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Play first published in 1732. According to Wikipedia: "Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 8 October 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humour and satirical prowess, and……続きを見る

George Bernard Shaw was the greatest British dramatist after Shakespeare, a satirist equal to Jonathan Swift, and a playwright whose most profound gift was his ability to make audiences think by pro……続きを見る

A Little Princess is a 1905 children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is a revised and expanded version of Burnett's 1888 serialized novel entitled Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchi……続きを見る

Three ten-minute plays for small/fringe theatre. 続きを見る

Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was no……続きを見る

"Mrs. Warren's Profession" is George Bernard Shaw's classic play that centers on the relationship between Mrs. Warren, a prostitute, and her prudish Cambridge-educated daughter Vivie, who is horrifi……続きを見る

In 2001 rural Scotland was hit by a terrible crisis – Foot and Mouth. In Men in White Suits, playwright Cally Phillips gives rural Scotland at the beginning of the 21st century the kind of dramatic……続きを見る

* Illustrated * Author Biography * Interactive Table of Contents * Free Audiobook Download Cranford [ Illustrated ] [ Free Audiobooks Download ] The fictional town of Cranford is closely modelled on……続きを見る

The series includes: 1 The Wizard of Oz, 2 The Land of Oz, 3 Ozma of Oz, 4 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, 5 The Road to Oz, 6 The Emerald City of Oz, 7 The Patchwork Girl of Oz, 8 Tik-Tok of Oz, 9 Th……続きを見る

Set in "The Present" (1895) in London, the play opens with Algernon Moncrieff, an idle young gentleman, receiving his best friend, whom he knows as Ernest Worthing. Ernest has come from the country ……続きを見る

The Newly Revised Signet Classic Shakespeare Series The work of the world’s greatest dramatist edited by outstanding scholars The Winter’s Tale Unique Features of the Signet Classic Shakespeare •An ……続きを見る

A Message from the Sea by Charles Dickens is one of the great book for those who love literature classic fiction.続きを見る

Meet George. She's feisty, good natured and has the knack of walking into trouble. And at the moment, there's plenty of trouble to go round Bigg City is alive with rumors, there's a smell of burning……続きを見る

The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw is an indispensable guide to one of the most influential and important dramatists of the theatre. The volume offers a broad-ranging study of Shaw with ……続きを見る

Oscar Wilde created his final and most lasting play, comic masterpieces of all time, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, in 1895. Considered one of the greatest THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is a far……続きを見る

This free play is essentially a melodrama. 'An Absence of Light' is a human drama, showcasing the horrors of impending war - and the fear of its inevitable consequences - as seen through the lives o……続きを見る

Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy devises a romantic plot around separated twins, misplaced passions, and mistaken identity. Juxtaposed to it is the satirical story of a s……続きを見る

"The Man of Destiny" is one of Shaw's shorter works, just a one act play, in which we see the mastery of character development that is so common to the playwright's works. The play is an investigati……続きを見る

Follow Abigail as she is hurled, against her will, through a thousand years of life to gain the experience that could save the World as civilization, in the not too distant future, begins to decay……続きを見る

It is 1587 and BRANAN, he has no other name, barely escapes from Dromsay, a remote and primitive island off the Scottish mainland.  He is  being hunted by the evil MacCrannon brothers, kn……続きを見る

This book defines and exemplifies a major genre of modern dramatic writing, termed historiographic metatheatre, in which self-reflexive engagements with the traditions and forms of dramatic art illu……続きを見る

From the Tony Award-winning author of Copenhagen comes a play that's “spectacularly funny...a peerless backstage comedy” (The New York Times). Noises Off is not one play but two: simultaneously a tr……続きを見る

In this classic and much-loved edition of Marlowe's best-known play, John D. Jump provides the reader with a wealth of introductory and explanatory material. As well as a fascinating chronology of M……続きを見る

Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, though she had previously made a start on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. According to Cassandr……続きを見る

One of George Bernard Shaw's most performed and studied plays, "Arms and the Man" is a classic example of Shaw's comedic wit. Set during the Serbo-Bulgarian war, "Arms and the Man" is a biting socia……続きを見る

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.  Not DAVID TREASURE.  A refugee from the misery of a 19th. century Welsh coal mining town, David escapes to a new life in America.  But the ……続きを見る

Hamlet One of the most famous plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the young prince of Denmark who must reconcile his longing for oblivion with his duty to avenge his father’s murder is one ……続きを見る

Mansfield Park is Jane Austen's version of a Cinderella story. Fanny Price is a poor relation living with her rich uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram, and their children. Edmund, the second……続きを見る

the whole essence of this book is about laughter and how to make people laugh. for those who aspire to be a standup comedian it is all here. the way to form your jokes to get the audience in the moo……続きを見る

A short, funny play for 7 - 12 year olds about Ancient Rome. Emperor Nero has returned to Rome following his victory over Queen Boudicca. He addresses the Senate in triumph. He wasn't expecting all ……続きを見る