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Bathilda: A Play in Three Acts

Александр Дюма

Bathilda: A Play in Three Acts

Adapted by Alexandre Dumas from a script by Auguste Maquet, BATHILDA tells the story of a woman who's raped by Marcel, and becomes his lover for a time. After she leaves him and moves to Paris, she meets Deworde, her deceased spouse's nephew, and plans to marry him. But Marcel pursues her, determined that if he can't have her, no one else will either. He plays a cat-and-mouse game with Bathilda, Deworde, and his friend Guilaumin, until their final confrontation. Will Marcel have...

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Александр Дюма

Candide: A Play in Five Acts

Voltaire

Candide: A Play in Five Acts

Voltaire's classic novel CANDIDE has been adapted many times through many different forms of media, but this 20th-century dramatic version is one of the best. Voltaire's story endures because the character of Candide is capable of being moved to any time or place, and still be understood–and enjoyed–by a brand new audience. In an irrational world where only diehard optimists like Dr. Pangloss can believe that everything is for the best, Voltaire's dissection of human follies rings...

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Voltaire

Tiberius Caesar -- A Play in Five A...

Ferdinand Dugue

Tiberius Caesar -- A Play in Five Acts

Frank J. Morlock's English-language translation and adaptation of Ferdinand Dugue's 1881 play «Tibère: drame en cinq actes (huit tableaux)» chronicles the events in the life of Roman emperor Tiberius Caesar (42 B.C. – 37 A.D.).

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Ferdinand Dugue

The Two Wine Casks

Voltaire

The Two Wine Casks

In THE TWO WINE CASKS, a spurned priest of Bacchus switches the wine cups at a wedding to avenge himself on the woman he loves, who's marrying another. The enchanted vintage makes her hate her husband-to-be. Three great dramas of jealousy and its corrosive effects on the relations between men and women.

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Voltaire

Agathocles

Voltaire

Agathocles

In AGATHOCLES the two sons of the King of Syracuse (Agathocles) strive for the hand of the same girl, and the elder is killed by the younger. The ruler can only avenge his loss by sacrificing his remaining son–but doing so would mean the end of his dynasty.

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Voltaire

Doctor Scratch and Other Plays

Noël le Breton

Doctor Scratch and Other Plays

Three French comedies revolving around marriage, misidentification, medicine–and money! DOCTOR SCRATCH, by Noël le Breton, is a clever and hilarious farce, in which love becomes hopelessly entangled in the attempts by the characters to improve their declining financial situations. THE SERVANT PROBLEM, by Alain-René Lesage, the well-known novelist, two criminals manage to insert themselves as valets to several young men looking to marry the daughters of wealthy...

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Noël le Breton

Herculaneum & Sardanapalus: Two Ope...

Joseph Méry

Herculaneum & Sardanapalus: Two Opera Libretti

Two opera libretti focusing on the theme of the fiery sacrifice of the protagonists. HERCULANEUM, by Joseph Méry, a friend of Alexandre Dumas, is set in 79 A.D. in the doomed city of Herculaneum. Olympia, an oriental queen, sister of the Proconsul Nicanor, falls in love with Helios, a Christian. The queen seduces Helios and takes him from his betrothed, Lilia. Nicanor then tries to seduce and rape Lilia, but is thwarted when Mount Vesuvius erupts. The Christians die happy, believing that they...

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Joseph Méry

I Never Cheat on My Husband

Georges Feydeau

I Never Cheat on My Husband

Georges Feydeau (1862-1921) wrote some 60 comedies, farces, and comic monologues; I Never Cheat on My Husband was one of his last productions (1914). Often considered the greatest French comic genius since Molière, Feydeau wrote frequently about the relations between men and women in modern society. In this play, the professional artist and sexual predator, Saint Franquet, begins his pursuit of Micheline, the hitherto faithful wife of Plantaredi, in the very first act. Their off-and-on «war»...

