As Karen Malpede points out in her introduction to Acts of War, tragedy "arose as a complement to, perhaps also as an antidote to, war." The greatest of the early playwrights wrote from experience Aeschylus and Sophocles were generals in the Athenian army, and Euripides was a combat veteran. Electro...
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400
Northwestern University Press
0810127326
9780810127326
6
Celebrating the young actor, One on One: Playing with a Purpose features over eighty-five monologues for ages 7 15. The anthology is drawn from classic repertory, Broadway shows, the work of Pulitzer Prize winning writers, plays from veteran and up-and-coming dramatists and even kids themselves! The...
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243
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
1557838410
9781557838414
5
(Applause Acting Series). Three editors, each associated with theatre, collaborated on this book of monologues for actresses. What they discovered, besides bravura pieces for auditions, acting classes, and study, was the pulse of the millennial theatrical scene. A follow-up to the popular previous e...
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278
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
1557837007
9781557837004
4
Covering the best of Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional, and experimental theatre since 2000, One on One challenges actors to explore the inner self, develop skill and artistry for auditions, and deliver a knockout onstage performance. These monologues - sometimes comic, sometimes serious, and often b...
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310
Applause Books
1557837015
9781557837011
3
New York's premier fashion industry florist, Michael George is known for his signature graphic, modern arrangements that are as popular in Manhattan hotels and storefronts as they are on the pages of Vogue and on the set of Good Morning America. In Simply Elegant Flowers, George shares his secrets f...
Michael George, Bob Shuman
Hardcover
208
North Light Books
1558708065
9781558708068
2
Culled from the work of over 100 playwrights and encompassing the seminal issues of our time, this follow-up compendium is by turns comic and serious but always intensely human. Pieces include scenes from August: Osage County, George and Martha, Intimate Apparel, Take Me Out, and Water Music.
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544
Applause Books
1557837023
9781557837028
1
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Northwestern University Press
10
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Applause Books
9