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Patrick Magee
A clockwork orange
by Stanley Kubrick
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91 editions published between 1971 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 3,872 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Depicts a harrowing journey through a near-future world of decaying cities, murderous adolescents and nightmarish technologies of punishment and crime
Barry Lyndon
by Stanley Kubrick
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83 editions published between 1975 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 1,882 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The rise and fall of a young 18th century Irishman bent on achieving fame and fortune, mainly by marriage
Chariots of fire
by Hugh Hudson
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9 editions published between 1981 and 2012 in English and held by 1,676 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. Eric, a devout Scottish missionary runs because he knows it must please God. Harold, the son of a newly rich Jew runs to prove his place in Cambridge society. In a warmup 100 meter race, Eric defeats Harold, who hires a pro trainer to prepare him. Eric, whose qualifying heat is scheduled for a Sunday, refuses to run despite pressure from the Olympic committee. A compromise is reached when a nobleman allows Eric to compete in his 400 meter slot. Eric and Harold win their respective races and go on to achieve fame as missionary and businessman/athletic advocate, respectively
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
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19 editions published between 1974 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 789 WorldCat member libraries worldwide When England's aging King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow. After banishing Cordelia, his most loyal daughter, Lear is betrayed and cast out by her elder sisters Regan and Goneril. Meanwhile, evil brews at the Gloucester castle as Edgar falls victim to his brother's deception. As battle lines are drawn and backs are stabbed, Lear rages against a fearsome storm. Can a man undo his wrongs? Will Cordelia be saved? Or will the wheels of fate crush all in its way?
John Osborne's Luther
by John Osborne
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4 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in English and held by 604 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The story of Martin Luther and his eventual condemnation of the Catholic Church and incitement of the Protestant reformation
Mrs. Warren's profession
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1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 488 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In the bonus play, "Mrs. Landfrey and her three children return to England after 18 years abroad, where a chance encounter with their traditionalist husband and father quickly entangles them in a series of comic events"--Container
The Trojan women
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4 editions published between 1971 and 2004 in English and held by 406 WorldCat member libraries worldwide After the Greek victory in the Trojan War, all the Trojan warriors and princes are slain and the women and children are left to be divided among the conquerors. Beautiful Cassandra is betrothed against her will and despite her vanishing sanity. Andromache discovers that her son is to be executed to end her royal bloodline. Helen desperately wields the arrogant beauty that leveled a city as she pleads for her life. In the end, it is the enduring dignity and unfaltering strength of Hecuba, widowed queen of Troy, that makes cowards of Troy's captors
The Persecution and assassination of Jean Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of the asylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade
by Peter Weiss
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12 editions published between 1966 and 2001 in English and held by 378 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The infamous Marquis de Sade, confined to an asylum, directs the other inmates in a re-enactment of the bloody assassination of French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat
Cromwell
by Ken Hughes
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4 editions published between 1970 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 371 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Der erbitterte Kampf Oliver Cromwells gegen den englischen König Karl I. für Demokratie und Puritanismus, der mit der Hinrichtung des Monarchen endet. Durchschnittlicher Historienfilm in aufwendigem Dekor; dank der ausgezeichneten Darstellerleistungen eine annehmbare Unterhaltung
The persecution and assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of the asylum at Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade
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10 editions published between 1967 and 2012 in English and held by 341 WorldCat member libraries worldwide "The infamous Marquis de Sade, confined to an asylum, directs the other inmates in a re-enactment of the bloody assassination of French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat."--Container
Dementia 13
by Francis Ford Coppola
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35 editions published between 1963 and 2013 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A noble Irish family find themselves at the mercy of an axe-wielding killer and are made prisoners in their secluded ancestral castle
Seance on a wet afternoon
by Bryan Forbes
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2 editions published between 1964 and 2002 in English and held by 188 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A mentally unstable medium and her weak-willed husband embark on a dubious kidnapping scheme
Luther
by John Osborne
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12 editions published between 1973 and 2005 in English and held by 154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The story of Martin Luther and his eventual condemnation of the Catholic Church and incitement of the Protestant reformation
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
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10 editions published between 1970 and 2005 in English and held by 112 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Paul Scofield plays King Lear, an aging monarch whose decision to split his kingdom between his three daughters bears tragic consequences
Marat Sade the persecution and assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of the asylum at Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade
by Peter Weiss
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2 editions published between 1989 and 2000 in English and held by 98 WorldCat member libraries worldwide "The infamous Marquis de Sade, confined to an asylum, directs the other inmates in a re-enactment of the bloody assassination of French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat."--Container
Great British speeches
by John Graham
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11 editions published between 1971 and 1973 in 3 languages and held by 94 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Five one-act plays
by W. B Yeats
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1 edition published in 1966 in English and held by 91 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bertolt Brecht's Galileo
by Bertolt Brecht
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3 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in English and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In a rigid society ruled by an uneasy alliance of the aristocracy and the church already undermined by the plague and the Reformation, science is a threat and enlightenment is a luxury. Faced with either death by the Inquisition or recantation to a hypocritical but powerful Papacy, Galileo must choose between his own life or his restless scientific curiosity
Stanley Kubrick's A clockwork orange
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3 editions published between 2007 and 2012 in English and held by 73 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem ... but not all goes to plan
Harold Pinter's The birthday party
by Harold Pinter
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4 editions published between 1996 and 2001 in English and held by 71 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A failed individual seeks refuge at a seaside resort where he leads a childlike existence until two mysterious men arrive and carry him away more
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Abrahams, Harold Maurice, Burgess, Anthony, Charles--I,--King of England, Christian life Crime Criminal behavior Criminals--Rehabilitation Cromwell, Oliver, Cross-country running Dystopian plays England Euripides Europe Families Gamblers Gangs Great Britain Helen of Troy (Greek mythology) Ireland Irish--Foreign countries Jewish athletes Juvenile delinquents Kings and rulers Lear, King (Legendary character) Liddell, Eric, Luther, Martin, Manners and customs Marat, Jean Paul, Mothers and daughters Olympic athletes Olympic Games Olympics Osborne, John, Political science Prostitution Puritan Revolution (Great Britain : 1642-1660) Reformation Rogues and vagabonds Runners (Sports) Sade,--marquis de, Shakespeare, William, Suburban gangs Teenage boys Thackeray, William Makepeace, Track and field Track and field athletes Trojan War Turkey--Troy (Extinct city) United States Women in the professions
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Magee, Pat 1922-1982
McGee, Pat 1922-1982
McGee, Patrick 1922-1982
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