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Nathan the WiseGotthold Ephraim Lessing Translated by Edward Kemp
Jerusalem, 1192. An uneasy stalemate exists between the Muslim forces of Saladin and the western Crusaders. Caught in the middle are the Jews. All sides respect Nathan for his wisdom and his wealth. But in a war-zone, no one is secure. $24.99
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The Shoemakers' HolidayThomas Dekker
A rumbustious Elizabethan comedy featuring identity fraud, love triangles and a marriage proposal disguised as a shoe fitting. $14.99
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TerrorismThe Presnyakov Brothers Translated by Sasha Dugdale
A series of seemingly unrelated scenes portray the ordinary frustrations of everyday life: office workers bickering, a couple committing adultery, grannies complaining about their husbands. But the scenes unfold to reveal the mistrust and dysfunction that have become the norm, in Russia and elsewhere. $27.99
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Far AwayCaryl Churchill
At the opening of the play, a young girl is questioning her aunt about having seen her uncle hitting people with an iron bar; by the end, several years later, the whole world is at war - including birds and animals. $24.99
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RosmersholmHenrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish
Ibsen's great play about idealism and liberalism undermined by a deeply conservative society. $14.99
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The Browning VersionTerence Rattigan
Rattigan's well-loved play about an unpopular schoolmaster who snatches a last shred of dignity from the collapse of his career and his marriage. Twice filmed (with Michael Redgrave and Albert Finney) and frequently revived. $25.99
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Aliwa!Dallas Winmar
Traces the true story of three Aboriginal sisters whose mother was determined to keep her children when officials wanted to remove them following the death of their father. $13.99
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Mother Teresa is DeadHelen Edmundson
A gripping play exploring Western guilt towards the Third World, from an author well-known for her award-winning adaptations for Shared Experience and the National Theatre. $29.99
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The Night HeronJez Butterworth
A dark, funny, spellbinding play about a group of outcasts and eccentrics gathered in the Cambridgeshire fens. $23.99
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The Prisoner's DilemmaDavid Edgar
Beginning in early 1989 and spanning some twelve years, the play follows a team of peace negotiators attempting to resolve an ethnic conflict occurring within a fictional former Soviet republic. $24.99
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