9 Best plays books like Oil by Ella Hickson

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Oil

By: Ella Hickson

3.80

Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition

The Bronze Age. The Iron Age. The Age of Oil.The Stone Age didn't end for want of stones. What do y…

If you liked the plays plot in Oil by Ella Hickson , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

1. Citizen: An American Lyric

By: Claudia Rankine

4.27

Format: 169 pages, Paperback

A provocative meditation on race, Claudia Rankine's long-awaited follow up to her groundbreaking bo… read more

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"You can't drive yourself sane."

-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric

"Memory is a tough place. You were there."

-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric

"That's the bruise the ice in the heart was meant to ice."

-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric

"The past is a life sentence, a blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow."

-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric

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2. The Wild Duck

By: David Eldridge , Henrik Ibsen

3.79

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

David Eldridge's new version of Ibsen's classic, published to tie-in with the production at the Don… read more

Similar categories in David Eldridge's The Wild Duck book and Ella Hickson's Oil

  • theatre
  • plays
  • read for school
"Folk er syke, omtrent alle ihop dessverre."

-David Eldridge, The Wild Duck

"He is suffering from an acute attack of integrity."

-David Eldridge, The Wild Duck

"...brug ikke det udenlandske ord: Idealer, vi har jo det gode norske Løgne."

-David Eldridge, The Wild Duck

"Most people are ennobled by the actual presence of death. But how long do you suppose this nobility will last in him?"

-David Eldridge, The Wild Duck

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3. Bull

By: Mike Bartlett

3.70

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Two jobs. Three candidates. This would be a really bad time to have a stain on your shirt... A sav… read more

Similar categories in Mike Bartlett's Bull book and Ella Hickson's Oil

  • plays
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4. The Pillowman

By: Martin McDonagh

4.30

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

A writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories an… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
"It isn't about being or not being dead, it's about what you leave behind"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention... I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop! - Tupolski"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop." - Tupolski"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

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5. Miss Julie

By: David French , August Strindberg

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The mortal conflict of the sexes, traced here by Strindberg in the clash between an aristocratic yo… read more

Similar categories in David French's Miss Julie book and Ella Hickson's Oil

  • theatre
  • plays
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6. Volpone

By: Ben Jonson

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Bitter, satiric comedy in blank verse is one of the great Elizabethan dramatist's finest plays. The… read more

Similar categories in Ben Jonson's Volpone book and Ella Hickson's Oil

  • theatre
  • plays
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7. Mother Courage and Her Children

By: David Hare , Bertolt Brecht

3.78

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modern stage, "Mother Courage and Her … read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
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8. Jerusalem

By: Jez Butterworth

3.81

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

"[A] startlingly brilliant new play. . . . A tragic and hilarious vision of life in an English coun… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays

9. Heat & Light

By: Jennifer Haigh

4.11

Format: 70 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed New York Timesbestselling author Jennifer Haigh returns to the Pennsylvania town at the c… read more

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10. Far Away

By: Caryl Churchill

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

"Chilling... Churchill's play seems to reinvent drama with every other line." - Village Voice "A ma… read more

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11. When We Dead Awaken

By: Henrik Ibsen

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

When We Dead Awaken (Norwegian: Nar vi dode vagner) is the last play written by Norwegian dramatist… read more

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12. The Caucasian Chalk Circle

By: Bertolt Brecht , Eric Bentley

4.75

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

Few authors have had such a dramatic effect as Bertolt Brecht. His work has helped to shape a gener… read more

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13. Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

By: John Lanchester , B.S. Johnson

4.47

Format: 907 pages, Paperback

B.S. Johnson's funniest and most accessible novel, reissued for the first time in 25 years. Christi… read more

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14. Blackbird

By: David Harrower

4.29

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Fifteen years ago Una and Ray had a relationship. They haven't set eyes on each other since. Now, y… read more

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15. Titus Andronicus

By: William Shakespeare

3.68

Format: 268 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Titus Andronicus is one of Shakespeare's earliest and bloodiest tragedies and was hugely successful… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus book and Ella Hickson's Oil

  • theatre
  • plays
"Hark, villains! I will grind your bones to dust. (Act V, Scene 2, 2503)"

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

"Sorrow concealèd, like an oven stopped, Doth burn the heart to cinders where it is."

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

"Villain, what hast thou done? Aaron: That which thou canst not undo. Chiron: Thou hast undone our mother. Aaron: Villain, I have done thy mother."

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

"Now is a time to storm; why art thou still? TITUS ANDRONICUS: Ha, ha, ha! MARCUS ANDRONICUS: Why dost thou laugh? it fits not with this hour. TITUS ANDRONICUS: Why, I have not another tear to shed:"

-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

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16. Night of the Living Rez

By: Morgan Talty

3.91

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

How do the living come back to life?  Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Re… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Talty's Night of the Living Rez book and Ella Hickson's Oil

"There is that terrible memory, surely, but so too are there sweet ones, the tiny memories with the tiny details that are milder in climax, no doubt, but equally powerful..."

-Morgan Talty, Night of the Living Rez

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17. Zitronen

By: Valerie Fritsch

3.74

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

August Drach wächst in einem Haus am Dorfrand auf, das Hölle und Paradies zugleich ist. Der Vater, … read more

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18. Oil

By: Ella Hickson

3.80

Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition

The Bronze Age. The Iron Age. The Age of Oil.The Stone Age didn't end for want of stones. What do y… read more

Similar categories in Ella Hickson's Oil book and Ella Hickson's Oil

  • theatre
  • plays
  • read for school
Cover of A Portable Paradise by Roger  Robinson

19. A Portable Paradise

By: Roger Robinson

4.40

Format: 81 pages, Paperback

Roger Robinson’s range is wide: the joys and pains of family life; the ubiquitous presence of racis… read more

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"in the car park a young father whispers weed smoke about how his life feels, like that burnt-out car that never moves, the one with the shattered windows leaving diamond tears in the asphalt."

-Roger Robinson, A Portable Paradise

"How is it I'm begging you for housing, when you burnt my building down? You all ain't even playing fake-nice, like those other murderers. You are all cut-eye and snarls, all straight jargon, and noth…"

-Roger Robinson, A Portable Paradise

"You fooled us. Render your work, not your lives. This seems like the newest answer to an old question. Cheap muscle and blood to build you an Empire- that we can't stay in. Gran's gone missing from S…"

-Roger Robinson, A Portable Paradise

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20. Bound Feet Blues: A Life Told in Shoes

By: Yang-May Ooi

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Chinese tradition, women with tiny bound feet were desirable as wives and lovers, their delicate… read more

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Cover of Rare Earth Mettle (Modern Plays) by Al  Smith

21. Rare Earth Mettle (Modern Plays)

By: Al Smith

3.55

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

You don't tell an American to switch off her light; you build her a better light bulb.A leading Bri… read more

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8 Top theatre books like Oil by Ella Hickson

Transform Your Habits

The Wild Duck

David Eldridge , Henrik Ibsen

3.79

Transform Your Habits

The Pillowman

Martin McDonagh

4.30

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Miss Julie

David French , August Strindberg

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Volpone

Ben Jonson

4.15

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10 best-selling nonfiction books like A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson

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Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

Anna Keay

4.39

Transform Your Habits

C+nto and Othered Poems

Joelle Taylor

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Perseverance

Raymond Antrobus

4.31

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