Magee, PatrickOverview
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Patrick Magee
A clockwork orange
by Stanley Kubrick
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85 editions published between 1971 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 3,833 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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62 editions published between 1975 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 1,818 WorldCat member libraries worldwide 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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7 editions published between 1981 and 2012 in English and held by 1,638 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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17 editions published between 1974 and 2006 in English and held by 787 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 599 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 "What is the profession that has enabled Mrs. Warren to give her daughter all the benefits of 'good society'? Vivie Warren discovers her mother's secrets and embraces her own power as a 'modern' woman"--Container
The Trojan women
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3 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 397 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
Cromwell
by Ken Hughes
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3 editions published between 1970 and 2003 in English and French and held by 364 WorldCat member libraries worldwide 17th century Britain was a hotbed of revolution, treachery and court intrigue. Oliver Cromwell, the fiery ambitious commoner took on the monarchy and changed the course of Western civilization. He and King Charles I fought for absolute rule
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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7 editions published between 1967 and 2012 in English and held by 329 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
The balcony
by Jean Genet
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9 editions published between 1965 and 1972 in 3 languages and held by 241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Seance on a wet afternoon
by Bryan Forbes
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2 editions published between 1964 and 2002 in English and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A mentally unstable medium and her weak-willed husband embark on a dubious kidnapping scheme
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
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10 editions published between 1966 and 2001 in English and held by 163 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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23 editions published between 1963 and 2011 in English and held by 155 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A noble family inhabits an Irish castle stalked by an axe murderer
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
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10 editions published between 1970 and 2005 in English and held by 110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Shakespeare's tragedy of the conflict between parent and child, pride and wisdom, expectation and fulfillment
Luther
by John Osborne
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9 editions published between 1973 and 2005 in English and held by 101 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The story of Martin Luther and his eventual condemnation of the Catholic Church and incitement of the Protestant reformation
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 101 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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10 editions published between 1971 and 1973 in English and No Linguistic content 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 92 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 73 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
Harold Pinter's The birthday party
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3 editions published between 2000 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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Magee, Pat 1922-1982
McGee, Pat 1922-1982
McGee, Patrick 1922-1982
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