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Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDrama, American Literature, Gay and Lesbian Studies, PlaysTorch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s... -
![McDonagh Plays: 1: The Beauty Queen of Leenane; A Skull in Connemara; The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh]()
McDonagh Plays: 1: The Beauty Queen of Leenane; A Skull in Connemara; The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne of the most exciting young dramatists to emerge in Britain during the 1990s... -
![The Complete Plays by Joe Orton]()
The Complete Plays by Joe Orton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis volume contains every play written by Joe Orton, who emerged in the 1960s as the most talented comic playwright in recent English history and was considered the direct successor to Wilde, Shaw, and Coward... -
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![Sumnjivo lice by Branislav Nušić]()
Sumnjivo lice by Branislav Nušić
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsU prvom periodu svog dramskog stvaralaštva Nušić je bio pod uticajem ruskog pisca Nikolaja Vasiljeviča Gogolja. Sâm pisac o tome govori u predgovoru komediji Sumnjivo lice, koju je prvobitno nazvao „gogoljijada u dva čina“.Čuvena Gogoljeva drama Revizor inspirativno je uticala na pisca Sumnjivog lica, ali je on dramski zaplet vezao za naše prilike i naravi... -
![The Flick by Annie Baker]()
The Flick by Annie Baker
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn a rundown movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees sweep up popcorn in the empty aisles and tend to one of the last thirty-five-millimeter projectors in the state. With keen insight and a ceaseless attention to detail, The Flick pays tribute to the power of movies and paints a heartbreaking portrait of three characters and their working lives... -
![The Foreigner by Larry Shue]()
The Foreigner by Larry Shue
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat does a shy Englishman in search of rest do when he visits a fishing lodge in Georgia? In Larry Shue's hilarious farce, Charlie Baker, a proofreader by day and boring husband by night, adopts the persona of a foreigner who doesn't understand English... -
![Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig]()
Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA concert in Ohio in 1934 is jeopardized when the lead Italian tenor falls into a drunken'stupor. So the impresario's diminutive assistant blacks up and goes on as Otello. The tenor awakens, dons his costume, and thence follows a hilarious comedy involving two Otellos, a volatile Italian wife, an outrageous bellhop and a cynical impresario... -
![POTUS by Selina Fillinger]()
POTUS by Selina Fillinger
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble... -
![Contos de Aprendiz by Carlos Drummond de Andrade]()
Contos de Aprendiz by Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'Contos de aprendiz', de Carlos Drummond de Andrade, foi publicado quando o autor já estava próximo dos 50 anos. Até então, o poeta mineiro nunca tinha se aventurado como contista. Essa edição, com novo projeto gráfico e prefácio escrito pelo escritor e jornalista José Castello, faz parte das comemorações do centenário de nascimento do poeta mineiro... -
![Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You & The Actor's Nightmare by Christopher Durang]()
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You & The Actor's Nightmare by Christopher Durang
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You" is a black comedy about Catholicism."An Actor's Nightmare" is also a black comedy; a one-hander. An unprepared actor in an unnamed play is forced to take the place of a leading actor... -
![Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang]()
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNominated for six Tony Awards®, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is one of the most lauded and beloved Broadway plays of recent years. Vanya and his adopted sister Sonia live a quiet life in the Pennsylvania farmhouse where they grew up, but their peace is disturbed when their movie star sister Masha returns unannounced with her twenty-something boy toy, Spike... -
![Rumors: A Farce by Neil Simon]()
Rumors: A Farce by Neil Simon
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKen and Chris have found their host Charley, a prominent Government official, in his bedroom, too dazed to speak, with a bullet wound in his ear lobe! Len and Claire arrive, themselves injured in a car crash, and are soon joined by Ernest and Cookie, Glenn and Cassie, each with their own problems... -
![The Humans by Stephen Karam]()
The Humans by Stephen Karam
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThree generations of the Blake family have assembled for Thanksgiving in Brigid and Richard’s ramshackle pre-war apartment in Lower Manhattan. Whilst the event may have a slightly improvised air, the family is determined to make the best of its time together... -
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![The School for Wives / The Learned Ladies by Molière]()
The School for Wives / The Learned Ladies by Molière
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe School for Wives concerns an insecure man who contrives to show the world how to rig an infallible alliance by marrying the perfect bride; The Learned Ladies centers on the domestic calamities wrought by a domineering woman upon her husband, children, and household. “Wilbur...makes Molière into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one” (John Simon, New York)... -
![Negeri van Oranje by Wahyuningrat, Adept Widiarsa]()
