wired - Continental European 2

Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic o……続きを見る

Set in Roman times, Voltaire's play THE TRIUMVIRATE details a meeting on an island between Anthony and Octavian, in which the two main players in the post-Caesar Roman world decide how to divide up ……続きを見る

Here are three French plays from the Enlightenment Period dealing with the subject of slavery. ISLE OF SLAVES, by Pierre de Marivaux, is the longest and most challenging of the three. It postulates ……続きを見る

French dramatist Adolphe d'Ennery (1811-1899) follows the Faust story originally developed by Goethe, but with a leavening of humor that the German playwright lacked. Especially entertaining is the ……続きを見る

Classic Schiller drama, in English translation. . According to Wikipedia: "Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. During the la……続きを見る

Othello William Shakespeare, dramaturge et poète anglais (1564-1616) Ce livre numérique présente «Othello», de William Shakespeare, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d……続きを見る

David A. Brenner examines how Jews in Central Europe developed one of the first "ethnic" or "minority" cultures in modernity. Not exclusively "German" or "Jewish," the experiences of German-speaking……続きを見る

The Count of Monte Cristo, one of the greatest adventure novels of all time, has been converted by the author into a series of four plays. In PART TWO, Edmond Dantes has escaped from the dreaded pri……続きを見る

This dramatization of the classic novel is the first of four parts. In 1815 Napoleon has fled to Elba, and the Bourbons have been restored to the French throne. Young Edmond Dantes is First Mate and……続きを見る

The e-book has been updated to include a link to a pdf containing almost 100 pages of additional Shakespeare resources created by the author, that can be printed as desired. This book contains what ……続きを見る

The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great adventure novels of all time. But the author, Alexandre Dumas, also adapted his novel into four riveting plays. Part Three: The Rise of Monte Cristo is ……続きを見る

Voltaire's The Death of Caesar (Mort de César, 1735) is often erroneously described as a reworking of the first three acts of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Instead, Voltaire rewrote the text ……続きを見る

In the preface to his only novel, 19th Century English playwright, Oscar Wilde commented, "All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their own peril. Those who……続きを見る

Written in 1836, this collaborative play is based on a real-life incident, using the actual names of the principals involved. The young Marquis de Brunoy is snubbed at the French Royal Court of Vers……続きを見る

SHAKESPEARE'S MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: --Complete & Unabridged, formatted for kindle to improve your reading experience --Linked Table of Contents to navigate easily --Additional photographs to enhan……続きを見る

Er erwartet sie im Foyer. Ein kleiner Mann, unrasiert, Brille, klobige Schuhe. In Höhe der Knöchel sieht man weiße Bündchen hervorlugen. Du lieber Gott, denkt Regine Lutz, bei der Hitze trägt der Ma……続きを見る

"Geheimnisse verleihen uns Macht über die Uneingeweihten. Sie können uns zu etwas Besonderem und wichtig machen. Sie können uns auch vor Verletzungen schützen. Wenn wir Familiengeheimnisse enträtsel……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "König Heinrich VIII. / Henry VIII - Zweisprachige Ausgabe (Deutsch-Englisch) / Bilingual edition (German-English)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis verse……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark / Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - Zweisprachige Ausgabe (Deutsch-Englisch) / Bilingual edition (German-English)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inh……続きを見る

La representación y puesta en escena comienza con una disputa callejera entre los Montesco y los Capuleto. El príncipe de Verona, Della Escala, interviene entre ellos y declara un acuerdo de paz que……続きを見る

From the Translator's Introduction: "The Organs of the Brain is quite representative of the style of farce which was abundantly popular in western Europe in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth ……続きを見る

All communities have rules, even if that rule is not to have any rules. Often these rules do not become apparent until they are challenged either unwittingly or by a deliberate quest for change. Thi……続きを見る

Frank J. Morlock's English-language translation and adaptation of Ferdinand Dugue's 1881 play "Tibère: drame en cinq actes (huit tableaux)" chronicles the events in the life of Roman emperor Tiberi……続きを見る

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on the 16th October 1854 in Dublin Ireland. The son of Dublin intellectuals Oscar proved himself an outstanding classicist at Dublin, then at Oxford. W……続きを見る

Extrait : "Etre, ou ne pas être, c'est là la question. ー Y a-t-il plus de noblesse d'âme à subir ー la fronde et les flèches de la fortune outrageante, ー ou bien à s'armer contre une mer de douleu……続きを見る

Extrait : "ORLANDO : Je me rappelle bien, Adam ; tel a été mon legs, une misérable somme de mille écus dans son testament ; et, comme tu dis, il a chargé mon frère, sous peine de sa malédiction, de ……続きを見る

Published by Methuen Drama, the collected dramatic works of Bertolt Brecht are presented in the most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht's plays in the English language. This second v……続きを見る

In 1844-45, while Alexandre Dumas was working on his two classic novels, The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, he found time to write a play called Sylvandire. A young provincial, Roge……続きを見る

While French writer Alexandre Dumas is best-known for The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, many critics consider his Marie-Antoinette novels to be his greatest achievement. Indeed, he……続きを見る

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