Tragic plays

From the perspective of the townspeople and the queen, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon follows the emotional journey of grief, rage, and revenge.

This early work by Aleister Crowley was originally published in 1899.

Ivanov (1889) is a drama in four acts by Russian writer Anton Chekhov.

Uncle Vanya (1898) is a four-act play by Russian short story writer and playwright Anton Chekhov.

The Cherry Orchard (1903) is Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekhov's final play.

When the prophet Jokanaan is brought to the attention of the princess Salome, he rebukes her interest, which causes her to make a brutal declaration.

First published in 1912, "e;The Broken Wings"e; is a poetic novel written by Khalil Gibran.

Three Sisters (1900) is a drama in four acts by Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekhov.

Gerald Arbuthnot receives a promotion from Lord Illingworth, a worldly politician who has a sordid history of women, one of whom is Gerald's widowed mother.

Set in New England just after the end of the Civil War, Mourning Becomes Electra is O'Neill's three part reworking of themes from Greek tragedy.

Romeo and Juliet (1597) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare.

Julius Caesar was a general and stateman whose favor among the Roman people was viewed as a threat and source of conflict with other consuls.

Driven by an insatiable thirst for power, Doctor Faustus chooses to make the ultimate sacrifice to become an all-knowing practitioner of traditional and supernatural arts.

Ausgehend von der formalen und inhaltlichen Differenz von Chor- und Sprechpartien innerhalb der Tragödie bietet dieser Band eine ausführliche Interpretation und Einordnung aller chorischen Äußerungen in den sieben erhaltenen Tragödien des Sophokles.

King Lear is a prosperous but older man who plans to distribute his wealth among his three daughters in accordance to their declarations of love.

Questa edizione contiene il testo greco degli scholia (vetera e recentiora) e delle glosse all'Andromacha di Euripide con un apparato critico e un apparato di loci similes.

After receiving an ultimatum from Apollo, Orestes must decide if he'd rather face the wrath of the gods, or the earthly consequences for his actions When Orestes returns home to Agos after hearing of his father's death, he has a quest and a secret.

Sir Robert Chiltern is a rising political star who's confronted by the unsavory Mrs.

Othello, the general of the Venetian army, holds much power and influence but becomes the target of an insidious plot to steal his coveted position.

Amor, honor y poder tiene el privilegio de ser una de las comedias más tempranas de Calderón de la Barca.

In brand new translations by Ryan Bloom, four theatrical masterpieces from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Outsider and The Plague are brought together for the first time in English, alongside deleted scenes and alternate lines of dialogueCaligula/The Misunderstanding /State of Emergency/The JustAlthough renowned for his novels, Albert Camus described the theatre as 'one of the only places in the world I'm happy', and staged the four plays gathered in this collection in Paris between 1944-49.

▪ Goethe und seine ZeitDie Leiden des jungen WertherWilhelm Meisters LehrjahreDer Briefwechsel zwischen Schiller und GoetheSchillers Theorie der modernen LiteraturHölderlins Hyperion▪ Faust-StudienZur EntstehungsgeschichteDas Drama der MenschengattungFaust und MephistophelesDie Gretchen-TragödieStilfragen: Das Ende der ‹Kunstperiode›▪ Thomas MannAuf der Suche nach dem BürgerDie Tragödie der modernen KunstDas Spielerische und seine Hintergründe▪ Enzyklopädisches Stichwort: Bemerkungen über den bürgerlichen Realismus hinaus▪ Quellennachweis▪ Personen- und Sachregister▪ Verzeichnis der erwähnten Werke

The Countess Cathleen (1892) is a verse drama by W.

When young Christy Mahon flees from his family's farm and tells the townspeople he killed his father, they respond in a way he did not expect.

A layered portraiture of Dalit oppression and ruthless hierarchies in 1980s OdishaSet against the bucolic landscape of undivided Sambalpur, the play follows five Bajnias - professional rural folk performers - whose lives are pushed into a corner by poverty, social discrimination, addiction and illiteracy.

Though it tells the stories of the defeated, Prometheus Bound and Other Plays features four tragedies that depict both unfortunate demises and the essence of the fighting human spirit.

Classic Books Library presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's tragedy "e;Troilus and Cressida"e;.

Macbeth, a successful solider, is visited by Three Witches who claim he will soon become king, but his ascension may be thwarted by other parties.

Ausgehend von der formalen und inhaltlichen Differenz von Chor- und Sprechpartien innerhalb der Tragödie bietet dieser Band eine ausführliche Interpretation und Einordnung aller chorischen Äußerungen in den sieben erhaltenen Tragödien des Sophokles.

Hamlet (1601) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare.

In The Eumenides, the final part of The Oresteian trilogy, Orestes must face the consequences of his revenge plot.

In diesem Buch erzählt ein Blaulichtreporter aus dem schönen Land Brandenburg die Geschichten von Helden und Opfern, denen er auf seinen Einsätzen begegnet ist.

Antony and Cleopatra (1607) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare.

Hanoch Levin war der wichtigste israelische Dramatiker des 20.

Die Verweigerung und schließlich die Erlernung von Empathie rücken Funktionen des Zuschauens in den Mittelpunkt des "King Lear" – und seiner Rezeption.

One of Shakespeare's most compelling historical tragedies, Julius Caesar explores the chilling events of political ambition and betrayal leading up to and following the assassination of the infamous Roman emperor.

This early work of poetry, by Aleister Crowley, was originally published in 1898.