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The Little Foxes

Lillian Hellman

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LA Theatre Works

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...Lillian Hellman examines a wealthy southern family and the greed that tears them apart. Regina’s brothers have inherited their father’s wealth, while after years of neglect, her dying husband is determined to see she gets nothing...

Treasure Island

Bryony Lavery

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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National Theatre

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...Age recommendation: 9+ Recorded through National Theatre Live on 22nd January, 2015. It's a dark and stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper's granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor's feet...

Mizlansky/Zilinsky

Jon Robin Baitz

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LA Theatre Works

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...Italian shoes, a house in the hills, a gift for stretching the truth, and a petulant assistant to pick the scallions out of his Szechuan noodles – Hollywood producer Davis Mizlansky has it all. But he’s about to lose it to the IRS unless he...

Timon of Athens

William Shakespeare

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The Royal Shakespeare Company

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..."Simon Godwin has taken exactly the right approach to this new production of one of the Bard's most obscure, least performed plays. With a swashbuckling candour and refreshing energy, he's filleted and reformed the piece as a brisk...

McTeague

Frank Norris

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LA Theatre Works

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...Stacy Keach stars in this shocking tale of a Polk Street dentist and his wife in 1899 San Francisco. Frank Norris’ powerful insights into the depths of the human soul make this a story of compelling narrative force. This seminal novel about...

Enron

Lucy Prebble

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LA Theatre Works

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...Fasten your seatbelts for a rapid-fire, sophisticated thrill-ride that propels you through one of the most infamous financial scandals in history! With a spicy blend of humor, pathos and music, the big biz machinations of Kenneth Lay...

The Critical Backstory

David Bevington

David Bevington

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The Alchemist : A Critical Reader

The Arden Shakespeare, 2013

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...‘Upon my word’, declared Coleridge in 1834, ‘I think the Oedipus Tyrannus, The Alchemist, and Tom Jones the three most perfect plots ever planned.’ The Table Talk and Omniana of Samuel...

Mr Incredible

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Camilla Whitehill

~playauthor~Written by~ Camilla Whitehill

Nick Hern Books, 2016

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Scenes: 8, Roles: Total (2), Female (0), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

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...Camilla Whitehill's Mr Incredible is a one-man play about modern love and old-fashioned entitlement. It was first produced by Longsight Theatre at the Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, on 4 August 2016. An earlier version...

Man of the Moment

Alan Ayckbourn

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LA Theatre Works

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...The price of accidental fame is hashed out in this comedy about a famous bank robber and the clerk who foiled his biggest heist. Ayckbourn’s 1988 play anticipates the popularity - and absurdity - of reality TV. An L.A. Theatre Works...

Volpone

Ben Jonson

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...Volpone has long been a popular choice as a set text for students. Written by Ben Jonson, it was first produced in 1606 and billed as a comedy, although it also includes elements of tragedy and even animal fable (Volpone is Italian...