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 Baghdad Wedding
Hassan Abdulrazzak
From cosmopolitan London to the chaos of war-ravaged Baghdad, this is the comic tale of three friends, torn between two worlds, and a wedding that goes horribly wrong. Softcover, 108 pp. $23.00.
 The People Next Door
Henry Adam
Premiered at The Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, The People
Next Door is a play about what happens when someone else's
global problem becomes your local one. Henry Adam's play is a coherent,
lively, frightening and ultimately inspiring tale of coersion,
responsibility and loyalty. 3M, 1W. Softcover, 85 pp. $19.95.
 Some Kind of Bliss
Samuel Adamson
Small-time hack and seeker of minor adventure Rachel sets off down the Thames Path to Greenwich to interview Lulu for her tabloid's glossy supplement. But between London Bridge and the celebrity's mirrored hallway lies a series of unpredicted events. This is a play about how a walk on an everyday Wednesday can become an odyssey that turns your life upside down. Softcover, 52 pp. $19.00.
 93.2 FM
Levi David Addai
Coach and Bossman are a dynamice duo tearing up the airwaves at Borough FM. Together they have become radio heroes, but someone's getting above their station and putting Borough FM in the shade. 93.2 FM is a sharp comedy about friendship, dreams and the conflict awakened by ambition. It's about achieving your goals and what may, or may not be compromised along the way. Softcover, 79 pp. $18.00.
 The Al-Hamlet Summit
Sulayman Al-Bassam
Original playscript in English and Arabic. Softcover, 174 pp. $24.95.
 My Wonderful Day
Alan Ayckbourn
The story of a philandering TV personality, his vengeful wife, his ditzy mistress and others as witnessed by the nine year old daughter of their home cleaner, as she prepares an essay for school titled "My Wonderful Day". 2M 4F. Softcover, 69 pp. $11.99.
 Confusions
Methuen Student Edition
Alan Ayckbourn
Ayckbourn's series of five interlinked one-act plays typifies his interactive comedies of human behavior. The plays are alternately naturalistic, stylised and farcical, but underlying each is the problem of loneliness. Whether the comedy concerns marital conflict, infidelity, or motherhood, is set on a park bench, or at a village fete, the characters are immediately familiar and their cries for help instantly recognisable. Softcover, 65 pp. $18.00.
 Whenever
Alan Ayckbourn
This children's play tells the story of Emily and her inventor uncle
Martin, who lived an idyllic existence until the arrival of Uncle Lucas
and Aunt Charity, two scheming cads who plan to kill Martin, and take
the credit for his creations. Softcover, 111 pp. $19.99.
 House & Garden
Alan Ayckbourn
The latest plays from England's master playwright combine hilarity and hurt with
brilliant ingenuity. SC $19.99.
 Comic
Potential
Alan Ayckbourn
A comedy set in the foreseeable
future when everything has changed but human nature. $18.99.
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