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Our Play is set in the Elizabethan period, the time of Drake, Frobisher and Grenville. This play follows the account of Richard who is a bitter old man at start of our play. Unfortunately, he has be……続きを見る

This 2004 Companion is designed for readers interested in the creation, production and interpretation of Victorian and Edwardian theatre, both in its own time and on the contemporary stage. The volu……続きを見る

FEATURES: • Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations • A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book • Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book • Manuall……続きを見る

In eighteenth-century England, actresses were frequently dismissed as mere prostitutes trading on their sexual power rather than their talents. Yet they were, Felicity Nussbaum argues, central to th……続きを見る

16 works of John Fletcher Jacobean playwright (1579-1625) This ebook presents a collection of 16 works of John Fletcher. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected……続きを見る

Its all in a days work for high-flying literary agent Alexander; manuscripts to read, deals to be done, celebrity clients to be taken out to lunch… but first there is an author to deal with whose la……続きを見る

This is one of Shakespeare’s darkest comedies, for the romantic story of a young man, Bassanio, who has squandered his fortune and must borrow money to woo the wealthy lady he loves is set against t……続きを見る

"Man and Superman" is George Bernard Shaw's response to the request of his fans to write a Don Juan themed play. This four-act drama often preformed without or with an abbreviated version of the len……続きを見る

Your career as a writer is blossoming, your beautiful, young fiancee is waiting to get married and rush off to Cancun by your sideーso what is your natural reaction? Well, if you're a man, it's prob……続きを見る

Performed at the Globe Theater in 1605, King Leir is presumed to be a prime source for Shakespeare. Although the story is the same, in this anonymous version the ending is happy. This is the first t……続きを見る

Three Early Comedies Love's Labor's Lost Farce and fun follow when a young king and his three friends vow to give up women for a yearーjust as a pretty princess and her three ladies-in-waiting arriv……続きを見る

'The work of our best living playwright in its command of the language and its power to erect a coherent structure in a twilight zone of confusion and dismay.' The Times Do Hirst and Spooner really ……続きを見る

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ……続きを見る

A short, funny play for 7-11 ol ds, including a craft activity relevant to the Tudor times. Henry VII has to keep control of the royal finances. He also likes to know all the gossip around the palac……続きを見る

George Bernard Shaw demanded truth and despised convention. He punctured hollow pretensions and smug prudishnessーcoating his criticism with ingenious and irreverent wit. In Mrs. Warren’s Profession……続きを見る

Small Town, Fife. Andy and Vicky were meant to be getting married tomorrow. The trouble is, Andy's stag weekend was so epic, so legendary, that he didn't survive it. The finest pleasures that Amster……続きを見る

Une passion incompatible raconte lhistoire dramatisée des derniers trois mois dans la vie du poète activiste, Percy Bysshe Shelley.----Au printemps 1822, Percy et sa deuxième épouse, Mary Woolstonec……続きを見る

Though this great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and emotion is played out against Renaissance splendor, its story of the doomed marriage of a Venetian senator’s daughter, Desdemona, to a Moorish ……続きを見る

Is Life a Catwalk? a play Set at a masquerade ball, wand tells the story of unrequited love, and how as human beings we all wear masks. 続きを見る

'A powerful and cleverly constructed trio of plays linked in subtle but unmistakable ways.' In Love is an Urban Myth, we are cast as voyeurs into the relationship of Dave and Sarah and learn that……続きを見る

Fabian socialist and ardent proselytizer, George Bernard Shaw viewed his role as a playwright as far more than that of an entertainer. His audiences heard fully articulated sermons on moral and econ……続きを見る

By 1800 London had as many theatre seats for sale as the city's population. This was the start of the capital's rise as a centre for performing arts. Bringing to life a period of extraordinary theat……続きを見る

Declared by Swinburne as having 'no parallel in all the range of tragedy', Doctor Faustus is considered Christopher Marlowe's greatest work. This edition of his play gathers together both published ……続きを見る

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627), a bricklayer's son, rose to become one of the most eminent playwrights of the Jacobean period. Along with Ben Johnson he helped shape the dynamic course of drama in Ren……続きを見る

This moving and eloquent historical drama depicts the conflict between a willful and arrogant poet of a king, Richard II, and his politically pragmatic cousin, Bolingbroke. Rich with memorable scene……続きを見る

Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare This is a fully annotated edition of all the poems which are now generally regarded as Shakespeare's, excluding the Sonnets. It contains Venus and Adonis, The……続きを見る

Don Cornetto wordt wel eens de Godfather genoemd van de grootste maffia familie die zich ooit in Vlaanderen vestigde. Maar toen werd hij dus vermoord. Er zijn 5 verdachten, en don Cornetto is er zow……続きを見る

This charming comedy has delighted audiences for over two centuries. First performed in 1773, it concerns Kate Hardcastle, a young lady who poses as a serving girl to win the heart of a young gentle……続きを見る

Short play for stage (small/fringe theatre). 続きを見る

Featuring the rise of King Henry V, this history play chronicles England's underdog victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War. This revised Signet Classics edi……続きを見る