Playscripts

Oscar Wilde ; edited with introduction, commentaries, and notes by Richard Allen Cave

"Oscar Wilde was at once a family man and a homosexual outsider, a socialite, socialist, and Irish nationalist. His contradictions inspired him to ponder the roles and masks d…more

Tennessee Williams ; with an introduction by Edward Albee

"The sensuality and excitement of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of two brothers (and their wives) vying for the inherit…more

edited by John F. Cox

"This is the first edition of Much Ado About Nothing to focus wholly on the play in performance. John Cox investigates major issues and trends in the production of this popula…more

by Henrik Ibsen ; newly translated from the Norwegian by Michael Meyer

by John Osborne

"Jon Osborne's eagerly awaited new play marks a drastic departure from all his earlier work. In place of our fragmented present-day Western society, Mr. Osborne depicts the fo…more

Christopher Durang

"The first six plays in this volume were presented together as an evening called, somewhat immodestly, Durang Durang at Manhatten Theatre Club in the fall of 1994, directed by…more

Eugene Stickland

"No Harm Done contains three short plays by Eugene Stickland about medical conditions -- Closer and Closer Apart, Alzheimer disease; Fade to Light, Stargardt, a form of blindn…more

Sylvan Oswald

"The only rule is to break the rules. A parallel present. Two queer thinkers meet in the fallout of a second civil war. In a time of revolution, is love a radical act? Trainer…more

translated by Rick Davis and Brian Johnston

Contains production-tested translations of plays by nineteenth-century Norwegian author Henrik Ibsen, including "A Doll House," "Ghosts," "An Enemy of the People," and "Hedda…more

"One of the most accomplished American poets of his generation, Richard Wilbur was also an accomplished translator of French and Russian literature. His acclaimed verse render…more

by Aaron Avidon, Carl Briggs Jr., Ross Brill, Alexandra Elam, Shannon Flaherty, Denise Frazier, Darc…

"Devised by college students, inspired by real situations and written with humor, honesty and daring authenticity, Roleplay provides a window into the pressures facing college…more

by Marisela Treviño Orta

"Once upon a time, in a fishing village along the Amazon, there lived two sisters struggling to find their "happily ever after." Helena is dreading her sister Belmira's weddin…more