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Soyinka, Wole4
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Plays and players (v.10, no.5, 1963)

Publication suspended July 1980-Sept. 1981.

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Let my people play! : participatory theatre plays

Hoeane, Masitha (1951-); Hoeane, Masitha (1951-); Hoeane, Masitha (1951-)

1994

Includes bibliographical references. "Two of the author's plays written in English"--Page 3.

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Short East African plays in English : ten plays in English

Cook, David (1929-); Lee, Miles

1968

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2 + 2 plays

Baxter Theatre (University of Cape Town)

[2000]

Plays from the Baxter Theatre Centre's new writing programme.

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'A Remarkable Hungarian Play'

1957

Copy of a typewritten letter by an unidentified sender titled 'A Remarkable Hungarian Play: Chance for Leeds Enterprise', in which the sender makes the case for staging the play 'The Tragedy of Man' b...

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Three East European plays

Háy, Gyula; Mrożek, Sławomir; Havel, Václav (1936-2011)

1970

The horse, by J. Hay, translated [from the Hungarian] by P. Hay.--Tango, by S. Mrozek, translated [from the Polish] by N. Bethell and T. Stoppard.--The memorandum, by V. Havel, translated [from the Cz...

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Three Port Elizabeth plays

Fugard, Athol

1974

The blood knot.--Hello and goodbye.--Boesman and Lena.

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The oriki of a grasshopper, and other plays

Osofisan, Femi; Irele, Abiola

1995

Includes bibliographical references.

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Collection of plays by Emily Susan Ford

Ford, Emily Susan (1850-1930)

1882-1894

Collection of plays comprising: (1) Rejected addresses, an episode in one act (1882), (2) Careers, a comedy in 3 acts (1890), (3) Our School, a comedy in 3 acts (1890),(2 copies), (4) The fisherman's ...

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At her feet : a play in one act

Davids, Nadia (1977-)

2006

Includes an interview with Nadia Davids by Leila Davids.

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Representative modern plays : Ibsen to Tennessee Williams

Warnock, Robert (1907-)

[1964]

Introduction: On reading a play.--The master builder, by H. Ibsen.--Miss Julia, by A. Strindberg.--The seagull, by A. Chekhov.--The doctor's dilemma, by B. Shaw.--Riders to the sea, by J. M. Synge.--J...

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From script to stage : eight modern plays

Goodman, Randolph G (1908-)

[1971]

Each play is preceded by biographical, historical, and critical material.

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