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Sarah Kane: Complete Plays (Methuen...
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Arguably the most important playwright of the last decade, this volume begins with the headline grabbing Blasted before charting Kane's journey into increasing abstraction with such wonderful pieces as Crave and 4.48 Psychosis. Every play is worth reading. |
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Harold Pinter: Plays |
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Love him or hate him, Pinter is undisputably Britain's most accomplished living playwright. Faber & Faber have his complete works in four volumes - check out classics like The Homecoming, The Birthday Party, The Caretaker and Ashes to Ashes. |
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Samuel Beckett: the Complete Dramatic...
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One of the theatre world's visionary writers - complete works, at a bargain price. |
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Plays: "Shopping and Fucking";"Faust",... |
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A collection of a leading contemporary playwright's most famous work, including Shopping and Fucking and Some Explicit Polaroids. |
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Plays: "Normal","Penetrator","Year of...
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An original member of the 'in-yer-face' movement, Neilson's work actually stands the test of time impressively well. |
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One of the few British playwrights who continues to carve an impressive body of work without resorting to purely naturalistic pieces. Also check out Attempts On Her Life. |
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Martin Crimp: Plays 1: Dealing with... |
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Closer
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Marber's second play is quite simply a must-read modern classic about sex, desire and ambition. Brilliant dialogue. |
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Saved (Methuen Modern Plays S.)
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Bond's landmark contribution to British theatre. A classic text that influenced many of the writers listed above. |
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Glengarry Glen Ross (Modern Plays S.)
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Mamet's visceral writing at it's best. The DVD film with Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino and Kevin Spacey is also worth checking out. |
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Cloud Nine: A Play |
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Forget Top Girls - Churchill can actually write some really innovative stuff, such as this and also The Stryker. |
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Classical |
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Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford... |
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All the Bard's work in an excellent edition - at a reasonable price too. |
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"The Alchemist" and Other Plays:... |
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His two best plays may simply be re-writes of each other, but Volpone and The Alchemist are classic texts. |
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Five Jacobean Tragedies: The Revenger's... |
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Includes must read Jacobean classics The Duchess of Malfi and The Revengers Tragedy. |
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He may have been mad, but the man could write - Miss Julie is one of the best two-handers ever written, but his later expressionistic work is also worth reading. |
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Five Plays: "Ivanov", "The Seagull",... |
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The master of play's in which 'nothing happens', Chekhov's work defines what dramatic subtext is all about. |
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Four Major Plays: "A Doll's House";...
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Forget A-level stable A Dolls House - plays such as Ghosts and Hedda Gabler are far superior masterpieces |
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