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By: August Strindberg (1849-1912) | |
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Creditors
Creditors is an 1889 tragicomedy by August Strindberg that plumbs the depths of the twisted triangular relationship between Tekla, her husband Adolph, and her ex-husband Gustav. | |
The Road to Damascus | |
Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter | |
Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts | |
Lucky Pehr |
By: Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) | |
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The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays |
By: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) | |
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Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts |
By: Robert Browning (1812-1889) | |
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A Blot in the 'Scutcheon |
By: Aeschylus (525/524 BC - c. 455/456 BC) | |
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The Oresteia
The Oresteia is a trilogy by Aeschylus, one of the foremost playwrights of ancient Greece. It encompasses three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Furies. It tells the tragic tale of the House of Atreus, whose inhabitants have been cursed and are doomed to play out their bloody, vengeful destinies. At the beginning of the first part, the Trojan War has ended and the Greek general, Agamemnon, is returning victorious to his wife Clytemnestra. Yet she finds it difficult to forgive his sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia, who was killed to ensure the Greek fleet fair winds in their voyage to Troy... |
By: John Webster (c.1580 - c.1634) | |
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The Duchess of Malfi
John Webster's bloody Jacobean tragedy exposes the decadence of the Italian court. The virtuous Duchess of Malfi, a young widow, secretly marries her steward Antonio, and is subsequently persecuted by her brothers: the sexually obsessed and eventually mad Ferdinand, and the corrupt Cardinal. |
By: Euripides (480-406 BC) | |
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The Bacchae
This tragedy is based on the mythological story of King Pentheus of Thebes and his mother Agave, and their punishment by the god Dionysus (who is Pentheus' cousin) for refusing to worship him. | |
The Trojan Women
Euripides' play follows the fates of the women of Troy after their city has been sacked, their husbands killed, and as their remaining families are about to be taken away as slaves. However, it begins first with the gods Athena and Poseidon discussing ways to punish the Greek armies because they condoned Ajax the Lesser for dragging Cassandra away from Athena's temple. What follows shows how much the Trojan women have suffered as their grief is compounded when the Greeks dole out additional deaths and divide their shares of women. |
By: Ben Jonson (1572-1637) | |
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Volpone, or, The Fox
Volpone is a comedy by Ben Jonson first produced in 1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is among the finest Jacobean Era comedies. Volpone is a Venetian gentleman who pretends to be on his deathbed, after a long illness, in order to dupe Voltore, Corbaccio, and Corvino, three men who aspire to inherit his fortune. In their turns, each man arrives to Volpone’s house bearing a luxurious gift, intent upon having his name inscribed to the will of Volpone, as his heir... | |
Every Man in His Humor | |
Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman | |
Sejanus: His Fall | |
The Poetaster |
By: W. W. Jacobs (1863-1943) | |
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The Ghost of Jerry Bundler |
By: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) | |
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The Countess Cathleen | |
The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays | |
The Hour Glass | |
The Land of Heart's Desire |
By: Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) | |
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Trifles
On the surface, this short play is a slice-of-life story about a murder investigation in the rural United States. However, it is also a story about the relationships between men and women, husbands and wives, and the often-overlooked "trifles" which can say so much about a person's life. |
By: Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837) | |
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Boris Godunov: a drama in verse |
By: Gil Vicente (1470?-1536?) | |
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Four Plays of Gil Vicente |
By: Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany (1878-1957) | |
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Plays of Near & Far | |
If: a play in four acts |
By: Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) | |
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Cyrano de Bergerac
One of the most beloved French plays of all time, Cyrano de Bergerac is a clever and tragic tale of truth concealed and love denied. Its titular character is a proud, daring swordsman and genius poet who has one terrible flaw: an abnormally large nose. Too afraid of rejection to confess his love for the beautiful Roxane, Cyrano helps her brainless but handsome suitor Christian to woo her, providing him with love letters while resolutely keeping his own passion a secret. |
By: Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) | |
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L'Aiglon | |
The Romancers A Comedy in Three Acts |
By: Sara Ware Bassett (1872-1968) | |
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Mrs. Christy's Bridge Party |
By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) | |
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The Rivals
The play is set in Bath in the 18th century, a town legendary for conspicuous consumption and fashion at the time. Wealthy, fashionable people went there to "take the waters", which were believed to have healing properties. The plot centres on the two young lovers, Lydia and Jack. Lydia, who reads a lot of popular novels of the time, wants a purely romantic love affair. To court her, Jack pretends to be "Ensign Beverley", a poor officer. Lydia is enthralled with the idea of eloping with a poor soldier in spite of her guardian, Mrs... |