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Henry Iv Part Ii [Bok / Pocket]

<i>It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent...</i><br/><br/>In the Welsh seaside town of Llaggerub, night is moving in the streets. Its inhabitants are lost in the land of dreams: old Captain Cat catches up with his drowned shipmates, Mog Edwards the draper is consumed by mad love for Miss Price the dressmaker, and Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard whips the ghosts of her two late husbands into shape. As the sun rises, the 'dismays and rainbows' of each character are played out within the cycle of one day, intertwining voices and lives, dreams and reality. By turns tender, hilarious and beautifully lyrical, Dylan Thomas's 'play for voices' is his most beloved work and a landmark of Welsh literature.

Lord Alfred Douglas' translation of Wilde's great play -- originally written in French -- with all well-known Beardsley illustrations, including suppressed plates. Features 28 Beardsley illustrations and an introduction by Robert Ross.

<b>James Joyce's only surviving play, <i>Exiles</i> builds upon one of his most famous short stories, 'The Dead', as well as elements of his own life.</b><br/><br/>It follows the story of writer Richard Rowan, who, along with his 'common-law wife' Bertha and their young son Archie, has come home to Dublin after ten long years away. Yet far from bringing comfort and ease, the couple's return to the place where they first met triggers an existential questioning, an anxiousness which is exacerbated by meetings with old friends and lovers. <i>Exiles</i> is a profound exploration of jealousy, doubt and the complexity of human desire.<br/><br/>'A landmark of modern theatre that explores the byzantine complexities of marriage with the honesty of genius' <i>Guardian</i><br/><br/>With a new introduction and notes by Andrew Gibson

"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen, when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Like her, neither audiences nor critics could get enough of Edward Albee's masterful play. A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games. By the evening's end, a stunning, almost unbearable revelation provides a climax that has shocked audiences for years. With the play's razor-sharp dialogue and the stripping away of social pretense, "Newsweek" rightly foresaw "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" as "a brilliantly original work of art-an excoriating theatrical experience, surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire [that] will be igniting Broadway for some time to come."

<b>"Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of Black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before <i>A Raisin in the Sun</i> opened on Broadway in 1959.</b><br/><br/>This edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.<br/><br/>Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of Black America-and changed American theater forever. The play's title comes from a line in Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem," which warns that a dream deferred might "dry up/like a raisin in the sun."<br/><br/>"The events of every passing year add resonance to <i>A Raisin in the Sun</i>," said <i>The New York Times</i>. "It is as if history is conspiring to make the play a classic."

Two of William Shakespeare's most beloved plays: one a tragic portrait of love against the odds, the other a dazzling comedy of enchantment and desire. <br/><i>Romeo and Juliet </i>follows two young lovers who defy the ancient feud dividing their families in fair Verona. Their devotion shines against a backdrop of violence and fate, creating one of literature's most moving and enduring love stories. <br/><i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i> whisks readers into an enchanted forest alive with fairies, shifting affections, and mischievous transformations. Sparkling with wit, magic, and theatrical playfulness, it remains one of Shakespeare's most joyful comedies. <br/>Together, these works showcase the full range of Shakespeare's genius - from raw emotion to riotous delight. <br/><br/>WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE [1564-1616] was an English playwright, poet and actor, whose works have shaped the course of Western literature. Known for plays such as <i>Hamlet</i>, <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>, <i>Macbeth</i>, <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i>, and <i>King Lear</i>, as well as his sonnets, he was a master at depicting human emotion and motivation. His plays - tragedies, comedies, and histories - continue to be performed and studied worldwide, securing his place as the most influential writer in the English language.