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25 produkter
Royal Hunt of the Sun
Häftad, 2007
139 kr
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In the rich, humid air of sixteenth-century Peru, Atahuallpa, the Sun-God King, meets Pizarro the Conquistador, representative of the Spanish Empire at its most insatiable. While the Inca King is convinced of his own immortality, the Spaniard is cynical and greedy, leading to a collision of power …
Amadeus
Häftad, 2007
139 kr
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a genius, the most brilliant musician the world will ever see. But the court of eighteenth-century Vienna doesn’t recognize his talents - only Antonio Salieri, the Court Composer, does, and he is tortured by what he hears. Seething with rage at the genius of this flippant …
Equus
Häftad, 2007
136 kr
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Self-consciously staging itself in the psychotherapy sessions of a disturbed young man, Peter Shaffer's Equus is a shocking exploration of the limits of faith, of the intersecting worlds of the sacred and profane, and of the paltry value of a 'mundane' life, published in Penguin Modern …
Five Finger Exercise
A Play
Häftad, 1958
223 kr
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The first stage success from the author of Equus and Amadeus, this taut family drama centers on a young German student who, coming to England to tutor the daughter of well-to-do family is drawn into the various individual dramas of these fractured, isolated people.2 women, 3 men
Royal Hunt of the Sun
Häftad, 1968
233 kr
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This is the story of the conquest of Peru, the defeat by 167 men of a highly organised, communistic empire of over ten million people. It is also the story of two men, Francisco Pizarro, the embittered, defiant commander of the invading Spanish forces, and Atahuallpa, the young king, Sun …
Equus
Häftad, 1974
242 kr
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Dr. Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist, is confronted with Alan Strang, a boy who has blinded six horses in a violent fit of passion. This very passion is as foreign to Dysart as the act itself. To the boy's parents it is a hideous mystery; Alan has always adored horses. To Dysart it is a psychological …
Gift of the Gorgon
Häftad, 2002
216 kr
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Edward Damson, famous English playwright, has died violently at his remote Aegean home. His son, whom he has never acknowledged, American academic Philip Damson, has had a lifelong obsession with the father he never knew and he begs permission from his stepmother, Helen, to write Edward's …
Lettice and Lovage
Häftad, 1990
214 kr
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Daughter of an actress who toured France with an all-female company playing only Shakespeare's history plays, Lettice Dourret has inherited both theatricality and eccentricity. Now employed as a tourist guide in a shabby stately home, she attempts to enliven its dull history with her own …
Private Ear
Play
Häftad, 2015
186 kr
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Bob is a born loser: plain and shy he is no match for Ted whose facile charm impresses "the birds". Bob thinks he has found a different kind of girl and invites her to dinner. Ted bustles about, further reducing Bob's store of confidence. Doreen arrives. Her quiet poise is revealed as foolishness …
Public Eye
Play
Häftad, 2018
223 kr
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Charles and Belinda are an ill-assorted couple yet they were once in love. Insanely jealous, Charles engages a private eye, Julian, to follow her round London. Julian can only report that she is attached to someone. When the three meet it transpires that Belinda has fallen for Julian. Deciding to …
Amadeus
Häftad, 1985
242 kr
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This provocative work weaves a confrontation between mediocrity and genius into a tale of breathtaking dramatic power. In the court of the Austrian Emperor Josef, Antonio Salieri is the established composer. Enter the greatest musical genius of all time: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Salieri has given …
White Liars
Häftad, 1977
204 kr
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"A revised version presented at the Shaw Theatre, 1976."
Equus
Av Peter Shaffer, Roy Blatchford m. fl.
Häftad, 1993
324 kr
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Teenager Alan, fought over by a religious mother and an atheist father, finds release in horses, until he is driven to blind them with a spike. Why? While treating the boy, a psychiatrist discovers his own life is paradoxically in the witness box.
Equus
E-bok, 2011
173 kr
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*Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play* *A Broadway production starring Richard Griffiths and Daniel Radcliffe* An explosive play that took critics and audiences by storm, Equus is Peter Shaffer''s exploration of the way modern society has destroyed our ability to feel passion. Alan Strang is a …
Amadeus, Equus & more
Four Full-Cast BBC Radio Productions
Ljudbok, 2025
192 kr
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Peter Shaffer's three most renowned plays, plus a radio monologue performed by Dame Judi DenchSir Peter Shaffer was one of the most distinguished and successful British playwrights of his generation. He won the Tony Award for both Amadeus and Equus, and the film adaptation of Amadeus garnered eight …
Amadeus
Ljudbok, 2017
104 kr
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Ambition and jealousy - all set to music. Devout court composer Antonio Salieri plots against his rival, the dissolute but supremely talented Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. How far will Salieri go to achieve the fame that Mozart disregards? The 1981 Tony Award (R) winner for Best Play.
