Results for: books tagged ‘Corruption’
Seize the Fire: Tom Paulin
After the success of The Riot Act, his version of Sophocles's Antigone, Tom Paulin turned his formidable powers of transformation on Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound. Commissioned by the Open University, Paulin ... More
On the Waterfront: Budd Schulberg
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An Enemy of the People: Henrik Ibsen and Christopher Hampton
'The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.' Dr StockmannDr Stockmann attempts to expose a water pollution scandal in his home town which is about to ... More
Copland & Heavy: James Mangold
Two screenplays by an important American film-maker. Heavy charts the relationship between Victor, an overweight pizza chef, and Callie, a young waitress who comes to work in his mother's bar. ... More
Chinatown and Other Screenplays: Robert Towne
Robert Towne is one of America's most influential screenwriters. His screenplays are revered in Hollywood, and his lines and scenes are quoted from memory by countless fans. Collected here are ... More
Chinatown: Robert Towne
1930s Los Angeles. Jake Gittes is a successful 'bedroom dick': a private eye specialising in cases of marital infidelity. Paradoxically he might also be the last truly ethical man in ... More
Just When We Are Safest: Reg Gadney
'MI5 will change my life tonight.'The entry in the secret diary of Mary R. Walker (Metropolitan Police) is all too accurate. When Walker is murdered in a terrorist attack, her ... More
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Traffic: Stephen Gaghan
This is the screenplay of director Steven Soderbergh's hit thriller, set in the high-stakes, high-risk world of the drug trade, starring Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones. Traffic is a ... More
Famous Last Words: Timothy Findley
In the final days of the Second World War, Hugh Selwyn Mauberley scrawls his desperate account on the walls and ceilings of his ice-cold prison high in the Austrian Alps. ... More
An Obedient Father: Akhil Sharma
Ram Karan, a corrupt official in the Delhi school system, lives in one of the city's slums with his widowed daughter and his eight-year-old granddaughter. Bumbling, ironical, sad, Ram is ... More
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