Theatre & Dance

1. Aristotle

Poetics

Essential reading for all students of Greek theatre and literature, and equally stimulating for anyone interested in literature In the Poetics, his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy, Aristotle examine the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Taking examples from the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, the Poetics introduced into literary criticism such central concepts as mimesis ('imitation'), hamartia ('error') and katharsis, which have informed serious thinking about drama ever since. Aristotle explains how the most effective tragedies rely on complication and resolution, recognition and reversals, while centring on chaaracerts of heroic stature, idealised yet true to life. One of the most perceptive and influential works of criticism in Western literary history, the Poetics has informed serious thinking about drama ever since. Malcolm Heath's lucid translation makes the Poetics fully accessible to the modern reader. In this edition it is accompanied by an extended introduction, which discusses the key concepts in detail, and includes suggestions for further reading. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

1. Lot Vekemans

Wat wil je dan?

Je bent 38 en je leven lijkt op orde: je timmert aan de weg in je droombaan, je hebt een stabiele relatie en je weet ongeveer wie je bent. Tot je op een dag wakker wordt met een overdonderend besef van zinloosheid. Je besluit dat het anders moet. Maar wat wil je dan? Het overkwam Lot Vekemans. Tegenwoordig is ze een van de succesvolste toneelschrijvers van Nederland, maar op haar 38e voelt dat pad als een dood spoor. Ze gooit het roer om, stopt met schrijven en koopt met haar geliefde een herberg in Appelscha. En dan doet zich een paradox voor: juist nu zij zich heeft terug getrokken, klopt de toneelwereld harder aan haar deur. Lot besluit een zelfonderzoek aan te gaan naar haar wensen, interne belemmeringen en de omgang met het oordeel van anderen. Terwijl bijna twee decennia verstrijken, een relatiebreuk, nieuwe liefde en talloze toneelstukken plaats vinden, groeit gaandeweg een besef. Het gaat in het leven niet om het vermijden van tegenstellingen, maar om het omarmen ervan. Wat wil je dan? gaat over die momenten dat je je afvraagt of het wel klopt wat je aan het doen bent en over wat er gebeurt als je die vraag serieus neemt.

1. Arthur , Miller

The Penguin Arthur Miller

To celebrate the centennial of his birth, the collected plays of America's greatest twentieth-century dramatist in a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition In the history of postwar American art and politics, Arthur Miller casts a long shadow as a playwright of stunning range and power whose works held up a mirror to America and its shifting values. The Penguin Arthur Miller celebrates Miller's creative and intellectual legacy by bringing together the breadth of his plays, which span the decades from the 1930s to the new millennium. From his quiet debut, The Man Who Had All the Luck, and All My Sons, the follow-up that established him as a major talent, to career hallmarks like The Crucible and Death of a Salesman, and later works like Mr. Peters' Connections and Resurrection Blues, the range and courage of Miller's moral and artistic vision are here on full display.Including eighteen plays-some known by all and others that will come as discoveries to many readers-The Penguin Arthur Miller is a collectible treasure for fans of Miller's drama and an indispensable resource for students of the theatre.The Penguin Arthur Miller includes: The Man Who Had All the Luck, All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, An Enemy of the People, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, After the Fall, Incident at Vichy, The Price, The Creation of the World and Other Business, The Archbishop's Ceiling, The American Clock, Playing for Time, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, The Last Yankee, Broken Glass, Mr. Peters' Connections, and Resurrection Blues. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

1. Judi Dench

Shakespeare

1. Bastian , Meiresonne

Hallyuwood

1. Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential Annotated Edition