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The glass menagerie
Par Tennessee Williams. 1972
Drama written in 1945 about a southern family with pretensions to gentility. Centers around the crippled daughter, Laura, who lives…
in a dream world so full of illusions that she becomes like the pieces in her own glass collection--too fragile to move from the shelfWhen my ghost sings: A memoir of stroke, recovery, and transformation
Par Tara Fraser. 2023
A lucid exploration of amnesia, selfhood, and who is left behind when the past is obliterated. Tara Sidhoo Fraser is…
thirty-one years old when a rare mutation in her brain causes a stroke. Awakening after surgery with no memory of her previous life, she attempts to piece it all back together through a haze of amnesia. Yet, as memories do begin to surface, they are seen through someone else's eyes-the person whose body she stole, whom she calls Ghost. Fighting to stabilize her existence, Tara struggles with the gulf between who she was and who she is now, while constantly battling and paying penance to Ghost. She meets Jude, who is also contending with their identity, the gap between who they are and who they present to the world. As Jude's transition progresses and they begin testosterone injections, Tara's conflict with Ghost heightens. Ghost's voice becomes stronger, and memories of hospital visits, old desires, and her ex threaten Tara's new relationship. She burrows deeper into the mystery of who she once was, recognizing the need to fuse herself and Ghost into one. When My Ghost Sings is a lyrical memoir of healing, a farewell letter, and an embracing/reclamation of selfhoodAs you like it
Par William Shakespeare. 1997
A pastoral comedy in five acts, set in the court usurped by Duke Frederick and in the forest of Arden,…
where the rightful duke and his followers live. Based on the First Folio text printed in 1623. Contains explanatory notes and an essay on modern perspectiveSummer and smoke: a play in two parts
Par Tennessee Williams. 1978
The history of Henry IV, part 1
Par William Shakespeare. 1994
First published in 1598. Depicts the early years of the reign of England's Henry IV. The Earl of Northumberland's son,…
Hotspur, becomes Henry's opponent. Eventually Henry's son, Prince Hal, leaves the merrymaker Falstaff to join the battle at Shrewsbury against Hotspur. Annotated version with historical background and essay on literary perspectiveSweet bird of youth
Par Tennessee Williams. 1959
The ride down Mt. Morgan
Par Arthur Miller. 1992
A two-act play wherein a middle-aged man confronts the decisions he has made and their effect on others. Hospitalized after…
a car accident, Lyman Felt admits being a bigamist and realizes the hurt and humiliation he has caused both of the women and his children. Some strong languageThe tragedy of Richard III
Par William Shakespeare. 1996
New edition of this historical drama first published in 1594. Richard, duke of Gloucester, is a deceitful, deformed villain who…
treacherously plots to gain the throne. Includes explanatory notes and an interpretive essayOn my own: the journey continues
Par Sally Alexander. 1997
After going blind at twenty-four as told in Taking Hold: My Journey into Blindness (RC 40247 and BR 10223), Alexander…
describes also losing part of her hearing. Determined to be independent and self-sufficient, she recounts her fears and difficulties adjusting to a new apartment, finding a job, and meeting the right man. For grades 6-9 and older readersThe three sisters
Par Anton Chekhov. 1993
Olga is an old-maid school teacher, Masha is unhappily married, and Irina works in a telegraph office. The sisters are…
overcome with boredom following the death of their father, commander of a Russian brigade. When their brother marries a country girl who tries to control everyone, the three find a new purpose in lifePirandello: biographie de l'enfant échangé
Par Andrea Camilleri. 2002
Biographie en forme de récit passionné, vu que l'auteur-écrivain est à la fois concitoyen et confrère de Pirandello. Le sous-titre…
insiste sur un caractère important de la vie du nouvelliste et dramaturge sicilien [SDMA midsummer night's dream
Par William Shakespeare. 1993
A five-act comedy revolving around the upcoming wedding of the Duke of Athens. The action takes place in the woods…
where lovers converge, the king and queen of fairies quarrel, Puck causes mischief, and workmen rehearse a play for the wedding. Based on the text of the 1600 quarto edition. Contains explanatory notes and an essay on modern perspectiveFive plays by the English dramatist written between 1775 and 1779. These polished, satirical comedies of manners have a history…
of successful stage performances. This edition from the Oxford World's Classics series contains a twentieth-century introduction and explanatory notes for each playThe rose tattoo: play in three acts
Par Tennessee Williams. 1950
The history of Henry IV, part 2
Par William Shakespeare. 1961
First published in 1600. An annotated version of Shakespeare's play involving Prince Hal, Falstaff, and the troubled monarch, Henry IV.…
Provides historical perspective and plot summaries. Defines obscure terms and uses modern spellingNight of the iguana
Par Tennessee Williams. 1961
The setting of this play is a run-down tourist hotel on the coast of Mexico, where chance brings together an…
assortment of people to work out their destinies in one stormy night. Their bondage, of various kinds, is symbolized by a captured iguanaLe paradis à la fin de vos jours: pièce en un acte (Théâtre)
Par Michel Tremblay. 2008
"Une fois arrivée au Paradis, Nana ne perd rien de sa verve ni de sa mauvaise foi, de son sens…
du théâtre ni de ses réparties assassines! Sans doute à droite d'un Dieu - qu'elle appelle le Noyau Central faute de mieux! - dont elle n'a jamais vu le bout du nez, elle a la surprise de se retrouver entre sa belle-mère, toujours aussi critiqueuse, et sa propre mère, Maria Desrosiers... "Qui c'est qui a envie de passer le reste de son éternité entre sa mère pis sa belle-mère?" La Grosse Femme côtoie maintenant une famille "reconstituée", dans un au-delà surréaliste et poétique où Michel Tremblay conjugue avec un plaisir coupable humour et gravité, dérision et auto-dérision". -- 4e de couvA streetcar named Desire: a play
Par Tennessee Williams. 1947
In this play, a recently widowed, faded southern belle visits her bohemian sister and lusty brother-in-law in the French Quarter…
of New Orleans. Seeking the lost gentility of her early life, she instead faces a mental breakdown because of the insensitivity of those around herThe three Theban plays (Penguin classics)
Par Sophocles. 1984
Plays from the fifth century B.C. In Oedipus the King, a young man is warned by an oracle that he…
will kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus at Colonus describes how the people of Thebes seek the return of the aged exile. In Antigone, the new king of Thebes refuses to permit his nephew's burial. Antigone defies his edict and suffers the consequencesShe stoops to conquer (New mermaids)
Par Oliver Goldsmith. 1979
This eighteenth-century English play--which satirizes the genre known as "sentimental comedy" -- involves a series of deceptions and misunderstandings pertaining…
to identity and social class as two parents struggle to arrange marriages for both of their children