Plays & Playwrights 96

Hedda Gabler is a drama 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……続きを見る

When the new child joins Lauren's little group for story time at the orphanage, the evening takes an unexpected turn. As the little storm in the story goes in search of courage, the children test th……続きを見る

He finds himself on a deserted beach. It is a strange, alien place in which there is no colour, no sense of change, time or distance and no memory of a life before. The only thing that differentiate……続きを見る

Written during the 1970s, John McGrath's winding, furious, innovative play tracks the economic history and exploitation of the Scottish Highlands from the post-Rebellion suppression of the clans to ……続きを見る

This area is gone to the fucking dogs. Gary returns home from college to confront age-old rivalries, bitter disputes, and bin bags that just won't stop falling from the sky. As Gary and his old frie……続きを見る

I will NOT be denied. I AM a volcano! And this is MY night. Britain in the 1970s: a time of strikes, blackouts and free love. But Philip's frustrated. While his wife Angela thinks he's past it, he w……続きを見る

Winner of the 1990 Mobil Playwriting Competition for the Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester. A gutsy tragi-comic drama set in a run-down Newcastle housing estate where Jean, divorced from the violent……続きを見る

Aloïs ontvlucht de armoede en de werkloosheid die hem als vlasarbeider langs de Leie te wachten staan. Hij waagt zijn kans en emigreert met een schip van de Red Star Line naar Amerika. In New York ……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: SCÈNE PREMIÈRE UN HINDOU, puis JACQUES (Au lever du rideau, la scène est vide ; puis une porte s’ouvre à droite et un Hindou, sorte de grand diable au teint bronzé, vêtu de loques pailletée……続きを見る

One of Shakespeare's early comedies, Love's Labour's Lost follows the travails of the King of Navarre and three of his companions as they make a vow to eschew the attentions of women and devote them……続きを見る

"Lady Windermere's Fan" is Oscar Wilde's classic comedic play set in London in the late 19th century. It is the story of Lady Windermere who becomes jealous of her husband's interest in Mrs. Erlynne……続きを見る

"An Enemy of the People" is Henrik Ibsen's classic drama of the animosity that can befall someone whose actions, while in the best interest of the public good, threaten the economic well being of a ……続きを見る

Once again Eero Tarik presents an outrageous short play for your enjoyment. The perfect accompaniment on your way to work this play takes you into Caesar's household as he entertains dinner guests. ……続きを見る

‘Mensen in uniform’ schetst in zes scènes een levendig beeld van de eerste oorlogsmaanden in de West-Vlaamse gemeente Wevelgem. De eerste scène vertelt over de toenemende oorlogsangst na het nieuws ……続きを見る

*Winner of the 1989/90 Tonight/AA Life Vita Award for Comedy in Theatre* "The play is brilliant."(Weekly Mail) "A very fine, thoughtful piece of writing that has both a message and i……続きを見る

-Sex isn't just about how big and how long. -What is it about then? -All sorts of things. Joy is struggling to remain interested in sex. Her husband thinks of little else. And their teenage son is r……続きを見る

Wilkie Collins The Dead Secret (1857) begins with the death bed confession of Mrs Treverton that will take her family by storm. The maid, Sarah Leeson, against the dying wish of Mrs Treverton, hides……続きを見る

Benjamin Jonson (1572-1637) was a Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor, known best for his satirical plays and lyric poems. He worked shortly as an actor in "The Admiral's Men", but soon moved on t……続きを見る

Commissioned to mark the centenary of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 2004, The Burial at Thebes is Seamus Heaney's new verse translation of Sophocles' great tragedy, Antigone - whose eponymous heroi……続きを見る

The medieval morality play, which became popular in Europe during the 15th and 16th century, is a allegorical drama in which personal attributes are personified and the moral of choosing good over e……続きを見る

Les fictions de Maurice Maeterlinck (prix Nobel 1911), écrivain symboliste belge du début du XXe siècle, aiment jouer avec les mondes parallèles, ceux que sa poésie invente et auxquels son théâtre d……続きを見る

In early 80’s Ukraine is stricken by perestroika and struggles for “democracy”, Afghanistan is in flames of a war where hundreds of eighteen-year-old youths are killed every day. Their peer, Dan, a ……続きを見る

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) is revered as one of the great British dramatists, credited not only with memorable works, but the revival of the then-suffering English theatre. Shaw was born in Dub……続きを見る

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

Christopher Marlowe lived a life that echoed the violence in his plays. He was born in 1564 and was murdered in 1593 in what is speculated to be a political assassination. An educated man, he receiv……続きを見る

The Seagull is a drama by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. The Seagull is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatizes the……続きを見る

She Stoops to Conquer was first performed in 1773, and remains popular today. Written by Irish playwright Oliver Goldsmith, it is a comedy of errors spanning the events of one night. 続きを見る

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

“SINGLE LIFE” is intended as a companion picture to the same author’s Comedy of “MARRIED LIFE;” and as that attempted to illustrate a few of the humours of the state matrimonial, and interest an aud……続きを見る

Pensaci, Giacomino! è una commedia scritta nei primi mesi del 1917 da Luigi Pirandello. Tipici topoi pirandelliani riemergono con grande efficacia nell'opera: l'incapacità dello Stato, i paradossi e……続きを見る