Orson's Shadow
By: Austin Pendleton
3.69
Format: 75 pages, Paperback
Theater greats Sir Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Vivian Leigh, Joan Plowright, and Kenneth Tynan …
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By: Edward Albee
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
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"Honey: I know these people ..."-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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"George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha: I am, George. I am."-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2. Between Riverside and Crazy
By: Stephen Adly Guirgis
3.81
Format: 71 pages, Paperback
Written with humor, tenderness, grit, and wonderment by acclaimed playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, … read more
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3. The Comedy of Errors
By: William Shakespeare
3.72
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Excerpt from Die Kom�die der Irrungen Geste Grayorum or the History of the High and mighty Princ… read more
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"Why should their liberty than ours be more?"-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors
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"Mi corazón ora por él, aunque mi lengua lo maldiga."-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors
"¡A cuántos tontos enamorados esclaviza la locura de los celos!"-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors
4. The Humans
By: Stephen Karam
3.91
Format: 164 pages, Paperback
Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving a… read more
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5. The Importance of Being Earnest
By: Oscar Wilde
2.50
Format: None pages,
Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements … read more
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8. King Lear
By: William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe
3.91
Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain… read more
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"Fortune love you."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
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9. Red
By: John Logan
3.66
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF SIX TONY AWARDS A moving and compelling account of one of the greatest artists of the twe… read more
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10. Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
By: Alan Ball
4.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee, estate, five reluctant, identic… read more
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11. Disgraced
By: Ayad Akhtar
4.83
Format: 28 pages, Paperback
The story of Amir Kapoor (Aasif Mandvi), a successful Pakistani-American lawyer who is rapidly movi… read more
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12. Arcadia
By: Tom Stoppard
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
Arcadiatakes us back and forth between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ranging over the nat… read more
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14. Uncle Vanya
By: Anton Chekhov
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Famous play by the Russian short story writer and playwright. His major plays are frequently revive… read more
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15. Proof
By: David Auburn
3.63
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"One of the most acclaimed plays of recent seasons, Proof explores the unknowability of love as muc… read more
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16. Death of a Salesman
By: Arthur Miller
3.57
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
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17. Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
By: Tony Kushner
4.11
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18. The Crucible
By: Arthur Miller , Christopher Bigsby
3.60
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
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19. Erasure
By: Percival Everett
3.62
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
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20. Inherit the Wind
By: Jerome Lawrence , Robert E. Lee
3.93
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
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21. Doubt
By: John Patrick Shanley
4.50
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22. Radium Girls: A Play in Two Acts
By: None
3.83
Format: 35 pages, Paperback
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23. Dubliners
By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson
3.44
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24. Glengarry Glen Ross
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4.49
Format: 563 pages,
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25. August: Osage County
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4.29
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
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26. The Nineties
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3.87
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
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27. Baby Reindeer
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4.35
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28. The Inheritance
By: Matthew López
4.51
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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"Enamorarse es coger cita con el sufrimiento"-Matthew López, The Inheritance
"Leer no es suficiente, Leo. Tienes que poseer tus propios libros."-Matthew López, The Inheritance
"If we are to learn what we mean to each other, we must first examine what we mean to ourselves. And we must be fearless and honest in that attempt —"-Matthew López, The Inheritance
"A muchos de nosotros no nos han dado nunca un ejemplo sano de lo que significa ser homosexual. Lo que significa, por supuesto, que nunca nos han enseñado a serlo. A amar. A aceptar el amor."-Matthew López, The Inheritance
29. A Strange Loop
By: Michael R. Jackson
4.22
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
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30. POTUS
By: Selina Fillinger
4.31
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spin… read more
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31. Orson's Shadow
By: Austin Pendleton
3.69
Format: 75 pages, Paperback
Theater greats Sir Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Vivian Leigh, Joan Plowright, and Kenneth Tynan … read more
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