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1) Happy hour
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English
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"It's the summer of 2013, and while New York swelters Isa and Gala scrape and hustle to get by. Among a rotating cast of artists, academics, and bad-mannered grifters, they discover that desires aren't for denying. But as money gets sparse and circumstances grow precarious, the pair struggle to convert social capital into something more tangible."--
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Season five begins in the moments following the epic season four finale, in which Ezra was shot, among other shocking revelations. Plus, Alison is alive, and everyone is affected by her return. Caleb also returns, but is he the same? With more questions than ever and familiar faces back in Rosewood, it's sure to be another season of emotion, intrigue, twists and thrills.
4) The clique
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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When new girl Claire Lyons moves to Westchester from Orlando, she immediately finds out that fitting in at the prestigious Octavian Country Day School is going to be a lot harder than she anticipated.
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
Description
As the sixth season begins moments after the season five finale, Aria, Emily, Hanna, Spencer and Mona are trapped outside the "dollhouse" where their tormentor, Charles, has been keeping them - with nowhere to run. Angered by their attempted escape, Charles' games take a more demented and darker turn. As the girls struggle to survive, Ezra, Caleb and Toby continue the fight to find the girls with or without Rosewood Police Department's help. Charles'...
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Concluding the "Church and State" trilogy of plays that began with Doubt and Defiance, Storefront Church tells the story of a Bronx Borough President who is forced by the mortgage crisis into a confrontation with a local minister. Blending earthy humor and philosophical reflection, this compassionate morality tale is an exploration of the often thorny relationship between spiritual experience and social action. John Patrick Shanley is the author of...
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Français
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Le théâtre autochtone connaît depuis une trentaine d'années une véritable renaissance. Puisant à ses formes traditionnelles, mais tout autant aux ressources du théâtre d'avant-garde contemporain, cette renaissance s'inscrit dans une dynamique de transformation des expressions théâtrales. Les oeuvres dramatiques d'Ondinnok (Yves Sioui Durand et Catherine Joncas), de Monique Mojica et de Drew Hayden Taylor sont ainsi mises en résonance avec...
8) Bratz
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
For as long as they can remember, Yasmin, Jade, Sasha and Cloe have been best friends forever. Inseparable since they first met, the girls have always supported each other's individuality. But now as the foursome enter Carry Nation High, the four face a brand new world: a blackboard jungle, where for the first time they discover life as a teenager means dealing with a system of social cliques, all strictly enforced by senior Meredith Baxter Dimly....
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Three Sisters (1900) is a drama in four acts by Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekhov. It was first performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, directed by acclaimed actor Konstantin Stanislavski-who also played the role of Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershinin, a philosophizing artillery officer in love with middle Prozorov sister Masha. Reviews were mixed at first, but as the play continued to run, Three Sisters became a popular success,...
10) Heathers
Pub. Date
1988.
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English
Description
When two teens 'accidentally' begin murdering the most popular kids in school, suicide suddenly becomes the 'in' thing to do.
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English
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How can plays and performances, past and present, inform our understanding of ageing? Drawing primarily on the Western dramatic canon, on contemporary British theatre, on popular culture and on paratheatrical practices, Staging Ageing investigates theatrical engagement with ageing from the Greek chorus to Reminiscence Theatre. It also explores the relationship of the plays, performances, and practices to the material, social and ideological conditions...
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Halvard Solness is a successful master builder who has acquired both fame and fortune, yet he's convinced his greatness will fade with the younger generation. He is committed to retaining his success, despite its negative effect on others.
Halvard Solness is an established architect who is well-known throughout his town. Over the years, his professional life has thrived at the expensive of his family. Despite the consequences, his career has become...
14) Cul-de-sac
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English
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In his latest collaboration with director Daniel Brooks, MacIvor plays the role of Leonard, who narrates the events leading up to his murder while trying to understand them himself. Through the course of the play, we peer behind the curtains of his neighborhood as MacIvor transforms into the multiple characters who bear witness to Leonard's life and death.
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The first collection of plays by one of the most moving and astonishing writers of the last 15 years. Though critics reflexively class his work as "magical realism," Rivera's extravagant, original imagery always serves to illuminate the gritty realities and touching longings of our daily lives. Also includes: Each Day Dies with Sleep and Cloud Tectonics.
16) Growing Up Smith
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English
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In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his family's ideals than ever before. Official Selection at the **Seattle International Film Festival** and **CAAMFest**. *"A crowd-friendly immigrant's tale painted with a thick coat of '70s nostalgia." - John DeFore,...
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The Cherry Orchard (1903) is Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekhov's final play. It was first performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904, directed by acclaimed actor Konstantin Stanislavski-who also played the role of Leonid Gayev, the bizarre and uninspired brother of Madame Ranevskaya. It has since become one of twentieth century theater's most important-and most frequently staged-dramatic works.
After five years of living in...
18) Medieval people
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English
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This book contains a series of sketches that aim to illustrate various aspects of social life in the Middle Ages. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in European history. Contents include: "The Precursors", "Bodo, A Frankish Peasant In The Time Of Charlemagne", "Marco Polo, A Venetian Traveller Of The Thirteenth Century", "Madame Eglentyne, Chaucer's Prioress In Real Life", "The Ménagier's Wife, A Paris Housewife In The Fourteenth...
19) Main Street
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1010L
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English
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Carol, a college-bred girl, marries a small town doctor. She tries to uplift the natives of the small town.
20) Six Plays
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English
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Uniquely adept at capturing the idiomatic poetry of his native South, Linney maneuvers with equal grace through the vernacular of New York's contemporary intelligentsia and the voices of a wide range of historical figures.
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