full of very complex, interesting characters, and a wonderfully chaotic plot. There are innumerable theories on Hamlet, why he is so indecisive, and if it all comes down to an oedipus complex. whatever way you interpret it, everyone can get something out of it. I feel like I am priveleged to have read such a wonderful play.. Gently read /edge rubs/tight Clean Pgs. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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