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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Tennessee Williams · 158 pages

Members of a neurotic Southern family gather to face the impending death of their patriarch, Big Daddy, and battle over the inheritance of his vast estate.

Stage PlayDialogue-HeavyDeath of a FriendGrief and Mourning
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Hamlet

William Shakespeare · 192 pages

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A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara · 736 pages

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Six Degrees of Separation

John Guare · 120 pages

When Manhattan art dealers take a younger man into their home believing him to be a friend of their children and Sidney Portier's son, he leaves them with a lasting impression.

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The Boys in the Band

Mart Crowley · 145 pages

Theatre Four, Richard Barr and Charles Woodward, Jr. present "The Boys in The Band," by Mart Crowley, production designed by Peter Harvey, directed by Robert Moore, with Frederick Combs, Leonard Frey, Cliff Gorman, Reuben Greene, Robert La Tourneaux, Laurence Luckinbill, Kenneth Nelson, Keith Prentice, Peter White.

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Disgraced

Ayad Akhtar · 88 pages

New York. Today. Corporate lawyer Amir Kapoor is happy, in love, and about to land the biggest career promotion of his life. But beneath the veneer, success has come at a price. When Amir and his artist wife, Emily, host an intimate dinner party at their Upper East Side apartment, what starts out as a friendly conversation soon escalates into something far more damaging.

Stage PlayDialogue-HeavyNew York CityLiterary Fiction
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Red

John Logan · 68 pages

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Tell the Wolves I'm Home

Carol Rifka Brunt · 384 pages

It is 1987, and only one person has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus -- her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June's world is turned upside d

Death of a FriendGrief and MourningArtist ProtagonistNew York City
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Antigone

Sophocles · 80 pages

Publisher's description: Echoing through western culture for more than two millennia, Sophocles' play has been a touchstone of thinking about human conflict and human tragedy, the role of the divine in human life, and the degree to which men and women are the creators of their own destiny. This exciting new translation of the Antigone is both extremely faithful to the Greek and poetically striking

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The Sunset Limited

Cormac McCarthy · 160 pages

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Autobiography of My Dead Brother

Walter Dean Myers · 212 pages

Jesse uses his sketchbook and comic strips to make sense of his home in Harlem and the loss of a close friendship.

Death of a FriendArtist ProtagonistGrief and MourningNew York City
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin · 416 pages

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’ BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY • A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLER • A JIMMY FALLON BOOK CLUB PICKIn this exhilarating novel by the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, du

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Barefoot in the Park

Neil Simon · 95 pages

Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word. He's a straight-as-an-arrow lawyer and she's a free spirit always looking for the latest kick. Their new apartment is her most recent find-too expensive with bad plumbing and in need of a paint job. After a six day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Corie's loopy mother and decide to play matchmaker during a dinner with their

Stage PlayDialogue-HeavyNew York CityRomance
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Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller · 139 pages

The Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy of a salesman’s deferred American dream Ever since it was first performed in 1949, Death of a Salesman has been recognized as a milestone of the American theater. In the person of Willy Loman, the aging, failing salesman who makes his living riding on a smile and a shoeshine, Arthur Miller redefined the tragic hero as a man whose dreams are at once insupporta

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two

Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling · 352 pages

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My Friends

Fredrik Backman · 448 pages

The beautiful new novel that will make you laugh and cry, from the global bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove. 'A stunning, sweeping, extraordinary story of connection, love, and the unbreakable bonds that guide and shape us. Full of humour and heart, My Friends is simply wonderful' Chris Whitaker * AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * * WINNER OF GOODREADS

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Rabbit Hole

David Lindsay-Abaire · 157 pages

A play about a bereaved family with highly functional, unsentimental, spirited and, often, funny people who are trying to maneuver their way through their grief and around each other as best they can.

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A Delicate Balance

Edward Albee · 170 pages

Agnes and Tobias are long married and remain together out of habit. Agnes' sister, Claire, lives with them and takes refuge from life's perils in alcohol and self-lacerating wit. One night Julia, Agnes and Tobias' daughter, comes home, escaping from her fourth marriage. They are visited by Edna and Harry, their oldest friends, who are deeply disturbed by a great shock they have had. The door is lo

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

August Wilson · 111 pages

Presents the script for a two-act play set in a Chicago recording studio in 1927 where African-American band members and blues singer Ma Rainey reveal the conflicted feelings they have about their status in the white man's world.

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Skylight

David Hare · 112 pages

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Plays Well with Others

Allan Gurganus · 337 pages

**From Amazon.com:** With great narrative inventiveness and emotional amplitude, Allan Gurganus gives us artistic Manhattan in the wild 1980s, where young artists--refugees from the middle class--hurl themselves into playful work and serious fun. Our guide is Hartley Mims Jr., a Southerner whose native knack for happiness might thwart his literary ambitions. Through his eyes we encounter the c

Death of a FriendNew York CityArtist ProtagonistLiterary Fiction
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The Weir

Conor McPherson · 72 pages

Set in a rural pub in western Ireland, "The weir" is a drama of interwoven stories as told by the locals about how they comfort and distract one another in the midst of desolation and grief.

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Why We Came to the City

Kristopher Jansma · 425 pages

A "novel about a tight-knit group of twentysomethings in New York whose lives are forever altered by an unexpected tragedy... Five years after their college graduation, the devoted friends once known as "the Murphys" remain as inseparable as ever... As this...novel opens in December 2008, they are making their way through heavy snowfall to gather at a lavish art world holiday party. But for all th

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Uncle Vanya

Anton Chekhov · 68 pages

From the book:A country house on a terrace. In front of it a garden. In an avenue of trees, under an old poplar, stands a table set for tea, with a samovar, etc. Some benches and chairs stand near the table. On one of them is lying a guitar. A hammock is swung near the table. It is three o'clock in the afternoon of a cloudy day. MARINA, a quiet, grey-haired, little old woman, is sitting at the tab

Stage PlayDialogue-HeavyLiterary Fiction

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