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The Judas Kiss
Faber and Faber 2012; US$ 13.11Oscar Wilde's philosophy leads him on a path to destruction. The Judas Kiss describes two pivotal moments: the day Wilde decides to stay in England and face imprisonment, and the night when the lover for whom he risked everything betrays him. With a burning sense of outrage, David Hare presents the consequences of an uncompromisingly moral position... more...
Damned by Despair
Faber and Faber 2012; US$ 13.11Obsessed with his own salvation, the hermit Paulo dedicates himself to ten years of prayerful penance. When his faith wavers, the ever-watchful Devil seizes the moment to convince him that he shares the fate of one Enrico, a notorious Neapolitan gangster destined for damnation. Swearing vengeance, Paulo lashes out against God and assembles a band... more...
The Castle Spectre
ReadHowYouWant 2006; US$ 3.99This drama paints before the readers eye some very lively characters. The author has depicted deeply loving characters that turn into passionate villains. The changes that are brought on by deep despair are successfully portrayed. Engrossing! more...
Quartermaine's Terms
Faber and Faber 2013; US$ 13.11'A masterly portrayal of an innocent.' Harold Pinter, from 'Directing Simon Gray's Plays', Simon Gray Plays 1 'Superficially, it is a light comedy about a group of educated, often eccentric English characters in an academic backwater in the early sixties. But though the jokes are excellent, the piece cuts deep. There are Strindberg-like... more...
If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet
Faber & Faber 2013; US$ 14.99Fifteen-year-old Anna is bullied by her classmates for being overweight. Her mother, Fiona, decides to transfer her to the school where she teaches, but that only makes things worse. Anna?s father, George, is no help?he?s too obsessed with saving the world. Just as Anna gets suspended for head-butting one of her tormenters, her uncle Terry arrives... more...
Frost/Nixon
Faber and Faber 2013; US$ 14.57In 1972, a break-in was foiled at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC. Within days a connection had been made with the White House and President Nixon's closest aides. It unleashed one of the greatest scandals in modern American politics and ended with Nixon's humiliating resignation. David... more...
The Invention of Love
Faber and Faber 2013; US$ 14.57It is 1936 and A. E. Housman is being ferried across the Styx, glad to be dead at last. His memories, however, are dramatically if confusedly alive. The river which flows through Tom Stoppard's play connects Hades with the Oxford of Housman's early manhood where High Victorianism in art, literature and morality is being challenged by the Aesthetic... more...
Tom Stoppard Plays 4
Faber and Faber 2013; US$ 21.86This fourth volume of Tom Stoppard's work for the stage brings together five of his most celebrated translations and adaptations of plays by Arthur Schnitzler ( Dalliance and Undiscovered Country ), Ferenc Molnar ( Rough Crossing ), Johann Nestroy ( On the Razzle ) and Anton Chekhov ( The Seagull ). more...
David Hare Plays 2
Faber and Faber 2013; US$ 24.78This second volume of plays by David Hare contains work from the 1970s and 1980s which confirmed him as one of the major contemporary playwrights in the English language. It includes Fanshen , his remarkable 1975 play which focused on the Chinese Revolution with Brechtian subtlety, his screenplay for Saigon: Year of the Cat, The Secret Rapture ,... more...
Frank McGuinness Plays 1
Faber and Faber 2013; US$ 21.86This first collection by Frank McGuinness contains plays from the 1980s, including his major work of that decade, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme , a powerful and profoundly moving study of a group of Ulster Protestant volunteers in the Great War. The book also contains Carthaginians , set in a Derry graveyard in the aftermath... more...









