Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

Julius Caesar: with Reader's Guide (1970)

William Shakespeare

Offers explanatory notes on pages facing the text of the play, as well as an introduction to Shakespeare's language, life, and theater

Hamlet (Simon & Schuster Edition, 2012)

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The Classic Greek Plays: Lysistrata, Electra, and Oedipus the King (1st Washington Square Press Printing, 1964)

Camryn Garrett

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Florida

Simone, seventeen, HIV-positive and in love for the first time, decides that facing potential bullies head-on may be better than protecting her secret.

Full Disclosure

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Mass market paperback. Smoke free home. Ships securely and with care! 

Texas

Julius Caeser

Edward Albee

Smoke free home. Ships securely and with care! 

Revised by the Author

A social event becomes a personal challenge for two faculty members and their wives at a small New England college as their inner fears and desires are exposed. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. The king and others pay dearly for their shortcomings-as madness, murder, and the anguish of insight and forgiveness that arrive too late combine to make this an all-embracing tragedy of evil and suffering.

Each Edition Includes:
* Comprehensive explanatory notes
* Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship
* Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English
* Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories
* An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography

King Lear (Bantam Classic Edition, 1988)

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Includes the plays: Widowers' Houses, The Philanderer, & Mrs. Warren's Profession 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Plays : Pleasant and Unpleasant (1912)

Rick Elice

Dave Barry

Ridley Pearson

Bottom right front corner damaged. Wear on cover. Inside is nearly flawless. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Illinois

The Annotated Script of the Broadway Play

The hilarious script for the Broadway play Peter and the Starcatcher is presented along with commentary by the playwright, the directors, the composer, the set designer, and our own Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Filled with behind-the-scenes information and photos of the cast and crew, this annotated script will enchant and entertain fans of the book and the play alike.

Peter and the Starcatcher (Introduction by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson)

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This play was purchased used but is in great condition. The Half Price Books sticker is the only "damage"! #play #theater #theatre #paperback #wallaceshawn #onemanshow

THE STORY: The nameless narrator of this blistering monologue lies ill and alone in a dreary hotel room in a poverty-stricken country. A political execution is about to take place beneath his window. Far from the glib comforts of his own life, he s

The Fever

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“From the show’s creators comes the best selling novel inspired by the hit Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen. Evan Hansen is an anxious, isolated high-school student who's aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social media age. He soon embarks on a journey of self-discovery when a letter he wrote for a writing exercise falls into the hands of a grieving couple whose son took his own life.”

Slight wear and tear on the dust jacket but no real damage to this copy! :)

Minnesota

The Novel

Dear Evan Hansen

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Missouri

From bestselling author Shannon Hale comes Kind of a Big Deal: a hilarious, deliciously readable YA novel that will suck you in—literally. There's nothing worse than peaking in high school. Nobody knows that better than Josie Pie. She was kind of a big deal—she dropped out of high school to be a star! But the bigger you are, the harder you fall. And Josie fell. Hard. Ouch. Broadway dream: dead. Meanwhile, her life keeps imploding. Best friend: distant. Boyfriend: busy. Mom: not playing with a full deck? Desperate to escape, Josie gets into reading. Literally. She reads a book and suddenly she's inside it. And with each book, she’s a different character: a post-apocalyptic heroine, the lead in a YA rom-com, a 17th century wench in a corset. It’s alarming. But also . . . kind of amazing? It’s the perfect way to live out her fantasies. Book after book, Josie the failed star finds a new way to shine. But the longer she stays in a story, the harder it becomes to escape. Will Josie find a story so good that she just stays forever?

Kind of a Big Deal

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At first glance, Shakespeare’s early comedy Love’s Labor’s Lost simply entertains and amuses. Four young men (one of them a king) withdraw from the world for three years, taking an oath that they will have nothing to do with women. The King of Navarre soon learns, however, that the Princess of France and her ladies are about to arrive. Although he lodges them outside of his court, all four men fall in love with the ladies, abandoning their oaths and setting out to win their hands. The laughter triggered by this story is augmented by subplots involving a braggart soldier, a clever page, illiterate servants, a parson, a schoolmaster, and a constable so dull that he is named Dull. Letters and poems are misdelivered, confessions are overheard, entertainments are presented, and language is played with, and misused, by the ignorant and learned alike. At a deeper level, Love’s Labor’s Lost also teases the mind. The men begin with the premise that women either are seductresses or goddesses. The play soon makes it clear, however, that the reality of male-female relations is different. That women are not identical to men’s images of them is a common theme in Shakespeare’s plays. In Love’s Labor’s Lost it receives one of its most pressing examinations. The authoritative edition of Love's Labor's Lost from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases -An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play -Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books -An annotated guide to further reading Essay by William C. Carroll The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.

Love's Labor's Lost (This Edition, 2005)

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Usually classified as a "problem comedy," All's Well that Ends Well is a psychologically disturbing presentation of an aggressive, designing woman and a reluctant husband wooed by trickery. In her introduction Susan Snyder makes the play's clashing ideologies of class and gender newlyaccessible, and offers a fully reconsidered, annotated text for both readers and actors.

All's Well That Ends Well 

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Carmen and Other Stories (World Classics Edition, 1992)

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Some underlining and highlighting throughout :) #paperback #fiction #williamshakespeare #shakespeare #play #theatre #classics #school #poetry #romance 

 The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel
 
The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With definitive texts and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come.
 
