OBERON BOOKS

(P/B) SCHILLER: PLAYS TWO - DON CARLOS - MARY STUART

(P/B) PLAYS THREE

(P/B) CYRANO DE BERGERAC

(H/B) INVITATION: SYLVIE GUILLEM

(P/B) PUB QUIZ IS LIFE
A murderous black comedy set in Hull's bleak economy, with too many questions and all the wrong answers. Lee, a soldier returning to Hull from two tours of Afghanistan, joins a losing pub quiz team. What they need is a bit of class, a bit of history of art, and a bit of literature. (From the publisher)...
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LOST MONSTERS (P/B)

(P/B) S-27

(P/B) PLAYS TWO

(P/B) PLAYS ONE - PIAF, CAMILLE, QUEEN CHRISTINA

(P/B) Plays four
In "And We'll Never be Parted", Jon Fosse exploits theatre's unique potential for ambiguity: as a woman anxiously waits for her husband, are we watching reality, fantasy, memory, or even a ghost story? The Son concerns an ageing and isolated couple, whose long-absent son has a score to settle with their meddlesome neighbour. In the oblique but psychologically penetrating Visits, a withdrawn teenager, apparently upset by the attentions of her mother's boyfriend, turns to her brother for help. The short play Meanwhile the lights go down and ...
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(H/B) PERFORMANCE, STYLE AND GESTURE IN WESTERN THEATRE

(P/B) GUANTANAMO
Weaving together personal stories, legal opinion and political debate, "Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom" looks at the questions surrounding the detentions in Guantanamo Bay, and asks how much damage is being done to Western democratic values during the "war on terror". Guantanamo was first produced at the Tricycle Theratre, London, in 2004. (From the publisher) «Politically motivated theatre of a serious, noble sort» (Evening Standard) «The British Theatre, indeed every Briton should be proud of this play» (Sunday Times)...
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(P/B) ELLING
Based on the novel by Ingvar Ambjornsen, in original stage adaptation by Axel Hellstenius in collaboration with Peter Naess, in a new version by Simon Bent. Mummy's boy Elling and his roommate, the uncouth, reluctant virgin Kjell Bjarne, are the Odd Couple of Oslo: a pair of confused souls taking their first steps in the outside world after years of isolated, institutional life. Given a flat in the city by social services, they must re-assimilate themselves into society or face a return to the asylum. So it's simply a question of convincin...
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(P/B) PEEPSHOW

(P/B) STREET TRILOGY

(P/B) STAGING GREEK THEATRE: PETER HALL'S BACCHAI

(P/B) Nightsongs
I don't know what it is that always makes something happen But it must be something Because something always happens I don't want anything to happen and then something happens all the same. They have a child and life changes. He can't go out and she can't stay in. He writes words that no one will publish and she takes a lover. (from the publisher)...
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TWO GERMAN PLAYS (P/B)

(P/B) MORGAN: TWO PLAYS - SPLENDOUR - TENDER

BEHZTI (DISHONOUR) (P/B)
(. . .) Past her prime, Min happily spends her life caring for her sick, foul-mouthed mother, Balbir. With Elvis the home help in tow, mother and daughter head to the local Sikh Temple. When Balbir encounters old friends, a past trauma rears its ugly head. Min and Balbir's illusions are about to be shattered as they become cruelly immersed in a world of desperate aspiration and dangerous deals. In a community where public honour is paramount, is there any room for the truth? (. . .) (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΣΤΟ ΟΠΙΣΘΟΦΥΛΛΟ ΤΟΥ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΥ)...
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