Tragic plays

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.

Shakespeares 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.

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.

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

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Alcestis is the story of a king, Admetus, who is able to escape death because his wife, Alcestis, has volunteered to die in his place.

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

Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles' exhilerating stage adaptation of The Mirror and the Light, one of 2021's must-see theatrical events, and the long awaited conclusion to the Oliver Award-winning Wolf Hall Trilogy.

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A Theban adventure from the master of Science-Fiction, here proving himself adept at imagining historical worlds.

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In Joe and Kate Keller's family garden, an apple tree - a memorial to their son Larry, lost in the Second World War - has been torn down by a storm.

Quentin is a successful lawyer in New York, but inside his head he is struggling with his own sense of guilt and the shadows of his past relationships.

Arthur Miller's extraordinary masterpiece, Death of a Salesman changed the course of modern theatre, and has lost none of its power as an examination of American life.

The Two Noble Kinsmen - William Shakespeare - The Two Noble Kinsmen is a Jacobean tragicomedy, first published in 1634 and attributed jointly to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare.

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