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1	Midsummer Night's Dream more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist Confusions of the heart reign in Athens, where everyone is pining away for the wrong person except Theseus, the Duke and his fiancée, Hippolyta, whose wedding day is fast approaching. Hermia, the Duke's daughter, is intent on marrying Lysander, although her father disapproves and threatens to make her a nun if she refuses to marry his choice for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Merchant of Venice more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist This edition presents a fresh examination of the text and all the important aspects of its significance and meaning. It is based upon the first printed edition, the Quarto of 1600. This edition has been collated against the second quarto, the Pavier Quarto of 1619 (falsely dated 1619), as well as against the First Folio of 1623, from which some ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Much Ado about Nothing more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist This is the first edition of Much Ado About Nothing to focus wholly on the play in performance. John Cox investigates major issues and trends in the production of this popular work, analysing successive reinterpretations of the play in relation to their cultural and ideological contexts. Gender issues are central to the study, which highlights in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Taming of the Shrew more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist This newly revised Signet classic includes an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, a unique introduction to the play, a comprehensive stage history of notable actors, and historical and contemporary dramatic criticism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Twelfth Night more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist Separated twins, practical jokers, pining lovers, and a comic villain populate the city of Illyria, where the drama of TWELFTH NIGHT unfolds. When the fraternal twins Viola and Sebastian independently wash ashore in the city from a shipwreck , unbeknownst to one another, each assumes the other is dead. With Viola disguised as a man, the Duke ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Importance of Being Earnest more books like this by Oscar Wilde add to wishlist 'A Trivial Comedy for Serious People': its subtitle is the best summary of a play that is the theatrical equivalent of a butterfly. The verbal brilliance of its highly self-conscious characters hides deep anxieties about social and personal identity: Jack Worthing, found as a baby in a handbag at Victoria Station and named after a railway ticket, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	As you like it more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist One of Shakespeare's early plays, written in 1598 or 1599, AS YOU LIKE IT is in many ways a typical Elizabethan romantic comedy, but it is also a satire in which Shakespeare ridicules many of the courtly-love conventions that were still current in his day: love as a disease, for example, and the lover as slave to his imperious mistress. In AS YOU ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Keeping Up Appearances: Hyacinth Bucket's Book of Etiquette for the Socially Less Fortunate more books like this by Roy Clarke, Jonathan Rice add to wishlist Hyacinth Bucket - pronounced "Bouquet" - star of the BBC1 comedy series, "Keeping Up Appearances", imparts her personal views on protecting one's social standing. There are sections on etiquette in the home, entertaining, social obligations, how to strike up an acquaintance with members of the aristocracy, and improving the mind. They all give an ... see all copies from $7.48! new only from $47.89! \| first editions
9	Four Plays by Aristophanes: The Birds; The Clouds; The Frogs; Lysistrata more books like this by Aristophanes, William Arrowsmith (Editor), Professor Richmond Lattimore (Translator) add to wishlist The acknowledged master of Greek comedy, Aristophanes brilliantly combines serious political satire with bawdiness, pyrotechnical bombast with delicate lyrics. This volumes features his four most celebrated masterpieces: THE CLOUDS, THE BIRDS, LYSISTRATA, and THE FROGS. Three of the leading translators of the 20th century--William Arrowsmith, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
10	Lysistrata and Other Plays: The Acharnians, the Clouds, Lysistrata more books like this by Aristophanes, Alan H Sommerstein (Translator) add to wishlist Writing at a time when Athens was undergoing a crisis in its social attitudes, Aristophanes was an eloquent opponent of the demagogue and the sophist. This collection includes "Lysistrata", the hilariously bawdy anti-war fantasy; "The Acharnians", a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta; and "The Clouds", a satire ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| SVS
