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A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. In this stunning phenomenon that has swept the nation, Eve Ensler gives us real women's stories of intimacy, vulnerability, and sexual self-discovery. <BR> Celebrated as the bible for a new generation of women, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES has been performed in cities all across America and at hundreds of college campuses. It has inspired a dynamic grassroots movement-V-Day-to stop violence against women. Witty and irreverent, compassionate and wise, Eve Ensler's Obie Award-winning masterpiece gives voice to women's deepest fantasies and fears, guaranteeing that no one who reads it will ever look at a woman's body, or think of sex, in quite the same way again.

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This collection presents a cross-section of Shaw's most important theater work&#151;<i>Mrs. Warren's Profession, Man and Superman, Major Barbara</i>, and <i>Pygmalion</i>. Each play is fully annotated.<BR>"Contexts and Criticism" features all-new material on the author and his work, from traditional critical readings to more theorized approaches, among them essays on Shaw's Fabianism and his alleged feminism. Contributors include Leon Hugo, Sally Peters, Tracy C. Davis, John A. Bertolini, Stanley Weintraub, and J. Ellen Gainor.<br> A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included.<BR><B>About the series</B>: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the <B>Norton Critical Editions</B>. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.

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The seven full-length and ten one-act selections in "Plays for Actresses" range in tone from the unabashed theatricality of Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Three Tall Women" to the blistering black comedy of Laura Cunningham's "Beautiful Bodies".

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Combining the time tested classical work of Earl Babbie with the insights of one of the most recognized and respected names in speech communication research, THE BASICS OF COMMUNICATION RESEARCH is the book for the Communication research methods course. With the authors' collective experience teaching research methods and as active researchers themselves you will find this text to be the authoritative text for your course. The authors frame research as a way of knowing, and provide balanced treatment to both quantitative and qualitative research traditions in communication research and present it in a student friendly and engaging format. It provides in-depth treatment of the role of reasoning in the research enterprise and how this reasoning process plays itself out in planning and writing a research proposal and report.

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<p>At a much lower price than comparable anthologies, the Fifth Edition provides 18 extraordinary plays, with a strong representation of historical periods and minority and women playwrights. The <i>Introduction</i> focuses on the study of drama as both a literary genre and a performing art; also provided are expanded introductions to the plays, an updated select bibliography, and a new filmography.</p>

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An entertaining anthology of thirty-five humorous short plays features contributions by both established authors and new playwrights, including such works as "The Zig-Zag Woman" by Steve Martin, Shel Silverstein's "The Best Daddy," Steven Dietz's "The Spot," Elaine May's "The Way of All Fish," and "Wanda's Visit" by Christopher Durang, among others. Original.

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This best-selling text by a leading voice in the field offers a distinct alternative to existing textbooks for the introductory course in interpersonal communication. This theoretically unified but pragmatic introduction to the concepts, principles, and skills of interpersonal communication in a multicultural society. This text consistently integrates ethics and issues of social diversity into coverage of both discussions and mastery of skills, and it shows how interpersonal communication theory and skills pertain to students' daily encounters with others. With unparalleled attention to social diversity and an emphasis on theories, research, and skills that are anchored in the field of communication, the new edition integrates Web and CD-ROM technology to provide interactive learning experiences for today's digital classroom.

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Pearl Cleage is one of America's most produced African American woman playwrights. This volume collects her major full-length plays and one-acts over the past ten years including Flyin' West -- a turn of the century drama about four black women struggling as true women on America's heartland -- and Blues for an Alabama Sky -- a moving evocation of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s. Also included are Bourbon at the Border, Late Bus to Mecca, and Chain.

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Three Theban Plays entitled Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus.

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Alejandro Casona is one of the masters of the contemporary theater, and one of that distinguished group of Spanish intellectuals whose enforced exile had enriched us all with a new demonstration of the great human and aesthetic values of the ancient but ever vital culture of Spain. One of his most attractive works is La barca sin pescador, which was performed in Buenos Aires on 24 July 1945. The play has an interesting plot, well motivated and full of action.

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<p>The Second Edition of this complete collection of Shakespeare&#039;s plays and poems features two essays on recent criticism and productions, fully updated textual notes, a photographic insert of recent productions, and two works recently attributed to Shakespeare. The authors of the essays on recent criticism and productions are Heather DuBrow, University of Wisconsin at Madison, and William Liston, Ball State University, respectively.</p>

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The 14 short plays collected here introduce readers to one of the most intelligent and anarchically funny playwrights of the last decade and his "utterly delightful one-act plays that percolate with comic brio" (The New York Times.

