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Classical in its breadth and scope, Horton Foote’s nine-play Orphans’ Home Cycle begins with a father’s death in a small Texas town at the turn of the century, a loss that sends his son, twelve-year-old Horace Robedaux, on an odyssey through the darkest corners of the heart. Caught in the rift between his father’s and his mother’s families, Horace is separated from what family he has left to spend a horrifying... (more)

Plays. (English.)

by August Strindberg

The three plays in this volume focus on the tumultuous relationships between men and women, whether they are father and daughter, brother and sister or lovers. "Miss Julie" is a ruthlessly realistic depiction of an upper class woman's seduction of a servant, emphasizing the differences and the antagonism between them. In "The Father", a man is brought to madness and driven out of his home by the suspicion that his... (more)

Bacchae. (English)

by Euripides

Regarded by many as Euripides' masterpiece, Bakkhai is a powerful examination of religious ecstasy and the resistance to it. A call for moderation, it rejects the temptation of pure reason as well as pure sensuality, and is a staple of Greek tragedy, representing in structure and thematics an exemplary model of the classic tragic elements. Disguised as a young holy man, the god Bacchus arrives in Greece from... (more)

Complete Works (1954-1960)

The Birthday Party; The Room; The Dumb Waiter; A Slight Ache; A Night Out; The Black and White; the Examination

by Harold Pinter

This volume collects some of the author's most famous writings, including plays, short stories, and essays.

Stellvertreter. (English)

by Rolf Hochhuth, Richard Winston

First staged in 1963, The Deputy stirred up more controversy and caused greater repercussions than any other postwar work when it was first published. Its treatment of Pius XII -- the "deputy" of Christ on earth -- and the Church during the Nazi persecution of the Jews rendered it the object of impassioned praise and violent denunciation. It is a powerful, shocking play.

Four Comedies (New Folger Library Shakespeare)

Four Comedies (New Folger Library Shakespeare)

by David Bevington, G. R. Hibbard, William Shakespeare

Contains The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night.

The Tragedies of William Shakespeare (Modern Library)

The Tragedies of William Shakespeare (Modern Library)

by William Shakespeare

An appealing collection of the great tragedies of Shakespeare.

Phantom of the Opera : Easy Piano (Order No. Hl00366003)

Phantom of the Opera : Easy Piano (Order No. Hl00366003)

by Andrew Lloyd Webber

This souvenir folio features full-color photos from the stunning production as well as piano/vocal arrangements of 9 songs, including: All I Ask of You * Angel of Music * Masquerade * The Music of the Night * The Phantom of the Opera * The Point of No Return * Prima Donna * Think of Me * Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again.

Dogg's HamletTom Stoppard

Dogg's Hamlet

by Tom Stoppard

Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde

by Oscar Wilde

Continuously in print since 1948, Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde has long been established as the most comprehensive and authoritative single–volume collection of Wilde’s works available, containing his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays, and letters—all in their most authoritative texts. Edited and introduced by Merlin Holland, Wilde’s grandson, this... (more)

Jacques and His Master : An Homage to Diderot in Three Acts

Jacques and His Master : An Homage to Diderot in Three Acts

by Milan Kundera, Michael Henry Heim

Text: English (translation) Original Language: French

Exiles : A Play

by James Joyce

The only extant play by the great Irish novelist James Joyce (1882-1941), EXILES is of interest for its autobiographical content. The main character, Richard Rowan, the moody, tormented writer who is at odds with both his wife and the parochial Irish society around him, is clearly a portrait of Joyce himself. The character of Rowan's wife, Bertha, is certainly influenced by Joyce's lover and later wife, Nora... (more)

Burning Bright : A Play in Story Form

by John Steinbeck

As you like it. (German)

by William Shakespeare

Text: German, English (translation)

The Unabridged William Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare

More unabridged classics

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Oxford World's Classics)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Oxford World's Classics)

by William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps Shakespeare's most popular play, particularly as a first introduction to Shakespeare for children--filled as it is with a marvelous mixture of aristocrats, workers, and fairies. For this edition, Peter Holland's introduction looks at dreams and dreamers, tracing the materials out of which Shakespeare constructs his world of night and shadows.

A midsummer night's dream : texts and contexts

A midsummer night's dream : texts and contexts

by William Shakespeare

This edition of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream reprints the Bevington edition of the play accompanied by four sets of primary documents and illustrations thematically arranged to offer a richly textured understanding of early modern culture and Shakespeare’s work within that culture. The texts, including facsimiles of period documents, conduct literature, county records, reports of court... (more)

Gorboduc Or Ferrex and PorrexThomas Sackville, Thomas Norton

Gorboduc Or Ferrex and Porrex

by Thomas Norton

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