Dracula: Finding of a Shadow, Lisa Monde’s third published play, appears in the Anthology of the same name which was released in January 2024 and is now available on all major platforms – as an Audio Drama. The play had several productions Off-Broadway. Many members of the original two casts of the show participated in the… Read more »
Dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the first publication of the novel Dracula, as well as the 175th anniversary of its author, Bram Stoker. This present edition includes Lisa Monde’s original play Dracula: Finding of a Shadow and a play by the guest-playwright Thomas R. Gordon – Dracula: Bloodlines. Besides the plays, two essays by Lisa Monde are also included in this book, shedding light on the mystery of the birth of the stellar literary character and the evolution of the image of Dracula. The foreword was written by the great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker – Dacre Stoker.
The novella Teach Me How to Die tells a story of six people – five men and a woman, who have made a decision to commit suicide, but do not know how they should write their final suicide notes properly. In such a way that it would shed some light on who they were and explain why they have severed all ties with life…
Saint Francis: Religion of Love is a historical drama by Lisa Monde based on the historical facts and hagiographies. This is a story about the life and coming into the holy being of Saint Francis of Assisi, how he turned from a regular layman into a devoted son and servant of God, and began preaching the religion of love…
The brand new edition of the play about one of the greatest French poets of the 15th century, Francois Villon. The story leads us from Villon’s student years, when he used to be an assiduous scholar of Sorbonne and foster child of the senior Priest Guillaume de Villon, to the time when the poet gets involved with a bad company. New “friends” lead the unsuspecting Villon into the world of thefts, burglaries, and finally – murder. After the crime, Villon is banished from Paris and he wanders the precincts of the city while fighting for survival, retaining his fervent mind, sharp tongue, and ability to best his enemies and ill-wishers in his poems. However, the prodigal son returns to Paris to find his place in this world. After being banished for the last time, he disappears from Paris and vanishes from history.
Edited by Josh Benjamin
This brand new edition comes with beautiful colorful inserts of pictures from the theatrical productions of the play throughout the years.
XLibris Publishing, USA, 2011
The play tells a life story of the greatest French poet of the 15th century – Francois Villon, also known as the “Voice of Paris”. The story leads us from Villon’s student years, when he used to be an assiduous scholar of Sorbonne and foster child of the senior Priest Guillaume de Villon, to the time when the poet gets involved with a bad company and is being led into the mire of thefts, burglaries, and finally – unpremeditated murder. After the crime Villon is banished from Paris and he wanders in the precincts of the city fighting for survival, retaining his fervent mind, sharp tongue, skill of scoffing his enemies and ill-wishers in his poems. However, the prodigal son returns to Paris to find his place in this world… Being banished for the last time, he vanishes from Paris and vanishes from History…
Moskvovedenie, Moscow, 2011
Authors describe conditions and factors, allowing to achieve acme in performing art and, namely, in musical theatre.
Fortuna El, Moscow, 2011
The book in a popular way gives recommendations, concerning hygiene of voice and ways to preserve it for a long time.