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Georges Feydeau

The King of the Dark Chamber

Rabindranath Tagore

The King of the Dark Chamber

Sings. We are all Kings in the kingdom of our King. Were it not so, how could we hope in our heart to meet him! We do what we like, yet we do what he likes; We are not bound with the chain of fear at the feet of a slave-owning King. Were it not so, how could we hope in our heart to meet him! Our King honours each one of us, thus honours his own very self. No...

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Rabindranath Tagore

Three Great Plays

Eugene O'Neill

Three Great Plays

Winner of the Nobel Prize for literature and four Pulitzer prizes, Eugene O'Neill is generally acknowledged as America's greatest playwright. This volume includes three of the writer’s early, influential works:The Emperor Jones presents a forceful powerful psychological portrayal of brute power, fear, and madness as it traces events in the life of the self-proclaimed ruler of a West Indian island, who attempts to flee both his angry countrymen and personal demons.The Hairy...

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Eugene O'Neill

Ubu Roi

Alfred Jarry

Ubu Roi

When it first opened in Paris in late 1896, Ubu Roi immediately outraged audiences with its scatological references and surrealist style. Spectators rioted during the premiere (and final) performance and unrelenting controversy over the play's meaning followed. The quality and stunning impact of the work, however, was never questioned.Early drafts of the play were written by Jarry in his teens to ridicule one of his teachers. The farce was done in the form of stylized burlesque, satirizing...

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Alfred Jarry

The Count of Monte Cristo, Part Two...

Александр Дюма

The Count of Monte Cristo, Part Two: The Resurrection of Edmond Dantes

The Count of Monte Cristo, one of the greatest adventure novels of all time, has been converted by the author into a series of four plays. In PART TWO, Edmond Dantes has escaped from the dreaded prison island of d'If after 14 years of captivity. He seeks out the fabulous treasure of Monte Cristo described to him by the Abbe Faria, and assumes the identity of the priest Busoni. Then he begins his odyssey of revenge, tracking down Caderousse and his wife, La Carconte, and finding the trail of...

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Александр Дюма

Penelope: An Opera Libretto

Jean-François Marmontel

Penelope: An Opera Libretto

PENELOPE, by Jean-François Marmontel, tells the story of Ulysses' return to Ithaca after his long journey home from Troy, and how he takes revenge on the boorish suitors of his wife, Penelope, who have browbeaten her for years. The freshness and charm of this French dramatization is remarkable.

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Jean-François Marmontel

Sappho: An Opera Libretto

Émile Augier

Sappho: An Opera Libretto

Émile Augier presents the story of SAPPHO, another tragedy set in classical times, full of betrayal and self-sacrifice. Ancient Greek drama had much in common with modern opera, emphasizing story lines that have been simplified to focus very tightly on particular emotional themes. The freshness and charm of this French dramatization is remarkable.

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Émile Augier

Castor and Pollux: An Opera Librett...

Pierre Bernard

Castor and Pollux: An Opera Libretto

In CASTOR AND POLLUX, by Pierre Bernard, one of the twins from ancient myth attempts to rescue his brother from the underworld. The freshness and charm of this French dramatization is remarkable.

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Pierre Bernard

Five Plays by Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

Five Plays by Chekhov

Considered one of the greatest short story writers of all-time, Anton Chekhov also wrote several plays that are regarded as true dramatic classics. Collected in this volume are five of Chekhov's most popular dramatic works: «Ivanov», «The Sea-Gull», «Uncle Vanya», «Three Sisters», and «The Cherry Orchard». Translated from the Russian by Marian Fell and Julius West, this collection shows Chekhov at his literary best.

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Anton Chekhov

Four Revenge Tragedies (The Spanish...

