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"A thrilling departure: a short, piercing, deeply moving novel about the death of Shakespeare's 11 year old son Hamnet--a name interchangeable with Hamlet in 15th century Britain--and the years leading up to the production of his great play. England, 1580. A young Latin tutor--penniless, bullied by a violent father--falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman--a wild creature who walks her family's estate with a falcon on her shoulder...
2) Uncle Vanya
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Uncle Vanya (1898) is a four-act play by Russian short story writer and playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1899, directed by acclaimed actor Konstantin Stanislavski-who also played the role of Astrov. Reviews were lukewarm at first, but as the play continued to run, Uncle Vanya gained both popularity and critical prowess, and has since become one of the most influential dramas ever produced.
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"Aspiring playwright Kate Gamble is struggling to launch a script she's been secretly researching her entire life. ... Her father is Christian Gamble, CEO of Buck Technologies, a private data integration company whose clients include the CIA and virtually every counter-terrorism organization in the Western world. Kate's father adores her, and a play about the dark side of Big Data would be the ultimate betrayal in his eyes. But Kate is compelled to...
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Cheering and laughing throughout the audiences. You go! The audiences are screaming, cheering with the stomping of the feet throughout the auditorium. And the dancers of dance on fire are on stage, break dancing. Within seconds the boy dancers slide in front of the girls with their dance moves, pin down. As the audiences are jumping up and down screaming, " Go! " while some are screaming, dance on fire." At that moment, Kellisha steps in front of...
6) Going Global
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With the globalization of business, American snack maker Boltz Foods is expanding into world markets and a nave American businessman whos never traveled abroad is selected to lead the way. Pursued by a Japanese competitor bent on sabotage, this comic adventure weaves in and out of different time- zones through a Japanese resort, Russian sauna, French restaurant, German barbershop, Westminster Abbey, Spanish bullring and the Tower of Babel. Going Global...
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The Blunt Playwright won't tell you everything there is to know about playwriting. It won't even try. What it will do is examine process, structure, dialogue, and character; provide classic and contemporary scenes to study; outline clever exercises to strengthen writing skills; and so much more. Highly regarded and used in schools everywhere, this updated edition cements its place as one of the best resources for playwrights.
From organizing the...
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This Volume assembles the three winning plays of The Bread & Roses Playwriting Award 2019 (which all premiered at the theatre between 2019 and 2022), making them available in printed format to an even wider audience for the very first time.
• “Hungerland” by Rachel O'Regan
Nicole is preparing the perfect Christmas dinner for her perfect boyfriend in her perfect house. Nothing could ruin her evening - except the arrival of her estranged sister...
9) The Easy
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Amanda Bucelli is a twenty-something waitress aspiring writer/producer frustrated with having to wait on tables to make a living! Amanda needs a change for fulfillment; frustrated thus far with what LIFE has offered her. Amanda writes a screenplay about the day in the life of Amanda Bucelli at the restaurant THE EASY! Filled with crazy co-workers as well as crazy customers... this is a story that will sell! Right?
Along comes Danny, Amanda's life...
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This book is written for the beginning or seasoned playwright, as well as for actors (or anyone) wishing to attempt their first ten-minute play. Every aspect of writing a ten-minute play is covered, from perking with an idea, to starting the play, to developing it, to effective rewriting, to completing it, even to how to get the most out of readings of your play once you've finished it. Writing the 10-Minute Play also reveals the best ways to market...
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Breaking the Silence of Bullying is a play for educators and community leaders written to ignite a discussion about bullying. Each of its three acts illustrates examples of bullying endured by Cheryl, a middle school student struggling with the loss of her mother at home and the cruelty of one particular boy, Wallace, at school. Wallaces sidekick is Vernon, who serves as a cheerleader for Wallaces intimidating behaviors. Finally, the play gives us...
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I thank God for the power and knowledge that he have given me to write these plays through His grace and honor it allows me to get the opportunity to minister "The Word of God" to non-believers as well as believers. I truly believe that thru my plays a message is sent, but most of all received. My prayer is that someone's life is change or delivered through watching or performing in these plays. To share with others how powerful God is and that it...
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In My Mothers Front Porch, four siblings celebrate their mother's life while struggling to deal with her declining years. Staying Connected offers an older persons frustrated yelp against technology mayhem. In 8th Grade Reunion, childhood friends discover who they are 35 years later. Brooklyn Rx follows a musical romance in a beloved neighborhood. In Sister Spirit, a chaplain nun makes a difference on Ricers Island. Homeland Security parodies a real...
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Barbara J. Smith is the eldest of eight children of who all have a great sense of humor. She was born in Mobile. Alabama to Jellene and the late James Norwood Sr. Barbara graduated high school in 1967, and came to New York to work for the summer and never went back to Alabama to live. She married Jeffrey E. Smith in 1973 and they have one son Jeffrey Jr. and 1 grandson Jeffrey III. She attended Monroe Business Inst., while working during the day at...
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A short monologue.
Scene: the present day. It's nearly ten to midnight on Christmas Eve. A hospital radio studio at a medium-sized community hospital near Wigan. 68 year-old volunteer amateur broadcaster ROLAND GOOLE is finishing his program before the station frequency switches to BBC Radio 2 at midnight...
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For anyone interested in drama, Playwrights on Playwriting: From Ibsen to Ionesco offers revealing and astute insights on modern theater and the creation of plays. The book gathers the opinions and theories of the greatest names in the past 200 years of drama, among them Anton Chekhov, George Bernard Shaw, Federico Garcia Lorca, Eugene O'Neill, Bertolt Brecht, Tenessee Williams, Sean O'Casey, and Arthur Miller, to name a few. In the first part of...
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Comical, offbeat, poignant, and fresh, The Best Plays of 2014 presents six of the most original plays of the year in a single volume – selected by renowned editor Lawrence Harbison.
• The Country House, a comedy about a deeply dramatic family, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies.
• Dinner with the Boys, an offbeat, dark comedy by Dan Lauria about some old-time wise guys who want to have a good Italian meal and a few laughs...
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POSEIDON IN ATLANTIS – LONG SYNOPSIS The background: This is the second of 4 dramas in the Atlantis cycle. In the first, "Eden In Atlantis", dissident scientist Lucifer was banished from Celestium, capital city of the great southern land, for revealing secrets of fire to the common people. He was exiled to an island in the Atlantic, Atlantiha, where a matriarchal society ruled. Taking the name of Adam, he brought science to the island, by which...
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The movie Bendra is about a young girl named Bendra Sky. She had been sexually abused since the age of ten until she was sixteen years old. She became pregnant and had a baby boy. Months after the baby was born, she decided to reveal the father to her best friend, Miss Pierre, who works at the children's department. However, the mother found out who the father was during a visit; at Miss Pierre's house. The DNA test was revealed.
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