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Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros
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4 editions published between 1973 and 2003 in English and held by 598 libraries worldwide Rhinoceros tells the story of a French town plagued by rhinoceroses. These are not ordinary rhinoceroses, but people who have been victims of "rhinoceritis." Or is it something else entirely?
Eugene O'Neill's The iceman cometh
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2 editions published between 1973 and 2003 in English and held by 586 libraries worldwide In the faded, Vermeer-like light of Harry Hope's 1912 New York skid row bar, a ragtag group of fallen men await the annual arrival of their friend Hickey. But now Hickey is sober, and he wants his drunken friends to follow the same path.
John Osborne's Luther
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3 editions published between 1973 and 2003 in English and held by 555 libraries worldwide The story of Martin Luther and his eventual condemnation of the Catholic Church and incitement of the Protestant reformation.
A delicate balance
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4 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 554 libraries worldwide Agnes, as domineering and sarcastic as her husband Tobias is equivocating and guarded, finds her empty nest invaded by her alcoholic sister, their divorced daughter, and friends who are terrified of being alone for unknown reasons.
Simon Gray's Butley
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4 editions published between 1973 and 2004 in English and held by 543 libraries worldwide Butley, a professor at a London University, finds out that his wife wants a divorce, his boyfriend is leaving him and his untalented colleague is getting a book published all in one day.
Harold Pinter's The homecoming
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 524 libraries worldwide Deals with an all-bachelor family in North London disrupted by the return of the eldest son and his wife from America.
Jean Genet's The maids
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3 editions published between 1974 and 2003 in English and held by 518 libraries worldwide Two Parisian sisters, Solange and Claire, serve as maids to a cruel socialite, but whenever she leaves, the two act out a bizarre, complex role-playing psychodrama of domination and control that feeds their powerful lust for revenge upon the mistress they serve.
The man in the glass booth
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2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 493 libraries worldwide Millionaire Jewish entrepreneur Arthur Goldman (Schell) rules a financial empire from his Manhattan penthouse. He is given to passionate and capricious ravings on a variety of subjects. His growing paranoia, dismissed by those close to him, is confirmed when he is kidnapped by Israeli agents and brought to trial in Israel for crimes against humanity. Is he Arthur Goldman or is he Adolph Dorf, former SS colonel who headed a Nazi concentration camp? As the trial progresses, the question becomes more confusing.
In celebration
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4 editions published between 1975 and 2003 in English and held by 438 libraries worldwide Three sons return to the primitive Yorkshire mining town of their birth to celebrate their parents' fortieth wedding anniversary. During the celebration, their submerged hatreds and fears emerge from behind their model blue collar family facade.
Galileo
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3 editions published between 1975 and 2003 in English and held by 384 libraries worldwide Screen version of Bertolt Brecht's play about Galileo, the 17th century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun. This brought him into conflict with the Catholic Church. By threatening him with torture, the Church forced him to recant his views in front of a tribunal, and sentenced him to house arrest. However, Galileo's trials and theories inspired others like Newton and Kepler to prove that the Earth was not the center of the Universe.
Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris
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3 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 380 libraries worldwide A plotless four-person musical revue based on the songs of Belgian balladeer Jacques Brel, the show opens on a dark and rainy Parisian night. Three strangers--a cab driver, a soldier, and a meek woman--find themselves in a theater. After watching a puppet show, they venture backstage and then onto a beach, where they sing songs during increasingly surreal events.
The man in the glass booth
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5 editions published between 1974 and 2003 in English and held by 85 libraries worldwide Story of Arthur Goldman who is captured and brought to trial in Israel for crimes against humanity. Is he the rich Jewish businessman or is he the former SS colonel who headed a Nazi concentration camp? As the trial progresses, the question becomes more confusing.
Edward Albee's A delicate balance
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2 editions published between 1973 and 2003 in English and held by 59 libraries worldwide Agnes, as domineering and sarcastic as her husband Tobias is equivocating and guarded, finds her empty nest invaded by her alcoholic sister, their divorced daughter, and friends who are terrified of being alone for unknown reasons.
American film theatre. Collection 3
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 47 libraries worldwide Collection of four film adaptations from a series of contemporary 20th century plays produced as the brainchild of producer Ely Landau, 1974 and 1975.
Luther
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3 editions published between 1973 and 2005 in English and held by 41 libraries worldwide Chronicles 29 years in the life of Martin Luther, the 16th century religious leader and reformer, covering his intellectual battle with the church in Rome, the Peasant's Revolt, the Diet of Worms, the burning of the Papal Bull at Wittenberg Castle, and the final break away quarrel with Rome.
Lost in the stars
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2 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and held by 16 libraries worldwide A South African minister goes to the big city in search of his son, who is considered a criminal by the white rulers.
The iceman cometh
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4 editions published between 1973 and 2004 in English and held by 9 libraries worldwide In the faded, Vermeer-like light of Harry Hope's 1912 New York skid row bar, a ragtag group of fallen men await the annual arrival of their friend Hickey. But now Hickey is sober, and he wants his drunken friends to follow the same path.
The homecoming
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3 editions published between 1973 and 2003 in English and held by 8 libraries worldwide Deals with an all-bachelor family in North London disrupted by the return of the eldest son and his wife from America.
The Three sisters
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3 editions published between 1970 and 2003 in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide A dramatization of Anton Chekhov's play about three well educated, cultured sisters suffering from boredom and meaninglessness in their dull, provincial environment.
The maids
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4 editions published between 1974 and 2005 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide Two Parisian sisters, Solange and Claire, serve as maids to a cruel socialite, but whenever she leaves, the two act out a bizarre, complex role-playing psychodrama of domination and control that feeds their powerful lust for revenge upon the mistress they serve. more
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Abusive men Albee, Edward,--1928- Astronomers Astronomy Bachelors Bars (Drinking establishments) Biographical films Brothers College teachers Comedy films Conformity Drama Dysfunctional families England England--London England--Yorkshire Families Fathers and sons Feature films Feature films Film adaptations Film and video adaptations France--Paris Galilei, Galileo,--1564-1642 Gay men Genet, Jean,--1910-1986 Gray, Simon,--1936-2008 History Ionesco, Eugène Israel Italy Luther, Martin,--1483-1546 Manners and customs Mathematicians Melodrama Motion pictures, British Murder New York (State)--New York Nineteen tens O'Neill, Eugene,--1888-1953 Recovering alcoholics Reformation Shaw, Robert,--1927-1978 Skid row Trials (Crimes against humanity) United States War crime trials Women Women household employees Working class families
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