Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=3+4004 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667872 Its a curious homecoming for Vince, the son nobody seems to remember. Violence is never far from the surface as his unexpected return uncovers a deep, dark secret that triggers catastrophe in Sam Shepards Pulitzer Prize winning Buried child. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1474961 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1621958 The play is a powerful account of the case filed by the American Federation for Equal Rights (AFER) in the U.S. District Court in 2010 to overturn Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that eliminated the rights of same-sex couples to marry in the state of California. Framed around the trials historic closing arguments in June 2010, 8 provides an intimate look what unfolded when the issue of same-sex marriage was on trial.--Content Reserve web site. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393880 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1307015 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1608959 A ... play about a family coming to terms with long held secrets. When a once-promising novelist returns home to Palm Springs to visit her parents conflict ensues after she announces the imminent publication of her memoir--a book that focuses on the politically explosive and tragic death of her antiwar-activist brother. With her parents trying to cling to their Reaganesque social status, the family is torn apart and must come to grips with its painful past.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1271863 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1427557 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1277503 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1275001 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1298974 In 1950s Chicago, three generations of Youngers live in a run-down apartment. As these black Americans struggle to overcome a variety of challenges, hope suddenly looms on the horizon. The familys matriarch is poised to receive insurance money from her husbands death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1522284 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392363 A searing portrait of the physical, emotional, and psychological costs of the American dream. Willy Loman is the iconic traveling salesman, whose family is torn apart by his desperate obsession with greatness and social acceptance. As his two sons cast about aimlessly for their station in life, Willy begins to come unraveled when the reality of his life threatens his long-cherished illusions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1520762 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685477 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671795 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1199342 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1053391 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1538670 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1213675 The best ten-minute plays by American playwrights produced during the 2009-2010 theatrical season http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1548294 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1304020 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1128492 This cutting of ROMEO AND JULIET is edited to four key scenes, starting with the lyrical prologue and the foreboding opening brawl. The cutting includes the timeless balcony scene; the harsh scolding of Juliet by her father; and the final moments at the tomb. Also includeed is an essay by editor Nick Newlin on how to produce a Shakespeare play with novice actors, and notes about the original production of this abridgement at the Folger Shakespeare Librarys annual Student Shakespeare Festival.--publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1199343 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1116103 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1213485 Four couples arrive, in turn, from New York, Philadelphia, London and Chicago and seprately inhabit a suite at The Beverly Hills Hotel, bringing along their problems, anxieties, and comical marital dilemmas. The view from Beverly Hills will never look the same!--Cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1391214 Luke and Adam are in love and have been living together for several years even though Luke, a closeted, conservative Christian, feels his homosexual desires are sinful. When Luke is in an accident and dying, his parents arrive on the scene, marginalizing Adam. The play includes flashbacks of Luke and Adams developing relationship, plus the drama unfolding in the hospital. A look at love and marriage, and how we face death, regardless of faith or sexual orientation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1228990 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1128456 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1427544 Alex DelFlavio is an ambitious downtown artist who plans to include sexually explicit photographs in his uptown show to advance his career. Nan Bemiss, the wife of a Republican senator who is running for the presidency and a gallery board member, appeals to DelFlavio to remove three of his most offensive photographs for the opening. Unexpectedly, Nan is liberated in the process--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1110205 In 19th century England, two roguish bachelors unwittingly use the same pseudonym for their romantic activities. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=962774 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1053344 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1017874 Young, handsome Dorian Gray, after having his portrait painted, sits admiring the artists rendering. It is then that he makes a wish for the portrait to change as he ages, but for his actual visage to stay the same. He gets his wish, and despite his hedonistic, sinful lifestyle, Dorian remains young and innocent looking. As those around him witness his excessive habits, they wonder if Dorian Gray will ever get his just dues. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1010731 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=945662 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1110948 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1012284 [This is an] inventive play that moves back and forth between centuries, populated by a varied and vastly entertaining cast of characters who discuss such topics as the nature of truth and time, the difference between the classical and the romantic temperament, and the disruptive influence of sex on our orbits in life-according to the author, the attraction which Newton left out. -http://www.loc.gov/catdir http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=988219 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=962326 Based on Charles & Mary Lambs 20 Tales From Shakespeare, augmented by miscellaneous scenes and soliloquies from Shakespeares plays, featuring Elizabethan songs and dances in new arrangements for stringed instruments. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024499 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1006270 Based on Charles and Mary Lambs 20 Tales from Shakespeare, the first volume of An American Family Shakespeare Entertainment features scene and soliloquy selections from William Shakespeares finest plays as well as musical arrangements from Englands Elizabethan period. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=960788 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=988465 Based on Charles & Mary Lambs 20 Tales From Shakespeare, augmented by miscellaneous scenes and soliloquies from Shakespeares plays, featuring Elizabethan songs and dances in new arrangements for stringed instruments. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1022731 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1129683 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024498 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1720721 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1127554 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=938837 Bates Soul of the Age tells the story of the great dramatist while deducing the crucial events of Shakespeares life, connecting those events to his world and work as never before, and revealing how this unsurpassed artist came to be. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1055789 [This drama] is a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest-and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears one hot summer night, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead, where long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=957240 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=804342 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=886356 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671794 Contains Shakespeares play involving young Athenian lovers, a boisterous group of local tradesmen, and the monarchs and subjects of the fairy kingdom; and includes textual notes, scene-by-scene analyses, an introduction to Shakespeares theater career, and a chronology of Shakespeares works. