Published: 03/09/09
Paperback Subtitled "A tragicomedy in two Acts", and famously described by the Irish critic Vivien Mercier as a play in which 'nothing happens, twice', "En attendant Godot" was first performed at the Theatre de Babylone in Paris in 1953. It was translated into English by Samuel Beckett, and "Waiting for Godot" opened at the Arts Theatre in London in 1955. 'Go and see "Waiting for Godot". At the worst you will discover a curiosity, a four-leaved clover, a black tulip; at the best something that will... (more info) Usually despatched immediately
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The Catcher in the Ryeby J.D. Salinger | The Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a... (more info)
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| | Hamletby William Shakespeare | A young prince meets with his father's ghost, who alleges that his own brother, now married to his widow, murdered him. The prince devises a... (more info)
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Equusby Peter Shaffer | Teenager Alan, fought over by a religious mother and an atheist father, finds release in horses, until he is driven to blind them with a... (more info)
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| | Henry IV Part Oneby William Shakespeare | Prince Hal, the son of King Henry IV, spends his time in idle pleasure with dissolute friends, among them the roguish Sir John Falstaff. But... (more info)
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Norton Anthology English Literature Volume 1 8Th Editionby Stephen Greenblatt | A best-seller for more than forty years, this is the survey of English literature from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. With 274... (more info)
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| | Streetcar Named Desire, Aby Tennessee Williams | 'A Streetcar Named Desire is a play of mythological centrality, redefining American Theatre with its indelible heightened poetic naturalism,... (more info)
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Norton Anthology English Literature 8th Edition Volume 2by Stephen Greenblatt | A best-seller for more than forty years, this is the survey of English literature from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. With 274... (more info)
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| | Angela's Ashesby Frank McCourt | Angela's Ashes Stunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New... (more info)
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Long Day's Journey Into Nightby Eugene O'Neill | Written in 1940 but not staged until 1956, after O'Neill's death. Unashamedly autobiographical, it is, as he puts it himself in the... (more info)
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| | Nervous Conditionsby Tsitsi Dangarembga | Tambudzai dreams of education, but her hopes only materialise after her brother's death, when she goes to live with her uncle. At his... (more info)
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As You Like Itby William Shakespeare | When Rosalind is banished by her uncle, who has usurped her father's throne, she flees to the forest of Arden where her exiled father holds... (more info)
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| | Beauty Queen of Leenaneby Martin McDonagh | Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain,... (more info)
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King Learby William Shakespeare | An ageing king makes a capricious decision to divide his realm among his three daughters according to the love they express for him. When... (more info)
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| | Modern Criticism And Theory 3rd Editionby Nigel Wood & David Lodge | In our era, criticism is not merely a library of secondary aids to the understanding and appreciation of literary texts, but also a rapidly... (more info)
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