drama

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"Master Harold"-- and the boys

2009
"Master Harold," or Hally, learns that his alcoholic father is to be released from the hospital and struggles with his emotions during a confrontation with the two black men who help in the family's restaurant in 1950s South Africa.

Romeo und Julia

2005
Romeo and Juliet, two teens from opposite sides of feuding families in medieval Verona, spark a tragic chain of events when they fall in love and secretly marry.

The women

play in two acts
1995
Presents the script of the 1937 play about a group of women trying to play their respective roles in an artificial society.

Major Barbara

2002
A play about poverty and society, dramatized in the struggle between a wealthy man and his daughter, Barbara, who works with the Salvation Army.

Faust

the second part of the tragedy
2009
Presents the continued journey of Faust as he follows Mephistopheles through the mythology of ancient Greece, becoming enamored of and marrying Helen of Troy while constantly searching to fulfill his appetite for new experiences.

Faust

2005
After making a bargain with the devil, Faust is promiseda single moment of utter contentment in exchange for his soul, and after he regains his youth Faust travels in search of all forms of earthly pleasures.

Twelfth night

2003
Presents the complete text of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," with a line-by-line translation of the play in simple language, a list of characters, and a commentary.

The tempest

2003
Presents the complete text of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest," with a line-by-line translation of the play in simple language, a list of characters, and a commentary.

The taming of the shrew

2004
Presents the complete text to William Shakespeare's play "The Taming of the Shrew" with an easy-to-understand translation on facing pages, helping students better understand the work and its meaning.

Our man in Havana

2009
Contains the dramatic text for an adaptation of Graham Green's play, "Our Man in Havana," which depicts the exploits of Jim Wormold, who tries to support his teenage daughter as a vacuum salesman in 1950s Cuba, but his troubles increase after he accepts an offer from the British Secret Service to be their "man in Havana.".

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