Classic and pre-20th century plays

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The enduring appeal of Jane Austen's fiction is captured in this pocket-sized collection of quotations taken from her celebrated works.

No más mostrador es una comedia escrita por Mariano José de Larra, un famoso escritor y periodista del romanticismo español.

From the author of the Patrick Melrose novels, now a major Sky Atlantic television series starring Benedict CumberbatchHenry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global media corporation, is not having a good day.

Whether the fault of tedious teachers or hammy actors, Shakespeare is often seen as dry and impenetrable.

Twelve of Shakespeare's most profound and moving dramas in one elegant volume.

Bring on the merriment whenever you open this collection of Shakespeare's entertaining comedies.

Enjoy four of Shakespeares tragedies told with LEGO bricks.

The works of Shakespeare remain a staple of the theatrical and academic worlds, yet even non-experts enjoy his works.

Bringing Shakespeare to the Sunshine State, this book gathers together a talented group of teachers, choreographers, directors, set designers, musicians, costumers, actors, and artists to discuss how they have adapted the bard's monologues in Miami, assassinated Julius Caesar on the steps of Tallahassee's Capitol, trained students to duel in Florida's Panhandle, placed Shylock on trial in Orlando, and transformed Gainesville into Puck's magical forest.

'Ambitious, defiant, angry and gripping .

The Tempest is Shakespeare's masterpiece of magical effects, redemptive romance, poetry and politics.

Comedy and tragedy intertwine when two very different couples fall in and out of love in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Love and Scorn-- All''s Well That Ends Well is a fast paced comedic romp.

Sophocles addresses themes of civil disobedience, fidelity, and love for family; and questions which law is greater: the gods'' or man''s—in this play that challenged many established mores of Ancient Greece.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Set in the city of Argos a few years after the Trojan war, ''Electra'' recounts the tale of Electra and the vengeance that she and her brother Orestes take on their mother Clytemnestra and step father Aegisthus for the murder of their father, Agamemnon.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Rain, Wind, Thunder, Fire-- King Lear is Shakespeare''s brilliant play about truth, love, and madness.

Love and Obligations-- The King of Navarre, Ferdinand, and three of his friends, the lords Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville, take an oath to foreswear the company of women for three years.

''Medea'' is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea, and first produced in 431 BC.

Magical Mischief!

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

‘The Trachinian Maidens’ (also ‘Women of Trachis’ or ‘The Trachiniae’) is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles, in which Deianeira, the wife of Heracles, is distraught over her husband''s neglect of her family.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

Included herein are the seven surviving plays of Athens’ pre-eminent playwright, Sophocles, masterfully translated by Lewis Campbell, M.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

The winner of the Festival of Dionysus in 409 BC, ''Philoctetes'' describes the attempt by Neoptolemus and Odysseus to bring disabled master archer, Philoctetes, with them to Troy.

Aristotle''s ''Poetics'' is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory.

Fortune''s Fool Here is William Shakespeare''s brilliant play the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, set in Verona during a feud between the Capulets and the Montagues.

Oedipus was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta.

Murder, mayhem, and magic.

Mercy and Justice-- Measure for Measure is a play that balances Mercy against Justice and pride against humility.

Merry Mischief-- Arriving in Windsor with very little money, John Falstaff decides to raise funds by wooing two wealthy, married women.

Honor and Shame -- One of Shakespeare''s very best plays.

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

Love and Longing-- As You Like it is One of William Shakespeare''s best known plays.

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is widely considered Shakespeare''s greatest play.

'Enchanting' - Simon Russell Beale 'Remarkable' - James Shapiro'Wonderful .

Controversial and sexually charged, The Taming of the Shrew is possibly Shakespeare's first play, and certainly among the most performed.

In Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare uses the most notorious murder in classical history to tell a tragic tale of friendship, ambition and betrayal.

Shakespeare's skillful manipulation of events and people makes Richard III a chilling incarnation of the lure of evil and the temptation of power.

Written at the end of the life of Elizabeth I, Henry V is an inspirational, gripping play that struck a chord in a time of uncertainty.