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
 
 

Twelfth Night (Penguin Books, 2000)

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Inherit the Wind (31st Bantam Pathfinder Printing, 1981)

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Henry IV, Part 2 is the only Shakespeare play that is a "sequel," in the modern sense, to an earlier play of his. Like most sequels, it repeats many elements from the previous work, Henry IV, Part 1. This play again puts on stage Henry IV's son, Prince Hal, who continues to conceal his potential greatness by consorting with tavern dwellers, including the witty Sir John Falstaff.

As in Part 1, Prince Hal and Falstaff seek to best each other in conversation, while Falstaff tries to ingratiate himself with Hal and Hal disdains him. Part 2 adds some fresh characters, the rural justices Shallow and Silence and Shallow's household. Political rebellion, while important to the plot, does not loom as large as in Part 1. There are no glorious champions; combat is replaced by deception, cunning, and treachery.

The authoritative edition of Henry IV, Part 2 from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:

-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
-Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
-Scene-by-scene plot summaries
-A key to the play's famous lines and phrases
-An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
-An annotated guide to further reading

Essay by A. R. Braunmuller

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.

Henry IV, Part 2 (Simon & Schuster Edition, 2009)

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Ex-library 

A play that charts the dramatic events leading to the execution of Sir Thomas More in 1535.

A Man for All Seasons : A Drama in Two Acts (This Edition, 1990)

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California

How to Launch Your Performing Career on Broadway and Beyond

The definitive guide to making a career in theater--to Broadway and beyond

Tiffany Haas knows how to make it on Broadway. After 72 rejections in a row she finally landed a role in Broadway's long-running smash hit Wicked and later became "Glinda the Good." Now she wants to share her advice for starting and nurturing a career in the theater. Waiting in the Wings is the essential guide for anyone who wants to have a theatrical career, whether they're complete newbies or already have some professional credits.


Based on everything she learned on her journey to New York, including 10 years on Broadway, Tiffany shares the information that you need to succeed in theater. Everyone's path is a little bit different, but the principles for success are always the same. With advice on auditions, how to become the performer they want to hire, developing relationships with cast mates, finding a reputable agent, the importance of reputation, and the best way to shape and build your career, Tiffany covers every aspect of the business. You'll learn what it takes to be successful and where to best spend your time and effort as you navigate the "great mystery" of pursuing musical theater.

In an industry that is famed for its insider secrets, Tiffany draws back the curtain, giving readers the knowledge and tools they need to follow their dreams. If you're one of those people Waiting in the Wings for a big Broadway career, Tiffany Haas's book is the one resource you need to land a big role, stand in front of those footlights and let it go!

Waiting in the Wings

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Script and photos from Harvey Fierstein’s original work—made into a 1988 movie. Dust jacket is in bad condition but book has kept up well. 

Maryland

Torch Song Trilogy

The Poems and Plays of Robert Browning (The Modern Library Edition, 1931)

SparkNotes

Excellent gently preowned condition. 
Lays out each Act into “original text” and “modern text” for better understanding of Shakespeare’s Othello. 

Includes a list of characters with descriptions 
And plenty of helpful commentary. 

Othello (No Fear Shakespeare)

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South Carolina

In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father’s will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all. Bassanio and Portia also face a magnificent villain, the moneylender Shylock. In creating Shylock, Shakespeare seems to have shared in a widespread prejudice against Jews. Shylock would have been regarded as a villain because he was a Jew. Yet he gives such powerful expression to his alienation due to the hatred around him that, in many productions, he emerges as the hero. Portia is most remembered for her disguise as a lawyer, Balthazar, especially the speech in which she urges Shylock to show mercy that “droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.” The authoritative edition of The Merchant of Venice from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -Newly revised explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases -An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play -Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books -An up-to-date annotated guide to further reading Essay by Alexander Leggatt The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.

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William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar: with Reader's Guide (1970)

William Shakespeare

Hamlet (Simon & Schuster Edition, 2012)

Aristophanes; Sophocles

The Classic Greek Plays: Lysistrata, Electra, and Oedipus the King (1st Washington Square Press Printing, 1964)

Camryn Garrett

Full Disclosure

William Shakespeare

Julius Caeser

Edward Albee

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

William Shakespeare; David Bevington (Editor); David Scott Kastan (Editor)

King Lear (Bantam Classic Edition, 1988)

George Bernard Shaw

Plays : Pleasant and Unpleasant (1912)

Rick Elice; Dave Barry; Ridley Pearson

Peter and the Starcatcher (Introduction by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson)

Wallace Shawn

The Fever

Val Emmich

Dear Evan Hansen

Shannon Hale

Kind of a Big Deal

William Shakespeare; Barbara A. Mowat (Editor); Paul Werstine (Editor)

Love's Labor's Lost (This Edition, 2005)

William Shakespeare

All's Well That Ends Well

Prosper Mérimée; Nicholas Jotcham (Translator)

Carmen and Other Stories (World Classics Edition, 1992)

David Bevington; A. R. Braunmuller (Contribution by); Stephen Orgel (Contribution by); Jonathan Crewe (Editor, Introduction by); William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night (Penguin Books, 2000)

Jerome Roberts; Robert E. Lee

Inherit the Wind (31st Bantam Pathfinder Printing, 1981)

William Shakespeare; Barbara A. Mowat (Editor); Paul Werstine (Editor)

Henry IV, Part 2 (Simon & Schuster Edition, 2009)

Robert Bolt

A Man for All Seasons : A Drama in Two Acts (This Edition, 1990)

Tiffany Haas; Jenna Glatzer

Waiting in the Wings

Harvey Fierstein

Torch Song Trilogy

Robert Browning

The Poems and Plays of Robert Browning (The Modern Library Edition, 1931)

SparkNotes

Othello (No Fear Shakespeare)

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice