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1	Waiting for Godot more books like this by Samuel Beckett A classic of modern theatre and perennial favorite of colleges and high schools. "One of the most noble and moving plays of our generation . . . suffused with tenderness for the whole human perplexity . . . like a sharp stab of beauty and pain".--The London Times. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Cyrano de Bergerac more books like this by Edmond Rostand First produced in 1897, CYRANO DE BERGERAC takes place in the 17th century. Rostand's classic drama presents a complex hero--one who is in the tradition of both the swashbuckling adventurer and the sensitive, more modern thinker and self-questioner. Cursed with ugliness but blessed with sublime wit and poetic ability, the gallant Cyrano loves his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	No Exit and Three Other Plays more books like this by Jean-Paul Sartre 4 plays about an existential portrayal of Hell, the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict and an arresting attack on American racism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| SVS
4	Medea more books like this by Euripides One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, masterfully portraying the fierce motives driving Medea's pursuit of vengeance for her husband's insult and betrayal. Authoritative Rex Warner translation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Smiley's People more books like this by John Le Carre On the brink of retirement, master spy George Smiley accepts one last assignment: infiltrate the Soviet Union and track down his nemesis, Karla. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Doll's House more books like this by H Ibsen Ibsen's best-known play displays his genius for realistic prose drama. An expression of women's rights, the play climaxes when the central character, Nora, rejects a smothering marriage and life in "a doll's house." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Nausea more books like this by Jean Paul Sartre Sartre's first novel focuses on Antoine Roquentin, an introspective historian who undergoes an existential crisis. Roquentin loses confidence in established values of ordinary life. His recognition of the absurdity of life precipitates problems in all his relationships, including his relationship with himself. Roquentin records the shifts in his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.70! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays more books like this by Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde's mad, witty farce that parodies Victorian earnestness is considered by many critics the greatest comedy of modern times. Other works by Wilde included in the same volume are "Lady Windermere's Fan" (created for the actress Lillie Langtry), "A Woman of No Importance", "Salome" (banned from the English stage and produced in Paris by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.70! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Son of the circus more books like this by John Irving In this Dickensian novel, richly populated with a cast of eccentric characters, the geneticist Dr. Farrokh Daruwalla returns to his native Bombay to collect blood from dwarfs and frequent the circus. He also writes screenplays for the thriving Indian "Bollywood" film industry. Meanwhile, the film hero Dhar has a fanatical admirer, a boy who passes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Faust more books like this by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Jarrell worked on this translation, expressed in several meters and blank verse, for the seven years preceding his death in 1965. Here, illustrations by the Czech artist Peter Sis accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.32! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Antigone more books like this by Jean Anouilh Jean Anouilh, one of the foremost French playwrights of the twentieth century, replaced the mundane realist works of the previous era with his innovative dramas, which exploit fantasy, tragic passion, scenic poetry and cosmic leaps in time and space. Antigone, his best-known play, was performed in 1944 in Nazi-controlled Paris and provoked fierce ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.06! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Peer Gynt more books like this by Henrik Ibsen Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen The epic story of Peer's quest for the meaning of life as he staggers from the fjords of Norway to the deserts of Africa and back. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Endgame more books like this by Samuel Beckett Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature n 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the greatest writers of our time. "Endgame, " originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett himself, is considered by many critics to be his greatest single ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.09! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Mother Courage and Her Children more books like this by Bertolt Brecht A new translation, by one of Britain's leading modern playwrights, David Hare. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.09! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Six characters in search of an author more books like this by Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello's masterpiece, "Six Characters in Search of an Author", presents the playwright's views about the isolation of the individual from society and from himself. This play within a play chronicles six characters as they seek an author to tell their story, and to present their real lives on stage. But do their realities make better ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Rhinoceros, and other plays. more books like this by Eugène Ionesco In Rhinoceros, as in his earlier plays, Ionesco startles audiences with a world that invariably erupts in explosive laughter and nightmare anxiety. A rhinoceros suddenly appears in a small town, tramping through its peaceful streets. Soon there are two, then three, until the "movement" is universal: a transformation of average citizens into beasts ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Cherry Orchard more books like this by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov The final play written by the famous Russian author, first published in 1904. It portrays the decline of the charming and doomed Ranevskaya family, and opens with Madame Ranevskaya returning debt-ridden to Russia after a five-year exile in Paris following the death of her son. The unscrupulous merchant Lopakhin convinces her that she can only ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Hedda Gabler more books like this by Henrik Johan Ibsen In 1890, Henrik Ibsen premiered Hedda Gabler, a play questioning the role of women in Victorian society. Some audiences have viewed Gabler as a woman driven to desperation simply because her world has turned out to be less charmed than she hoped. For others, she is a victim of her times, unwilling to devote herself, as was expected of her, to the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Tartuffe more books like this by Moliere 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
20 view cover	Galileo more books like this by Bertolt Brecht Considered by many to be one of Brecht's masterpieces, Galileo explores the question of a scientist's social and ethical responsibility, as the brilliant Galileo must choose between his life and his life's work when confronted with the demands of the Inquisition. Through the dramatic characterization of the famous physicist, Brecht examines the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.42! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Caucasian Chalk Circle more books like this by Bertolt Brecht Few authors have had such a dramatic effect as Bertolt Brecht. His work has helped to shape a generation of writers, theatergoers, and thinkers. His plays are studied worldwide as texts that changed the face of theater. The Caucasian Chalk Circle is a parable inspired by the Chinese play Chalk Circle. Written at the close of World War II, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Faust more books like this by J Goethe Jarrell worked on this translation, expressed in several meters and blank verse, for the seven years preceding his death in 1965. Here, illustrations by the Czech artist Peter Sis accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Becket more books like this by Jean Anouilh, Lucienne Hill (Translator) Portrays the conflict of loyalties between church and state as they influenced the lives of two powerful men in English history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Ubu Roi more books like this by Alfred Jarry, Barbara Wright (Translator) A stunning, controversial work that immediately outraged audiences with its scatological references during the 1896 premiere, the farce satirizes the tendency of the successful bourgeois to abuse his authority and become irresponsibly complacent. Championed as the first absurdist drama, "Ubu Roi "features a main character that is cruel, gluttonous ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.05! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Bald Soprano and Other Plays more books like this by Eugene Ionesco, Donald M Allen (Translator) The leading figure of absurdist theater and one of the great innovators of the modern stage, Eugene Ionesco did not write his first play, The Bald Soprano, until 1950. He went on to become an internationally renowned master of modern drama, famous for the comic proportions and bizarre effects that allow his work to be simultaneously hilarious, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.19! \| first editions \| SVS

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