LIBROS DEL AUTOR: john van druten

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  • Famous to Plays of to Day
    John Van Druten / R. C. Sherriff
    'Famous Plays of To-Day' is an essential anthology showcasing the pinnacle of theatrical achievement in the late 1920s. This collection gathers significant works by prominent playwrights of the era, including R.C. Sherriff and John Van Druten, representing the diverse styles and themes that dominated the contemporary stage. The volume serves as a curated window into the cultura...
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    33,68 €

  • Young Woodley
    John Van Druten
    'Young Woodley' is a poignant and sensitive drama that explores the complexities of adolescence within the rigid confines of a British public school. The play follows the emotional journey of Woodley, a sensitive eighteen-year-old student who finds himself alienated from the traditionalist and often harsh environment of his boarding school. As he nears the end of his school car...
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    21,07 €

  • Bell, Book And Candle
    John Van Druten
    Gillian Holroyd is one of the few modern people who can actually cast spells and perform feats of supernaturalism. She casts a spell over an unattached publisher, Shepherd Henderson, partly to keep him away from a rival and partly because she is attracted to him. He falls head over heels in love with her at once and wants to marry her. But witches, unfortunately, cannot fall in...
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    21,02 €

  • I Remember Mama
    John Van Druten
    Shows how Mama, with the help of her husband and Uncle Chris, brings up the children in their modest San Francisco home during the early years of the century. Mama, a sweet and capable manager, sees her children through childhood, manages to educate them and to see one of her daughters begin her career as a writer. Mama’s sisters and uncle furnish a rich background for a great ...
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    18,67 €

  • London Wall
    John Van Druten
    London Wall is a wryly comic look at the life of women office workers in the 1930s. In a solicitor’s office in the City, Brewer, the office manager, sees pretty new 19-year-old typist Pat as fair game. As some of the more experienced secretaries try to warn her, and others leave her to her fate, her steady boyfriend - an idealistic young writer - desperately tries to win her ba...
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    21,69 €

  • Make Way for Lucia
    John Van Druten
    Based on E. F. Benson’s hilarious novels, written in the 1920s and 30s, of the war for social supremacy between Lucia and Miss Mapp in Tilling are brought to the stage with all the wit, irony and humour of the originals. Hitherto, Tilling’s doyenne has been Miss Mapp; Lucia is the supreme poseuse who peppers her speech with Italian phrases she doesn’t understand. When Lucia ren...
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    18,81 €