This volume contains five works by Henry Louis Mencken: “Pistols for Two,” “Heliogabalus,” “The Artist: A Drama Without Words,” “Suggestions to Our Visitors,” and “George Bernard Shaw: His Plays.”&……続きを見る
Pollastra and the Origins of Twelfth Night addresses two closely linked and increasingly studied issues: the nature of the relation of Shakespeare's plays to Italian culture, and the technology of m……続きを見る
In 'Caesar and Cleopatra' George Bernard Shaw depicts a powerful and witty reimagining of the historical events surrounding Caesar's arrival in Egypt and his relationship with Cleopatra. The play cl……続きを見る
George Bernard Shaw's 'In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 (In the Garden of Eden)' is a thought-provoking and innovative exploration of the biblical account of creation. Shaw's literary style in this work ……続きを見る
Arms and the Man was George Bernard Shaw's first commercially successful play. It is a comedy about idealized love versus true love. A young Serbian woman idealizes her war-hero fiance and thinks th……続きを見る
"Mrs. Warren's Profession" is a play written by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. The play explores themes of social hypocrisy, gender roles, and the morality of prostitution. The main character……続きを見る
George Farquhar's play, 'The Inconstant,' is a comedic masterpiece that satirizes the societal norms of the 18th century. Through witty dialogue and humorous situations, Farquhar addresses themes of……続きを見る
The Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by the Baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. The novel was inspired by the painting The Last Day of Pompeii by the Russian painter Karl Briullov, which Bul……続きを見る
Read the Cyberpunk Fairy Tales, a unique twist on the classic stories you grew up with. Sometimes dark and disturbing like the Grimm stories, other times new and relevant to the modern age.
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Black Antigone is a fresh and provocative interpretation of Sophocles’ tragedy, based on the belief that the potent rhythms of the African people were much more a part of ancient Greece than has eve……続きを見る
Plautus' Mostellaria is one of ancient Rome's most breezy and amusing comedies. The plot is ridiculously simple: when a father returns home after three years abroad, a clever slave named Tranio devi……続きを見る
Shaw wrote the part of Eliza Doolittleー'an east-end dona with an apron and three orange and red ostrich feathers'ーfor Mrs Patrick Campbell, with whom he had a passionate but unconsummated affair. ……続きを見る
Extrait : "LA MARQUISE, Elle est assise et brode au tambour. – Elle s'ennuie. – Elle pose son ouvrage et prend un livre qu'elle ouvre et dont elle lit quelques lignes. – Elle le rejette presque auss……続きを見る
Extrait : "DIANE, elle entre par le fond en costume de voyage, et parle à la cantonade : Venez me prévenir sitôt que la voiture Que j'attends sera là... En scène. La fâcheuse aventure ! Hier, je vai……続きを見る
Extrait : "LE GARÇON DE THÉÂTRE, se balayant la scène, s'arrête et regarde sa montre : Huit heures et demie et le spectacle est annoncé pour huit heures. C'est toujours comme ça. On affiche, dimanch……続きを見る
Extrait : "Minet, le roi des angoras, Doux et blanc, soyeux, gros et gras, Avait pour légitime épouse Une belle chatte andalouse Aux poils brunis et pleins d'appas. C'est moi qui fis leur mariage. O……続きを見る
