Plays, playscripts
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Plays, playscripts
Paperback. Offers insight into one of the turbulent periods in Ancient Greek history. This book is written during the Peloponnesian War, Dionysus descends to Underworld to bring back a poet who can help Athens in its darkest hour, and stages a debate to help him decide between the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus and the modernity of Euripides. Translator(s): Barrett, David. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001598
- ISBN
- 9780140449693
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
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paperback. Brings together the works of Classical comedy, with two early Greek plays: Aristophanes' "Birds", and Menander's "The Girl from Samos"; and two Roman comic plays: Plautus' "The Brothers Menaechmus" and Terence's double love-plot, "The Eunuch". Together, these four plays demonstrate the development of Classical comedy. Editor(s): Segal, Erich. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449822
- ISBN
- 9780140449822
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.00
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Paperback. This is the first complete verse translation of Aristophanes' comedies to appear for more than twenty-five years and makes freshly available one of the most remarkable comic playwrights in the entire Western tradition, complete with an illuminating introduction including play by play analysis and detailed notes. Contains: Birds; Lysistrata; Assembly-Women; Wealth. Editor(s): Halliwell, Stephen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555673
- ISBN
- 9780199555673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.25
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€ 12.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Focus Information Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941051248
- ISBN
- 9780941051248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.32
€ 15.99
€ 13.32
Paperback. Translator(s): Ruden, Sarah. Series: Hackett Classics. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206038
- ISBN
- 9780872206038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.32
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Hardcover. The eleven plays by Aristophanes that have come down to us describe the period spanned by his forty-year career, beginning with the first production in 427 BC. This book provides a picture of the poet's vitality and information and insights about his world. Editor(s): Henderson, Jeffrey. Translator(s): Henderson, Jeffrey. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 118 x 29. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Loeb Classical Library
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996151
- ISBN
- 9780674996151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.18
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€ 30.18
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 606
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995376
- ISBN
- 9780674995376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.22
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€ 30.22
Hardcover. Aristophanes (c. 450 c. 386 BCE) has been admired since antiquity for his wit, fantasy, language, and satire. The protagonists of "Birds" create a utopian counter-Athens. In "Lysistrata" wives go on conjugal strike until their husbands end war. Women in "Women at the Thesmophoria" punish Euripides for portraying them as wicked. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 119 x 33. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995871
- ISBN
- 9780674995871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.99
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Paperback. This line-for-line translation of Aritophanes' famous comedy features an introduction that explores Old Comedy and the place of "Clouds" and Aristophanic comedy within it. The text is accompanied by extensive footnotes. Translator(s): Meineck, Peter. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; AN; DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872205161
- ISBN
- 9780872205161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.32
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Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585103089
- ISBN
- 9781585103089
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.32
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Paperback. Two cunning Athenians persuade the birds to build the utopian city of 'Much Cuckoo in the Clouds' in the sky, blockading the Olympian gods and installing themselves as new deities. The Knights is a venomous satire on Cleon, a prominent Athenian demagogue, who vies with a humble sausage-seller for the approval of the people. Translator(s): Sommerstein, Alan H.; Barrett, David. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449518
- ISBN
- 9780140449518
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
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Paperback. Collecting three comedies that show Aristophanes tackling the consequences of war and social upheaval in Athens with his characteristic wit, this title is translated from the Greek with an introduction and notes. Translator(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, bibliography, chronology. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Addison Wesley
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140448146
- ISBN
- 9780140448146
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
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Paperback. An epic tale about one 13-year-old boy, spanning multiple streets, families and years. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JM; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848426252
- ISBN
- 9781848426252
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.20
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Paperback. The tale of a man and a woman who have entered purgatory - a soul-less white room. Each is interrogated in turn by the other. Each has to reach a state of forgiveness and contrition before they can leave purgatory and move on. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 5. Weight in Grams: 74.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854596697
- ISBN
- 9781854596697
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.09
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Paperback. Contains WIDOWS, a parable of courage and resilience in the face of totalitarian oppression, and LAST WALTZ IN SANTIAGO, a collection of poems written on the themes of exile and 'the disappeared'. From the author of DEATH AND THE MAIDEN. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854593764
- ISBN
- 9781854593764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.93
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€ 13.93
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scottish Text Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897976357
- ISBN
- 9781897976357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 43.77
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Paperback. Series: Acting Edition S. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 5. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780573130076
- ISBN
- 9780573130076
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Condition: New
€ 17.50
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Paperback. Desperate to get away from her family and from a culture where everybody knows everything about everybody, Edie moves out but can she ever manage to move on? Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 85. Paperback in good to very condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KRF0020456
- ISBN
- 9780571203550
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Offers an insight into manners and roles. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Underlining
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803253506
- ISBN
- 9780803253506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.04
€ 16.04
Paperback. Announcing a new series of Drama Classic Collections. Editor(s): Griffiths, Trevor. Series: Drama Classic: Collections S. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854598486
- ISBN
- 9781854598486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
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€ 10.59
Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540204
- ISBN
- 9780199540204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
€ 11.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. Aphra Behn was the first female professional writer in England, and The Rover, her most popular play, is set in Naples during the misrule of carnival time. The Rover explores issues of love, trickery and deception, forced marriage, male power, fidelity, and the excesses of sexual passion. Editor(s): Bolam, Robyn. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408152119
- ISBN
- 9781408152119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.13
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Paperback. Editor(s): Roden, Frederick S., AOJN. Series: Palgrave Advances. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403921482
- ISBN
- 9781403921482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.27
€ 122.27
Paperback. Telling the story of how Demetrios Tsafendas came to assassinate Hendrik Verwoerd, President of South Africa and the chief architect of Apartheid, this play mixes drama, politics and expressionism. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854597540
- ISBN
- 9781854597540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.20
€ 13.99
€ 13.20