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Five Comic One-Act Plays

Anton Chekhov

Five Comic One-Act Plays

One of the foremost dramatists of the 19th century, Russian author Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) created a body of work noted for its realistic dialogue and keen insights into human relationships. This collection of five one-act plays — in the celebrated Constance Garnett translations — shows Chekhov at his witty best.The Anniversary takes a lively look behind the frenetic scenes at a bank: a man overburdened with errands from friends and family gives a nearly maddened...

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Anton Chekhov

A Chaste Maid in Cheapside

Thomas Middleton

A Chaste Maid in Cheapside

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 Renaissance England. His range is broad, as his work successfully covers comedy, tragedy, and history. Praised during his life as well as today, Middleton remains relevant and influential. In «A Chaste Maid in Cheapside» (1630), we see Middleton at the heights of his comedic powers. A satire set in...

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Thomas Middleton

Epicoene, or, The Silent Woman

Ben Jonson

Epicoene, or, The Silent Woman

Ben Jonson's career began in 1597 when he held a fixed engagement in the «Admiral's Men», and although he was unsuccessful as an actor, his literary talent was apparent and he began writing original plays for the troupe. Jonson's works are particularly recognizable because of his consistencies in style, intricacy of plot, characterization and setting. He focused on creating works that implemented elements of the realistic as well as the absurd. His reputation diminished somewhat...

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Ben Jonson

O'Flaherty V.C. and Overruled

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

O'Flaherty V.C. and Overruled

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) is revered as one of the great British dramatists, credited not only with memorable works, but the revival of the then-suffering English theatre. Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland, left mostly to his own devices after his mother ran off to London to pursue a musical career. He educated himself for the most part, and eventually worked for a real estate agent. This experience founded in him a concern for social injustices, seeing poverty and general unfairness afoot,...

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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

The Duenna

Ричард Шеридан

The Duenna

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 Royal on Drury Lane. Though born in Ireland, Sheridan and his family moved outside of London when he was seven. Both of his parents were theatrical influences for him, as his mother was a playwright and novelist, and his father was at one time an actor. In 1722, the character of Sheridan's intended...

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Ричард Шеридан

The Knights

Aristophanes

The Knights

In many respects 'The Knights' may be reckoned the great Comedian's masterpiece, the direct personal attack on the then all-powerful Cleon, with its scathing satire and tremendous invective, being one of the most vigorous and startling things in literature. Already in 'The Acharnians' he had threatened to «cut up Cleon the Tanner into shoe-leather for the Knights,» and he now proceeds to carry his menace into execution, «concentrating the whole force of his wit in the...

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Aristophanes

How He Lied to Her Husband, The Fas...

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

How He Lied to Her Husband, The Fascinating Foundling, and The Glimpse of Reality

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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

The Shadowy Waters

W. B. Yeats

The Shadowy Waters

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an instrumental figure in the «Irish Literary Revival» of the 20th Century that redefined Irish writing. His father's love of reading aloud exposed Yeats early on to William Shakespeare, the Romantic poets and the pre-Raphaelites, and developed an interest in Irish myths and folklore. He was a complex man, who struggled between beliefs in the strange and supernatural, and scorn for modern science. He was intrigued by the idea of mysticism, yet had little...

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W. B. Yeats

The School for Scandal, The Rivals,...

Ричард Шеридан

The School for Scandal, The Rivals, and The Critic

Combined in this volume are three of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's most loved works, The School for Scandal and The Rivals and The Critic. «The School for Scandal» is Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy that pokes fun at London upper class society in the late 1700s. Often referred to as a «comedy of manners», «The School for Scandal» is one Sheridan's most performed plays and a classic of English comedic drama. «The Rivals» was Richard Brinsley Sheridan's first play and...

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Ричард Шеридан

Mithridates

Jean Racine

Mithridates

The 17th century dramatist Jean Racine was considered, along with Molière and Corneille, as one of the three great playwrights of his era. The quality of Racine's poetry has been described as possibly his most important contribution to French literature and his use of the alexandrine poetic line is one of the best examples of such use noted for its harmony, simplicity and elegance. While critics over the centuries have debated the worth of Jean Racine, at present, he is widely considered a...

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Jean Racine

Iphigenia in Tauris

Euripides

Iphigenia in Tauris

"The Iphigenia in Tauris is not in the modern sense a tragedy; it is a romantic play, beginning in a tragic atmosphere and moving through perils and escapes to a happy end. To the archaeologist the cause of this lies in the ritual on which the play is based. All Greek tragedies that we know have as their nucleus something which the Greeks called an Aition-a cause or origin. They all explain some ritual or observance or commemorate some great event." So begins the preface to «Iphigenia in...

