Plays & Playwrights 81

They’re the ultimate downtown coupleーattractive, smart, and successful. They have everything they could ever want. Except a child. When bad news points them to alternative methods of conception, th……続きを見る

他已发制作清代著名抗俄将军，在沙俄强敌压境，在孤立无援的情况下，乃守“军覆则死”之义；他的名字在清代8个王朝、坐镇齐齐哈尔的76位黒龙江将军中最为响亮，关于他抗俄御侮、誓死报国的故事广为流传。金戈铁马、……続きを見る

This book is written to enlighten, inform and entertain the reader with over 50 stories from emergency responders. Topics range from the funny, weird and strange to the serious and traumatic. The st……続きを見る

从古希腊戏剧时代到近代戏剧，从《被缚的普罗米修斯》到《阴谋与爱情》，在低吟浅唱中回顾东西方戏剧走过的道路，戏剧经典的产生，上古戏剧发展的近代戏剧的历史等。本书从上古、中古、近代三个时期进行划分，图文……続きを見る

Early Modern Drama in Performance is a collection of essays in honor of Lois Potter, the distinguished author of five monographs, including most recently The Life of William Shakespeare (2012), and ……続きを見る

This classic text by the great Norwegian bard contains the following early works: Catiline, The Warrior's Barrow and Olaf Liljekrans. 続きを見る

Love, sex, and secrets are all too common for the ladies of Baltimore’s queer bed & breakfast. While Kyle Wright, the owner, tries to balance her girlfriend and lover, her friends find themselves st……続きを見る

The complete works of Ben Jonson, the genius of Jacobean theatre, appear here for the first in digital print. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works with numerous illustrations, inform……続きを見る

'Have you grown hard? Is that it? You were never hard then, you know. Just two spoiled daughters. Two little, selfish daughters. Two unemancipated daughters. Without her you have become hard, is tha……続きを見る

"NYPD Detective Samantha Lange, distraught over the sudden and visual death of her brother, is succumbed by the charms of FBI Agent Parker Carlisle. Her involvement with him has a price: she must le……続きを見る

Hedda Gabler is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was published in 1890, and it premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a c……続きを見る

The Borkman family fortunes have been brought low by the imprisonment of John Gabriel who used his position as a bank manager to speculate with his investors' money. The action of the play takes pla……続きを見る

A short play about a gay couple and one of their 'extra' activities. 続きを見る

Sur la courbe du temps tout est possible. Un homme âgé (Jean de la Fontaine) se retrouve près d’un morne dans une de nos îles. Durant sa traversée il a oublié……続きを見る

Notre passé d'esclaves scellé par une mémoire muette est un cachot dont on ne peut se libérer que par le travail de deuil. Cette pièce en est une tentative singulière. Une nuit, un groupe d'amis réu……続きを見る

Beflügelt von einem langjährig gehegten Wunsch ergreift Lena Bergmann die Chance zur beruflichen Veränderung. Der Idealismus weicht der Enttäuschung. In einem von Nonnen geleiteten Kinderheim sieht ……続きを見る

The most horrifying threat is one that catches you when you least expect it. Jean Carmelo had arrived in Port-au-Prince on that fateful Monday, blissfully unaware of the looming catastrophe. Excited……続きを見る

The Feast at Solhaug is the first publicly successful drama by Henrik Ibsen. It was written in 1855 and had its premier at Det norske Theater in Bergen on 2 January 1856. 続きを見る

Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique. George Sand commence à faire paraître "Le Pavé, nouvelle dialoguée" dan……続きを見る

“The least pretentious and in its impact the most popular of Henrik Ibsen biographies” according to the National Library of Norway. Hans Heiberg writes in the preface “I have always wanted to read a……続きを見る

Elysium - это место беспечных дней. Оно есть в тебе и во мне. В каждом из нас. Во время ненастий, различных перипетий, мы уходим в это благодатное место, забыв про житейские проблемы, наслаждаясь св……続きを見る

Человек может отобразить на лице лишь одну эмоцию - страх, радость, скорбь, симпатию. Но в душе человек многолик. Все переплетённые переживания, от любви до ненависти, создают самое главное чувство,……続きを見る

Nikolai is like any other 15 year old boy of his age, but with one difference, he was born into a travelling circus. He is controlled by his domineering, tyrannical Father, who makes his life a mise……続きを見る

Maria Callas probabilmente è stata il soprano più importante del “bel canto”. La sua vita, piena di vette e abissi, è paragonabile solo alla vita delle eroine tragiche che era solita portare in scen……続きを見る

Not one of us must breathe a word of what we've found. It's a dark and stormy night. Jim, the inn-keeper's granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor's feet sits a hug……続きを見る

That theatre is a business remains a truth often ignored by theatre insiders and consumers of the performing arts alike. The essays in Theatre Symposium, Volume 22 explore theatre as a commercial en……続きを見る

A Canadian drama classic, these two playsーone dealing with racism, the other with alcoholismーexplore some of the most pressing issues facing teenagers today. Skin introduces us to a group of Canad……続きを見る

Lately Cathy, a middle-aged comedian, has found very little to laugh about. Everything seems either tragic or frustrating, especially her eighteen-year marriage to Peter, a doctor at a local communi……続きを見る

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can best re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Tr……続きを見る

Eine junge Journalistin beginnt nach ihrem Studium bei einer Regionalzeitung fern der Heimat in Westsibirien zu arbeiten. Dabei lernt sie das Leben mit all seinen Widrigkeiten kennen. Mal stößt sie ……続きを見る