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Carlo Goldoni (1707 – 1793) was one of the most prolific and versatile playwrights of his century, even though most of his vast output deals with life confined to a few square miles of Northern Italy. Includes the plays Don Juan, Friends and Lovers and The Battlefield The first published...

Young Breton warrior Tristan kills Irish warrior Merholt to save his adopted homeland of Cornwall, England from ransacking by Ireland’s army. He allies with his Uncle, King Mark of Cornwall, at Tintagel Castle to bring back Irish Princess Isolde with permission from her mother, pagan mystic, Queen...

The story of Unitus, a great kingdom in the land of Norwegia began a very long time ago, before men ever thought of crossing the vast body of waters that separated the continents. In this land of splendid beauty, blessed with natural resources and minerals, lived tribes that had a lot in common. But...

Ben Jonson was an English playwright and poet.  Jonson wrote many famous plays and was considered to be the second most prominent writer during his time after William Shakespeare.  This edition of Sejanus: His Fall includes a table of contents.

Considered to be Plautus's greatest play, "Menaechmi; Or, The Twin-Brothers" is the story of two twin brothers, Menaechmus and Sosicles, who are separated at age seven when their father takes Menaechmus on a business trip. This classic play, which provided the inspiration for Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors", draws heavily on the theme of mistaken identity.

Medea’s marriage is breaking up. And so is everything else. Testing the limits of revenge and liberty, Euripides’ seminal play cuts to the heart of gender politics and asks what it means to be a woman and a wife.

BRAM STOKER GOT IT WRONG For millions of years a rogue meteor hurtles through space towards Earth, glowing from the vast fields of radiation through which it has passed. A primitive human female gazes in wonder as the burning invader hurtles toward the ground, unaware of the great beast stalking...

An explosive retelling of the most savage and powerful of ancient myths - the story of avenging siblings, Electra and Orestes - premiered by Shared Experience Theatre Company. As children, Orestes and his sister, Electra, were sent far away, banished by their own mother. Years later, the city...

Selección Doce Uvas es una colección de pequeños grandes libros, con doce títulos al año, breves y sugerentes. Nace de las numerosas sugerencias de decenas de intelectuales que han propuesto títulos de lectura indispensable. Antígona es una tragedia griega donde el deber familiar se enfrenta...

Las traquinias Sófocles, poeta trágico de la Antigua Grecia (496a.C.-406a.C.) Este libro electrónico presenta «Las traquinias», de Sófocles, en texto completo. Un índice interactivo permite acceder directamente al capítulo seleccionado. Índice interactivo -01- Presentación -02- PERSONAJES -03- LAS TRAQUINIAS

Once upon a time, is it possible that others too lost their way like this? a play with a cast of 11 based on Boudicca the great Queen of Icini.

The Historical Nights' Entertainment, Second Series, is the second collection of historical stories by Rafael Sabatini, published in 1919. It includes the stories of The Absolution (Affonso Henriques, First King Of Portugal), The False Demetrius (Boris Godunov And The Pretended Son Of Ivan The Terrible),...

6 female, 4 male cast! Free Royalty offer exended! There is no royalty fee for this play to be produced as a community theater or student production by a public or charter school before November 4, 2013. After November 4, 2013 – community theaters and school royalties are only $5 per performance....

A short, funny play for children aged 7 - 11 years,including a craft activity relevant to the story.Theseus is sent to Crete to be sacrificed to the fearsome Minotaur. He is the greatest warrior in Greece. He always wins.But he hasn't yet met Ariadne, King Minos's beautiful daughter. When he does, will he meet his match?