Classic and pre-20th century plays Books

The Boudoir Shakespeare V3: Romeo And Juliet, Twelfth Night, King John (1877) is a book written by Henry Cundell. It is a collection of three Shakespearean plays, namely Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, and King John. The book was first published in 1877...

In 1992 Glenn Buglass, then Director of Lichfield Arts Centre, was given £2000 to make a community arts project. His dream was to stage some of the medieval mystery plays, and he invited Robert Leach to become Artistic Director of the project while...

  “Here is a person who shares with me a love of Shakespeare’s mysterious depths of understanding. The ancient wisdom traditions underlie and sustain the incredible reflection of our souls in Shakespeare.” Sir Mark Rylance, first...

Where Shakespeare Set His Stage is a book written by Elise Lathrop and published in 1906. The book provides a detailed account of the various locations where Shakespeare set his plays. Lathrop examines the historical context of each play and explores the...

The Antigone of Sophocles, with Notes: For the Use of Colleges in the United States (1857) is a book that contains the famous Greek tragedy Antigone, written by Sophocles. The book is specifically designed for use in colleges in the United States and...

The Chronology Of The Extant Plays Of Euripides is a book written by Grace Harriet Macurdy and published in 1905. The book is a comprehensive analysis of the plays written by Euripides, a Greek playwright who lived in the 5th century BC. Macurdy's work...

""The Provost of Bruges: A Tragedy, In Five Acts"" is a play written by George William Lovell and originally published in 1836. The story is set in the medieval city of Bruges and follows the tragic downfall of the city's provost, or chief magistrate,...

The League's Convert: A Tragedy, In Five Acts is a play written by Henry W. Pearson and published in 1847. The play is set in the 17th century and tells the story of a young man named Charles who is a member of a secret society called The League. Charles...

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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 original artifact, ...

In both feminist theory and Shakespearean criticism, questions of sexuality have consistently been conflated with questions of gender. First published in 1992, this book details the intersections and contradictions between sexuality and gender in the...

What can the Globe Theatre tell us about performing Shakespeare?Unearthing Shakespeare is the first book to consider what the Globe, today's replica of Shakespeare's theatre, can contribute to a practical understanding of Shakespeare's plays. Valerie...

""Timanthes, A Tragedy"" is a play written by John Hoole and first performed at the Theater Royal in Covent Garden in 1771. The play is set in ancient Greece and tells the story of Timanthes, a young man who is in love with the daughter of a powerful...

""Th�����s�����e Trag�����die en Musique (1702)"" est une �����uvre musicale de Jean Baptiste Lully. Cette trag�����die lyrique en cinq actes raconte l'histoire de Th�����s�����e, le h�����ros grec qui doit affronter le Minotaure pour sauver Ath�����nes...

Theresa, The Maid of the Tyrol is a play written by William Lewis Thomas and published in 1843. The play is set in the Tyrol region of Austria and tells the tragic story of Theresa, a young maid who falls in love with a soldier named Franz. Their love is...

The Regicide, Or James The First, Of Scotland: A Tragedy is a play written by Tobias George Smollett in 1749. The play is set in 1437 Scotland and revolves around the assassination of King James I. The story follows the conspirators who plot against the...

The Legend Of Shakespeare�������s Crab Tree is a book written by Charles Frederick Green and published in 1857. The book tells the story of a tree that was said to have been planted by William Shakespeare himself in the garden of his birthplace in...

Platons Gastmahl ist ein Dialog, der von dem antiken griechischen Philosophen Plato verfasst wurde und im Jahr 1782 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Der Dialog folgt einer Gruppe von M�����nnern, die sich zu einem Festmahl versammelt haben, um �����ber die...

De Cid: Treurspel (1760) is a tragic play written by French playwright Pierre Corneille. The play is based on the legendary Spanish hero El Cid, who fought against the Moors in medieval Spain. The story follows the life of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, a...

Athelwold: A Tragedy, In Five Acts is a play written by William Henry Smith and first published in 1842. The play is set in 10th century England and tells the story of Athelwold, a nobleman who is in love with Elgiva, the wife of King Edgar. Athelwold...

Andrea The Painter; Claudia�������s Choice; Orestes; Pandora: Plays (1883) is a collection of four plays written by Neil Ross. The first play, Andrea The Painter, explores the life of a struggling artist who must choose between his passion for painting...