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"<i>Shakespeare For Dummies</i> is exquisite."<br> -from the Foreword by Dame Judi Dench, star of "Mrs. Brown" and "Shakespeare in Love" <p> "What the film <i>Shakespeare in Love</i> has done to make Shakespeare the man accessible to a general audience, this book will do to make Shakespeare the writer enjoyable."<br> -Charlotte J.Headrick, PhD, Professor and Director, Theater Arts, Oregon State University <p> Does the thought of sitting through A <i>Midsummer Night's Dream</i> give you nightmares? Did <i>Romeo and Juliet</i> seem like a foreign film-without the subtitles? As John Doyle and Ray Lischner prove in this uniquely accessible guide, Shakespeare is not only the greatest writer who ever lived, he's also a great entertainer-once you get a handle on his wild plots and witty wordplay. Under their guidance, you'll: <ul> <li>Go inside an Elizabethan theater-and find out how they managed with almost no seats, no roof and no women onstage <li>Get a handle on Shakespeare's language-including all those racy puns and jokes <li>Maximize your enjoyment of his plays and poetry <li>Identify contemporary idioms and phrases that come from Shakespeare's plays <li>Find Shakespeare festivals and performances in your area <li>Catch ten of the best show ever made of the Bard's plays and meet ten of the greatest Shakespearean actors of all time </ul> <p> In simple, straightforward language, this friendly guide eases you into the wild, wonderful world of Shakespeare. With the help of snappy summaries and scorecards that help you keep track of who's who, who's in love with whom, and who's killed whom in every play, it helps you: <ul> <li>Understand Shakespeare the person, his life and times and what makes him so special <li>Make sense of Shakespearean language and why it sounds the way it does <li>Get the inside track on the kinds of stories, characters and settings found in Shakespeare's plays <li>Appreciate Shakespeare's sonnets and other non-dramatic poetry </ul> <p> A royal feast for the head and heart, Shakespeare's works have been thrilling audiences for four centuries, as they will four hundred years from now. Now let <i>Shakespeare For Dummies</i> help you to enjoy one the world's great literary treasures.

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Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play--winner of the 1996 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play--is now available in a trade paperback edition. A dark comedy about unfulfilled lives, broken promises, and family jealousies, A Delicate Balance has just been revived to triumphant acclaim at Lincoln Center's Plymouth Theatre in New York City.

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Four plays tell of a young man who returns to his childhood home, a bragging soldier, a woman who impersonates her brother, and a king who is transformed into a stag.

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Like the acclaimed film of the same title, this lyrical, lilting, densely textured novel is based on the exploits of the legendary Jamaican folk hero and reggae star Rhygin.

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From <b>King Lear</b> to the <b>Tragedy of Carmen</b><i>, </i>from <b>Marat/Sade</b> to the epic <b>Mahabharata</b>, Peter Brook has reinvented modern theatre, not once but again and again. In <b>The Open Door</b> the visionary director and theorist offers a lucid, comprehensive exposition of the philosophy that underlies his work. <br><br>It is a philosophy of paradoxes: We come to the theatre to find life, but that life must be different from the life we find outside. Actors have to prepare painstakingly yet be willing to sacrifice the results of their preparation. The director&#8217;s most reliable tool may be his capacity to be bored. Brook illustrates these principles with anecdotes that span his entire career and that demonstrate his familiarity with Shakespeare, Chekhov, and the indigenous theatres of India and Iran. The result is an unparalleled look at what happens both onstage and behind the scenes, fresh in its insights and elegant in its prose.

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Offering a user-friendly, beautifully illustrated guide to every play in the Shakespeare canon, as well as a portrait of the Bard's life and the world of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater, the <I>Essential Shakespeare Handbook</I> is an innovative and entertaining book which unravels the complexities of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Written in a clear and engaging style, this book will enrich the experience of the Bard's work on the page, stage, and screen.

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Six plays deal with unions, an anti-Nazi group, work, loneliness, the depression, and the American obsession with success.

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When ghostwriter Constance Ledbelly's mentor marries a rival, Constance embarks on a "what-if" writing spree that brings her face-to-face with literary characters Desdemona and Juliet. What follows is a riotous retelling of theatrical legend that brings Constance renewed self-confidence--and that won playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald awards and accolades.

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This first major collection of contemporary Native American writing for the theatre features work by Native American writers throughout the United States, including Hawaii, and also Canada. The plays range from the groundbreaking BODY INDIAN--one of the first to treat Native Americans in a contemporary context--to the black-humored survey of Native American history in INDIAN RADIO DAYS.

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Gives all the major long poems and sequences, and every shorter poem of lasting value in Stevens' career. Edited by Holly Stevens, it includes some poems not printed in his earlier "COLLECTED WORKS".