Various

Four Revenge Tragedies (The Spanish Tragedy, The Revenger's Tragedy, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois, and The Atheist's Tragedy)

The four plays in this collection are a representative collection of dramas that exhibits the development of the Jacobean era revenge play. In «The Spanish Tragedy» we find the aftermath of a conflict between the Viceroy of Portugal and the Spanish empire. The death of Spanish officer Andrea prompts Horatio, Andrea's best friend, and Bel-imperia, who was in love with Andrea against her family's wishes, to seek revenge against Andrea's murderer, Balthazar, the Viceroy's son....

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Various

Faust, Part 1

Иоганн Вольфганг фон Гёте

Faust, Part 1

The Faustian legend has captured the imagination of readers and writers for centuries and in Goethe's «Faust» we find one of the greatest tellings of this old German tale. It is the story of man who makes a deal with the devil and pays with his soul. The influence of this theme on literature cannot be understated. In Goethe's «Faust» we find what is probably the most famous version of the story and one of the greatest works of literature ever written.

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Иоганн Вольфганг фон Гёте

The Plays of August Strindberg

August Strindberg

The Plays of August Strindberg

August Strindberg (1849-1912) has been referred to as «the father of modern literature» in Sweden, and has earned the distinction of one of the most important playwrights of the 20th century. As an author unafraid of exploring new possibilities in dramatic fiction, Strindberg is noted for his psychological realism, blatant misogyny, symbolism, and his utterly fluid and subjective sequences of events. His works bore intense scrutiny in their time, but have since been recognized for the prodigious...

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August Strindberg

The Pot of Broth

W. B. Yeats

The Pot of Broth

Born and educated in Dublin, Ireland, William Butler Yeats discovered early in his literary career a fascination with Irish folklore and the occult. Yeats felt an internal struggle with the contradictions he saw between his nature and life, and spent much of his life seeking out a philosophical system to resolve this conflict. He came to prominence during a tumultuous period in Irish history, and he struggled with the idea of an independent Irish identity. In 1899 Yeats helped found the Irish...

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W. B. Yeats

The Miser and Other Plays

Molière

The Miser and Other Plays

This edition of comedies by Molière includes: «The School for Wives,» a comedy of infidelity and his first great success, «The Critique of the School for Wives,» «Don Juan,» «The Miser,» and «The Imaginary Invalid,» the play that Molière appeared in only hours before his death. Renowned for his comedic genius and ability to portray a true sense of humanity in his characters, Molière has been delighting and intriguing audiences since the seventeenth century, at which time they pleased King Louis...

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Molière

The Prophet of Berkeley Square: A P...

Robert Hichens

The Prophet of Berkeley Square: A Play in Five Acts

Based on the novel of the same title by the British writer, Robert Smythe Hichens (1864-1950), THE PROPHET OF BERKELEY SQUARE is a send-up of the astrology and psychic reading craze that so permeated London society circa 1900. With its witty dialogue and hilarious plot, Frank Morlock's adaptation of Hichens's satiric masterpiece is just as funny today as the bestselling novel was when first published in 1901. Hennessey Vivian, the would-be Prophet of Berkeley Square, must fend off his...

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Robert Hichens

Cathleen Ni Houlihan

W. B. Yeats

Cathleen Ni Houlihan

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an instrumental figure in the «Irish Literary Revival» of the 20th Century that redefined Irish writing. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, and received honorary degrees from Queen's University (Belfast), Trinity College (Dublin), and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. It can be difficult to characterize Yeats. He was a complicated man whose work reflected the internal struggle he felt between art and life. In 1899 Yeats helped...

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W. B. Yeats

Uncle Vanya

Anton Chekhov

Uncle Vanya

Originally published in 1898 and performed for the first time in Moscow in 1899, “Uncle Vanya” is widely considered one of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s most important dramas. It is the tale of the visit of Serebryakov, a retired professor and his new, young wife, Yelena, to the rural estate that had belonged to Serebyrakov’s late first wife and that supports the couple in their urban lifestyle. The estate is run by Serebryakov’s adult unmarried daughter, Sonia, and her Uncle Vanya, brother...

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Anton Chekhov

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