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Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy Adapted by Helen Edmundson
Anna is beautiful and admired but empty – until a chance meeting throws her into emotional turmoil and a scandalous affair. Contrasting with this tale of destructive love is the story of Levin, an idealistic man striving to find meaning in life – and a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself. $29.99
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No RomanceNancy Harris
Laura has a secret. Joe's has been revealed. Peg's been keeping hers for years. Rich with the absurdities, hypocrisies and vulnerabilities that course through our lives, Nancy Harris's No Romance playfully observes the longings, fears and desires we reveal - and don't reveal - in our closest relationships. $29.99
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ScorchedWajdi Mouawad Translated by Linda Gaboriau
A haunting, poetic play from one of Canada's leading playwrights, Scorched is a powerful investigation of trauma and family ties. It was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film, Incendies (2010), under its original French title. $53.99
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Speaking in TonguesAndrew Bovell
Two couples set out to betray their partners. A lover returns from the past and a husband doesn’t answer the phone... A woman disappears and a neighbour is the prime suspect... $25.99
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PersuasionJane Austen Adapted by Mark Healy
Mark Healy's faithful yet inventive stage adaptations of Jane Austen's treasured novels are terrifically actable and readable. This edition features Production Notes, making it easily stageable too. $23.99
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YermaFederico García Lorca Translated by Jo Clifford
The tale of an impassioned, childless woman living with her husband in rural Spain. Tortured by her incessant longing to conceive a child, Yerma is driven by madness to commit a heinous crime. $14.99
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Shafana and Aunt SarrinahAlana Valentine
At the heart of Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah is the relationship between an aunt and her niece. Both devout Muslims, the younger woman wants to put on a headscarf, the older woman tries to dissuade her. $25.99
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Songs for NobodiesJoanna Murray-Smith
When a great singer lets her voice float out over the anonymous crowd, or form the grooves of thousands of records, or flow through radios into millions of homes across the world, she makes countless unknown connections with people. In Songs for Nobodies, we meet five unknown women who are touched by the great singers seen to be living the dream: Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, Edith Piaf, Billie Holiday and Maria Callas. $25.99
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Gwen in PurgatoryTommy Murphy
Gwen is 90. She woke up this morning to discover that purgatory is sitting alone in a new house in a new subdivision on the edge of town. But the kids are coming round and Father Ezekiel is on his way to bless the house, so the beginning of the end is looking up... $25.99
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The Price of EverythingFiona Evans
A tense and gripping drama, loaded with dark humour, about the price we pay for material possessions and the effect it has on those we love. $19.99
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