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The GreatTony McNamara
The Great is Tony McNamara's distinctive comic take on the rise and reign of Catherine the Great of Russia. The action spans the course of Catherine's adult life as she learns the ways of the world and takes on the challenge of political power with all of its attendant responsibilities, excesses and sorrows. $25.99
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Songket and This Territory: Two playsNoëlle Janaczewska
Songket: What happens when one person's culture is another's crime? This Territory was developed in the wake of the 2005 Cronulla riots through a six-month research and consultation process with young people across Sydney. $31.99
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Toy SymphonyMichael Gow
Roland Henning has writer's block. When he tries to explain the situation to a therapist, his story begins to tumble back and forth between his childhood in the Shire and his work as a playwright. At the root of it all is that extraordinary day in primary school which shattered his boyhood and plunged him headlong into the dizzy circus of life and art. $25.99
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KindertransportDiane Samuels
Between 1939 until the outbreak of World War II, nearly 10,000 Jewish children were taken from their families in Nazi-occupied Germany and sent to live with foster families in Britain. Diane Samuels’ seminal play, Kindertransport, imagines the fate of one such child. $24.99
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Blood WeddingFederico García Lorca Translated by Jo Clifford
García Lorca's passionate, lyrical tale of longing and revenge: a twentieth century masterpiece. $15.99
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Educating AgnesLiz Lochhead
A dark and wickedly funny farce about one man's twisted attempts to find a woman he can control completely. Adapted from Molière's classic comedy The School for Wives by Liz Lochhead. $19.99
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Beautiful WordsSean Riley
An epic chronicle of the refugee experience, Beautiful Words weaves together three very different stories of survival, told through the eyes of three children in different times and place. From the horrors of Auschwitz Concentration Camp in the final days of World War II, to Taliban-ruled Kabul, to present day Australia. $25.99
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The Merry Wives of WindsorWilliam Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi
This edition accurately reproduces the text of the Shakespeare First Folio (1623), but in modern type. At a stroke the dust of ages is blown away and what Shakespeare actually intended is revealed to modern readers. $27.99
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TinderboxLucy Kirkwood
Fast, wild and farcically funny, Lucy Kirkwood's first full-length play is a disturbing vision of a dystopian future. Sometime in the 21st century, England is dissolving into the sea. Amidst the chaos, one man clings to his traditional British values and his love of meat. $23.99
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BlissOlivier Choinière Translated by Caryl Churchill
On their break, a cashier and her fellow workers flick through celebrity gossip magazines. 'See You Later, Celine,' says a headline. What's wrong with Celine? And how is her story connected to the story of an unknown woman on the facing page? $19.99
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