11 view cover	Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist Separated twins, practical jokers, pining lovers, and a comic villain populate the city of Illyria, where the drama of TWELFTH NIGHT unfolds. When the fraternal twins Viola and Sebastian independently wash ashore in the city from a shipwreck , unbeknownst to one another, each assumes the other is dead. With Viola disguised as a man, the Duke ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Lysistrata more books like this by Aristophanes add to wishlist Aristophanes' Lysistrata was last edited in 1928, and the last commentary was in 1927; the only previous edition in English appeared in 1911. The present edition brings the play up to date in terms of the advances made in Aristophanic scholarship in the past sixty years. In particular, it is the first to report all the manuscripts, papyri, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Tartuffe, by Moliere more books like this by Moliere, Richard Wilbur (Translator) add to wishlist Richard Wilbur's verse translation of Tartuffe has been acclaimed as a masterpiece in its own right. Set in rhymed couplets, it captures not only the tone of the original but the dramatic energy as well. Not surprisingly, the play in this translation has been performed regularly over the years. One of Moliere's most popular plays, Tartuffe, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.72! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays more books like this by Oscar Wilde add to wishlist Oscar Wilde was already one of the best known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to turn his extraordinary talents to the theatre. Between 1891 and 1895 he produced a sequence of distinctive plays which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s and retain their power today. The social comedies, Lady Windermere's Fan, A ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Book more books like this by Deirdre Dolan add to wishlist This much-anticipated book is the official companion to HBO's hilariously neurotic, wildly popular, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning comedy. Includes interviews with cast members, never-before-seen show outlines, and more than 100 full-color photos. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.00! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Merchant of Venice more books like this by David Nicol, William Shakespeare add to wishlist Aimed at students needing to understand a subject with a minimum of fuss, Cliffs Notes cover a range of topics including classic and modern literature whilst providing supplemental assistance and further notes online. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Misanthrope and Other Plays more books like this by Moliere add to wishlist Translates five plays of Moliere and comments upon the background of each dramatization. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Tartuffe more books like this by Moliere add to wishlist Wilbur's translation of Molière's farce was a co-recipient of the Bollingen Translation Prize in 1963. The play in his translation was first produced to great acclaim at Lincoln Center in 1965. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Lysistrata and Other Plays more books like this by Aristophanes, Alan H Sommerstein (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.72! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Alls Well That Ends Well more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist Usually classifed as a 'problem comedy', All's Well that Ends Well invites a fresh assessment. Its psychologically disturbing presentation of an agressive, designing woman and a reluctant husband wooed by trickery won it little favour in earlier centuries, and both directors and critics have frequently tried to avoid or simplify its uncomfortable ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	A Midsummer Night's Dream: Texts and Contexts more books like this by William Shakespeare, Gail Kern Paster (Editor), Skiles Howard (Editor) add to wishlist The play takes place at the summer solstice, Midsummer Eve, in Athens, where everyone is pining away for the wrong person--except Theseus, the Duke, and his fiancée, Hippolyta, whose wedding day is fast approaching. Hermia, the Duke's daughter, is intent on marrying Lysander, although her father disapproves and threatens to force her into a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.50! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	She stoops to conquer more books like this by Oliver Goldsmith add to wishlist The action of She Stoops to Conquer (1773) is largely confined to a night and a day in Squire Hardcastle's somewhat dilapidated country house: Young Marlow, on his way there to meet the bride his father has chosen for him, loses his way and arrives at the house assuming it is an inn. The prospect of meeting the genteel Miss Hardcastle terrifies ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Is He Dead?: A Comedy in Three Acts more books like this by Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Notes by), Barry Moser (Illustrator) add to wishlist The University of California Press is delighted to announce the new publication of this three-act play by one of America's most important and well-loved writers. A highly entertaining comedy that has never appeared in print or on stage, "Is He Dead?" is finally available to the wide audience Mark Twain wished it to reach. Written in 1898 in Vienna ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.83! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Lieutenant of Inishmore more books like this by Martin McDonagh add to wishlist 'There's more than one way to skin a theatrical cat; and McDonagh's chosen weapons are laughter and gore Pushing theatre to its limits, McDonagh is making a serious point a work as subversive as those Synge and O'Casey plays that sparked Dublin riots in the last century' Guardian 'A brave satire Swiftianly savage and parodic with explicit ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.52! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Merchant of Venice: Texts and Contexts more books like this by William Shakespeare, M Lindsay Kaplan (Editor) add to wishlist This edition of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice reprints the Bevington edition of the play accompanied by four sets of thematically arranged primary documents and illustrations designed to facilitate many different approaches to Shakespeare's play and the early modern culture out of which the play emerges. The texts include maps, woodcuts, ... see all copies from $4.10! new only from $10.50! \| SVS

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