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PenelopeEnda Walsh
A savage, tragicomic take on the classic Greek myth of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, whose story is recounted in Homer's Odyssey. It's 11.30 a.m. and already it's thirty-three degrees Celsius. At the bottom of a drained swimming pool, four ridiculous men face their inevitable deaths, and play for an unwinnable love. $19.99
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The Wild DuckHenrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine
Should the truth be pursued, whatever the cost? The idealistic son of a wealthy businessman seeks to expose his father's duplicity and to free his childhood friend from the lies on which his happy home life is based. $14.99
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The MisanthropeMolière Translated by Stephen Mulrine
Molière's most-admired comedy of manners, about a man whose quickness to criticise the flaws in others, and in himself, leads him into deep trouble. $14.99
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The MiserMolière Translated by Martin Sorrell
Molière's story of a covetous old miser, obsessively protecting his hoard of gold and neglecting his long-suffering children. $14.99
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The Country WifeWilliam Wycherley
The City of London in the seventeenth century. Harry Horner wants to seduce as many women as possible, but he needs to convince their husbands that he’s physically incapable of any such thing. Cannily, his faux impotence also allows him to sniff out and unmask those respectably virtuous ladies who secretly ache for him. $14.99
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The SeagullAnton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine
Arkadina, a famous actress, and her lover, a famous novelist, are spending the summer on her country estate, but their glamorous presence proves fatally disruptive to the lives of all those present, especially her son, Konstantin and Nina, the girl he loves. $14.99
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