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Alone in Berlin
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Alone in Berlin

By Hans Fallada ,

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
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Oresteia
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Oresteia

By Aeschylus , Christopher Collard (translator) ,

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This Is Shakespeare
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This Is Shakespeare

By Emma Smith ,

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I’m Sorry You Feel That Way
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I’m Sorry You Feel That Way

By Rebecca Wait ,

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Fleabag: The Scriptures
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Fleabag

By Phoebe Waller-Bridge ,

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A Raisin in the Sun
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A Raisin in the Sun

By Lorraine Hansberry ,

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The Karpman Drama Triangle Explained: A Guide for Coaches, Managers, Trainers, Therapists – and Everybody Else
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The Karpman Drama Triangle Explained

By Chris West ,

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Oslo
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Oslo

By J.T. Rogers ,

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The Bacchae and Other Plays
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The Bacchae and Other Plays

By Euripides , Philip Vellacott (translator) ,

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Writing & Selling Drama Screenplays
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Writing & Selling Drama Screenplays

By Lucy V. Hay ,

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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works
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William Shakespeare

By William Shakespeare ,

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Lacombe Lucien: The Screenplay
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Lacombe Lucien

By Louis Malle , Patrick Modiano , Sabine Destrée (translator)

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The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories
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The Seven Basic Plots

By Christopher Booker ,

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Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words
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Poemcrazy

By Susan G. Wooldridge ,

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The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
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The Plot Whisperer

By Martha Alderson ,

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The Comedy of Errors
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The Comedy of Errors

By William Shakespeare ,

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Lord Strange's Men and Their Plays
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Lord Strange's Men and Their Plays

By Lawrence Manley , Sally-Beth MacLean ,

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Digital Humanities and the Lost Drama of Early Modern England: Ten Case Studies
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Digital Humanities and the Lost Drama of Early Modern England

By Matthew Steggle ,

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Kingship, Madness, and Masculinity on the Early Modern Stage: Mad World, Mad Kings
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Kingship, Madness, and Masculinity on the Early Modern Stage

By Christina Gutierrez-Dennehy (editor) ,

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The Repertory of Shakespeare's Company, 1594-1613
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The Repertory of Shakespeare's Company, 1594-1613

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Voices Behind The Tears: A Domestic Violence Anthology
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Voices Behind The Tears

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Bringing Out the Dead
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Bringing Out the Dead

By Joe Connelly ,

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An American Traveler: True Tales of Adventure, Travel, and Sport
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An American Traveler

By Randy Wayne White ,

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Man and Superman
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Man and Superman

By George Bernard Shaw , Dan Laurence (editor) ,

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Renaissance Drama by Women: Texts and Documents
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Renaissance Drama by Women

By S.P. Cerasano (editor) , Marion Wynne-Davies (editor) ,

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Play
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

By August Wilson ,

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Inwardness and Theater in the English Renaissance
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Inwardness and Theater in the English Renaissance

By Katharine Eisaman Maus ,

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Arcadia
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Arcadia

By Tom Stoppard ,

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British Television Drama: A History
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British Television Drama

By Lez Cooke ,

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Alone in the World: Orphans And Orphanages In America
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Alone in the World

By Catherine Reef ,

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Medea and Other Plays
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Medea and Other Plays

By Euripides , Philip Vellacott (translator) ,

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The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606
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The Year of Lear

By James Shapiro ,

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A Man for All Seasons
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A Man for All Seasons

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European Television Crime Drama and Beyond
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European Television Crime Drama and Beyond

By Kim Toft Hansen (editor) , Steven Peacock (editor) , Sue Turnbull (editor)

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The TV Crime Drama
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The TV Crime Drama

By Sue Turnbull ,

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The Complete Poems and Plays: 1909-1950
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The Complete Poems and Plays

By T. S. Eliot ,

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The Art Of Dramatic Writing
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The Art Of Dramatic Writing

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