6 Best plays books like Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare, Stephen Orgel, A.R. Braunmuller

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Henry VI, Part 1

By: William Shakespeare , Stephen Orgel , A.R. Braunmuller

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket.…

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1. The Mind of the Maker

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.18

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

This classic, with a new introduction by Madeleine L'Engle, is by turns an entrancing meditation on… read more

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"To complain that man measures God by his own experience is a waste of time; man measures everything by his own experience; he has no other yardstick."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker

"The more genuinely creative [the writer] is, the more he will want his work to develop in accordance with its own nature, and to stand independent of himself"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker

"It will be sent that, although the writer's love is verily a jealous love, it is a jealousy for and not of his creatures. He will tolerate no interference either with them or between them and himself."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker

"The making of miracles to edification was as ardently admired by pious Victorians as it was sternly discouraged by Jesus of Nazareth. Not that the Victorians were unique in this respect. Modern write…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker

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2. A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599

By: James Shapiro

4.08

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous pl… read more

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  • theatre
  • drama
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3. Dr. Faustus

By: Christopher Marlowe

3.80

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
"Hell is just a frame of mind."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"Be silent then, for danger is in words."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

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4. The Faerie Queene

By: Edmund Spenser , None , C. Patrick O'Donnell , Thomas P. Roche Jr.

3.77

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

The Faerie Queenewas the first epic in English and one of the most influential poems in the languag… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
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5. The Eclogues

By: Virgil , Guy Lee

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Haunting and enigmatic, Virgil's Eclogues combined a Greek literary form with scenes from contempor… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
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6. Henry VI, Part 1

By: William Shakespeare , Stephen Orgel , A.R. Braunmuller

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket.… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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7. The Knight of the Burning Pestle

By: John Fletcher , Francis Beaumont

4.22

Format: None pages,

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  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction
  • drama
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8. The Libation Bearers (Oresteia, #2)

By: Aeschylus

3.80

Format: 43 pages, None

Produced in 458 BC, Aeschylus' Choephori is the second play in the Oresteian trilogy. Many years af… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
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9. Thinking Shakespeare: A How-to Guide for Student Actors, Directors, and Anyone Else Who Wants to Feel More Comfortable With the Bard

By: Barry Edelstein

3.98

Format: None pages,

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  • theatre
  • classics
  • plays
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10. The Elizabethan World Picture

By: E.M.W. Tillyard

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

This brief & illuminating account of the ideas of world order prevalent in the Elizabethan age & la… read more

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11. Caesar and Cleopatra

By: George Bernard Shaw

3.84

Format: 736 pages, Paperback

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • plays
  • drama

12. The Statesman

By: Plato , Robin Waterfield , Julia Annas

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Statesman is Plato's neglected political work, but it is crucial for an understanding of the de… read more

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13. Sophist

By: Plato , Nicholas P. White

3.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

A fluent and accurate new translation of the dialogue that, of all Plato's works, has seemed to spe… read more

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14. Edward II

By: Christopher Marlowe

3.96

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

The last of Marlowe's great dramas, often considered his masterpiece. read more

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15. The Spanish Tragedy

By: Thomas Kyd , None

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

Large Format for easy reading. Highly popular and influential in the development of Elizabethan dra… read more

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16. The Alchemist

By: Ben Jonson

4.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

Benjamin Jonson (June 11, 1572 - August 6, 1637) was an English dramatist, actor and poet. He is be… read more

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17. Mr. Sammler's Planet

By: Saul Bellow , Stanley Crouch

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

"An enduring testament and prophecy." -Chicago Sun-Times Mr. Artur Sammler, Holocaust survivor, int… read more

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18. Wife For Sale

By: Tabita Gutu

4.41

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Take an unhappy married couple with a small baby, a man whose wife died in a tragic accident and ca… read more

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  • drama
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19. Love on the Line 2 (Women at Work, #2)

By: Kirsten Fullmer

4.30

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

In part two of this extraordinary love story set in the hot, humid, summer of the wide-open mid-wes… read more

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  • fiction
  • drama
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20. Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

By: Sharon Carter

4.31

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Devastated by the death of her husband in a horrific car accident, Sage lives with a protective arm… read more

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  • fiction
  • drama
"Universe, not again. You can't cause another tragedy in my life."

-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

"Don't fucking move," Jacob said, pressing the gun into Nick's back."

-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

"I wish i could really believe that---really believe that. I'm glad the two of you met as well."

-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

"One thing I do know my son-in-law didn't hate you. That man loved you so much, sweetie," her father commented."

-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

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21. Philebus

By: Plato

3.87

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

The dialogue discussing the relative merits of lives based on pleasure and intelligence is acccompa… read more

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  • classics

9 Best fiction books like Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare, Stephen Orgel, A.R. Braunmuller

Transform Your Habits

Dr. Faustus

Christopher Marlowe

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Faerie Queene

Edmund Spenser , None , C. Patrick O'Donnell , Thomas P. Roche Jr.

3.77

Transform Your Habits

The Eclogues

Virgil , Guy Lee

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Henry VI, Part 1

William Shakespeare , Stephen Orgel , A.R. Braunmuller

2.50

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10 Best classics books like Thinking Shakespeare: A How-to Guide for Student Actors, Directors, and Anyone Else Who Wants to Feel More Comfortable With the Bard by Barry Edelstein

Transform Your Habits

Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Cynthia Marshall

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Henry VI, Part 1

William Shakespeare , Stephen Orgel , A.R. Braunmuller

2.50

Transform Your Habits

Henry VIII

William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare , Roma Gill

3.70

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