The Emperor Jones

Eugene O'Neill

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• Brutus Jones, a former Pullman car porter wanted in the United States on two murder charges, has established himself as the self-proclaimed ruler of a... Lees meer

The Country Wife

William Wycherley

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• Originally performed and published in 1675, this five-act play parodies the vices and hypocrisies of Restoration London. The plot centers on the epony... Lees meer

Salome

Oscar Wilde

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• Outraged by the sexual perversity of this one-act tragedy, Great Britain's Lord Chamberlain banned Salomé from the national stage. Symbolist poets and... Lees meer

The School for Scandal

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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• The intrigues of such aptly named characters as Lady Sneerwell, Sir Joseph Surface, Lady Candour, and Sir Benjamin Backbite have amused theater audien... Lees meer

The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare

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• The Merchant of Venice is an intriguing drama of love, greed, and revenge. At its heart, the play contrasts the characters of the maddened and vengefu... Lees meer

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

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• One of the great Shakespearean tragedies, Macbeth is a dark and bloody drama of ambition, murder, guilt, and revenge. Prompted by the prophecies of th... Lees meer

Exiles

James Joyce

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• One of the most widely read novelists of the twentieth century, James Joyce is famed for his mastery of expression. His unprecedented exploration of t... Lees meer

Everyman

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• Western drama, having all but disappeared during the Dark Ages, reemerged spontaneously in the liturgy and life of the medieval church. Vernacular mir... Lees meer

An Ideal Husband

Oscar Wilde

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• Although Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) created a wide range of poetry, essays, and fairy tales (and one novel) in his brief, tragic life, he is perhaps best... Lees meer

Oedipus Rex

Sophocles

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• Considered by many the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies, Oedipus Rex is Sophocles' finest play and a work of extraordinary power and resonance.... Lees meer

Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw

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• One of George Bernard Shaw's best-known plays, Pygmalion was a rousing success on the London and New York stages, an entertaining motion picture and a... Lees meer

King Lear

William Shakespeare

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• First performed about 1805, King Lear is one of the most relentlessly bleak of Shakespeare's tragedies. Probably written between Othello and Macbeth ,... Lees meer

Twelve Classic One-Act Plays

Mary Carolyn Waldrep

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• From high school drama students to community theater actors, performers everywhere are looking for inexpensive material to entertain audiences. This c... Lees meer

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

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• In this quintessential Shakespeare tragedy, a young prince's halting pursuit of revenge for the murder of his father unfolds in a series of highly cha... Lees meer

The Beggar's Opera

John Gay

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• The great lords and powerful public officials of early 18th century England are represented as highwaymen and thieves in this deliciously satirical ba... Lees meer

A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen

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• One of the best-known, most frequently performed of modern plays, A Doll's House richly displays the genius with which Henrik Ibsen pioneered modern, ... Lees meer

Dr. Faustus

Christopher Marlowe

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• One of the most durable myths in Western culture, the story of Faust tells of a learned German doctor who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for ... Lees meer

Right You Are, If You Think You Are

Luigi Pirandello

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• Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934, Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) explored such themes as the relativity of truth, the... Lees meer

Life Is a Dream

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

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• A product of the golden age of Spanish drama, Life Is a Dream ( La vida es sueño ) is the masterpiece of Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681), a con... Lees meer

Henry V

William Shakespeare

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• By the time depicted in this play, Henry has turned into the greatest of English kings. Though he has retained the common touch and sense of humor he ... Lees meer

Love's Labour's Lost

William Shakespeare

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• In this charming comedy of manners, one of Shakespeare's earliest efforts in the genre, a well-intentioned king vows to forego all fleshly delights, s... Lees meer

Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare

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• A delightfully comic tale of mistaken identities, Twelfth Night revolves around the physical likeness between Sebastian and his twin sister, Viola, ea... Lees meer

She Stoops to Conquer

Oliver Goldsmith

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• This charming comedy has delighted audiences for over two centuries. First performed in 1773, it concerns Kate Hardcastle, a young lady who poses as a... Lees meer

Nathan the Wise

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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• A Jewish merchant, a Muslim sultan, and a young Templar knight transcend the differences in their faiths in this play's moving plea for religious tole... Lees meer