When a Brown and White Jack Russell Terrier, with special gifts. Escapes from an evil Scientist. Serious trouble occurs ......more
"Child of Sorrow" is based on a true story of one 17-year-old girl’s struggle to survive an unplanned pregnancy in a tim......more
The Convent of Pleasure (1868) is a closet drama by Margaret Cavendish. Intended for private performance rather than the......more
Conquest: Or, A Piece of Jade (1917) is a drama in three acts by Marie Stopes. Although Stopes is more widely known as t......more
First performed in 1908, How the Vote Was Won is a one act play by actress Cicely Hamilton and Christopher St. John. Set......more
Seen and Unseen: Or, Monologues of a Homeless Snail (1897) is a collection of poems by Yone Noguchi. Written only three ......more
Best known today as the author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Count Leo Tolstoy also is acknowledged as a skilled p......more
The first of Russia s great proletarian writers, Alexey Maximovich Peshkov (1868-1936) adopted the pen name of Gorky, me......more
First performed in 1892, this psychological drama is one of the great Norwegian playwright s most symbolic and lyrical w......more
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1934, Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) explored such themes a......more
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Considered the high point of Gogol s writing for the stage and a masterpiece of dramatic satire, The Inspector General s......more
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Antony and Cleopatra dramatizes a major event in world history: the founding of the Roman Empire. The future first emper......more
Family relationships are at the center of Henry IV, Part 1. King Henry IV and Prince Hal form one major father-son pair,......more
Henry V is Shakespeare s most famous war play ; it includes the storied English victory over the French at Agincourt. S......more
A bestselling, beautifully designed edition of William Shakespeare s sonnets, complete with valuable tools for educators......more
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Many experiences in the personal life of dramatist August Strindberg involved duels between the sexes, with ruthless, ag......more
These two powerful classics of ancient drama are excellent examples of the author s gift for adapting traditional materi......more
A product of the golden age of Spanish drama, Life Is a Dream (La vida es sue o) is the masterpiece of Pedro Calder n de......more
One of the greatest English playwrights, Christopher Marlowe received the scholarly compliment of having long been consi......more
Fabian socialist and ardent proselytizer, George Bernard Shaw viewed his role as a playwright as far more than that of a......more
First produced by the Moscow Art Theater in 1899, Uncle Vanya is one of Chekhov s greatest plays and a staple of the the......more
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Perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Aeschylus wrote 90 plays, but only seven have survived complete. Among the......more
One of George Bernard Shaw s best-known plays, Pygmalion was a rousing success on the London and New York stages, an ent......more
One of the greatest of all Restoration comedies, The Way of the World is Congreve s masterpiece -- a rich and knowing co......more
In his long life, Sophocles (born ca. 496 B.C., died after 413) wrote more than one hundred plays. Of these, seven compl......more
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First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, The Three Sisters probes the lives and dreams of Olga, Masha, and Iri......more
One of Shakespeare s most popular and accessible plays, Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two star-crossed lovers and ......more
Winner of the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play Nominated for the Governor General s Award This award-winning pla......more
George Bernard Shaw was the greatest British dramatist after Shakespeare, a satirist equal to Jonathan Swift, and a play......more
This charming comedy has delighted audiences for over two centuries. First performed in 1773, it concerns Kate Hardcastl......more
Considered by many the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies, Oedipus Rex is Sophocles finest play and a work of extr......more
The Cherry Orchard was first produced by the Moscow Art Theatre on Chekhov’s last birthday, January 17, 1904. Since that......more
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Excerpt from Pelleas and Melisande: Lyric Drama in Five Acts Colaud Do not cry I ll not touch you any more. But I pray y......more