Plays & Playwrights 98

The Sea-gull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. It dramatise……続きを見る

GOD WILLED IT TONY BAILEY I sincerely hope that all who read “GOD WILLED IT” do not feel that they have wasted their time. Deservedly or not, I do not feel that I have wasted mine. I woke up one day……続きを見る

We wanted to be someone. Some . . . I dunno . . . thing. Nig and Wee Joe used to be soldiers. They have done monstrous things. Now nobody is listening and nobody gives a fuck either way. Their lives……続きを見る

The weight of what is to come is unbearable. It is crushing me. The sound of the crying, it never ceases. I carry this inside and now tell only you. Charles, a disgraced New York Times journalist, a……続きを見る

I cook here, create here, make here be as much of life as I can because outside of this I'm not safe, I don't know the way. Chef tells the gripping story of how one woman went from being a haute-cui……続きを見る

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Extrait : "OLYMPE : As-tu fini ? ANNA : Quoi ? OLYMPE : Eh bien, de t'allonger les yeux. ANNA, au miroir : Je ne m'allonge pas les yeux, je me fais signe. OLYMPE: Dépêche-toi donc. ANNA, se retourna……続きを見る

‘Why the Chimes Rang’ is a beautifully written story based on an old legend. It has wonderful evocative symbolism, the old church with a bell tower soaring into the sky, touching the clouds waiting ……続きを見る

‘The Trachinian Maidens’ (also ‘Women of Trachis’ or ‘The Trachiniae’) is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles, in which Deianeira, the wife of Heracles, is distraught over her husband's neglect of her ……続きを見る

Oedipus was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Before he was born, his parents consulted the Oracle at Delphi. The Oracle prophesied that Oedipus would murder his father and marry his mother. ……続きを見る

À Paris, chez Vatelin. Un salon élégant. Porte au fond. Deux portes à droite, deux à gauche. Mobilier ad libitum.   Au lever du rideau, la scène rest……続きを見る

A Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play premièred on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre. It is a testimony of Wilde's wit and his brand of dark comedy. ……続きを見る

Chez Boriquet   Un salon dans un appartement de garçon. Mobilier élégant. Une petite table carrée à gauche, pouvant servir de table à manger. Un peti……続きを見る

In this textbook for performers, the position of a Swing-an Understudy for the Ensemble-on Broadway is examined from every angle, showing just how vital Swings are to the success of any musical thea……続きを見る

Drame historique et philosophique écrit en 1899 : la pièce « Danton » a été donnée, pour la première fois, au Nouveau Théâtre, le 29 décembre 1900 et publiée chez Hachette en 1909. Romain Rolland (1……続きを見る

Volpone (Italian for "sly fox") is a comedy by Ben Jonson first produced in 1606, drawing on elements of city comedy, black comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains J……続きを見る

Une représentation à l’hôtel de Bourgogne. La salle de l’Hôtel de Bourgogne, en 1640. Sorte de hangar de jeu de paume aménagé et embelli pour des représentations. La salle est un carré long ; on la ……続きを見る

"There's no point jangling if you don't hear the jingle." Gerry Potter, creator and destroyer of the infamous gingham diva Chloe Poems, welcomes you to his first collection of domestic/fantastic the……続きを見る

DRAME EN SIX ACTES, EN VERS. On ne peut se figurer l’impression produite… par la mort du jeune Napoléon… J’ai même vu pleurer de jeunes républicains.   HENRI HEINE. &nbs……続きを見る

Working Verse Collective are three lads on a mission and their mission statement is this: Eloquence is fine. But "eloquence is irrelevant when nobody in the room knows what you meant..." Join poets ……続きを見る

*Vincitore del 1989/90 Tonight/AA Life Vita Award for Comedy in Theatre* Pick of the Fringe Award, Grahamstown Arts Festival. Sudfrica. Primo classificato 1999 Wisconsin State AACTFest. USA. Uno spe……続きを見る

Arthur Schnitzler: Die Dramatischen Werke. Frankfurt a.M.: S. Fischer Verlag, 1962. Entstanden 1891. Erstdruck in »Meisterdramen«, Frankfurt am Main (S. Fischer), 1955. Uraufführung am 29.03.1932, D……続きを見る

Achim von Arnim: Das Loch oder Das wiedergefundene Paradies, Joseph von Eichendorff: Das Incognito oder Die mehreren Könige oder Alt und Neu. Texte und Materialien zur Interpretation besorgt von Ger……続きを見る

Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Gesammelte Werke in zehn Einzelbänden. Band 1: Gedichte, Dramen, Band 2-5: Dramen, Herausgegeben von Bernd Schoeller in Beratung mit Rudolf Hirsch, Frankfurt a.M.: S. Fischer,……続きを見る

Hermann Sudermann: Der Bettler von Syrakus. 2.-5. Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: I.G. Cottasche Buchhandlung Nachfolge, 1911. Erstdruck: Stuttgart (Cotta), 1911. Uraufführung 1911, Königliches Schau……続きを見る

Karl Immermann: Andreas Hofer der Sandwirt von Passeier. Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Hermann Muchau, Bielefeld und Leipzig: Velhagen & Klasing, 1912. Entstanden unter dem Titel »Das Trauerspiel von ……続きを見る

Johann Christoph Gottsched: Ausgewählte Werke. Herausgegeben von Joachim Birke, Band 1: Gedichte und Gedichtübertragungen, Band 2: Sämtliche Dramen, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1968/1970. Erstd……続きを見る

Arthur Schnitzler: Die Dramatischen Werke. Frankfurt a.M.: S. Fischer Verlag, 1962. Entstanden 1888-1891. Vollständiger Erstdruck: Berlin (Verlag des Bibliographischen Bureaus), 1893. Uraufführung (……続きを見る

"Porque eu sou Zeus", uma coleção teatral sobre Mitologia Grega com o mais sedutor dos Deuses Gregos. Viva os problemas conjugais de Zeus, faça propostas indecentes para suas irmãs e tente dormir co……続きを見る

Included herein are the seven surviving plays of Athens’ pre-eminent playwright, Sophocles, masterfully translated by Lewis Campbell, M.A., LL.D. The plays included are: ‘Antigone,’ ‘Aias,’ ‘King Oe……続きを見る