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1) Red
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English
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The artist Mark Rothko has just hired Ken, an aspiring artist, to be his assistant – and errand boy. Ken discovers that Rothko's temper can run hot; but as he gets to know his boss better, he finds that Rothko has opened him up to more than just painting.
A 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Play.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Alfred Molina as Mark Rothko; Jonathan Groff as Ken; Directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Recorded by L.A....
2) 1984
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English
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A chilling portrait of a totalitarian society under the ever-watchful gaze of Big Brother, where love, privacy, and individuality are banned. The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's nightmare vision from 1949 of the world we are becoming is timelier that ever. 1984 is the great modern classic of a 'negative utopia' - a startlingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing
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Oberon Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"It's the end of everything in contemporary America. A future without power. But what will survive? Mr. Burns asks how the stories we tell make us the people we are, explores the boundaries between pop and high culture and, when society has crumbled, imagines the future for Americas most famous family"--Page 4 of cover.
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Oberon Books
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2018.
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English
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"Betty is rich; Betty is lonely; Betty's busy working on her truck; Betty wants to talk about love, but Betty needs to hit something. Meanwhile, Betty decides to stage a production of that play-within-a-play from...what's it called again? Summer's Midnight Dream? In Collective Rage, the lives of five very different New York women named Betty collide at the intersection of anger, sex and 'theat-ah.' As they meet, fall in love, rehearse, revel and rage,...
6) Complicit
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Oberon
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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About the intricate relationship between journalism and politics against a background of the War on Terror.
7) Electra
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Oberon Books
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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"When young Electra's father is murdered by her mother, her world changes irrevocably. Ten years on, bound by grief and unwilling to forgive, Electra surrenders to an all-consuming desire for revenge that propels her toward a bloody and terrifying conclusion"--Page 4 of cover.
10) Peter Pan
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Oberon Books
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"When Peter Pan, leader of the Lost Boys, loses his shadow during a visit to London, headstrong Wendy helps him re-attach it. In return she is invited to Neverland -- where Tinker Bell the fairy, Tiger Lily and the vengeful Captain Hook await."--Page 4 of cover.
12) Girls & boys
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Oberon Books
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2018.
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English
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An unexpected meeting at an airport leads to an intense, passionate, head-over-heels relationship. Before long they begin to settle down, buy a house, juggle careers, have kids -- theirs is an ordinary family. But then their world starts to unravel and things take a disturbing turn.
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Oberon Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is a partly spoken, partly sung performance piece by poet, essayist, and scholar Anne Carson, and an exploration of the lives and myths of Marilyn Monroe and Helen of Troy-iconic beauties who lived millennia apart. 0A thrilling and thoughtful meditation on the destabilising and destructive power of beauty, this had its world premiere at The Shed in New York City, starring Ben Whishaw and Renee Fleming.
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Dramatists Play Service
Pub. Date
©2006
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English
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Amy's found another body in a hotel bedroom. There's a funny smell coming from one of Jim's storage units. And Kate's losing it after spending all day with the police. There's no going back after what they've seen. Laura Wade's previous plays include Colder Than Here, which is also published by Oberon Books, and an adaptation of Young Emma.
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