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Fantastic beasts and where to find them: the original screenplay
Par J. K Rowling. 2016
When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when…
his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone. Inspired by the original Hogwart's textbook by Newt Scamander, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original screenplay marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, author of the beloved and internationally bestselling Harry Potter books. Grades 4-7. 2016.Dry lips oughta move to Kapuskasing: a play
Par Tomson Highway. 1989
Sequel to "The rez sisters" (EB64360), this play tells another story of the mythical Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve. Focuses on…
seven "Wasy" men and the game of hockey. Some strong language. 1989.The rez sisters: a play in two acts
Par Tomson Highway. 1988
Seven women attempt to beat the odds by winning the biggest bingo in the world and escaping their tortured lives.…
Winner of the 1986 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play and nominated for the Governor General's Award. 1988.Adventures of a black girl in search of God
Par Djanet Sears. 2003
Set in present-day Negro Creek, a 200-year-old Black community, Rainey Baldwin-Johnson, a country doctor, struggles to come to terms with…
the loss of her daughter, the disintergration of her marriage and an eccentric elderly father on an astonishing crusade. 2003.Cat on a hot tin roof
Par Tennessee Williams. 1986
Maggie the Cat fights for the lives of her damaged and drinking husband Brick, herself, and their unborn children in…
the revised version of the dramatization of Big Daddy's birthday and deathday party and family gathering. Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for drama.Les belles-soeurs (Collection Théâtre canadien ; #26)
Par Michel Tremblay, Alain Pontaut. 1972
Germaine Lauzon, ménagère de Montréal, a gagné un million de timbres-primes. Une bonne occasion pour inviter parentes et amies à…
une soirée de "collage de timbres". Mais les 15 femmes entassées dans la cuisine n'en restent pas longtemps aux civilités : jalousies, vengeances et haines personnelles éclatent, venant gâcher la fête. [1972]Home truths: a play
Par David Lodge. 1999
Adrian Ludlow, a novelist with a distinguished reputation, is now seeking obscurity in a cottage beneath the Gatwick flight path.…
His university friend Sam Sharp, a successful screenwriter, drops in on the way to Los Angeles, fuming over a dreadful profile of him in a Sunday newspaper. Together they decide to take revenge on the interviewer, though Adrian is risking what he values most - his privacy. 1999.The hollow: a play : from The mousetrap and selected plays
Par Agatha Christie. 1993
Without feathers
Par Woody Allen. 1975
Wilhelm Tell (German literary classics in translation)
Par Friedrich Schiller, William Faulkner Mainland. 1972
This classic in German literature, first published in 1805, became popular after Rossini used it as a libretto for an…
opera. The legend is based on the Swiss liberation movement. The hero is a quiet man, who is respected for his ability with a bow and arrow by the more militant elements of the politically active rebels. 1972. Uniform title: Wilhelm Tell.Waiting for Godot: a tragicomedy in two acts
Par Samuel Beckett. 1965
In this version of the play, the character's names are read out each time they speak. The play is a…
comment on the absurdity of man's hope and importance. Two old tramps sit by the side of the road, waiting for their friend Godot, only to be repeatedly told that Godot will not come today, he will come tomorrow, and so they engage in endless conversation as they wait patiently. 1965. Uniform title: En attendant Godot.Two plays for voices
Par Neil Gaiman. 2002
Produced by the Sci-Fi Channel and Seeing Ear Theatre, these two plays are adapted for voice by Neil Gaiman from…
two of his short stories. 2002. Snow glass apples -- Murder mysteries.Twelfth night (SmartPass)
Par William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, Phil Viner, Jools Viner. 2006
The lovely Viola disguises herself as a young man and quickly falls in love with the Duke she serves. The…
Duke in turn sends the disguised Viola to woo his lady - the fiesty and impetuous Olivia. Olivia becomes smitten with the young man Viola impersonates, and all careens to a happy resolution by the play's end. For senior high readers. 2006.Twilight: losing sight, gaining insight
Par Henry A Grunwald. 1999
The author chronicles his experience of macular degeneration, and the daily struggle to overcome its physical and psychological implications, and…
the discovery of what medicine can and cannot do. This is a story not merely about seeing but about living; not merely about losing sight but about gaining insight. 1999.Three plays: The white devil, The Duchess of Malfi [and] The devil's law-case (English Library)
Par John Webster, D. C Gunby. 1972
In his introduction to the first of these early-seventeenth-century dramas, The White Devil, Webster predicted his tragedy would endure through…
the ages. In the late twentieth century, it is still performed, together with The Duchess of Malfi. The Devil's Law-Case, a tragicomedy, may be based on Webster's flirtation with law before he took up literature. 1972.Three by Tennessee: Sweet Bird Of Youth; The Rose Tattoo; The Night Of The Iguana
Par Tennessee Williams. 1976
Three classic plays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist. In "Sweet Bird of Youth" a gigolo returns to his southern hometown.…
"The Night of the Iguana" is set in a run-down Mexican tourist hotel. In "The Rose Tattoo" a Sicilian widow finds love. Some violence and some strong language. 1976. Uniform title: Plays.This is war
Par Hannah Moscovitch. 2013
In this play, Master Corporal Tanya Young, Captain Stephen Hughes, Private Jonny Henderson, and Sergeant Chris Anders have lived through…
an atrocity while holding one of the most volatile regions in Afghanistan. As each of them is interviewed by an unseen broadcasting organization, they recount their version of events leading up to the horrific incident with painful, relenting replies. What begins to form is a picture of the effects of guilt and the psychological toll of violence in a war where the enemy is sometimes indiscernible. c2013.The winter's tale
Par William Shakespeare. 1996
King Leontes of Sicilia becomes unjustifiably jealous of his wife, Hermione. The disgraced queen is banished for her attention towards…
Leontes' honourable friend, King Polixenes of Bohemia. Leontes' lack of trust creates disaster in both households, and costs him sixteen years of mourning before things are resolved happily for all. 1996. Written circa 1611.The vagina monologues
Par Eve Ensler. 2001
These monologues are a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. Hailed as the bible for a…
new generation of women, it has been performed in cities and colleges throughout the world, and has inspired a grassroots movement, V-Day, to stop violence against women. Descriptions of sex. 2001.The trials of Ezra Pound
Par Timothy Findley. 1995
In 1945, American poet Ezra Pound was accused of treason because of broadcasts made on Italian Radio during World War…
II. Findley's play is about the hearings to establish Pound's mental fitness to stand trial, and is based on transcripts of those hearings. Some strong language. 1995.