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An Enemy of the People (translated...

Henrik Ibsen

An Enemy of the People (translated by R. Farquharson Sharp with an introduction by Otto Heller)

First performed in 1882, Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” is the story of the animosity that can befall someone whose actions, while in the best interest of the public good, threaten the economic well being of a community. The story begins during an evening of entertaining at the household of Dr. Stockmann, the titular “enemy of the people”. When the mayor of the town, Dr. Stockmann’s brother Peter, and the editor of the town newspaper, Hovstad, come to Dr. Stockmann’s home, he is...

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Henrik Ibsen

Tartuffe and Other Plays

Molière

Tartuffe and Other Plays

This work includes seven of the plays that accredited Molière as the greatest and best-loved French playwright of all times: «The Pretentious Young Ladies,» «The School for Husbands,» «The School for Wives,» a comedy of infidelity and his first great success, «The Critique of the School for Wives,» «The Impromptu of Versailles,» «Tartuffe,» a highly controversial play in its time, and «Don Juan.» Although «Tartuffe» was immediately censured and banned for several years after its appearance on...

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Molière

The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, and Othe...

Molière

The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, and Other Plays (with an Introduction by Henry Carrington Lancaster)

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known popularly by his stage name Molière, is regarded as one of the masters of French comedic drama. When Molière began acting in Paris there were two well-established theatrical companies, those of the Hôtel de Bourgogne and the Marais. Joining these theatrical companies would have been impossible for a new member of the acting profession like Molière and thus he performed with traveling troupes of actors in the French provinces. It was during this period that Molière...

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Molière

Deirdre

W. B. Yeats

Deirdre

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. Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923, Yeats produced a vast collection of stories, songs, and poetry of Ireland's historical and legendary past. These writings helped secure for Yeats recognition as a leading proponent of Irish nationalism and...

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W. B. Yeats

The Marriage of Figaro

Pierre de Beaumarchais

The Marriage of Figaro

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) was an exceptional French writer of prose comedy during the eighteenth century. He is best known for his theatrical works of the three Figaro plays. Beaumarchais had an action-filled career as a watchmaker, musician, secret agent, businessman, diplomat and a financer of revolutions. His literary career was as turbulent as his personal life. After a series of lawsuits in Paris, the accounts of his trials made his reputation as a sarcastic,...

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Pierre de Beaumarchais

Bartholomew Fair

Ben Jonson

Bartholomew Fair

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. It is known that Shakespeare's company produced several of Jonson's plays, Shakespeare himself appearing in at least one, («Every Man in His Humour»). «Bartholomew Fair» was written in 1614, during the time considered to be Jonson's heyday (1605-1620),...

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Ben Jonson

Peer Gynt

Henrik Ibsen

Peer Gynt

Born in Skien, Norway in 1828, Henrik Ibsen has often been referred to as the founder of modern drama and modernism in theatre. Ibsen was widely known as an atheist and political radical, and channeled some of those sentiments into his works. «Peer Gynt» captures humankind's unsure, imperfect and opportunistic nature in many memorable scenes: a portrait so intimate and accurate that the play has become a classic in Norwegian literature. This five act play was based on the Norwegian fairy...

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The Misanthrope and Other Plays

Molière

The Misanthrope and Other Plays

Written during the highly successful final years of his life, the plays contained in this edition represent the pinnacle of Moliere's artistry and the most profound demonstration of his vision of humanity: «The Misanthrope,» «The Doctor in Spite of Himself,» a hilarious example of Molière's long-standing skepticism of the medical profession, «The Miser,» «The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman,» «The Impostures of Scapin,» «The Learned Women,» and «The Imaginary Invalid,» the play that...

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Molière

The Barber of Seville

Pierre de Beaumarchais

The Barber of Seville

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Pierre de Beaumarchais

Tis Pity She's a Whore and Other Pl...

John Ford

Tis Pity She's a Whore and Other Plays

John Ford (1586-1637) was an English playwright and poet whose interest in aberrant psychology helped him create very unique, and very successful works. After a period of major collaboration with various playwrights, from about 1621 to 1625, Ford began working independently; writing plays for theatrical companies like the King's 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...

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John Ford