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Subtitled 'A tragicomedy in two Acts', and famously described by the Irish critic Vivien Mercier as a play in which 'nothing happens, twice', En attendant Godot was first performed at the Theatre de Babylone in Paris in 1953. I...

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Ett banbrytande äktenskapsdrama och en uppgörelse med den borgerliga trygghetsideologin. "Jag för min del gråter inte över spilld mjölk. Ungarna växer upp, relationer bryts. Kärlek tar slut, liksom ömhet, vänskap och samhörighet. Det är ingenting ...

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Landsortspastor med krympande församling plågas av tilltagande existentiella tvivel. "Jag kan knappt se dig utan glasögonen. Du är alldeles suddig, ansiktet är som en vit fläck. Du är inte riktigt verklig." Nattvardsgästerna (1963), nr 15 i serien...

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Ett storslaget familjedrama i vilket två unga syskon förlorar sin far och mot sin vilja får flytta in i biskopsgården. "Det hindrar inte att jag vill gråta. Tycker du det är otrevligt om jag gråter en liten stund. Nej, min själ det går inte. Det b...

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Kontroversiell debut om upprorisk gymnasist, sadistisk lärare och ung kvinna på glid. Om du vore ensam och enastående vore det inte så eländigt, men jag kan tala om för dig att du finns i alla skolor, och inte bara i skolorna utan överallt. Männis...

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Kammarspel på en mentalklinik där en åldrad man träffar döden i form av en kvinnlig clown. "Nu hjälper minsann inga tårar, tårar, tårar. Då blir det uppståndelse och långbad och veronal och kanske en feberchock. Jag måste vara modig." Larmar och g...

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The classic humorous novel about an alcohol-loving clergyman who thinks he is the reincarnation of a dog. Complete with the screenplay and photos from the new film starring Peter O'Toole and Sam Neill.Dean Spanley is the very archetype of a bland ...

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From the author of the ever-popular Flashman novels, a collection of film-world reminiscences and trenchant thoughts on Cool Britannia, New Labour and other abominations.In between writing Flashman novels, George MacDonald Fraser spent thirty year...

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The inspiration behind 'Life of Pi' director Ang Lee's 'Brokeback Mountain' is one of the short stories to be found in this haunting collection of Wyoming tales.'Brokeback Mountain' is set in the beautiful, wild landscape of Wyoming where cowboys ...

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To tie-in with a major film, starring Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh and Dominic Cooper. This edition combines Colin Clark's acclaimed The Prince, the Showgirl and Me and My Week with Marilyn.In 1956, f...

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A dramatic reworking of the vampire myth in a way that only Brian Aldiss can...Available for the first time in eBook.When Bram Stoker was writing his famous novel, Dracula, at the end of the 19th century he received a visitor named Joe Bodenland. ...

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A new and original take on the iconic story of man meets giant ape in the biggest and hairiest parody of all time?Just as Skull Island hits the big screen in an exciting and re-imagined format, comes the true story behind the world''s biggest and ...

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The official script for the box-office smash movie, featuring every ruddy word (and stage direction) of Alan's seamless transformation from natural-born broadcaster into fully fledged and occasionally fully dressed hostage negotiator. Contains del...

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Could the wrong bride?Be right for him after all!For the sake of his family name, Lord Robert must marry to seal an alliance with an Irish clan. Only, the woman at the altar isn?t who he was promised! Instead, it?s her sister, Lady Mairenn! The sh...

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The screenplay of the 1987 movie, as written by Charles Bukowski.

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Writing the Romantic Comedy is so much fun to read it could pop a champagne cork.Alexa Junge, writer and producer of FriendsRevised and expanded to celebrate a new generation of romantic comedies, Billy Mernits insightful look into the mechanics o...

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A new volume which includes the original screenplay, with its copious director's notes, and the narrative - this has followed on from a previously undiscovered manuscript by Steinbeck being found in the UCLA Research Library - the narrative treatm...

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Mike Leigh s 1970s classic play Abigail s Party focuses on an evening of domestic hell in the guise of a suburban drinks soir e. While teenager Abigail parties a few doors away, the pretentious Beverly and her estate agent husband, Laurence, enter...

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An Education is Nick Hornby's Oscar-nominated screenplay of Lynn Barber's lifeBased on Lynn Barber's extraordinary memoir, An Education is set in the early 1960s and tells the story of a sixteen-year-old English girl's encounter and relationship w...

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Betty Comden and Adolph Green were the writers behind such classic stage musicals as On the Town, Wonderful Town, and Bells Are Ringing, and they provided lyrics for such standards as "e;New York, New York,"e; "e;Just in Time,"e; &...

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Betty Comden and Adolph Green were the writers behind such classic stage musicals as On the Town, Wonderful Town, and Bells Are Ringing, and they provided lyrics for such standards as "e;New York, New York,"e; "e;Just in Time,"e; &...

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From a screenwriting perspective, Batty explores the idea that the protagonist's journey is comprised of two individual yet interwoven threads: the physical journey and the emotional journey. His analysis includes detailed case studies o...

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Designed for people who want to tell a story their way, 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Indpendent Filmmaking explains everything a budding auteur needs to know, from literary development and financial and organizational pre-production to principal...

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*THE SIDE-SPLITTING NEW COMIC SHORT FROM ONE OF BRITAIN'S BEST-LOVED WRITERS, NOW A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES*______________________________ Each week, Tom and Louise meet for a quick drink in the pub before they go to meet their marriage counsellor. Ma...

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Yes, you can write a great screenplay. Let Syd Field show you how.“I based Like Water for Chocolate on what I learned in Syd's books. Before, I always felt structure imprisoned me, but what I learned was structure really freed me t...

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The screenplay for Kubrik's 1962 film tells the story of an older man's obsession with a young girl.

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Presents a clear, methodical overview of the needs, practices, and problems of screenwriting, including adaptation, written by a renowned director, offering timeless concepts and best practices to aspiring and working screenwriters and students. W...

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Presents a clear, methodical overview of the needs, practices, and problems of screenwriting, including adaptation, written by a renowned director, offering timeless concepts and best practices to aspiring and working screenwriters and students. W...

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Indigenous Cultural Translation is about the process that made it possible to film the 2011 Taiwanese blockbuster Seediq Bale in Seediq, an endangered indigenous language. Seediq Bale celebrates the headhunters who rebelled against or collaborated...

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Indigenous Cultural Translation is about the process that made it possible to film the 2011 Taiwanese blockbuster Seediq Bale in Seediq, an endangered indigenous language. Seediq Bale celebrates the headhunters who rebelled against or collaborated...

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