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Philadelphia, here I come! Philadelphia, here I come! Brian Friel Broadway hit about a young Irishman on the eve of his emigration to America. OL103949W
Beginnings Beginnings Horton Foote "Since 1939, Horton Foote, "the Chekhov of the small town," has chronicled with compassion and acuity the experience of American life both intimate and universal. His adaptation of Harper Lee's To Ki… OL104459W
The Accrington Pals The Accrington Pals Peter Whelan The Accrington Pals is a poignant and harrowing play set in the early years of the First World War, as the country's jingoistic optimism starts to wane and the true terror of warfare gradually become… OL11377020W
The complete poems and plays, 1909-1950 The complete poems and plays, 1909-1950 T. S. Eliot Collected poems (1909-1935) -- Four quartets -- Old Possum's book of practical cats -- Murder in the cathedral -- The family reunion -- The cocktail party OL1142263W
Twelve angry men Twelve angry men Reginald Rose A 'guilty' verdict seems a foregone conclusion. But one member of the jury has the will to probe more deeply into the evidence and the courage to confront the ignorance and prejudice of some of his f… OL141943W
Street Street Joan Aiken A two act farce about a pair of young lovers who live in an English village on opposite sides of a heavily trafficked superhighway. OL14851379W
Mister Paradise and other one-act plays Mister Paradise and other one-act plays David Roessel,Tennessee Williams,Nicholas Rand Moschovakis These are the stairs you got to watch -- Mister Paradise -- The Palooka -- Escape -- Why do you smoke so much, Lily? -- Summer at the lake -- The big game -- The pink bedroom -- The fat man's… OL15077901W
The Man Who Had All the Luck The Man Who Had All the Luck Arthur Miller The forgotten classic that launched the career of one of America's greatest playwrightsIt took more than fifty years for The Man Who Had All the Luck to be appreciated for what it truly is: the first… OL15111373W
Collected Plays 1944-1961 (All My Sons / Crucible / Death of a Salesman / Enemy of the People / Man… Collected Plays 1944-1961 (All My Sons / Crucible / Death of a Salesman / Enemy of the People / Man… Arthur Miller Contains: All My Sons [Crucible](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL66347W/The_Crucible) [Death of a Salesman](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL66346W/Death_of_a_Salesman) Enemy of the People Man … OL15111386W
Lowell Limpett Lowell Limpett Ward S. Just "Lowell Limpett is a journalist at the end of his career. His voice is melancholy, honest, and wonderfully compelling about the beauty of a clean lead, the death of old friends, and what we read when… OL15162425W
Doubt Doubt John Patrick Shanley In this brilliant and powerful drama, Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male s… OL15395520W
Eurydice Eurydice Sarah Ruhl In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with he… OL15603621W
Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Marty Martin One-woman play in which Gertrude Stein reminisces about her childhood, education, expatriation, relationship with Alice B. Toklas, and her numerous acquaintances in the arts. 2 acts, 1 woman, 1 inter… OL15826393W
A Menopausal Gentleman A Menopausal Gentleman Peggy Shaw Obie-award-winning performer and writer Peggy Shaw has been playing her gender-bending performances on Off Broadway, regional, and international stages for three decades. Co-founder of the renowned t… OL15933094W
Arsenic and Old Lace Arsenic and Old Lace Joseph Kesselring Although these words refer to Teddy Brewster in this hilarious play by Joseph Kesselring, they could have applied equally to most of the other members of the Brewster household. Teddy thinks he is Te… OL159792W
Detroit Detroit Lisa D'Amour "In a "first ring" suburb outside a midsize American city, Ben and Mary fire up the grill to welcome the new neighbors who've moved into the long-empty house next door. The fledgling friendship soon … OL15980841W
Next to normal Next to normal Tom Kitt "A contemporary musical that explores how one suburban household copes with crisis. With provocative lyrics and an electrifying score of more than thirty original songs, Next to normal shows how far … OL16113251W
Siamese twins Siamese twins Griselda Gambaro 61 p. ; 21 cm OL16321421W
The collected plays of Paul Rudnick The collected plays of Paul Rudnick Paul Rudnick Collects the comedies of playwright and humorist Paul Rudnick, including "I Hate Hamlet," a play about a struggling actor living in an apartment haunted by John Barrymore, and "Jeffrey," which takes … OL16624690W
I have AIDS! I have AIDS! Sky Gilbert When stand-up comic Prodon Slamzeck tells his lover Vidor that he has aids, it barely interrupts their dinner. And why should it? What was once a death sentence is now no more than a chronic conditio… OL16988106W
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