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1188331 A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=810934 In 1950s Chicago, three generations of Youngers live in a run-down apartment. As these black Americans struggle to overcome a variety of challenges, hope suddenly looms on the horizon. The familys matriarch is poised to receive insurance money from her husbands death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=741765 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=614572 ONeills themes and concerns find expression in his one-act plays which are the dramatic equivalent of short stories. Here are nine one-act plays that span the playwrights career. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=735714 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=729483 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=721509 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=729481 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=734802 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=661939 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=724364 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=688556 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=649034 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=729826 At a boys grammar school in Sheffield, eight boys are being coached for the Oxbridge entrance exams. It is the mid-eighties, and the main concern of the unruly bunch of bright sixth-formers is getting out, starting university - and starting life. At the heart of The History Boys are four characters, each with contrasting outlooks on teaching and school: Hector, an eccentric English teacher with no interest in exams; Irwin, a young supply teacher who sees history as entertainment; Mrs. Lintott, a traditionalist, who teaches history, not histrionics; and, a Headmaster obsessed with results. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=594847 This new translation presents the only truly complete edition of the plays of one of the greatest dramatists in history. This volume contains works that have never previously been translated, including the newly discovered farce The Power of Hypnotism and the first version of Ivanov, as well as Chekhovs early humorous dialogues. It also contains a description of lost plays and those Chekhov intended to write but never did.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=614408 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=693303 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=614400 In the inaugural volume of its collected edition of Millers plays, The Library of America gathers the works from the 1940s and 1950s that electrified theatergoers and established Miller as one of the indispensable voices of the postwar era.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=652989 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=627095 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=677174 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=634966 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=654179 When Gus Edwards discovered that the majority of the young actors, playwrights, and teachers he encountered didnt know who Nat Turner was - nor many other key men and women in black history - he summoned the power of theatre to correct the situation. Black Heroes in Monologues brings these and other influential African Americans to life once again.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=649079 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=734608 Barbara is a cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. Her only means of taking the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. Sheba is a younger, attractive woman, who joins the faculty as an art teacher. Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary. Barbara finds herself reaching out to Sheba. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Shebas lecturer husband and their two children. Later, when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having a sexual relationship with a 15-year old student, Barbara realizes that knowledge of this secret gives her power over Sheba which she can use for her own purposes. Sheba becomes uneasy with Barbaras friendship. The tenuous relationship between the two women reaches a crisis point when Barbaras cat is dying and she asks Sheba to go with her to the vet. Sheba chooses to go with her family to see their son in a play instead. In revenge, Barbara sets in motion the scandal that will rock both their lives in ways they never imagined. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=627097 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=584920 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=649081 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=641817 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1114873 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=735092 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=634983 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=620401 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=652987 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=676594 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=651216 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=677176 As an actor at any level - from school exam to professional casting - you are likely to be called upon to perform one or more audition pieces - often a classical piece is specified. A great deal will depend on your coming up with something fresh that is suited both to your particular performing skills and to the period of the play you are auditioning for. Which is where this volume of The Good Audition Guides comes in. Drawing on her enormous experience as a theatre director and in drama training - she has sat on the selection board of several leading drama schools - Marina Caldarone has chosen for this volume fifty monologues for female actors selected from classical plays throughout the ages and ranging across all of Western theatre. Each monologue is prefaced with a neat summary of the vital information you need to place the piece in context and to perform it to maximum effect and in your own unique way. The volume also carries a user-friendly introduction on the whole process of auditioning.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=627087 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=707080 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=584923 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=734636 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=688519 The images of war. Snapshots from Abu Ghraib that depict atrocities committed in the name of freedom. Tabloid images of English soldiers abusing an Iraqi prisoner that are later revealed as fakes. And somewhere between England and America, between savagery and spin, lies the truth. The monologues that mingle fierce irony with humane warmth, heartbreaking emotion with breathtaking intelligence, Guardians offers storytelling at its simplest - and its most complex. A disgraced American soldier tells her story. And a clever English journalist tells how he got his.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657198 Seven self-regarding critics assemble at a disused theatre in response to a mysterious invitation. Too late they discover its gruesome purpose as Edward Lionheart, an actor frenzied by a lifetime of sneering reviews, hacks his revengeful way through the bloody works of Shakespeare, assisted by a gang of murderous tramps. The laws of theatre supersede the laws of physics in this macabre exhibition of putty noses, Kensington gore and some very large acting indeed.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=547545 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=561117 Perhaps no other Shakespearean drama so engulfs its readers in the ruinous journey to evil as does Macbeth. A timeless tragedy about the nature of ambition, conscience, and the human heart, the play holds a profound grip on the Western imagination. Now the most extensively annotated edition of the play to date makes it completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century and a resource for students, teachers, and the general reader. Burton Raffels on-page annotations offer generous help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody, and alternative readings of phrases and lines. And in his introduction he provides religious and social contexts that increase the readers understanding of the play. In a concluding essay, Harold Bloom argues that Macbeth is the playwrights most internalized drama.--BOOK JACKET.