Plays & Playwrights 96

Patrizia Pallaro's second volume of essays on Authentic Movement, eight years after her first, is a tour de force. It is indeed "an extraordinary array of papers", as Pallaro puts it, and an immense……続きを見る

It's Cougar's birthday. He's having a party. And the gift he'd kill for is youth... In a strange room in East London the party preparations are under way. Everything has been planned to the last det……続きを見る

徳国诗人歌徳有句名言：“说不尽的莎士比亚!”中国戏剧家曹禺曾赞叹：“莎士比亚是一位使人类永久又惊又喜的巨人!”莎士比亚是公认的世界级戏剧大师，他的剧作中蕴涵了浩瀚的人生，渊博的知识和发掘不完的深邃思想。本……続きを見る

《莎士比亚悲剧集》收录了莎士比亚四部悲剧代表作，包括《罗密欧与朱丽叶》（1595）、《哈姆莱特》（1601）、《奥瑟罗》（1604）、《麦克白》（1606）等。在这四部作品中，《罗密欧与朱丽叶》虽然以悲剧告终，却因……続きを見る

《中华古文化经典丛书》是一部全面细致介绍中国古文化的书籍，它综合了中国各个时期、各个地区种类繁多的各类型文化，就其历史起源、发展走向、文化特色、重大影响，以及当时人们的生活状况、人文风俗、语言特点、……続きを見る

'Der Duft des Regens auf dem Balkan' erzählt die Geschichte der sephardisch-jüdischen Familie Salom aus Sarajevo, deren Leben mit dem Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkriegs eine radikale Wendung nimmt. Fünf……続きを見る

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. ‘He looked at her hair and longed to touch it again, and to tell her that it smelt of the woods; but he had never learned t……続きを見る

If theatre were a religion, explains David Mamet in his opening chapter, 'many of the observations and suggestions in this book might be heretical'. As always, Mamet delivers on his promise: in Thea……続きを見る

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