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The Goddess & The Devil    by Anthony DeGregorio
Price: $2.99 USD. 368950 words. Language: English. Published on April 1, 2013. Plays » Ancient & Classical.

This book covers a broad range of issues discussed between Marcus and the Prisoner against the backdrop of the Salem Witch hysteria of 1692. As the despotic Marcus issues writs of accusations against "witches" in his employer's absence, his latest Prisoner makes a profound request that forces Marcus to confront the Devil within himself and the evil that plagues Salem Village.
Scharpenelle, klein verhaal van een Grote Oorlog    by Patrick Bernauw
Price: $5.99 USD. 7960 words. Language: Dutch. Published by De Scriptomanen  on March 30, 2013. Fiction » Historical » General.

Aan de basis van deze tekst voor vertel- en muziektheater, die zich ook "gewoon" laat lezen, ligt een waar gebeurd verhaal uit de eerste dagen van de WOI. Vijf Vlaamse soldaten vinden een meisje van ongeveer drie jaar oud in een door shrapnell doorboord huis. Ze adopteren haar, houden haar als een soort mascotte bij zich en noemen haar "Elisabeth Shrapnell".
Toneelstuk: Zotte Charlotte    by Patrick Bernauw
Price: $9.99 USD. 13680 words. Language: Dutch. Published by De Scriptomanen  on March 28, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Victorian.

Charlotte, de dochter van Leopold I, huwt op jonge leeftijd met Maximiliaan van Oostenrijk. In 1860 krijgt hij de keizerskroon van Mexico aangeboden. Kort daarna ontvlamt een burgeroorlog, wordt hij gefusilleerd... en Charlotte krankzinnig. Of toch niet? Want waarom sluit het Belgische koningshuis haar eigenlijk op, voor de rest van haar leven, in het kasteel van Boechout, bij Meise?
Adam Mickiewicz's Forefathers' Eve, Parts II and III. A New English Translation    by Charles Kraszewski
Price: $5.99 USD. 30810 words. Language: English. Published on March 27, 2013. Plays » Russian & Former Soviet Union.

Gustaw, a love-suicide, is called forth from the grave during the semi-pagan celebration of Forefathers' Eve to confront his faithless lover. Later, his selfish romantic love is turned outward, toward his suffering nation, as he takes on a new persona: the Messianic Konrad. Adam Mickiewicz's Dziady, the greatest expression of Polish literature, is presented here in a new English translation.
Ready Reference Treatise: Coriolanus    by Raja Sharma
Price: $1.99 USD. 8510 words. Language: English. Published on March 26, 2013. Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides.

When exactly the play “Coriolanus” was enacted first is not known, however, according to the most of the scholars, the play was launched somewhere between 1605 and 1610. Some others try to emphasize that the play was first staged in probably 1608 or 1609.
Zygmunt Krasiński: The Undivine Comedy. A New English Translation    by Charles Kraszewski
Price: $5.99 USD. 23180 words. Language: English. Published on March 25, 2013. Plays » European / French.

Count Henryk is a Byronic poet. So devoted is he to ideal beauty, that he neglects his very real wife and son, and is led near his own death by Poetry Incarnate, who is nothing more than the diabolically reanimated corpse of a whore. From poetry, Henryk moves on to politics; the Undivine Comedy predates Marx by decades in its prophecy of coming class warfare, which nothing can solve but charity.
See You There, Vasundhara    by Raja Sharma
Price: $1.99 USD. 6920 words. Language: English. Published on March 15, 2013. Fiction » Romance » Contemporary.

A big room in a big mansion, well furnished and well decorated, but gloomy and forlorn. Curtains are drawn, a dim light makes things visible, and morning light seems to be trying to penetrate the curtains. Shashtriji is in his bed, Vasundhara is slowly walking towards him, she carries a cup of tea in her both hands.
American cards    by Mike Donati
Price: Free! 100 words. Language: English. Published on March 13, 2013. Plays » American / African American.

Michaël Donati illustrator presents you original illustrations of america! Do not be surprised by my European perspective on the USA! All public-
Κατζούρμπος    by Γεώργιος Χορτάτζης
Price: $1.49 USD. 19030 words. Language: Greek. Published by PELEKANOS BOOKS  on March 13, 2013. Plays » Medieval.

Ο νεαρός Νικολός είναι ερωτευμένος με την ψυχοκόρη της "ρουφιάνας" Πουλισένας. Την κόρη ωστόσο διεκδικεί και ο γέρος Αρμένης, με εξαγορά της Πουλισένας... Οι κωμικές καταστάσεις διαδέχονται η μία την άλλη, μέσα από μηχανορραφίες μαστροπών, "πολιτικών" και δούλων.
Ready Reference Treatise: Endgame    by Raja Sharma
Price: $1.99 USD. 5470 words. Language: English. Published on March 11, 2013. Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides.

“Endgame” by Samuel Beckett was originally written in French language, and it was titled “Fin de partie.” This one act play has been written in a style that happens to be associated with the Theatre of the Absurd.