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Collected letters : 1874-1897 / by Shaw, Bernard,1856-1950.; Laurence, Dan H.ed.;

Subjects: Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.; Dramatists, Irish; Dramatists, Irish; Critics;

© c1965, Dodd, Mead & Company,

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By any other name : a novel / by Picoult, Jodi,1966-author.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjHbBqw6p3xfgQQqgCG73;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-525)."A captivating novel about two women, centuries apart, fighting to be heard -- one of whom may be the real author of Shakespeare's plays -- from the New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here. As an undergraduate, Melina Green had a rare opportunity to have one of her first plays judged by famous theater critic Jasper Tolle, only to be publicly humiliated by a harsh and biased critique. Ten years later, her confidence as a playwright has never recovered, although she has just completed a work that she thinks is her best yet. It is based on the life of her ancestor Emilia Bassano, the first published female poet in England -- and rumored to be the "Dark Lady" of Shakespeare's sonnets -- but whom some scholars suspect may be the real author of a number of his plays. Melina wonders if she dares risk failure again, and then her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits it to a festival under a male pseudonym. In 1581, the young orphan Emilia Bassano is being raised in the ways of English aristocracy by the Baron Willoughby and his sister. Her lessons on languages, reading, and writing have endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling. But like most women of her day, she has no control over her fate, and is ripped from her old life and forced to become a courtesan to Lord Hunsdon, a man knighted by Queen Elizabeth as the Lord Chamberlain in charge of all theater in London. Though she has no other freedoms, and inspired by the work of the most brilliant playwrights of the time, she pseudonymously sets her own pen to paper to tell a story. Told in dual intertwining timelines, this sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire centers two women who are determined to create something beautiful despite the prejudices they face. As Emilia alters the course of her life and therefore the course of the world, she blazes a trail. Centuries later, will Melina face the same terrible fate -- to have her work celebrated, but only at the price of letting another take credit?"--

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Lanyer, Aemilia; Women dramatists; Women; Playwriting; Theaters;

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Code 6 : a novel / by Grippando, James,1958-author.;

"Aspiring playwright, Kate Gamble, is struggling to launch a script she's been secretly researching her entire life, mostly at the family dinner table. Her father is Christian Gamble, CEO of Buck Technologies, a private data integration company whose clients include the CIA and virtually every counter-terrorism organization in the Western World. Kate's father adores her, and a play about the dark side of Big Data would be the ultimate betrayal in his eyes. But Kate is compelled to tell this story--not only as an artist exploring the personal information catastrophe that affects us all, but as a daughter trying to understand her mother's apparent loss of purpose, made even more disturbing by the suicide note she left behind: I did it for Kate. Then Patrick Battle comes back into her life, changing everything she has ever thought about her play, her father, and her mother's tragic death. Patrick is a childhood friend, but he is now Buck's golden boy with security clearance to the company's most sensitive projects. When Buck comes under investigation by the Justice Department and Patrick suddenly goes missing, Kate doesn't know who to trust. A phone call confirms her worst nightmare: Patrick has been kidnapped, and the ransom demand is "Code 6"--the most secret and potentially dangerous technology her father's company has ever developed. Kate's fight to bring Patrick home safely reveals a conspiracy and cover up that may implicate one of the most powerful executives in the tech industry, while the development of Kate's play unleashes family secrets and the demons behind her mother's cryptic final note. The two paths converge in explosive fashion, leading to a shocking and terrifying discovery that puts Kate and Patrick in the crosshairs of forces who will stop at nothing to control Code 6"--

Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Data privacy; Technology; Dramatists; Big data; Data integration (Computer science); Mothers; Fathers and daughters; Kidnapping; Women dramatists; Children of suicide victims; Ransom; Conspiracies; Man-woman relationships;

