Tragic plays

Oedipus was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Hamlet (1601) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare.

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

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.

In Shakespeare's thrilling and hugely influential tragedy, ageing King Lear makes a capricious decision to divide his realm between his three daughters according to the love they express for him.

Dark and violent, Macbeth is also the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's tragedies.

Shakespeare's combination of violence, introspection, dark humour and rich language in Hamlet is intoxicating.

Set in a city torn apart by feuds and gang warfare, Romeo and Juliet is a dazzling combination of passion and hatred, bawdy comedy and high tragedy.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Mary Sidney (1562-1620), Countess of Pembroke, was born into one of England's most prominent literary and political families.

Mary Sidney (1562-1620), Countess of Pembroke, was born into one of England's most prominent literary and political families.

With a foreword by Faridah b k - y m d , author of Ace of Spades Something is rotten in the state of Denmark The King of Denmark is dead.

With a foreword by Kat Delacorte, author of With Fire in Their Blood It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood On a bleak, stormy night in Scotland, three witches prophesy: Macbeth will be a lord twice-over and Macbeth will be king; but Banquo s sons will also be kings.

With the aim of examining the postcolonial applications of Aphra Behn's re-entry into the literary canon, the editor presents this edition as a collection representing the nexus of very specific articulations of literary, cultural, and political tropes produced by various writers and adapters from 1695 through 1999.

With the aim of examining the postcolonial applications of Aphra Behn's re-entry into the literary canon, the editor presents this edition as a collection representing the nexus of very specific articulations of literary, cultural, and political tropes produced by various writers and adapters from 1695 through 1999.

Charged with female agency, Medea is a powerful story of betrayal, desperation, and horrifying revenge.

Best known for "e;Enquiry Concerning Political Justice"e; (1793) and "e;Caleb Williams"e; (1794), William Godwin (1756-1836) is one of the most important figures of the Romantic period.

Best known for "e;Enquiry Concerning Political Justice"e; (1793) and "e;Caleb Williams"e; (1794), William Godwin (1756-1836) is one of the most important figures of the Romantic period.

First Published in 1999.

First Published in 1999.

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Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era.

Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era.

In this classic and much-loved edition of Marlowe's best-known play, John D.

In this classic and much-loved edition of Marlowe's best-known play, John D.

This book is Thomas Lovell Beddoes's defining text, a pastiche Renaissance tragedy replete with treachery, murder, sorcery and haunting, the extravagant expression of the poet's lifelong obsession with mortality and immortality.

This book is Thomas Lovell Beddoes's defining text, a pastiche Renaissance tragedy replete with treachery, murder, sorcery and haunting, the extravagant expression of the poet's lifelong obsession with mortality and immortality.