When Leah discovers a dusty old chest hidden away in the printed artwork.
attic, the truth about her grandmother's past starts to unfold. Driven by visions in her dreams, Leah leaves the comfort of twenty-first-century England for the brutal life of...

The great American scholar Harold Bloom, in his study of Shakespeare, offered that Shakespeare did not just write some of the greatest plays and characters of all time, but that Shakespeare created a new human being, one that had not existed before, and...

Arthur Rackham's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', is one of his finest, and most sought after works of illustration. Originally published in 1908, his Shakespearean fairies are some of his best-known work, with his 'gnarled trees and droves of fairies,...

This early edition on the Complete works of Shakespeare is illustrated throughout with fifty photographs. Contents include; Biographical Introduction, Dr. Johnson's Preface, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night; or,...

Schopenhauer, Hamlet, Mephistopheles: Frei Aufsatze Zur Naturgeschichte Des Pessimismus (1901) is a collection of essays written by Friedrich Paulsen. The book explores the concept of pessimism through the lenses of three prominent figures: philosopher...

"Antigone," the first Theban play written by Sophocles yet chronologically last in the cycle, is a masterpiece of classical antiquity which examines the conflict between public duty and personal loyalty. Following the banishment of Oedipus, his two sons...

The second Theban play written by Sophocles, "Oedipus Rex," or "Oedipus the King," is the drama which chronologically begins the Oedipus cycle. After Laius, King of Thebes, learns from an oracle that he is doomed to perish by the hand of his own son, he...

William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," is a classic comedy of mistaken identities, a device employed in a number of the bard's plays, which is believed to have been written sometime between 1601 and 1602. When Viola is shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria...

Believed to have been written between 1610 and 1611, "The Tempest" is likely the last play written solely by Shakespeare. The story concerns the Magician Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, and his daughter, Miranda, who have been stranded on an island...

Baptista Minola, a lord in Padua, insists that if his youngest daughter Bianca is to be married that her older sister Katherine be married first. Bianca, the more desirable of the two sisters, has no shortage of suitors. However, Katherine, the titular...

Believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598, William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" is considered by some critics as one of his "problem plays." The controversy over the work stems from its portrayal of the character Shylock, a rich...

The historical basis for "King Lear" comes from Geoffrey of Monmouth's account of the legendary King Leir of the Britons recorded in the historian's "History of the Kings of Briton." King Lear is an elderly man and wishes to retire from power. In the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

Mendelssohn's Music to the Antigone of Sophocles is a book written by Arthur Mitchell Little in 1891. The book primarily focuses on the musical composition of Felix Mendelssohn for the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. The author provides a detailed...

Higuamota: Drama en Cinco Cuadros (1839) es una obra teatral escrita por Patricio de la Escosura. La historia se desarrolla en la Espa�����a del siglo XIX y sigue la vida de un joven llamado Higuamota, quien es el hijo ileg������timo de un noble. La...

The Walkyre: A Musical In Three Acts is an opera composed by the renowned German composer Richard Wagner in 1877. The opera is part of a larger cycle of four operas known as ""The Ring of the Nibelung"". The Walkyre tells the story of the Valkyrie...

My Cousin Tom: A Farce, In One Act is a play written by Frederic Essenhigh in 1840. The story revolves around a young man named Tom, who is visiting his cousin's house for the first time. Tom is a bit of a troublemaker and causes chaos wherever he goes...

Music To The Electra Of Sophocles is a book written by Charles Sanford Skilton in 1920. The book is a comprehensive analysis of the music used in the Greek tragedy Electra by Sophocles. The author examines the various musical elements used in the play,...

Meleagros, The New Calvary: Tragedies (1871) is a book written by Osborn Laughton. The book is a collection of tragic stories that revolve around the character of Meleagros, who is portrayed as a tragic hero. The book is set in ancient Greece and follows...

""Marriage in May Fair"" is a comedy play in five acts written by Peter George Patmore and originally published in 1854. The play is set in the high society of May Fair, a fashionable district of London, and follows the romantic entanglements of a group...

The heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C.Sophocles' Theban Plays- Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone-lie at the core of the Western literary canon. They are extensively translated,...

The Eldest Son Series 2 by John Galsworthy is a play set in a well-appointed and spacious oak-paneled hall, with a large oak staircase and an inviting log fire burning in the fireplace. The hall connects to the drawing room, dining room, and billiard...