Plays & Playwrights 11

Very freely adapting Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler, Robert Icke has written a gripping moral thriller that uses the lens of medical ethics to examine urgent questions of faith, belief, an……続きを見る

Our Bad Magnet is an unashamedly dark and deliciously funny play from one of Scotland's brightest young writing talents, in which the boundaries between fantasy and reality merge with unpredictable ……続きを見る

Über die Buchinger-Klinik, Tschernobyl und die ägyptische Buchmesse, über asiatische Suppen und Bienen auf dem Kuchen, über Afghanistan, Ukraine, Paraguay, den Bodensee, die Mongolei, die Schweiz! C……続きを見る

The Jew of Malta, written around 1590, can present a challenge for modern audiences. Hugely popular in its day, the play swings wildly and rapidly in genre, from pointed satire, to bloody revenge tr……続きを見る

Molière (Molier) Właśc. Jean Baptiste Poquelin. Francuski komediopisarz (do dziś zaliczany do najwybitniejszych w historii literatury europejskiej), dyrektor teatru i aktor; cieszył się uznaniem i o……続きを見る

Quand l’auteur de cette pièce ne l’aurait faite que pour obtenir les éloges universels accordés par les journaux à ses livres, et qui peut-être ont dépassé ce qui lui était dû, les Ressources de Qui……続きを見る

Pornography is Simon Stephens' stark and shattering new play that powerfully captures a portrait of a fractured, insecure Britain. Written in reaction to London crashing from the euphoria and promis……続きを見る

"Theaterspiele" enthält die Stücke: Beritten hin und zurück Hochwasser Onkel, Onkel Noch zehn Minuten bis Buffalo Die bösen Köche Stoffreste Zweiunddreissig Zähne Goldmäulchen POUM oder die Vergange……続きを見る

EIN THEATERSTÜCK VON PETER TURRINI ÜBER DEN SCHMERZ DES VERGESSENS – UND ÜBER SEINE GNADE. EIN ALTERSHEIM, EINE FRAU, EIN MANN – UND DAS GANZ GROSSE VERGESSEN Viele gemeinsame Jahre hat das Ehepaar ……続きを見る

Edition Complète de " Jean Giraudoux - 15 Oeuvres ", entièrement relu, revu et corrigé avec mise en page étudiée et table des Matières pour navigation aisée. Enrichi d'une Biographie complète de Jea……続きを見る

Celui qui ne verrait dans Le Théâtre et son double qu’un traité inspiré montrant comment rénover le théâtre - bien qu’il y ait sans nul doute contribué -, celui-là se méprendrait étrangement. C’est ……続きを見る

William Somerset Maugham was an English playwright, novelist, and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era. 続きを見る

Magical Mischief! On a midsummer night a group of mortals becomes ensnared in a magical realm by Oberon the King of Fairies and Puck his faithful servant. This delightful romp is Shakespeare's most ……続きを見る

“Ireland's play slyly makes the case that it is not discrimination that ensures survival ... but rather the ability to be two opposing things at once: Irish and British, politician and terrorist, ev……続きを見る

Don Carlos and Mary Stuart, two of German literature's greatest dramas, deal with the timeless issues of power, freedom, and justice. Dating from 1787 and 1800 respectively, one play was written bef……続きを見る

1911 : Mais n’te promène donc pas toute nue ! Le député Ventroux doit recevoir un important industriel, M. Hochepaix, par ailleurs maire de Moussillon-les-Indrets et adversaire politique. Il tente d……続きを見る

Tchékhov écrit a N. Leikine le 4 novembre 1884 : «Cette semaine je ne vous envoie pas quelques récits parce que j'ai été tout le temps malade et occupé: j'écris une petite betise pour la scene, quel……続きを見る

In the nineteenth century, copyright law expanded to include performances of theatrical and musical works. These laws transformed how people made and consumed performances. Exploring precedent-setti……続きを見る

King of Navarra, Ferdinand, with three close associates, vows to spend three years in an unceasing study of scholarly works. In the name of science, the monarch vows to limit himself in sleep and fo……続きを見る

Love is oftentimes found when it's least expected, but it seldom comes easy. Take Kajiwara finds this out the hard way when the wife of his employee, Souichirou Kanda, shows up one day to deliver di……続きを見る

Challenging new play by the enfant terrible of dark, disturbing drama Elliot is panicking. The party that he and his brother Darren have been planning has been brought forward - to tonight. In a law……続きを見る

In this book, Wm. Blake Tyrrell and Larry J. Bennett examine Sophocles' Antigone in the context of its setting in fifth-century Athens. The authors attempt to create an interpretive environment that……続きを見る

Generally regarded as Nella Larsen's best work, Passing was first published in 1929 but has received a lot of renewed attention because of its close examination of racial and sexual ambiguities. It ……続きを見る

'Yes, you squashed cabbage leaf . . . you incarnate insult to the English language: I could pass you off as the Queen of Sheba' Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. ……続きを見る

Uniquely, this guide analyses the play's critical and performance history and recent criticism, as well as including five essays offering radically new paths for contemporary interpretation. The sub……続きを見る

English writer and dramatist, champ of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932, Galsworthy wound up known for his depiction of the British upper working class and for his social parody. His most ren……続きを見る

Everything can be quantified. All worth can be quantified. Artistic worth. Human worth. Material worth. Everything. Some food is simply better than other food. Isn't it? Some clothes are better than……続きを見る

The critical event in Berenice, the death of Titus's father, the Emperor Vespasian, happens a week before the play opens. Thereafter Titus knows that his separation from Berenice is inevitable. The ……続きを見る

Japan's oldest surviving narrative, the eighth-century Kojiki, chronicles the mythical origins of its islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs that h……続きを見る

Buying the Farm captures a newsworthy topic of the day: the fight for survival by America's family farmers against the power and influence of corporate farming. While written as a novel, it is roote……続きを見る