Negeri van Oranje by Wahyuningrat, Adept Widiarsa
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKata siapa kuliah di luar negeri itu gampang? Perkenalkan Lintang, Banjar, Wicak, Daus, dan Geri. Lima anak manusia terlahir di Indonesia, terdampar bersekolah di Belanda demi meraih gelar S2... -
![Hans steek die Rubicon oor by Rudie van Rensburg]()
Hans steek die Rubicon oor by Rudie van Rensburg
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHans loop op 90 nié met ’n loopring nie. Sy orige kinders maneuvreer hom vanuit hul tuistes oorsee in Huis Madeliefie in, maar Hans skop nog kliphard, en gou lei hy ’n ouetehuisopstand teen die onhoudbaar drakoniese matrone. Dis daggakoekies, ontkleedansers en vet sports net waar jy kyk in hierdie hoogs komiese roman oor oudword op eie terme... -
![Dog Sees God by Bert V. Royal]()
Dog Sees God by Bert V. Royal
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen CB's dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace... -
![Stop Kiss by Diana Son]()
Stop Kiss by Diana Son
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBen Brantley of the New York Times summed up the critical reaction to Diana Son's play Stop Kiss when he stated that it "generated the warmest advance word of mouth of any downtown production this season" and heralded it as a Barefoot in the Park for a new generation... -
![The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni]()
The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography, key dates and suggestions for further reading) and the complete text, uncluttered with footnotes... -
![Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson]()
Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKen Talley, a Vietnam vet who lost his legs in combat, lives in a farmhouse in rural Missouri with his lover, Jed. Traumatized and bitter, Ken struggles to find meaning in his life. As he contemplates selling the farmhouse, old friends and family members descend for a vacation. A bittersweet portrait of the rock n roll generation at the precise moment they realize the fireworks ended yesterday... -
![Baby with the Bathwater by Christopher Durang]()
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![Der böse Geist Lumpazivagabundus, oder Das liederliche Kleeblatt. Zauberposse mit Gesang in drei Akten. by Johann Nestroy]()
Der böse Geist Lumpazivagabundus, oder Das liederliche Kleeblatt. Zauberposse mit Gesang in drei Akten. by Johann Nestroy
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDie Machtprobe zwischen Fortuna und der Liebesfee Amorosa beschert drei Handwerksgesellen das große Los. Wie der trunksüchtige Schuster Knieriem, der brave Tischler Leim und der prunkliebende Schneider Zwirn mit ihrem Haupttreffer zurecht- oder nicht zurechtkommen, das ist Gegenstand dieser »Zauberposse«, die zu Nestroys populärsten Stücken gehört... -
![What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton]()
What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Joe Orton's last play, What the Butler Saw, will live to be accepted as a comedy classic of English literature" (Sunday Telegraph) The chase is on in this breakneck comedy of licensed insanity, from the moment when Dr Prentice, a psychoanalyst interviewing a prospective secretary, instructs her to undress... -
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![Paper Romance by Lia Indra Andriana]()
Paper Romance by Lia Indra Andriana
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKEV MIRROW, PENULIS BESTSELLER PULANG KE INDONESIA DAN MENEMUKAN INSPIRASINYA KEMBALI DARI SEORANG WANITA! To: Arie@majalahStarIndonesia.com From: Kev@kevmirrow... -
![The School for Husbands by Molière, Richard Wilbur]()
The School for Husbands by Molière, Richard Wilbur
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe School for Husbands is a comedy in three acts and in verse.The intrigue of this comedy is the radical contrast between the ideas of two brothers about educating their children: one of them is very strict while the other is indulgent... -
![Kepada Cinta: True Love Keeps No Secret (25 Pemenang Sayembara Menulis Surat Cinta) by Adhitya Mulya, Christian Simamora]()
Kepada Cinta: True Love Keeps No Secret (25 Pemenang Sayembara Menulis Surat Cinta) by Adhitya Mulya, Christian Simamora
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDian tersayang, Aku menulis surat ini sesaat setelah pertemuan kita. Aku menulis surat ini untuk meyakinkan dirmu bahwa aku mengerti. Aku mengerti. Aku mengerti kenapa kamu menolak diriku. Aku mengerti kenapa kamu menolak diriku untuk yang ke-7 kalinya. Aku sadar aku terlalu ganteng untukmu. Aku sadar diriku terlalu sempurna untuk kebanyakan orang... -
![November by David Mamet]()
November by David Mamet
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDavid Mamet's Oval Office satire depicts one day in the life of a beleaguered American commander-in-chief.It's November in a Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith's chances for reelection are looking grim. Approval ratings are down, his money's running out, and nuclear war might be imminent... -
![Jacques and His Master: An Homage to Diderot in Three Acts by Milan Kundera]()
Jacques and His Master: An Homage to Diderot in Three Acts by Milan Kundera
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJacques and His Master is a deliciously witty and entertaining play by Milan Kundera, the acclaimed Franco-Czech author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting . A highly original variation on Enlightenment philosopher Denis Diderot's novel Jacques le Fataliste , Jacques and His Master has been successfully staged all over the world... -
![Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief by Paula Vogel]()
Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief by Paula Vogel
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaving slept with Othello's entire encampment, Desdemona revels in her bawdy tales of conquest. Her foils and rapt listeners are the other integral and re-imagined women of this Shakespeare Emilia, Desdemona's servant and the wife of Iago, and Bianca, now a majestic whore of Cyprus. The reluctantly loyal Emilia pesters Desdemona about a military promotion for her husband... -
![La nona by Roberto Cossa]()
La nona by Roberto Cossa
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLa nona (1977) de Roberto Cossa es ya un texto fundamental del teatro argentino. Como pocas piezas de nuestra escena sintetiza un tiempo y una poética centrales para la creación del teatro moderno entre nosotros... -
![Philadelphia, Here I Come! by Brian Friel]()
Philadelphia, Here I Come! by Brian Friel
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFed up with the dreary round of life in Ballybeg, with his uncommunicative father and the humiliating job in his father's grocery shop, with his frustrated love for Kathy Doogan who married a richer, more successful young man and with the total absence of prospect and opportunity in his life at home, Gareth O'Donnell has accepted his aunt's invitation to come to Philadelphia... -
![Reasons to Be Happy by Neil LaBute]()
Reasons to Be Happy by Neil LaBute
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReasons to Be Happy is the companion piece to Neil LaBute's widely praised, 2009 Tony-nominated reasons to be pretty. Reasons to Be Happy features the same four characters--Greg, Steph, Carly, and Kent--picking up their lives three years later, but in different romantic pairings as they each search desperately for that elusive object of desire: happiness... -
![The Tamer Tamed; or, The Woman’s Prize by John Fletcher, Gary Taylor]()
The Tamer Tamed; or, The Woman’s Prize by John Fletcher, Gary Taylor
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Tamer Tamed is the subtitle or alternative title to John Fletcher's The Woman's Prize, a comedic sequel and reply to The Taming of the Shrew.The plot switches the gender roles of Shakespeare's play: the women seek to tame the men. Katherine (the shrew of the original) has died, and Petruchio takes a second wife, Maria... -
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![Tender Hands by Tawfiq Al-Hakim, توفيق الحكيم]()
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![The Prophet and the Idiot by Jonas Jonasson]()
The Prophet and the Idiot by Jonas Jonasson
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and DisappearedSweden, late summer of 2011. Self-taught astrophysicist Petra has calculated that the atmosphere will collapse on the 21st of September that year, around 21.20 to be more precise, bringing about the end of times... -
![Grow Up by Ben Brooks]()
Grow Up by Ben Brooks
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWho says youth is wasted on the young?One thing I have learned from being alive for seventeen years is that people like to touch things very much.Things that people like to touch: Vaginas. Expensive things in shops. Jelly that is not ready to eat yet. Cigarette lighters. Necks. Dead Things. Dogs. Piercings. Toddlers' cheeks. Each other's knees. People also like to touch death... -
![The Theatre of Illusion by Pierre Corneille, Jean-Yves Huet]()
The Theatre of Illusion by Pierre Corneille, Jean-Yves Huet
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPierre Corneille, in his original dedication for The Theatre of Illusion, described the play as a "strange monster." He first called these five acts a comedy; later, a "caprice" and an "extravagant trifle." Written in 1635 and staged in 1636, the play vanished from the stage for the next three hundred years—to be revived in 1937 by Louis Jouvet and the Comédie Française... -
![مرگ در میزند by Woody Allen]()
مرگ در میزند by Woody Allen
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratings«مرگ یک تصویر نمادین از نبودنه و همون طور که خودتون میدونین چیزی که نباشه نمیتونه وجود داشته باشه... بنابرین مرگ وجود نداره و فقط یک توهمه» وودی آلن نویسنده، بازیگر ، کارگردان و آهنگساز آمریکایی متولد 1935 نیویورک. در سال 1977 با فیلم آنی هال موفق به کسب اسکار کارگردانی و فیلمنامه شد. او تا پایان سال 2009، 42 فیلم ساخته که اکثر آن ها مورد استقبال گرم منتقدان و روشنفکران قرار گرفته است... -
![Fat Pig by Neil LaBute]()
Fat Pig by Neil LaBute
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCow. Slob. Pig. How many insults can you hear before you have to stand up and defend the woman you love? Tom faces just that question when he falls for Helen, a bright, funny, sexy young woman who happens to be plus sized-and then some... -
![Tres sombreros de copa by Miguel Mihura]()
Tres sombreros de copa by Miguel Mihura
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOne of the most significant plays of contemporary Spanish literature. "Tres sombreros de copa" breaks the mold of Spanish theatre in the 50s with a new type of humor, one that is bittersweet. This play, which was first performed twenty years after being written, tells the story of a modest public official who gets a chance to change his dull and sad life... -
![The Island of Slaves by Pierre de Marivaux]()
The Island of Slaves by Pierre de Marivaux
Rated: 3.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFour people, the sole survivors of a shipwreak, climb out of the sea. Two of them are masters, and two of them are servants; and all four are about to discover what life feels like when the boot is on the other foot...
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