Plays & Playwrights 17

The third and final play in Aeschylus' Oedipodea trilogy, Seven Against Thebes is the only one of the three plays that has survived intact to this day. During the course of the action-packed play, s……続きを見る

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was born on September 9th 1828 into Russian nobility but abandoned his title and through his interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus became a fervent Christia……続きを見る

Behind the closed doors of Andover Palace, the lives of the King, his children, and cousins play out against their public images and their personal passions... King Michael has finally decided to re……続きを見る

'I thought you'd do what the common run of slaves normally do, cheating and tricking me because my son's having an affair.' Terence's comedies have provided plots and characters for comic drama from……続きを見る

A sophisticated analysis of how the intersection of technique, memory, and imagination inform performance, this book redirects the intercultural debate by focusing exclusively on the actor at work. ……続きを見る

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was a man with many roles. He was not only a playwright and poet, he was also a Whig Member of the British House of Commons and owner of the London Theatre Roya……続きを見る

Jason O'Donnell is a journeyman reporter whose big dreams of finding the elusive, career-altering Story have been blunted by the relentless demands of daily, big city journalism. Once transfixed by ……続きを見る

In the year 2021, twelve men and women in high government posts suddenly disappear. When it is realized that the spouses are also missing, the FBI launches a multi-pronged investigation along with a……続きを見る

Had Mason Chase gone to sleep that night he might be dead. The fact that he didn't might make him wish he was dead. With his family gruesomely murdered around him in their comfortable suburban home,……続きを見る

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. ‘The movements of his mind seemed to tend to the thought that some power was working against him.’ When Henchard, an out-of……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

Flirtations * Round Dance * The Green Cockatoo * The Last Masks * Countess Mizzi * The Vast Domain * Professor Bernhardi The playwright Arthur Schnitzler is best known as the chronicler of fin de si……続きを見る

Henrik Ibsen (20th March, 1828 23rd May, 1906) is often referred to as the father of realism and ranked just below Shakespeare as Europes greatest ever playwright especially as his plays are perfor……続きを見る

Some people have a heart of gold. But not him. He was cursed with a scorpion heart. It didn't mean that he wasn't good; it meant that he couldn't love. And she knew it. So she told him the truth, an……続きを見る

An abusive husband, a terrified wife and three little reasons to be strong. Daniela Rossi believed she married into a fairytale. But things are not always as they appear and her cover of a Cinderell……続きを見る

Benjamin Jonson (1572-1637) was a Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor, known best for his satirical plays and lyric poems. Jonson's works are particularly recognizable because of his consistencies……続きを見る

John Livingstone is the anti-hero in this journey through the rigours of life. From the calm of being a street trading hippie and onto the self employed ideals of dealing with customs, police and ha……続きを見る

Often recognized as the father of tragedy, this collection of plays by the ancient Greek soldier and playwright Aeschylus is a testament to his skill and enduring legacy in the history of theatre. I……続きを見る

*An autistic child slipping away *A man who is facing a death sentence *The healing found in an odd piece of jewelry *A Halloween walk to remember *The memories of a home coming unraveled. *This is ……続きを見る

Married man, married woman, single ugly friend and angry husband, make for explosive results. If that is a surprise then for sure there is no human understanding. Sonia Rumzi, an English Literature ……続きを見る

Vijf korte verhalen waarin elk nadeel ook voordelig blijkt te zijn. Bevat: Gouden jongen, Geen prikdraad, Vaderskind, Haar woorden en Bevrijding. 続きを見る

Last Rites is a play about misplaced faith. It unfolds in Camden, New Jersey in 1967 as this blue-collar city experiences the closing of a major shipyard. If the shipyard is the heart of south Camde……続きを見る

The classic Godot is revisited by two luckless pilgrims camped out in the disappearing wilderness. Equal shots of humour and pathos fuel this look at rampant consumerism and a society that threatens……続きを見る

A Toronto Jew named Nathan Abramowitz investigates the Hebron Massacreーin which a Jewish settler murdered 29 Muslims at prayerーas a way of questioning his own responsibility for the oppression of ……続きを見る

An aging writer and his dead lover's sister meet in Texas at the invitation and expense of a mutual friend, a recent widow celebrating her newly won freedom by throwing a party for all the old frien……続きを見る

El crimen de una prostituta es el inicio de una historia que parece irreal. Un montaje policial, la caída en desgracia de alguien que pretende no ser el centro del conflicto y un regodeo de un estad……続きを見る

India Lake loves the wild and she will do anything to protect itーincluding taking off her clothes. India Lake is in the middle of a full blown mid-life crisis. Her love life is stalled, to say the ……続きを見る

Oriental Salt brings you a sweeping panorama of Asia in the explosive 20th Century. From mythical China of the 1930's to the nightmare of World War II's Bataan Death March, of innocent young love dr……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

Although originally classified as one of Shakespeare's comedies, All's Well That Ends Well is now more commonly classified as one of his ambiguous problem plays, so called because they defy neat cla……続きを見る