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The Living Corpse, also known in English as Redemption and as Reparation) is a play by Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910). Although written around 1900, it was only published shortly after his death; Tolstoy had never considered the work finished. An immediate hit, it still holds a prominent place in the repertoire...

Within the next hour, our operatives will isolate, engage and capture or kill the notorious leader of the most extreme, dangerous and contagious ideology to emerge in the modern era, whose terror activities represent the gravest threat to our interests across the region and the wider world. I refer,...

Food for the Soul is a work of theology that sheds light on the history of Catholicism while discussing important issues facing the Church and our society today. Through a series of biographical plays, author Alex LaPerchia tells the stories of a variety of influential Catholic figures: the twentieth...

The Private Secretary is an explosive and action-packed drama. It excels in exposing endemic evils of our modern society in all its profundity. To some extent, it shows that the misbehaviour of an individual can cause a chain-reaction in the milieu that he dwells. Mr. Maseko is the epitome...

Is morality just what the majority say? Is that all it is? If I don't vote, I'm not part of that discussion. Rob Drummond returns to the National with a new show about democracy. The Majority charts Rob's journey as he navigates the Scottish Independence Referendum, Brexit, Trump... and whatever...

Retour sur l'écriture d'une pièce de théâtre au sujet explosif. 2015, à Jérusalem. Alors que la situation est plus tendue que jamais dans cette ville divisée entre Israéliens et Palestiniens sous le regard impuissant des Nations Unies, un étrange projet naît dans la tête de héros...

Two young individuals carry on a conversation behind the apartment door without setting eyes on one another and fall in love. By chance, they are fixed up on a blind date without either knowing who the other person is. Now, setting eyes on one another, they have to redefine their relationship.

In the 1950's and 1960's, the Royal Theater (then located on Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland) was the place where new African-American artists made their mark in Maryland! Often considered comparableto New York's Apollo Theater, the Royal Theater featured new stars who would go on to become...

I have written over 23 plays and I've sat through a lot of plays where I was thinking "just shoot me and put me out of myy misery." Take my advice and incorporate what I am telling you and you will write a better play

It's a tax write-off. This is where they send the new, the under-qualified, the old. And most of all the British. Mars is full of blonde Americans. It's like they're building the master race out there. Billions of miles from home, the lone research base on Pluto has lost contact with Earth....

A housing crisis, a hung Dáil and an unlikely alliance. Haughey|Gregory follows the deal made between Tony Gregory and Charles Haughey in 1982, when Gregory took a surprise Dáil seat - and suddenly found himself holding the balance of power. Dublin's Inner City is devastated by unemployment...

This is a fantastic collection of Victor Hugo's seminal dramas, including "Mary Tudor", "Marion De Lorme", and "Esmeralda". Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885) was a French novelist, dramatist, and poet belonging to the Romantic movement. He is widely hailed as one of the most accomplished and well-known...

This is the published version of Christopher Cook's celebrated play based on Washington Irving's haunting tale! Available for the first time, this handsomely bound edition of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow presents all the splendor and mystery of Washington Irving's lyrical prose in dramatic form. Beautifully...

Do you want to write your first non-fiction book? Do you need a simple guide you can use to write your first book? I have presented, in this short ebook guide, how you can write your first ebook with simple and practical illustrations that will simplify the process for you. If...