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TELLING MOMENTS

SHAW ON MUSIC

WOMEN ON THE VERGE: SEVEN AVANT-GARDE AMERICAN PLAYS

IN SEARCH OF THEATER

ON THE OPEN ROAD

13 BY SHANLEY

Complete screenplay from this outrageous comedy. "Wanda defies gravity, in both senses of the word, and redefines a great comic tradition." - Time "The meanest, most consistently hysterical film in ages ... the writing is sharply pointed and delightfully irreverent." - Gannett Newspapers

ELIZABETHAN DRAMA: EIGHT PLAYS

ACTORS MOLIERE VOL3 SCAPIN & DON JUAN

THE THEATRE OF BLACK AMERICANS

CELESTINA

Many have told the tragic tale of Mary Queen of Scots - it is irresistible - but none more powerfully than Friedrich Schiller. Like Mary Stuart herself and the legends which pursued her to her death, Schiller's drama continues to captivate the modern imagination nearly two centuries later. Eric Bentley's lean, forceful rendering of the German masterpiece will command the attention of theatre audiences for years to come.

LOLITA

ONE-ACT COMEDIES OF MOLIERE

THE THEORY OF THE MODERN STAGE

STORY THEATRE FOUR SHOWS

You can't have a big blockbuster of failure, it seems, without the participation of Broadway's biggest talents.

WORDS WITH MUSIC: CREATING THE BROADWAY MUSICAL LIBRETTO

Heaven's Gate, by comparison, was a party in Paradise. Some of cinema's legendary artists - renowned for their work with Fellini, Godard, Fassbinder, and Herzog among others - would unwittingly unite to create the greatest financial disaster in movie history: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Andrew Yule goes behind the scenes of Gilliam's epic and unravels, twist by agonizing twist, the contorted drama which saw the original budget of $23.5 million rocket to an astronomical $46 million - making it one of the most expensive features in history. Hardcover.

FILM SCRIPTS ONE

NATIONAL BLACK DRAMA ANTHOLOGY

Shatner takes a comprehensive look at this singular performer, using archival sources and information culled from interviews with friends and colleagues to transport readers through William Shatner's remarkably bumpy career: his spectacular failures and triumphs, tragedies, and, ultimately, the resilience Shatner has shown, time and again, in the face of overwhelming odds.

Lawrence J. Quirk delves into every personal and professional aspect of Bob Hope''s long, complex and dramatic life; rising by sheer dint of will to great wealth and fame. Why did Hope become so identified with sponsoring the Vietnam War? What''s the real scoop on his relationship with Bing Crosby? How far astray did Hope''s frankly oversexed nature lead him from the marriage he successfully maintained with Dolores for over sixty years? Quirk writes about Hope based on long experience. He knew and interviewed Bob Hope while serving as an army seargeant during the Korean war and later as entertainment editor, and interviewer of top stars for over forty years. Quirk approaches his subject with original observations born of years of studying this most celebrated, yet in some ways most mysterious of entertainment giants.

SHAKESPEARE:A POPULAR LIFE

From the London ÊSunday TelegraphÊ: ÊActing ShakespeareÊ is extraordinary. The tone of the voice is unmistakably Sir John''s the atmosphere congenial. We''re in the company of our greatest actor who holds in his hands the last links of a chain of tradition leading to Shakespeare himself ... this book is crucial for anyone who believes that Shakespeare on the stage should be Shakespeare at his greatest ... Gielgud is by turns wise witty and wicked but unfailingly modest.

In a series of funny, tender, and touching dialogues, former Saturday Night Live writer Zweibel recalls his buddy-and-almost-lover friendship with SNL actress Gilda Radner, who died of ovarian cancer. Zweibel claims he "merely scribbled the dialogues playing in my head " and, indeed, these recreated conversations have a neurotic, sarcastic, and vulnerable air of aunthenticity. The actress and writer become fast friends on the SNL set and segue into personal revelation.

Collects for the first time major lesbian plays from controversial cultural perspectives spanning more than a generation of work in varied theatrical styles representing an amazing gamut of lesbian politics from all over America. ÞIncludes: The Quintessential Image (Jane Chambers) Û The Postcard (Gloria Joyce Dickler) Û A Lady and a Woman (Shirlene Holmes) Û Nasty Rumors and Final Remarks (Susan Miller) Û Desdemona (Paula Vogel) Û and more!