277 Drama Books Featured
Soul of the Age
eBook | pages | Random House | Drama - Shakespeare; Literary Criticism & Collections - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
978-1-58836-781-5 (1-58836-781-9)
April 7, 2009 | $18.00
“One man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.”
In this illuminating, innovative biography, Jonathan Bate, one of today’s most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, has found a fascinating new way to tell the story of the great dramatist. Using the Bard’s own immortal list of a man’s seven ages in...
eBook | pages | Random House | Drama - Shakespeare; Literary Criticism & Collections - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
978-1-58836-781-5 (1-58836-781-9)
April 7, 2009 | $18.00
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“One man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.”
In this illuminating, innovative biography, Jonathan Bate, one of today’s most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, has found a fascinating new way to tell the story of the great dramatist. Using the Bard’s own immortal list of a man’s seven ages in...
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play
eBook | 80 pages | Vintage | Drama - American; Biography & Autobiography
978-0-307-49891-5 (0-307-49891-3)
April 2, 2009 | $12.00
“this happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won’t when it happens to you . . .”
In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir (which Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times called “an indelible portrait of loss and grief . . . a...
eBook | 80 pages | Vintage | Drama - American; Biography & Autobiography
978-0-307-49891-5 (0-307-49891-3)
April 2, 2009 | $12.00
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“this happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won’t when it happens to you . . .”
In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir (which Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times called “an indelible portrait of loss and grief . . . a...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Late Henry Moss, Eyes for Consuela, When the World Was Green
eBook | 240 pages | Vintage | Drama; Drama - American
978-0-307-53696-9 (0-307-53696-3)
March 12, 2009 | $15.00
These three plays by Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard are bold, explosive, and ultimately redemptive dramas propelled by family secrets and illuminated by a searching intelligence.
In The Late Henry Moss-which premiered in San Francisco, starring Sean Penn and Nick Nolte-two estranged brothers confront the past as they piece together the drunken...
eBook | 240 pages | Vintage | Drama; Drama - American
978-0-307-53696-9 (0-307-53696-3)
March 12, 2009 | $15.00
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These three plays by Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard are bold, explosive, and ultimately redemptive dramas propelled by family secrets and illuminated by a searching intelligence.
In The Late Henry Moss-which premiered in San Francisco, starring Sean Penn and Nick Nolte-two estranged brothers confront the past as they piece together the drunken...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Three One-Act Plays
eBook | 224 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Drama - Anthologies (multiple authors)
978-0-307-54805-4 (0-307-54805-8)
March 12, 2009 | $15.00
Three delightful one-act plays set in and around New York, in which sophisticated characters confound one another in ways only Woody Allen could imagine
Woody Allen’s first dramatic writing published in years, “Riverside Drive,” “Old Saybrook,” and “Central Park West” are humorous, insightful, and unusually readable plays about infidelity. The characters, archetypal...
eBook | 224 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Drama - Anthologies (multiple authors)
978-0-307-54805-4 (0-307-54805-8)
March 12, 2009 | $15.00
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Three delightful one-act plays set in and around New York, in which sophisticated characters confound one another in ways only Woody Allen could imagine
Woody Allen’s first dramatic writing published in years, “Riverside Drive,” “Old Saybrook,” and “Central Park West” are humorous, insightful, and unusually readable plays about infidelity. The characters, archetypal...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Take Ten II
eBook | 432 pages | Vintage | Drama
978-0-307-49159-6 (0-307-49159-5)
February 18, 2009 | $16.00
A ten-minute play is a blaze of theatrical energy. In this follow-up to their groundbreaking collection Take Ten, editors Eric Lane and Nina Shengold have put together a veritable bonfire of talent. Take Ten II: More 10-Minute Plays provides a fast-track tour of the current theatrical landscape, from the slapstick ingenuity...
eBook | 432 pages | Vintage | Drama
978-0-307-49159-6 (0-307-49159-5)
February 18, 2009 | $16.00
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A ten-minute play is a blaze of theatrical energy. In this follow-up to their groundbreaking collection Take Ten, editors Eric Lane and Nina Shengold have put together a veritable bonfire of talent. Take Ten II: More 10-Minute Plays provides a fast-track tour of the current theatrical landscape, from the slapstick ingenuity...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Laugh Lines
eBook | 528 pages | Vintage | Drama - Anthologies (multiple authors)
978-0-307-48732-2 (0-307-48732-6)
December 10, 2008 | $18.00
This one-of-a-kind anthology features thirty-six hilarious short plays by major American playwrights and emerging new voices, all guaranteed to send readers and audiences into peals of laughter.
From the surrealistic wit of Steve Martin's "The Zig-Zag Woman" to the biting political satire of Steven Dietz's "The Spot," from Christopher Durang's wonderfully...
eBook | 528 pages | Vintage | Drama - Anthologies (multiple authors)
978-0-307-48732-2 (0-307-48732-6)
December 10, 2008 | $18.00
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This one-of-a-kind anthology features thirty-six hilarious short plays by major American playwrights and emerging new voices, all guaranteed to send readers and audiences into peals of laughter.
From the surrealistic wit of Steve Martin's "The Zig-Zag Woman" to the biting political satire of Steven Dietz's "The Spot," from Christopher Durang's wonderfully...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Leading Women
eBook | 640 pages | Vintage | Drama - Anthologies (multiple authors); Performing Arts - Acting & Auditioning
978-0-307-48734-6 (0-307-48734-2)
December 10, 2008 | $18.95
Gather any group of actresses, from students to stars, and someone will inevitably ask, "Where are all the great roles for women?" The roles are right here, in this magnificently diverse collection of plays-full-lenghts, one-acts, and monologues--with mainly female casts, which represent the answer to any actress's prayer.
The editors of the...
eBook | 640 pages | Vintage | Drama - Anthologies (multiple authors); Performing Arts - Acting & Auditioning
978-0-307-48734-6 (0-307-48734-2)
December 10, 2008 | $18.95
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Gather any group of actresses, from students to stars, and someone will inevitably ask, "Where are all the great roles for women?" The roles are right here, in this magnificently diverse collection of plays-full-lenghts, one-acts, and monologues--with mainly female casts, which represent the answer to any actress's prayer.
The editors of the...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Romance
eBook | 128 pages | Vintage | Drama - American
978-0-307-49027-8 (0-307-49027-0)
December 10, 2008 | $13.00
Pulitzer Prize—winning playwright David Mamet’s Romance is an uproarious, take-no-prisoners courtroom comedy that gleefully lampoons everyone from lawyers and judges, to Arabs and Jews, to gays and chiropractors.
It’s hay fever season, and in a courtroom a judge is popping antihistamines. He listens to the testimony of a Jewish chiropractor, who’s a...
eBook | 128 pages | Vintage | Drama - American
978-0-307-49027-8 (0-307-49027-0)
December 10, 2008 | $13.00
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Pulitzer Prize—winning playwright David Mamet’s Romance is an uproarious, take-no-prisoners courtroom comedy that gleefully lampoons everyone from lawyers and judges, to Arabs and Jews, to gays and chiropractors.
It’s hay fever season, and in a courtroom a judge is popping antihistamines. He listens to the testimony of a Jewish chiropractor, who’s a...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Under Thirty
eBook | 656 pages | Vintage | Drama - Anthologies (multiple authors)
978-0-307-49234-0 (0-307-49234-6)
December 10, 2008 | $17.00
For the vast generation of actors in their teens and twenties, as well as for teachers, directors, and producers, Under Thirty is an unparalleled source of diverse and challenging roles, created by some of today’s finest writers. The twenty plays presented here in full or in part include insightful looks at...
eBook | 656 pages | Vintage | Drama - Anthologies (multiple authors)
978-0-307-49234-0 (0-307-49234-6)
December 10, 2008 | $17.00
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For the vast generation of actors in their teens and twenties, as well as for teachers, directors, and producers, Under Thirty is an unparalleled source of diverse and challenging roles, created by some of today’s finest writers. The twenty plays presented here in full or in part include insightful looks at...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Noises Off
eBook | 176 pages | Anchor | Drama - British & Irish
978-0-307-48888-6 (0-307-48888-8)
November 19, 2008 | $15.00
Noises Off, the classic farce by the Tony Award—winning author of Copenhagen, is not one play but two: simultaneously a traditional sex farce, Nothing On, and the backstage “drama” that develops during Nothing On’s final rehearsal and tour. The two begin to interlock as the characters make their exits from Nothing...