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Will in the world : how Shakespeare became Shakespeare / by Greenblatt, Stephen,1943-;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-407) and index.Primal scenes -- The dream of restoration -- The great fear -- Wooing, wedding, and repenting -- Crossing the bridge -- Life in the suburbs -- Shakescene -- Master-mistress -- Laughter at the scaffold -- Speaking with the dead -- Bewitching the king -- The triumph of the everyday.A young man from the provinces a man without wealth, connections, or university education--moves to London. In a remarkably short time he becomes the greatest playwright not just of his age but of all time. His works appeal to urban sophisticates and first-time theatergoers; he turns politics into poetry; he recklessly mingles vulgar clowning and philosophical subtlety. How is such an achievement to be explained? How did Shakespeare become Shakespeare? [In this volume, the author] enables us to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented boy, surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life - full of drama and pageantry, and also cruelty and danger - could have become the world's greatest playwright ... In every case, [the author] brings a flash of illumination to the work, enabling us to experience these great plays again as if for the first time, and with greater understanding and appreciation of their extraordinary depth and humanity.-Dust jacket.

Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Dramatists, English; Theater;

© 2005., W.W. Norton,

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Somewhere in time [videorecording] / by Reeve, Christopher,1952-2004.act; Seymour, Jane,1951-act; Plummer, Christopher.act; Wright, Teresa,1918-2005.act; Simon, Stephen,1946-pro; Szwarc, Jeannot,1939-drt; Matheson, Richard,1926-aus; Barry, John,1933-cmp; Matheson, Richard,1926-Bid time return.; Universal Pictures (Firm); Rastar Productions, Inc.;

DVD, Dolby digital 5.1, 2.0 mono., widescreen.Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright.Music, John Barry ; director of photography, Isidore Mankofsky ; editor, Jeff Gourson.MPAA rating: PG.A young writer sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness in the past, where true love awaits him.

Subjects: Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Time travel; Dramatists; Actresses; Viajes a través del tiempo; Dramaturgos; Actrices; Time travel;

© c2000., Universal Home Video,

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Richard Rodgers / by Block, Geoffrey Holden,1948-;

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.From apprentice to musical dramatist -- A tale of two Connecticut Yankees -- Hits, long runs, and a musical comedy of errors -- World War II, the musical : South Pacific -- Broadway comes to television : the three Cinderellas -- After Hammerstein."In this absorbing book, Geoffrey Block examines Rodgers’s entire career, providing rich details about the creation, staging, and critical reception of some of his most popular musicals." - Amazon.com

Subjects: Biographies.; Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979;

© ©2003., Yale University Press,

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The complete plays : Anton Chekhov / by Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich,1860-1904.; Senelick, Laurence.;

Preface -- Anton Chekhov's brief life -- Chronology of Chekhov's life -- A note on the translation -- Guide to transliteration and pronunciation -- Introduction -- Early experiments -- Untitled play (without patrimony [disinherited] or Platonov) -- Variants -- Along the highway -- Collaboration -- The power of hypnotism / Anton Chekhov and Ivan Shcheglov -- Humorous dialogues and parodies -- The fool, or, The retired captain -- A young man -- Unclean tragedians and leprous playwrights -- An ideal examination -- "Chaos-vile in Rome" -- A mouth as big as all outdoors -- Honorable townsfolk -- At the sickbed -- The case of the year 1884 -- A drama -- Before the eclipse -- The sudden death of a steed, or The magnanimity of the Russian people! -- Plays -- Swan song (calchas) -- Variants -- The evils of tobacco, first version -- Ivanov, first version -- Variants -- The bear -- Variants -- The proposal -- Variants -- Ivanov, final version -- Variants -- Tatyana Repina -- An involuntary tragedian (from the Life of vacationers) -- Variant -- The wedding -- Variants -- The wood goblin -- Variants -- The celebration -- Variants -- The eve of the trial -- Variants -- The seagull -- Variants -- Uncle Vanya -- Variant -- Three sisters -- Variants -- The evils of tobacco, final version -- The cherry orchard -- Variants -- Appendix. Lost and unwritten plays.Includes bibliographical references.This stunning new translation presents the only truly complete edition of the plays of one of the greatest dramatists in history. Anton Chekhov is a unique force in modern drama, his works interpreted and adapted internationally and beloved for their brilliant wit and understanding of the human condition. This volume contains work never previously translated, including the newly discovered farce The Power of Hypnotism, the first version of Ivanov, Chekhov's early humorous dialogues, and a description of lost plays and those Chekhov intended to write but never did. -- Publisher.

Subjects: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904;

© 2007., W. W. Norton,

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