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The Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libati...

Aeschylus

The Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers, and The Eumenides)

The importance of Æschylus in the development of the drama is immense. Before him tragedy had consisted of the chorus and one actor; and by introducing a second actor, expanding the dramatic dialogue thus made possible, and reducing the lyrical parts, he practically created Greek tragedy as we understand it. Like other writers of his time, he acted in his own plays, and trained the chorus in their dances and songs; and he did much to give impressiveness to the performances by his development of...

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Aeschylus

Życie snem

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Życie snem

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Pedro Calderón de la Barca

The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libati...

Aeschylus

The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides (Translated by E. D. A. Morshead with an introduction by Theodore Alois Buckley)

The importance of Aeschylus in the development of drama cannot be overstated. Before him tragedy had consisted of the chorus and one actor; and by introducing a second actor, expanding the dramatic dialogue, and reducing the lyrical parts, he practically created Greek tragedy as we know it. Like other writers of his time, he acted in his own plays, and trained the chorus in their dances and songs; and did much to improve the performances by his development of scene and costume on the stage. “The...

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Aeschylus

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

Judasz

Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer

Judasz

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Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer

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

Żołnierz samochwał

Plaut

Żołnierz samochwał

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Plaut

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

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

Matka

Stanisław Przybyszewski

Matka

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Stanisław Przybyszewski

Kain

Джордж Байрон

Kain

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Джордж Байрон

Olympias; and, The Temple of Glory:...

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Olympias; and, The Temple of Glory: Two Plays

OLYMPIAS is one of Voltaire's most powerful tragedies. It's based on the suspicion that King Alexander the Great was poisoned, and left an infant daughter, Olympias, by his Persian wife Statira, daughter of the last Persian king. Olympias was raised by Cassander, son of King Antipater of Macedon, who's also tried to murder Statira (although she survived, unbeknownst to him). Now Cassader has succeeded his father as King, but is riddled with guilt over his crimes. Olympias has been...

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Faust, Part 1 (Translated by Anna S...

Иоганн Вольфганг фон Гёте

Faust, Part 1 (Translated by Anna Swanwick with an Introduction by F. H. Hedge)

Considered by many as Johann Goethe’s magnum opus, “Faust” has a peculiar history of composition and publication. What began as a project in Goethe’s youth, at the age of twenty, in 1769, “Faust” would not fully be completed until 1831 very near the end of the author’s life. Based on the German legend of Johann Georg Faust, a magician of the German Renaissance who reportedly gained his mystical powers by selling his immortal soul to the devil, the Faustian legend has forever come to symbolize...

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Иоганн Вольфганг фон Гёте

Fedra

Jean Baptiste Racine

Fedra

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Jean Baptiste Racine

Jane Eyre (Wisehouse Classics - Wit...

Шарлотта Бронте

Jane Eyre (Wisehouse Classics - With Illustrations by F. H. Townsend)

JANE EYRE (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England, under the pen name “Currer Bell.” The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. Primarily of the Bildungsroman genre, Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr....

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Шарлотта Бронте

Polonius

Victor Cilinca

Polonius

First performed in Galati, Romania, in 1996, Victor Cilinca's Polonius is a play of political machination, social aspiration, treachery, and self-deception, set during the events of Hamlet. The play's relevance has escalated since it was first performed, with its barbed commentary on the media's role in shaping our society being more incisive now than ever before. Translated into English by Petru Iamandi and Richard Wright, Cilinca's Polonius reflects our world through a...

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Victor Cilinca

The Red and The Black

Стендаль, Stendhal

The Red and The Black

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Стендаль, Stendhal

Five Plays (The Revenger's Tragedy...

Thomas Middleton

Five Plays (The Revenger's Tragedy and Other Plays)

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

Justine

Frank J. Morlock

Justine

Based on the Marquis de Sade's infamous novel of the same name, this new dramatic version of JUSTINE closely follows the original story, both in spirit and in action. De Sade, with his relentless logic, attempts to prove that «virtue» as practiced by most people actually contradicts nature. The innocent maiden Justine suffers one humiliation and setback after another in her futile quest to preserve her virtue and her virginity. No one–not the nobility, not the Church, not even her...

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Frank J. Morlock

Shadwell's Restoration Comedy: A Pl...

Frank J. Morlock

Shadwell's Restoration Comedy: A Play in Three Acts

Thomas Shadwell (1642-1692) wrote a number of comic plays during his life. His drama featured broadly-based, coarse humor, and is filled with crude-but-vibrant characters drawn from the streets of Restoration London, individuals such as sharpers, whores, and eccentrics. His work is essentially plotless, but reeks with the odor of real people. Frank J. Morlock has created a composite drama (with plot!) from Shadwell's many works, but particularly employing pieces of The Woman Captain, The...

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Frank J. Morlock

Beyond the Horizon

Eugene O'Neill

Beyond the Horizon

The first of O'Neill's three Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, «Beyond the Horizon» was written in 1918. The drama revolves around two brothers, Robert and Andy, who live on their family's farm and both love the same woman, Ruth. While Robert longs to escape the farm and experience a long sea voyage, Andy wishes to remain on the Mayo farm and remain close to the land. Neither of these men realize their wishes, however, for Ruth's choice of husband begins the tragic downward...

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Eugene O'Neill

The Misanthrope

Molière

The Misanthrope

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known by his stage name of Moliere, stands without a rival at the head of French comedy. Born at Paris in January, 1622, where his father held a position in the royal household, he was educated at the Jesuit College de Clermont, and for some time studied law, which he soon abandoned for the stage. His life was spent in Paris and in the provinces, acting, directing performances, managing theaters, and writing plays. He had his share of applause from the king and...

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Molière

The Misanthrope

Molière

The Misanthrope

Molière understood profoundly what makes us noble, pathetic, outrageous and funny, and in his splendid comedies satirized human folly to perfection. One of the best of his plays — and one of the greatest of all comedies — is The Misanthrope, first performed in 1666, when the King of France himself had assumed patronage of Molière's company, and the actor/playwright was at the height of his career.Spotlighting the absurdities of social and literary...

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Molière

The Red and the Black

Стендаль

The Red and the Black

Based on the novel by Stendhal (Henri Beyle, 1783-1842), The Red and the Black tells the story of Julien Sorel, a talented and ambitious young peasant. Sorel manages to cynically and hypocritically manipulate those around him to gain a position as a secretary with a prominent Marquis–and to seduce his employer's beautiful daughter, Mathilde. But he doesn't love Mathilde–doesn't love anyone, really–and when he murders another woman with whom he's had an affair, the law...

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