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Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare "The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's early plays, written between 1592 and 1594. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical: for a major……続きを見る

Outraged by the sexual perversity of this one-act tragedy, Great Britain's Lord Chamberlain banned Salomé from the national stage. Symbolist poets and writers ー Stéphane Mallarmé and Maurice Maeter……続きを見る

As well as being the author of the greatest of all children's plays, Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie also wrote sophisticated social comedy and political satire. The Admirable Crichton and What Every Woman ……続きを見る

A short, funny, history play, for 7-11 year olds, Set in ancient Rome. Julius Caesar has led the Roman army to great victories,and returned home despite the pirates, but the senate isn't sure. When ……続きを見る

December 1849, Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland. A Reporter has been despatched to investigate reports of distress and starvation. It is the period now known as The Great Irish Famine. There is no foo……続きを見る

David Herbert Lawrence (1885 - 1930) was the son of a coal-miner and a mother from a family with middle-class aspirations. He was a poet, novelist, travel writer, short story writer, art critic as ……続きを見る

Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare "The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though probably written several years earlier. It features the ……続きを見る

Heartbreak House is a play written by George Bernard Shaw one of the truly great literary figures of our age. First published in 1919 and first played at the New York's Garrick Theatre in 1920. It ……続きを見る

Pericles The first of Shakespeare’s late romances moves spectacularly from one dramatic period to another as the hero, Pericles, sails off to adventure and love, and experiences what for him is a mi……続きを見る

A meteor the size of LA is about to hit LA, ironically, and in London a couple of friends spend their last seven days watching the news, reinventing chess and rewriting the rules of some of the othe……続きを見る

Perhaps the most significant development of the Georgian theater was its multiplication of ethnic, colonial, and provincial character types parading across the stage. In Theatrical Nation, Michael R……続きを見る

King John by William Shakespeare King John is a study not only of a king and his political misfortunes, but also of a period--a period of profound changes in society at large, and hence one of unpre……続きを見る

Follow Abigail as she is hurled, against her will, through a thousand years of life to gain the experience that could save the World as civilization begins to decay. The exotic and erotic adventur……続きを見る

Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare "The Life of Timon of Athens is a play by William Shakespeare about the legendary Athenian misanthrope Timon (and probably influenced by the eponymous philosop……続きを見る

This 2002 Companion is designed for readers interested in past and present productions of Shakespeare's plays, both in and beyond Britain. The first six chapters describe aspects of the British perf……続きを見る

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" - Charles Dickens' stirring tale of the French Revolution. One edition of this novel is now an Oprah’s Book Club pick, together with "Great Expe……続きを見る

4 works of John O'Keeffe Irish actor and dramatist (1747-1833) This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of John O'Keeffe. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selec……続きを見る

Spreekt Jean-Paul de waarheid? Heeft Catherine zelfmoord gepleegd? Was het een jammerlijk ongeval? Of werd zij vermoord door haar echtgenoot Frederick, die ze bedroog met Jean-Paul? Welke rol speelt……続きを見る

Exiles is a play by James Joyce, who is principally remembered for his novels. It draws on the story of "The Dead", the final short story in Joyce's first major work, Dubliners, and was rejected by ……続きを見る

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English writer who wrote many classic romantic fictions with her most famous novels being Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. It was not until well after Au……続きを見る

Four Drama Scripts presented in Radio format broadcast as radio theatre productions by the BBC 'Somebody' by Liz Wainwright Roy and Eileen have won a holiday, a week at the Carnival in Nice, a secon……続きを見る

The Signet Classics edition of one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. Full of cruelty and betrayal, King Lear is the timeless and tragic story of a kingdom held in the thrall of an aging r……続きを見る

A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female charactersーthe seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a ……続きを見る

They used to call it the English disease. Football Hooliganism was rampant on the terraces of English clubs through the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s and is still very much alive today but on a different le……続きを見る

Restoration London's leading actor and theatre manager Thomas Betterton has not been the subject of a biography since 1891. He worked with all the best-known playwrights of his age and with the firs……続きを見る

I couldn’t care less girl, a play with a cast of 8 set at the university of Royal Holloway in London, where once a year the Devil and Angel meet to discuss their perspectives on life. 続きを見る

At Yalta, in Russia, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meet in February 1945. World War 2 is nearing its bloody conclusion with Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender. Stali……続きを見る

A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, pe……続きを見る

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare "Twelfth Night is a comedy by William Shakespeare, named after the Twelfth Night holiday of the Christmas season. It was written around 1601, and was first publi……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