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East is EastAyub Khan Din
The six Khan children, entangled in arranged marriages and bell-bottoms, are trying to find their way growing up in 1970s Salford. They are all caught between their Pakistani father's insistence on Asian traditions, their English mother's laissez-faire attitude, and their own wish to become citizens of the modern world. $24.99
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The Recruiting OfficerGeorge Farquhar
A classic Restoration-era comedy about the sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, as they go about their task of recruiting soldiers in the town of Shrewsbury. $14.99
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The Government InspectorNikolai Gogol Translated by Stephen Mulrine
A classic satire of provincial bureaucracy, which only saw the stage after the personal intervention of Tsar Nicholas I. A small, corrupt Russian town receives a letter informing them of the imminent visit of a government inspector travelling incognito. When a passing civil servant is mistaken for the inspector, panic soon sets in. $14.99
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The Venetian TwinsNick Enright, Terence Clarke
This adaptation of Carlo Goldoni's 18th-century comedy The Venetian Twins quickly earned a reputation as one of the most boisterous, vibrant and irreverent works of Australian musical theatre. $25.99
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The AlchemistBen Jonson
Face, Subtle and Dol Common are three rogues intent on conning the gullible out of their money. Setting up a quack-doctor's practice in Lovewit's house they promise miraculous services that cost their customers dear. Everything goes swimmingly, until Lovewit returns and the three turn against each other. $14.99
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Ah! WildernessEugene O'Neill
An affectionate and witty comedy of recollection from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers. Eugene O'Neill's only well-known comedy, Ah! Wilderness is a family-based saga set in the years just before the First World War. $27.99
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The Beaux StratagemGeorge Farquhar
George Farquhar's immortal comedy about two young gentlemen with a misguided plan to get enrich themselves at the expense of a series of young heiresses. $14.99
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FossilsManuel Aston
Homo parentithicus. Found in most urban parts of Australia. Prone to roam in pairs. Overprotective towards their offspring. Parents! Fossils turns the spotlight on the complex relationship between teenagers and their parents. $25.99
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French Without TearsTerence Rattigan
A masterpiece of light comedy from Terence Rattigan, about a group of bright young things attempting to learn French on the Riviera amid myriad distractions. $23.99
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The Devil is an AssBen Jonson
Pug, a junior demon, persuades his master Satan to let him spend a day in London. Taking over the body of a recently hanged thief, Pug becomes servant to a squire from Norfolk, Fitzdottrel, who doesn't believe that Pug is a devil but is happy that he asks no wages. $14.99
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