The Seattle Play Series presents their debut collection of plays about Green Lake by Seattle playwrights.

Prospero, long exiled from Italy with his daughter Miranda, seeks to use his magical powers to defeat his former enemies. Eventually, having proved merciful, he divests himself of that magic, his `art', and prepares to return to the mainland.The Tempest is one of the most suggestive, yet most elusive of all Shakespeare's plays, and has provoked a wide range of critical interpretation. It is a magical romance, yet deeply and problematically embedded in seventeenth-century debates abo...

The master of ancient Greek comic drama, Aristophanes combined slapstick, humour and cheerful vulgarity with acute political observations. In The Frogs, written during the Peloponnesian War, Dionysus descends to the Underworld to bring back a poet who can help Athens in its darkest hour, and stages a great debate to help him decide between the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus and the brilliant modernity of Euripides. The clash of generations and values is also the object of Aristop...

PLEASE TELL ME IF THE GRASS IS GREENER is the dominant work of writing of the Millennium. This compilation of seven short stories is peerless of its kind. Each of the storytellers will take your hand and lead you through the unpredictable, and sometimes disgruntled, fields of life. "Even Snowflakes Have Flaws" takes on the essence of a young woman and her struggle to grasp the perfection society is fixated on. In "Eyes Like Mine," Braylee tells of his determination from boyhood to avoid st...

Edited and with an Introduction by Frank KermodeA Woman Killed with Kindness by Thomas HeywoodVolpone by Ben JonsonThe Revenger’s Tragedy by Cyril TourneurThe Maid’s Tragedy by John Fletcher and Francis BeaumontA Chaste Maid in Cheapside by Thomas MiddletonThe Duchess of Malfi by John WebsterThe Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William RowleyThe lyrical, bloodthirsty tragedies and witty urban comedies in this original collection w...

The Noh Plays of Japan is the most respected collection of Noh plays in English.The classic Japanese plays can be read for their great literary merit and also provide the reader with an understanding of a unique theatre art and important insights into the cultural, spiritual and artistic traditions of Japan.The Noh Plays of Japan, first published in 1921 and justly famous for more than three-quarters of a century, established the Noh play ...

Hill Spirits Anthology introduces a sampling of the diverserange of writers and writing styles found in the Spirit of the HillsWriters Group. In Hill Spirits, you’ll find amusing slice-of-lifestories, scary tales to share around the campfire and, in a quietmoment, poems for reflection.

A Moment In Time is Eric Brook's first novel, almost entirely written on an iPhone.Set in Sydney, the book is set on Thursday 1 April 2010. It follows women working in Sydney from various points of view as they do jobs that many people would not consider doing. Many people's biggest physical problem in their workday is not getting a paper cut. These women just want to finish the shift alive.

The law and justice are not the same thing. Some would say that Karma is justice.Startling, sad, and sometimes selfish, these 8 tales give their own meaning to justice.Grab a coffee and get comfortable. Short stories are made for coffee breaks.

Step into the early works of one of drama’s greatest pioneers with Henrik Ibsen's captivating collection, "Early Plays — Catiline, The Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans." This anthology invites you to experience Ibsen’s formative exploration of themes such as ambition, fate, and the human condition, all set against the backdrop of historical and mythological narratives.As you immerse yourself in these powerful plays, ask yourself: What drives individuals to...

As night falls on Midsummer's Eve, Elliot joins the noteworthy of Neppon society as they gather for the city's gala ball. All does not go as smoothly as planned however, as the first hints of a plot against the Roscans casts its shadow across our stage.*The city of Neppon drifts through the shallows, where the walls circling the mortal realm are thin. Here the daemons gather out of the surrounding night, drawn by its promise of candle flame warmth.As the election fo...