The Rivals
By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
3.39
Format: 414 pages, Paperback
During a brief but brilliant literary career, Irish-born dramatist and statesman Richard Brinsley S…
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1. Crossing The River
By: Caryl Phillips
3.72
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
From the acclaimed author of Cambridge comes an ambitious, formally inventive, and intensely moving… read more
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- classics
- fiction
2. Everyman
By: Anonymous , Unknown
3.27
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
Everyman is a medieval morality play that was first performed in the late 15th century. The play te… read more
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- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
3. The Changeling
By: Thomas Middleton , William Rowley
3.61
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume Th… read more
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- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
"Let me feel how thy pulses beat."-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling
"Tis time to die, when 'tis a shame to live."-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling
"She that in life and love refuses me, In death and shame my partner she shall be."-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling
"FRANCISCUS: How sweetly she looks! Oh, but there's a wrinkle in her brow as deep as philosophy."-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling
4. Eurydice
By: Sarah Ruhl
4.10
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Sarah Ruhl re-imagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young… read more
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- theatre
- plays
- fiction
- drama
5. The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
By: Edward Albee
3.92
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Albee’s most provocative, daring, and controversial play si… read more
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- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
"Knowing it--knowing it's true is one thing, but believing what you know... well, there's the tough part."-Edward Albee, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
6. A Delicate Balance
By: Edward Albee
3.91
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
Edwards Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Delicate Balance reveals the emotional savagery of su… read more
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- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
"Addiction is a repeated temporary...stilling. I am concerned with peace...not mere relief."-Edward Albee, A Delicate Balance
7. She Stoops to Conquer
By: Oliver Goldsmith
3.91
Format: 20 pages,
This comic masterpiece mocked the simple morality of sentimental comedies. Subtitled The Mistakes o… read more
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- classics
- humor
- theatre
- fiction
- 18th century
- plays
- drama
8. The Rivals
By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
3.39
Format: 414 pages, Paperback
During a brief but brilliant literary career, Irish-born dramatist and statesman Richard Brinsley S… read more
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- classics
- humor
- theatre
- fiction
- 18th century
- plays
- drama
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10. The Elephant Man
By: Bernard Pomerance
3.80
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
"The Elephant Man" is based on the life of John Merrick, who lived in London during the latter part… read more
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11. Wit
By: None
4.48
Format: None pages,
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Ou… read more
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12. The Second Shepherd's Play
By: Wakefield Master
4.42
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Lisl Beer adapted this famous play from the Towley Manuscript of Old English. As observed in FaceBo… read more
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13. Three Tall Women
By: Edward Albee
3.44
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Earning a Pulitzer and three Best Play awards for 1994, Edward Albee has, in Three Tall Women, crea… read more
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14. Ghosts
By: Henrik Ibsen
3.88
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
"Ghosts" is the story of Helen Alving, a widow who is haunted by the many mistresses of her decease… read more
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15. At the Full and Change of the Moon
By: Dionne Brand
4.36
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
Written with lyrical fire in a chorus of vividly rendered voices, Dionne Brand's second novel is an… read more
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16. Doctor Faustus and Other Plays, Parts 1-2
By: David Bevington , Christopher Marlowe , Eric Rasmussen
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is t… read more
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17. Taming Flame
By: Therisa Peimer
4.30
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more
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- fiction
- drama
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame
18. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
By: Yvonne Korshak
4.29
Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition
STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more
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- fiction
- drama
"Temples are for the gods,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"But Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
19. Burned Out
By: Dean Mafako
4.30
Format: 526 pages, Paperback
Eric Philson came to the Children's Hospital of Biloxi with a goal ― to build the cardiac intensive… read more
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- fiction
"The entire belief was insulting to many of us, but nonetheless, the term “top trained,"-Dean Mafako, Burned Out
"The hypocrisy was too much to bear, the institution was paying over a million dollars for Mr. Hyde to perform “values training"-Dean Mafako, Burned Out
"When I arrived, I did the job of six people and worked over one hundred hours per week for more than a year until I collapsed in my yard and nearly died!"-Dean Mafako, Burned Out
"One of the greatest realizations that I clumsily stumbled upon during this process, was that these people didn’t need someone like me to tell them what to do; they needed someone like me to show them…"-Dean Mafako, Burned Out
20. 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
21. Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)
By: Kyle Keyes
4.30
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Matching Configurations is the second sequel to Quantum Roots, a light Sci-Fi adventure story that … read more
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- fiction
- drama
"Somehow, creation manages to form without species intervention."-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)
"Molly is not a Quaker, Jeremy. Quakers don't have tits that big."-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)
"Most of us can find our way out of the wilderness without Moses."-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)
"You're not a Quaker, Jeremy. I happen to know you put beer on your cornflakes."-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)
