10 Best plays books like [BLANK] (Modern Plays) by Alice Birch

Cover of [BLANK] (Modern Plays) by Alice Birch

[BLANK] (Modern Plays)

By: Alice Birch

4.35

Format: 509 pages, Kindle Edition

She can't stay awake.She sold drugs.She's good at interrogations.She drinks in the mornings.She ate…

If you liked the plays plot in [BLANK] (Modern Plays) by Alice Birch , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion, David  Thomson

1. Play It As It Lays

By: Joan Didion , David Thomson

3.92

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Play It as It Lays captures the mood of a… read more

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"The letter is still in my makeup box but I am careful not to read it unless I am drunk"

-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays

"Carter and Helene still believe in cause-effect. Carter and Helene also believe that people are either sane or insane."

-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays

"Carter and Helene still ask questions. I used to ask questions, and I got the answer: nothing. The answer is “nothing."

-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays

"She could remember it all but none of it seemed to come to anything. She had a sense the dream had ended and she had slept on."

-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays

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2. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

By: Edward Albee

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's A… read more

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"Honey: I know these people ..."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"You want to dance with me, angel tits?"

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"Musical beds is the faculty sport around here."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha: I am, George. I am."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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3. All About Love: New Visions

By: bell hooks

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

All About Love offers radical new ways to think about love by showing its interconnectedness in our… read more

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"All awakening to love is spiritual awakening"

-bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

"Couples who rarely or never have sex can know lifelong love. "

-bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

"Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue."

-bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

"Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair."

-bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

Cover of Pornography (Modern Plays) by Simon Stephens

4. Pornography (Modern Plays)

By: Simon Stephens

3.66

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Pornography is Simon Stephens' stark and shattering new play that powerfully captures a portrait of… read more

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Cover of Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus by Marina Caldarone, Maggie Lloyd-Williams

5. Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus

By: Marina Caldarone , Maggie Lloyd-Williams

4.37

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Actors need actions. They cannot act adjectives, they need verbs. This thesaurus of active verbs he… read more

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6. The Buried Giant

By: Kazuo Ishiguro

3.58

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

"You've long set your heart against it, Axl, I know. But it's time now to think on it anew. There's… read more

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"Are you still there, Axl?"

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant

"The Giant, once buried, now stirs."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant

"The Giant, once well buried, now stirs."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant

"A wound that healed slowly, but heal it did."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant

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7. Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

By: Sam Steiner

3.96

Format: None pages,

The average person will speak 123,205,750 words in a lifetime. But what if there were a limit? Oliv… read more

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Cover of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, William Archer

8. Hedda Gabler

By: Henrik Ibsen , William Archer

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Hedda Gabler, the daughter of a deceased General, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of… read more

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9. 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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10. The Gospel of Loki (Runemarks, #0.5)

By: Joanne Harris , Allan Corduner

3.40

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The first adult epic fantasy novel from multi-million copy bestselling author of Chocolat, Joanne H… read more

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11. Lungs

By: Duncan Macmillan

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

In a time of global anxiety, terrorism, erratic weather, and political unrest, a young couple wants… read more

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12. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

By: Tom Stoppard , None

3.48

Format: None pages,

Hamlettold from the worm's-eye view of two minor characters, bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenster… read more

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13. The God of Carnage

By: Yasmina Reza , Christopher Hampton

3.75

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behavior of their children? A… read more

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14. The Ugly One

By: Marius von Mayenburg , None

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Lette thought he was normal. When the extent of his ugliness is revealed he turns to a plastic surg… read more

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15. 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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16. Things I Know to be True

By: Andrew Bovell

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Bob and Fran have worked hard to give their four children the opportunities they never had. Now, wi… read more

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17. The Weir

By: Conor McPherson

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Set in a bar in a remote part of Ireland, The Weir tells of a young woman who has a story to fright… read more

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18. Dance Nation (Oberon Modern Plays)

By: Clare Barron

4.22

Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition

'Maybe this is the year, this is the moment, this is the dance where your lives will start!'Somewhe… read more

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Cover of How to Disappear Completely & Never Be Found (Nick Hern Books) by Fin Kennedy

19. How to Disappear Completely & Never Be Found (Nick Hern Books)

By: Fin Kennedy

3.83

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Extraordinary new play, winner of the John Whiting Award for Best New Play of 2006. read more

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Cover of [BLANK] (Modern Plays) by Alice Birch

20. [BLANK] (Modern Plays)

By: Alice Birch

4.35

Format: 509 pages, Kindle Edition

She can't stay awake.She sold drugs.She's good at interrogations.She drinks in the mornings.She ate… read more

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Cover of Different Every Night: Freeing the Actor by Mike Alfreds

21. Different Every Night: Freeing the Actor

By: Mike Alfreds

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Different Every Night is the culmination of a lifetime of work in the theater, the most complete re… read more

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16 Best plays books like How to Disappear Completely & Never Be Found (Nick Hern Books) by Fin Kennedy

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A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

3.98

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Journey's End

R.C. Sherriff

3.86

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The Pillowman

Martin McDonagh

4.30

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Samuel Beckett

3.63

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