wired - Plays & Playwrights 6

In 4th Century Rome, Titus returns to the city after a period of bloody conflicts with the Goths. Upon his triumphant return with his prisonersーthe Goth queen Tamora and her three sonsーthe opposin……続きを見る

When Romeo, heartbroken and love-sick over Rosalind, meets Juliet, he falls in love almost instantly. Masked and unaware of her family origins, Romeo doesn’t realize that Juliet is a Capuletーsworn ……続きを見る

Known for his generosity, Timon of Athens’s largesse is frequently exploited by those who seek to benefit from his fortunes. But when Timon’s fortune is exhausted, and he is forced to seek assistanc……続きを見る

The beautiful Portia has many suitors within Venetian society, among them the young nobleman Bassanio, who has squandered his fortune. Desperate to win Portia’s heart, Bassanio borrows money from Sh……続きを見る

Love and redemption rule the stage in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Departing Verona for Milan, Valentine begs Proteus to join him. In love with Julia, Proteus demurs, only to be commanded to Milan b……続きを見る

A rich merchant, Simone, discovers that his wife, Bianca, is having an affair with a prince named Guido Bardi. Incensed by the indignity visited upon him by the prince, Simone challenges his rival t……続きを見る

Intent on seducing a Christian man, Honorius, who lives in seclusion in the desert, Myrrhina, a noblewoman and famed temptress, travels to Honorius’s retreat in pursuit of him. La Sainte Courtisane ……続きを見る

Bianca, the daughter of local nobleman, is a beautiful and eligible woman of marriageable age, but her father has declared that no suitor can have her hand until her older, more disagreeable sister,……続きを見る

Shipwrecked off the coast of Illyria, Viola enters the service of Duke Orsino disguised as Cesario. But when her twin brother, Sebastian, thought lost at sea, also arrives in Illyria, confusion reig……続きを見る

Sir John Falstaff has very little money upon his arrival in Windsor, and sets out to court two wealthy wives in the hopes of fattening his coin purse. The two clever wivesーMistress Page and Mistres……続きを見る

Believing his wife, Hermione, to be unfaithful, King Leontes of Sicilia, orders her new-born child abandoned in the wilderness. But when Hermione’s fidelity is proven by the divinations of the Oracl……続きを見る

Identical twins separated at birth provides the foundation for humour in one of Shakespeare’s earlier plays. The young twin sons of Egeon, alongside another set of young twin boys, purchased as slav……続きを見る

Madly in love with Cressida, Trojan prince Troilus is heartbroken when she is traded to the Greeks in a prisoner exchange. Amidst the turmoil of the two lovers, Greece and Troy remain at war with Ag……続きを見る

A young man known as Guido is set upon revenge, planning to murder the duke of Padua, who murdered Guido’s father years before. However, Guido soon finds that he has fallen in love with the duke’s w……続きを見る

Usurped from this throne by his deceitful brother, Prospero, the Duke of Milan, conjures a tempest in order to lure his brother, Antonio, and Antonio’s co-conspirator, King Alonso, to the duke’s isl……続きを見る

This early work by William Morris was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. William Morris was born in London, England in 1834. Arguabl……続きを見る

Douglas Anderson, the author, was born in Derbyshire, England. After his father passed away, Douglas went to live on his Grandfather's farm. Never very interested in animal husbandry, he leaned more……続きを見る

Scène I [Athènes. ー Le palais de Thésée.] Entrent Thésée, Hippolyte, Philostrate et leur suite. THÉSÉE Maintenant, belle Hippolyte, notre heure nuptiale ー s’avance à grands pas ; quatre heureux jo……続きを見る

Notice Acte premier Acte deuxième Acte troisième Acte quatrième Acte cinquième 続きを見る

On 19 April 1621, a woman named Elizabeth Sawyer was hanged at Tyburn. Her story was on the bookstalls within days and within weeks was adapted for the stage as The Witch of Edmonton. The devil stal……続きを見る

Everybody wants something. Some will go to any extreme to get it. The question is.... was it all worth it? Dontae is released from prison with a desperate demand for fast money. Quickly, he turns to……続きを見る

First performed at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on December 21, 1879, “A Doll’s House” is one of Henrik Ibsen’s most famous plays. It is the story of Nora Helmer who has secretly borrow……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

Now I'm dead there'll be changes. I won't keep rolling over. I won't wag my tail at every insult and injury! Kathleen Duggan has rushed home to Ireland upon hearing the news that her mother, Maisie,……続きを見る

Una fiesta de cumpleaños en una plantación del Delta del Mississippi: un hombre que se está muriendo de cáncer y que ha creído toda la vida que «el animal humano es una bestia […] que en el fondo ti……続きを見る

Forefathers’ Eve [Dziady] is a four-part dramatic work begun circa 1820 and completed in 1832 – with Part I published only after the poet’s death, in 1860. The drama's title refers to Dziady, an anc……続きを見る

First performed in 1913, “Pygmalion” is George Bernard’s Shaw’s play regarding two scholars of phonetics, Professor Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering, trying to test their theories on an unsuspect……続きを見る

For readers seeking an introductory volume via which to delve into the works of William Dean Howells, often called "The Dean of American Letters," The Daughter of the Storage: And Other Things in Pr……続きを見る

*This Book is Annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *This Book contains an Active Table of Contents for better Customer Experience. *This Book has been checked and corrected fo……続きを見る

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked a……続きを見る