Search Results: Plays from Exchange Value Books

Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1990. Softcover. Very Good Plus. 6x0x9. [PLAYS]. Bernhard, Thomas. Translated by Peter Jansen and Kenneth Northcott. "Histrionics: Three Plays." Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1990. English language. Softcover. 9 x 6 inches. 282 pp. Price in pencil on title page. Sticker on back cover. Text clean. Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0226043940."Although he is best known in the United States as a novelist, Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard has been hailed in Europe as one of the most significant and controversial of contemporary playwrights. George Steiner has predicted that the current era in German-language literature will be recognized as the "Bernhard period"; John Updike compares Bernhard with Kafka, Grass, Handke, and Weiss. His dark, absurdist plays can be likened to those of Beckett and Pinter, but their cultural and political concerns are distinctly Bernhard's. While Austria's recent political history lends… Read More

Comedie-Francaise; Paris, FR, 1979. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. [CHEKHOV]. Anton Tchekhov, Georges et Ludmilla Pitoeff, Pierre-Jean Jouve. "Les trois soeurs: Drame en quatre actes (Collection du repertoire)." Paris, FR: Comedie-Francaise, 1979. French language. Softcover. Pencil on last page. Otherwise text clean. Some light discoloration on covers. Very Good. ISBN: 2858780277.

Signet: New York, 1975. Special Edition. Softcover. Good. 7x5x1. [PLAYS]. Shaw, George Bernard, and Alan Jay Lerner, Richard H. Gladstone. "Pygmalion and My Fair Lady." New York: Signet, 1975. English language. Softcover. Text with black and white photos. 191 pp. 7 x 4.5 x 0.5 in. 18 x 11 x 2 cm. Price sticker on front cover. Creasing on front cover. Creasing and light discoloration on spine. Creasing on back cover. Yellowing. Stamp on first page. Some ink underlining. Pencil on last page. Good. ISBN: 9780451082732. "The ancient Greeks tell the legend of the sculptor Pygmalion, who created a statue of a woman of such surpassing beauty that he fell in love with his own creation. Then, Aphrodite, taking pity on this man whose love could not reach beyond the barrier of stone, brought the statue to life and gave her to Pygmalion as his bride.Centuries later, George Bernard Shaw captured the magic of this legend in his celebrated romantic play, Pygmalion. Pygmalion became Henry Higgins, a… Read More

Toronto, CA: Playwrights Canada Press, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. 5x0x8. [PLAYS]. Sherman, Jason. "The Retreat: A Play." Toronto, CA: Playwrights Canada Press, 1996. English language. Softcover. 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.25 in. 21 x 14 x 1 cm. 6 oz. 113 pp. Front cover bows out. Sticker on spine. Ink signature on free front endpaper. Creased indent in front cover. Slight yellowing. Text clean. With errata slip stapled in. Very Good. ISBN: 9780887545115. "The young writer herself ponders big revisions not just to her screenplay but also to her integrity. This is a bracing comedy about deal making and soul searching from the winner of the 1995 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama.

University of Georgia Press; Athens, GA, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x6x0. Hardcover in dust jacket. Clear dust jacket atop publisher's jacket. Price in pencil on first page. University of Georgia Press; Athens, GA. 2000. 232 pages.Text clean. Small discoloration on edge of page block. Binding tight.

New York: Hill and Wang, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1986. First edition, stated. Softcover. Very Good Plus. 7x5x0. [PLAYS]. John DiFusco, Vincent Caristi, Richard Chaves, Eric E. Emerson, Rick Gallavan, Merlin Marston, Harry Stephens, Sheldon Lettich. "Tracers: A Play." New York: Hill and Wang, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1986. First edition, stated. English language. Softcover. Text with black and white photos. 8 x 5.5 x 0.25 in. 20 x 13 x 1 cm. 6 oz. viii, 105 pp. Text clean. Use. Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0809012502."Dramatizes the experiences of a group of American soldiers before, during, and after their combat experiences in Vietnam.