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Euripides

Back to Methuselah

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Back to Methuselah

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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Where There is Nothing

W. B. Yeats

Where There is Nothing

William Butler Yeats was born near Dublin in 1865, and was encouraged from a young age to pursue a life in the arts. He attended art school for a short while, but soon found that his talents and interest lay in poetry rather than painting. He became an instrumental figure in the «Irish Literary Revival» of the 20th Century that redefined Irish writing. Yeats was a complex man, who struggled between beliefs in the strange and supernatural, and scorn for modern science. He was intrigued by the...

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W. B. Yeats

Heartbreak House

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Heartbreak House

"Heartbreak House" is George Bernard Shaw's 1919 drama that is the story of Mazzini Dunn and his employer, Alfred Mangan, who is about to marry Mazzini's daughter. In these two characters Shaw draws a sharp contrast between the realist Mangan and the idealist Dunn, a contrast that Shaw uses to express the idea that a cultured and leisured Europe was in his opinion drifting towards destruction. A critical commentary of the European upper class is at the heart of this tragic...

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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

The Emperor Jones

Eugene O'Neill

The Emperor Jones

Widely known as the play that gave the American dramatist Eugene O'Neill international acclaim, «The Emperor Jones» is a one-act play that follows the complete disintegration of Brutus Jones. This protagonist, formerly a Pullman porter in the United States, has escaped his criminal activity there by establishing himself as a ruler in the West Indies. O'Neill, in an experiment with Expressionism, then leads Jones through a series of hallucinations in a forest when he attempts to escape...

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Eugene O'Neill

The Admirable Bashville; or, Consta...

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

The Admirable Bashville; or, Constancy Unrewarded

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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Esther

Jean Racine

Esther

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Jean Racine

The Dreaming of the Bones

W. B. Yeats

The Dreaming of the Bones

William Butler Yeats was born near Dublin in 1865, and was encouraged from a young age to pursue a life in the arts. He attended art school for a short while, but soon found that his talents and interest lay in poetry rather than painting. As a writer in nearly every genre but the novel, he was an instrumental figure in the «Irish Literary Revival» of the 20th Century that redefined Irish writing. Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, and received honorary degrees from...

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W. B. Yeats

Love's Sacrifice

John Ford

Love's Sacrifice

John Ford (1586-1637) was an English playwright and poet whose interest in aberrant psychology helped him create very unique and successful works. After collaboration with various playwrights, from about 1621 to 1625, Ford began working independently, writing plays for theatrical companies like the «Kings Men» at the Blackfriars. Following the literary reign of such figures as Jonson, Marlowe, and Shakespeare, Ford felt the need to shock and intrigue audiences with new and exciting material....

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John Ford

The Changeling

Thomas Middleton

The Changeling

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 Renaissance England. His range is broad, as his work successfully covers comedy, tragedy, and history. Praised during his life as well as today, Middleton remains relevant and influential. This edition collects five of his most treasured dramas, demonstrating the breadth of his abilities. «A Trick...

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Thomas Middleton

St. Patrick's Day; Or, The Scheming...

Ричард Шеридан

St. Patrick's Day; Or, The Scheming Lieutenant

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Ричард Шеридан

Uncle Vanya

Anton Chekhov

Uncle Vanya

Originally published in 1899, «Uncle Vanya» is widely considered one of Chekhov's most important plays. Essentially a reworking of an earlier Chekhov play, «The Wood Demon», the mood of Uncle Vanya is chiefly melancholic as the characters examine their respective miseries and failures in their lives to accomplish that which they might have hoped to. A classic tragicomedy, «Uncle Vanya» saw its first major performance in 1900 and has been praised as one of Chekhov's most important...

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Anton Chekhov

Catiline, His Conspiracy

Ben Jonson

Catiline, His Conspiracy

Benjamin Jonson (1572-1637) was a Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor, known best for his satirical plays and lyric poems. His career began in 1597 when he held a fixed engagement in the «Admiral's Men», and although he was unsuccessful as an actor, his literary talent was apparent and he began writing original plays for the troupe. Jonson's work was primarily in comedies for the public theatres, and although none of his earliest tragedies survived, «Catiline, His Conspiracy» was one...

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Ben Jonson

The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois

George Chapman

The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois

George Chapman's «The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois» is a sequel to his earlier work, «Bussy D'Ambois,» and was first published in 1613. The play is one of Chapman's dramas based on recent political and historical events in France. Specifically the play draws upon Edward Grimeston's «A General Inventory of the History of France» as a primary source and revolves around historical events that occurred in 1588, during the reign of Henri III. The drama concerns the story of...

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George Chapman

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