Author: David Foley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1783193972
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The Murders at Argos retells the Oresteia story with Orestes and Electra as murderous teens. Cressida Among the Greeks takes place during the last days of the Trojan War. The story of the doomed lovers is woven together with the foibles of the Trojan royal family as they try to stave off impending disaster. Cressida among the Greeks takes off from Shakespeare and Chaucer, revisting Trolius and Cressida, the classsic tale of love and betrayal amid the chaos of war, with romantic passion and acerbic humor.
Murders at Argos/ Cressida Among the Greeks
Author: David Foley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1783193972
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The Murders at Argos retells the Oresteia story with Orestes and Electra as murderous teens. Cressida Among the Greeks takes place during the last days of the Trojan War. The story of the doomed lovers is woven together with the foibles of the Trojan royal family as they try to stave off impending disaster. Cressida among the Greeks takes off from Shakespeare and Chaucer, revisting Trolius and Cressida, the classsic tale of love and betrayal amid the chaos of war, with romantic passion and acerbic humor.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1783193972
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The Murders at Argos retells the Oresteia story with Orestes and Electra as murderous teens. Cressida Among the Greeks takes place during the last days of the Trojan War. The story of the doomed lovers is woven together with the foibles of the Trojan royal family as they try to stave off impending disaster. Cressida among the Greeks takes off from Shakespeare and Chaucer, revisting Trolius and Cressida, the classsic tale of love and betrayal amid the chaos of war, with romantic passion and acerbic humor.
A Hole in the Fence
Author: David Foley
Publisher: Oberon Books
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Based on a real-life sex scandal that escalated all the way to Roosevelt, this play is a powerful and pertinent examination of bigotry and injustice. As the debate about homosexuals in the US military still rages, it's a timely reminder that progress is not always forthcoming.
Publisher: Oberon Books
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Based on a real-life sex scandal that escalated all the way to Roosevelt, this play is a powerful and pertinent examination of bigotry and injustice. As the debate about homosexuals in the US military still rages, it's a timely reminder that progress is not always forthcoming.
The Oberon Book of Modern Monologues for Women
Author: Catherine Weate
Publisher: Oberon Books
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The Oberon Book of Modern Monologues for Women is an essential resource for actors participating in acting classes, contests, auditions, and rehearsals. This book collects over fifty speeches from some of the finest plays of the last twenty years, bringing together specially selected speeches by essential modern dramatists.
Publisher: Oberon Books
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The Oberon Book of Modern Monologues for Women is an essential resource for actors participating in acting classes, contests, auditions, and rehearsals. This book collects over fifty speeches from some of the finest plays of the last twenty years, bringing together specially selected speeches by essential modern dramatists.
Deadly Murder
Author: David Foley
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 0573698309
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
"Camille Dargus has fought her way up from humble beginnings to a glittering Manhattan lifestyle. She has beauty, brains, wealth, and a successful career as a jewelry designer for the leading lights of New York society. She also has a penchant for attractive young men. One night at a society gala she meets Billy, a handsome young waiter, and brings him back to her Soho apartment. But there's more to Billy than meets the eye, and Camille finds herself held hostage at gunpoint by a man who seems frighteningly familiar with the past Camille has struggled to forget. Over the course of one explosive night, Camille must use all her wits and cunning to save her life--and to prevent the dark secrets of her past from destroying everything she's worked for."--Publisher description.
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 0573698309
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
"Camille Dargus has fought her way up from humble beginnings to a glittering Manhattan lifestyle. She has beauty, brains, wealth, and a successful career as a jewelry designer for the leading lights of New York society. She also has a penchant for attractive young men. One night at a society gala she meets Billy, a handsome young waiter, and brings him back to her Soho apartment. But there's more to Billy than meets the eye, and Camille finds herself held hostage at gunpoint by a man who seems frighteningly familiar with the past Camille has struggled to forget. Over the course of one explosive night, Camille must use all her wits and cunning to save her life--and to prevent the dark secrets of her past from destroying everything she's worked for."--Publisher description.
The Pohutukawa Tree
Author: Bruce Mason
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 9780864730732
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 9780864730732
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Greek Tragedy
Author: Edith Hall
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199232512
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
An illustrated introduction to ancient Greek tragedy, written by one of its most distinguished experts, which provides all the background information necessary for understanding the context and content of the dramas. A special feature is an individual essay on every one of the surviving 33 plays.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199232512
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
An illustrated introduction to ancient Greek tragedy, written by one of its most distinguished experts, which provides all the background information necessary for understanding the context and content of the dramas. A special feature is an individual essay on every one of the surviving 33 plays.
Il Filostrato
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367111182
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Originally published in 1986, this translated version of Giovanni Boccaccio's Il Filostrato is of particular interest as the principal source for Chaucer's great work, the Troilus. This edition includes the original Italian alongside the translation, so that even the English reader with no knowledge of Italian will be able to make out a good deal of the original assisted by a close translation.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367111182
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Originally published in 1986, this translated version of Giovanni Boccaccio's Il Filostrato is of particular interest as the principal source for Chaucer's great work, the Troilus. This edition includes the original Italian alongside the translation, so that even the English reader with no knowledge of Italian will be able to make out a good deal of the original assisted by a close translation.
Arion
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Ulysses
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry
Author: John Vinycomb
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465552553
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465552553
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description