eBook | 176 pages | Anchor | Drama - British & Irish
978-0-307-48888-6 (0-307-48888-8)
November 19, 2008 | $15.00
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Noises Off, the classic farce by the Tony Award—winning author of Copenhagen, is not one play but two: simultaneously a traditional sex farce, Nothing On, and the backstage “drama” that develops during Nothing On’s final rehearsal and tour. The two begin to interlock as the characters make their exits from Nothing...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Shakespeare After All
eBook | 1008 pages | Anchor | Drama - Shakespeare
978-0-307-49081-0 (0-307-49081-5)
November 19, 2008 | $20.00
A brilliant and companionable tour through all thirty-eight plays, Shakespeare After All is the perfect introduction to the bard by one of the country’s foremost authorities on his life and work. Drawing on her hugely popular lecture courses at Yale and Harvard over the past thirty years, Marjorie Garber offers passionate...
eBook | 1008 pages | Anchor | Drama - Shakespeare
978-0-307-49081-0 (0-307-49081-5)
November 19, 2008 | $20.00
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A brilliant and companionable tour through all thirty-eight plays, Shakespeare After All is the perfect introduction to the bard by one of the country’s foremost authorities on his life and work. Drawing on her hugely popular lecture courses at Yale and Harvard over the past thirty years, Marjorie Garber offers passionate...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Guys
eBook | 128 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Drama - American
978-0-307-48575-5 (0-307-48575-7)
November 12, 2008 | $11.95
First performed in a hit off-off-Broadway production, and soon to be a film starring Sigourney Weaver and Anthony LaPaglia, The Guys is a timeless drama about the surprising truths people can discover in ordinary lives, and the connections we make with others and ourselves in times of tragedy.
Paralyzed by grief...
eBook | 128 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Drama - American
978-0-307-48575-5 (0-307-48575-7)
November 12, 2008 | $11.95
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First performed in a hit off-off-Broadway production, and soon to be a film starring Sigourney Weaver and Anthony LaPaglia, The Guys is a timeless drama about the surprising truths people can discover in ordinary lives, and the connections we make with others and ourselves in times of tragedy.
Paralyzed by grief...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
Grief Lessons
Trade Paperback | 312 pages | NYRB Classics | Drama - Greek & Roman
978-1-59017-253-7 (1-59017-253-1)
September 16, 2008 | $16.95
Now in paperback.
Euripides, the last of the three great tragedians of ancient Athens, reached the height of his renown during the disastrous Peloponnesian War, when democratic Athens was brought down by its own outsized ambitions. “Euripides,” the classicist Bernard Knox has written, “was born never to live in peace with himself...
Trade Paperback | 312 pages | NYRB Classics | Drama - Greek & Roman
978-1-59017-253-7 (1-59017-253-1)
September 16, 2008 | $16.95
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Now in paperback.
Euripides, the last of the three great tragedians of ancient Athens, reached the height of his renown during the disastrous Peloponnesian War, when democratic Athens was brought down by its own outsized ambitions. “Euripides,” the classicist Bernard Knox has written, “was born never to live in peace with himself...
Hamlet
Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Modern Library | Drama - Shakespeare
978-0-8129-6909-2 (0-8129-6909-X)
August 12, 2008 | $9.00
A continuation of the major series of individual Shakespeare plays from the world renowned Royal Shakespeare Company, edited by two brilliant, younger generation Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Incorporating definitive text and cutting-edge notes from William Shakespeare: Complete Works-the first authoritative, modernized edition of Shakespeare's First Folio in more than...
Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Modern Library | Drama - Shakespeare
978-0-8129-6909-2 (0-8129-6909-X)
August 12, 2008 | $9.00
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A continuation of the major series of individual Shakespeare plays from the world renowned Royal Shakespeare Company, edited by two brilliant, younger generation Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Incorporating definitive text and cutting-edge notes from William Shakespeare: Complete Works-the first authoritative, modernized edition of Shakespeare's First Folio in more than...
Also available as a
paperback.
Love's Labour's Lost
Trade Paperback | 224 pages | Modern Library | Drama - Shakespeare
978-0-8129-6914-6 (0-8129-6914-6)
August 12, 2008 | $6.99
A continuation of the major series of individual Shakespeare plays from the world renowned Royal Shakespeare Company, edited by two brilliant, younger generation Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Incorporating definitive text and cutting-edge notes from William Shakespeare: Complete Works-the first authoritative, modernized edition of Shakespeare's First Folio in more than...
Trade Paperback | 224 pages | Modern Library | Drama - Shakespeare
978-0-8129-6914-6 (0-8129-6914-6)
August 12, 2008 | $6.99
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A continuation of the major series of individual Shakespeare plays from the world renowned Royal Shakespeare Company, edited by two brilliant, younger generation Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Incorporating definitive text and cutting-edge notes from William Shakespeare: Complete Works-the first authoritative, modernized edition of Shakespeare's First Folio in more than...
