Classic and pre-20th century plays Books

A German translation of William Shakespeare's tragedy, "Macbeth." This edition presents Gottfried August Bürger's translation of the classic play, allowing German-speaking audiences to experience the dramatic tale of ambition, betrayal, and supernatural...

Scholia Graeca in Euripidis tragoedias, Volume 1, edited by Wilhelm Dindorf, presents a comprehensive collection of Greek scholia on the tragedies of Euripides. This volume offers invaluable insights into the interpretation and understanding of...

Dioniso, saggio sulla religione e la parodia religiosa in Aristofane, written by Carlo Pascal and originally published in 1911, delves into the complex relationship between religion and religious parody in the works of the ancient Greek playwright...

Heine on Shakespeare presents Heinrich Heine's insightful commentary on Shakespeare's heroines. This translation offers English readers a unique perspective from one of Germany's most celebrated poets and critics on characters such as Juliet, Ophelia,...

This collection presents several of Jean Racine's most celebrated plays, including "Mithridate," "Iphigénie," "Phèdre," "Esther," and "Athalie." Jean Racine (1639-1699) was a prominent French dramatist, renowned for his mastery of the...

Circles of Fantasy is a dark and vivid fiction about four warriors, dragged limb by limb in several region wide kidnappings to a place known as the Giant's Forest, where they are enslaved by one of the five Cheiftain Ogres of the Underworld, Chief...

'Adrian Noble vigorously highlights the extraordinary rhythmic, linguistic patterns Shakespeare gives the speaker. Any actor will find this book invaluable. For any student of Shakespeare it should be essential.' (From the Foreword by Ralph Fiennes)'How...

Between 2010 and 2017, Canada experienced an efflorescence of Greek tragedy, led by independent Montreal theatre company Scapegoat Carnivale's energetic performances of Euripides's Medea and Bacchae and Sophocles's Oedipus Tyrannus. The performances...

Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem written by William Shakespeare in 1593. The poem tells the story of the goddess Venus, who falls in love with the mortal Adonis. Despite her attempts to seduce him, Adonis remains steadfast in his refusal to give in...

This is a new, third edition of this pioneering work in feminist and literary criticism. When first published in 1975, Shakespeare and the Nature of Women inaugurated a new wave of Shakespeare scholarship, offering a sustained critique of inherited male...

Il Pirata ����� un'opera melodrammatica scritta da Felice Romani nel 1844. La trama segue le vicende del pirata Gualtiero, che si innamora della nobile Imogene. Tuttavia, il loro amore ����� ostacolato dalla rivalit������ tra Gualtiero e il fratello di...

El libro ""El Caballero Del Milagro"" es un drama escrito por Luis De Eguilaz en 1854. La historia sigue la vida de un caballero llamado Don Rodrigo, quien se ve envuelto en una serie de eventos milagrosos que cambian su vida para siempre. A trav�����s...

""El Busto de Elisa"" es un drama en tres actos y en verso, escrito por Antonio Hurtado en 1871. La obra cuenta la historia de Elisa, una joven mujer que vive en la Espa�����a del siglo XIX. Elisa es una mujer hermosa y talentosa, pero su vida se ve...

""Dona Jimena de Ord�����������ez"" es un drama rom�����ntico en cinco actos escrito en verso por Gregorio Romero Larrauaga en 1838. La obra cuenta la historia de Jimena, una joven noble que se enamora del caballero Rodrigo, pero su padre, el conde...

Das Buch ""Die Cantica der Sophokleischen Tragoedien: Nach ihrem rhythmischen Bau besprochen"" wurde im Jahr 1883 von Hugo Gleditsch verfasst. Das Werk besch�����ftigt sich mit den Cantica, also den Ges�����ngen, in den Trag������dien des griechischen...

De Valencourt: A Tragedy In Five Acts is a play written by William Henry Hoskins in 1842. The story is set in France during the 16th century and centers around the character of De Valencourt, a nobleman who is in love with the beautiful and virtuous...

""The Queen of Argos: A Tragedy, In Five Acts"" is a play written by William Boscawen Bell and published in 1823. The story is set in ancient Greece and revolves around the character of Clytemnestra, the queen of Argos. The play follows her journey from...

The Prude's Progress is a comedy play written by Jerome Klapka Jerome and published in 1895. The story revolves around a young woman named Miss Prue Primrose, who is a self-proclaimed prude and believes that all men are immoral. However, her views are...

The Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus is a play written by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, which was first performed in Athens in the 5th century BCE. The play tells the story of Prometheus, a Titan who defies the gods by giving fire to humanity and...

The Patrician's Daughter: A Tragedy, In Five Acts is a play written by John Westland Marston and first published in 1841. The play follows the story of a young woman named Camiola, the daughter of a wealthy patrician. Camiola is in love with a young man...

The Merry Devil of Edmonton is a play believed to have been written by William Shakespeare in 1612. The play is a comedic work that tells the story of a notorious trickster named Peter Fabell, who is known for his mischievous behavior and his ability to...

""The Forest Youth or Shakespeare as He Lived: A Historical Tale"" is a novel written by Henry Curling in 1853. The book is a fictionalized account of William Shakespeare's early life, set in the Forest of Arden in Warwickshire, England. The story...

The Affected Young Ladies is a comedic play written by the French playwright Moliere in 1915. The play is set in 17th century France and follows the lives of two young women, Celimene and Arsinoe, who are obsessed with fashion and social status. They...

The Life of Timon of Athens is a play written by William Shakespeare in the early 17th century. The play follows the life of Timon, a wealthy and generous Athenian who lavishes gifts and money on his friends and associates. However, when Timon falls into...

This book lays bare the dialogue between Shakespeare and critics of the stage, and positions it as part of an ongoing cultural, ethical, and psychological debate about the effects of performance on actors and on spectators.

In this new monograph, Claire Hansen demonstrates how Shakespeare can be understood as a complex system, and how complexity theory can provide compelling and original readings of Shakespeare's plays. The book utilises complexity theory to illuminate...

"Last Life" is a striking assemblage of Shakespeare's words, exploring the struggle between masculine and feminine energies, gender dynamics, and relationships. As Kismet holds Man and Woman captive in a circle of salt, primal and kinetic energy is...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the...

With its thirteen essays, spanning different types of Italian 'resources', from novellas to dramas, scenarios and dialogues, the book aims at offering a wide-ranging array of topics that foregrounds a more complex dynamics of circulation and...

The First Folio, published in 1623 by Shakespeare's colleagues, was the first complete and faithful publication of plays by the Bard. As the pages were printed, they were checked for errors, and if any were found, they were corrected. But the pages with...

This edition of Don Quixote was developed particularly for the young minded. There are many teenagers, young adults and even baby boomers that have missed out on the wisdom and fun that Don Quixote can offer, for in their attempt at reading the work they...

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