Amadeus
By: Peter Shaffer
4.16
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Ambition and jealousyall set to music. Devout court composer Antonio Salieri plots against his riva…
Want to Read"Goodness is nothing in the furnace of art."-Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
"Goodness is nothing in the furnace of art."-Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
"Goodness is nothing in the furnace of art."-Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
"What use, after all, is man, if not to teach God His lessons?"-Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
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1. 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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- classics
- school
- literature
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
"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?
2. Major Barbara
By: George Bernard Shaw
3.66
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca… read more
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- classics
- literature
- theatre
- fiction
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"You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you have lost something."-George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara
"Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another."-George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara
"He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career."-George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara
3. Sanford Meisner on Acting
By: Sanford Meisner , Dennis Longwell , Sydney Pollack
4.20
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
This book, written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, follows an acting class of eight men and … read more
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- theatre
- plays
- drama
"The text is your greatest enemy."-Sanford Meisner, Sanford Meisner on Acting
"The American actor is very lucky... Because so little is asked of him."-Sanford Meisner, Sanford Meisner on Acting
"... as a convention, you get up and walk to the window to make the audience believe that you're looking out. It's for the audience , not for you! And what it means to you is something emotional [...]…"-Sanford Meisner, Sanford Meisner on Acting
4. The Little Foxes
By: Lillian Hellman
3.40
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Picture a charming home in the South. Into this peaceful scene put the prosperous, despotic Hubbard… read more
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- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
5. Tartuffe
By: Martin Sorrell , Molière , Curtis Hidden Page
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Condemned and banned for five years in Moliere's day, Tartuffe is a satire on religious hypocrisy. … read more
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- classics
- school
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
6. Proof
By: David Auburn
3.63
Format: 256 pages,
"One of the most acclaimed plays of recent seasons, Proof explores the unknowability of love as muc… read more
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7. King Henry VI, Part 3
By: William Shakespeare , Eric Rasmussen , John D. Cox
4.11
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
In their lively and engaging edition of this sometimes neglected early play, Cox and Rasmussen make… read more
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8. Look Back in Anger
By: John Osborne
3.80
Format: 25 pages, Paperback
The text of the play, first performed in London in 1956, depicts the despair of post-war youth. read more
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9. 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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10. Iphigenia in Aulis
By: Euripides , Nicholas Rudall
3.84
Format: 467 pages, Paperback
Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter in order to ensure the good fortune of his forces in the Troj… read more
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11. 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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12. The Misanthrope
By: Molière
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Misanthropeor Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureuxis a comedy of manners in five acts and i… read more
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13. Saint Joan
By: George Bernard Shaw , Dan H. Laurence , Imogen Stubbs
4.17
Format: 510 pages, Paperback
One of Shaw's most unusual and enduringly popular plays. With SAINT JOAN (1923) Shaw reached the he… read more
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14. Doubt
By: John Patrick Shanley
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
"A superb new drama written by John Patrick Shanley. It is an inspired study in moral uncertainty w… read more
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15. 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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16. Amadeus
By: Peter Shaffer
4.16
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Ambition and jealousyall set to music. Devout court composer Antonio Salieri plots against his riva… read more
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- music
- classics
- school
- literature
- historical
- theatre
- fiction
- historical fiction
- plays
- drama
"Goodness is nothing in the furnace of art."-Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
"What use, after all, is man, if not to teach God His lessons?"-Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
"Tell me, before you call us servants, who served whom? And who, I wonder, in your generations, will immortalize you?"-Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
"I bet you that's how God hears the world! Millions of sounds ascending at once and mixing in His ear to become an unending music, unimaginable to us!"-Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
17. Glengarry Glen Ross
By: David Mamet
4.49
Format: 563 pages,
Winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, David Mamet's scalding comedy is about small-time, cutthroat rea… read more
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18. August: Osage County
By: Tracy Letts
4.29
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent history, August: Osage Countyis a … read more
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19. The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
By: Barry Kirwan
4.23
Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition
In 2063, Earth's overheated climate and war-ravaged cities are near breaking point. A new habitable… read more
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- fiction
"People rarely search for bodies in ceilings…"-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
"It has no eyes. Zack, why doesn’t it have any eyes? "-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
"Vasquez faced off Vince. “We’ll meet in hell for sure."-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
"Your life is a beer glass Micah, but you want champagne"-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
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
21. Growing Up American: A Novel
By: Rafael Polo
4.29
Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1959, the Cold War was getting warmer. Cuba was the revolutionary fuel that made it hot. When Fi… read more
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"When power becomes the ultimate goal, freedom must be shackled."-Rafael Polo, Growing Up American: A Novel
"It became visible as a firefly in the dark that the political climate was swiftly getting more and more oppressive."-Rafael Polo, Growing Up American: A Novel
"At last, he fully understood that change comes from within. It was up to him to get up and fight for a better life."-Rafael Polo, Growing Up American: A Novel
"His family could not understand the attraction to Marxism. It offered nothing and demanded everything, including your soul."-Rafael Polo, Growing Up American: A Novel
