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  • Alone in Berlin

    by Mr Alistair Beaton, Hans Fallada ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    A gripping portrait of life in wartime Berlin and a vividly theatrical study of how paranoia can warp a society gripped by the fear of the night-time knock on the door.Based on true events, Hans Fallada's Alone In Berlin follows a quietly courageous couple, Otto and Anna Quangel who, in dealing with their own heartbreak, stand up to the brutal reality of the Nazi regime. With the smallest of acts, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Caucasian Chalk Circle

    by Bertolt Brecht ...
    Translated by Mr Alistair Beaton ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    The city burns in the heat of civil war and a servant girl sacrifices everything to protect an abandoned child. But when peace is finally restored, the boy's mother comes to claim him. Calling upon the ancient tradition of the Chalk Circle, a comical judge sets about resolving the dispute. But in a culture of corruption and deception, who wins? Written by the grand master of storytelling and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Little Book of Brexit Bollocks

    by Alistair Beaton, Tom Mitchelson ...
    'Truly brilliant' - Matthew Parris, Times columnistIf any event in recent British history has spawned more bollocks than Brexit, it is hard to remember when. Now, in a successor volume to the perennial bestsellers The Little Book of Complete Bollocks and The Little Book of Management Bollocks, comes the definitive and hilarious insight into what politicians really mean when they talk about Brexit ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Island

    Kanata Classics Edition

    by Alistair MacLeod ...
    Series series Kanata Classics
    Part of the inaugural Kanata Classics list, with a new introduction by Kate Beaton, Island is a collection of stories that captures the soul of the east coast and proves Alistair MacLeod is a master of the craft.A book-besotted patriarch releases his only son from the obligations of the sea. A father provokes his young son to violence when he reluctantly sells the family horse. A passionate girl ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • A Planet for the President

    by Alistair Beaton ...
    This is a story written over a decade ago.Before Fake News, or Alternative Facts, or even social media.It told the story of a not-too-distant future, which really was not too distant.*The President of the United States is facing a global catastrophe.The environment is in meltdown. People are dying. Americans are dying.Even he can't ignore it.There's hardly a corner of... ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Electric Ink: The Complete Series 1 and 2

    Old hack meets new media in this BBC Radio comedy

    by Alistair Beaton ...
    Narrated by Alex Jennings, Ben Willbond, Debbie Chazen, Elizabeth Berrington, Full Cast, John Sessions, Polly Frame, Robert Lindsay, Stephen Wight, Zita Sattar ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 35 min

    Old hacks meet new media in this BBC radio sitcom set in the changing world of the newspaper industry'The writing is tight, the characters astutely observed and the situation comedy inclusive'Radio TimesMaddox is an old-school journalist struggling to keep up with new technology. He fears the art of finding stories is being forgotten, and is not about to let that happen. His online editor Freddy, ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Arsonists

    by Max Frisch, Mr Alistair Beaton ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    Fires are becoming something of a problem. But Biedermann has it all under control. He's a respected member of the community with a loving wife and a flourishing business, so surely nothing can get to him. The great philanthropist is happy to meet his civic duty by giving shelter to two new guests but when they start filling his attic with petrol drums, will he help them light the fuse?Max Frisch ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Contemporary Scottish Plays

    Caledonia; Bullet Catch; The Artist Man and Mother Woman; Narrative; Rantin

    by Mr Alistair Beaton, Rob Drummond, Miss Morna Pearson, Mr Anthony Neilson, Kieran Hurley ...
    Series series Play Anthologies
    To paraphrase Alistair Beaton's Caledonia - the first play in this collection - 'The English have anthologies, the Spanish have anthologies, the French have anthologies . . . why should not Scotland have its anthology?'Scotland is entering a crucial period in its history, where its identity is being debated daily, from everyday conversation to the national and international press. At the same time ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Fracked!

    Or: Please Don't Use the F-Word

    by Mr Alistair Beaton ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    How would you feel about sitting in front of that nice old village pub on a sunny afternoon while convoys of 40-ton tankers roll past six feet away?Deerland Energy's plans to drill for shale gas in the pretty village of Fenstock are going well. The company is looking at big profits.They can count on the support of distinguished scientists working in university departments funded by the energy ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

    by Bertolt Brecht ...
    Translated by George Tabori, Mr Alistair Beaton ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    Described by Brecht as 'a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all', The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a witty and savage satire of the rise of Hitler – recast by Brecht into a small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade. Using a wide range of parody and pastiche – from Al Capone to Shakespeare's Richard III and Goethe's Faust – Brecht's ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Feelgood

    by Mr Alistair Beaton ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    An outrageously funny satire on modern politics, New Labour and the fine art of spinAlistair Beaton's hilarious play, part farce, part biting satire, is set in the plush seaside hotel of a party conference. As anti-capitalist riots rage in the streets below, sinister and obsessive press secretary Eddie and young speech-writing aide Paul are trying to finalise the PM's conference speech. But Eddie ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Caledonia

    by Mr Alistair Beaton ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    Caledoniais a story of greed, euphoria and mass delusion. It is the story of a small, poor country mistaking itself for a place that is both big and rich. It is an ancient story for modern times.William Paterson was a financial adventurer who in 1698 devised one of the most daring and disastrous speculations of all time. His plan: to found a Scottish colony in Darien on the isthmus of Panama in ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD