Plays, playscripts

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

The life of William Shakespeare, arguably the most significant figure in the Western literary canon, is relatively unknown.

Philip Massinger was baptized at St.

Sir John Vanbrugh was born in London and baptised on 24th January 1664, the 4th of 19 children.

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Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford was born on 24th September 1717.

Set in late 19th century Germany, it concerns teenagers who are discovering the inner and outer tumult of sexuality.

William Morris was born in Walthamstow, London on 24th March 1834 he is regarded today as a foremost poet, writer, textile designer, artist and libertarian.

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in late April 1565 and baptised there on 26th April.

John Galsworthy first published in 1897 with a collection of short stories entitled "e;The Four Winds"e;.

As You Like It: The 30-Minute Shakespeare presents seven captivating scenes from this merry play.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on 29th January 1860.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on 29th January 1860.

Luigi Pirandello was born on 28th June 1867 into an upper-class family in a small village in Sicily.

William Wycherley was born at Clive near Shrewsbury, Shropshire and baptised on April 8th, 1641 at Whitchurch in Hampshire where it is thought he spent some time before his family settled in Malappuram, India.

George Colman the Younger was born on 21st October 1762, the son of George Colman the Elder, a noted and successful playwright and translator of Terence and Plautus among others.

Publius Terentius Afer is better known to us as the Roman playwright, Terence.

Thomas Dekker was a playwright, pamphleteer and poet who, perhaps, deserves greater recognition than he has so far gained.

Born in 1857 in Poland, Joseph Conrad became a British citizen just before he turned 30.

This book examines the modern performance history of one of Shakespeare's best-loved and most enduring comedies, and one that has given opportunities for generations of theatre-makers and theatre-goers to explore the pleasures of pastoral, gender masquerade and sexual ambiguity.

We could just devise an Irish play How hard could it be?

This book is an exploration and critique of 'playback theatre', a form of improvised theatre in which a company of performers spontaneously enact autobiographical stories told to them by members of the audience.

Rebels with a Cause is a comprehensive guide to working with adolescents using action techniques and drama therapy.

This 1991 book takes account of discoveries concerning Shakespeare''s early career, paying particular attention to theatrical history.

This volume proposes new insights into the uses of classical mythology by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, focusing on interweaving processes in early modern appropriations of myth.

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM, was born in Kirriemuir, Angus the ninth of ten children on May 9th, 1860.

Publius Terentius Afer is better known to us as the Roman playwright, Terence.

James Shirley was born in London in September 1596.

schylus is often regarded as the father of Greek tragedy; he moved play writing from the simple interaction of a single character and a chorus to one where many characters interact and thereby create more dynamic and dramatic situations.

Numerous plays have professionals as major characters, but academia has ignored them to a large extent.

Director-dramatist Howard Barker is a restlessly prolific, compulsively controversial and provocative multi-media artist.

George Peele was born in July 1556 and baptised on the 25th at St James Garlickhythe in the City of London.

The first collection of its kind, Chartist Drama makes available four plays written or performed by members of the Chartist movement of the 1840s.

This play re-enacts the 1917 trial and imprisonment of Alice Wheeldon, the renowned suffragist, for her alleged role in plotting to assassinate the Prime Minister Lloyd George.

La más hidalga hermosura de Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla es una comedia de tema épico sobre la independencia de Castilla, que tiene como telón de fondo la corte del rey don Sancho.

En Doña Beatriz de Silva Tirso de Molina relata la historia de la fundadora de la orden religiosa de las Concepcionistas.

En La joya de las montañas Tirso de Molina relata la historia de Orosia, princesa de Bohemia que sufrió martirio a manos de los musulmanes y se convirtió, a raíz de ello, en patrona de Jaca.

En El capitán Montoya de José Zorrilla el capitán cree asistir a su propio funeral (Aquél es su mismo entierro, / su mismo semblante aquél; / no puede quedarle duda, / su mismo cadáver es.

Los áspides de Cleopatra de Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla plasma la pugna trágica entre el deseo privado y personal y el deber público.

Casa con dos puertas mala es de guardar es una comedia de enredo, en la que se suceden de manera vertiginosa el juego de intrigas y equívocos.

El caballero de Gracia es una obra teatral escrita por Tirso de Molina, pseudónimo del fraile mercedario Gabriel Téllez, uno de los grandes dramaturgos del Siglo de Oro español.

Quien calla otorga de Tirso de Molina escrita en 1614, es una continuación de El castigo del penseque.

La crueldad por el honor fue escrita por Juan Ruiz de Alarcón entre 1619 y 1622.

El diablo está en Cantillana se inspira en sucesos del siglo XV: Un capitán bajo las órdenes de Jofre Tenorio, almirante de Castilla durante las turbulencias de la minoría de Alfonso XI, recorre las cercanías de Sevilla sembrando el pánico.

En esta pieza Agustín Moreto y Cabaña relata la historia de Santa Rosa del Perú, quien vistió en 1606 el hábito de Terciaria Dominica y se recluyó en una cabaña.

La nave del mercader es un auto sacramental de Pedro Calderón de la Barca.

For as long as there is barsaat, you will be my friend.

The first collection of its kind, Chartist Drama makes available four plays written or performed by members of the Chartist movement of the 1840s.

Theatre in Education emerged in the mid-sixties as a unique hybrid of performance and child-centred learning.

This anthology contains three plays (Ceremonial Kisses, Shading the Crime, and The Maternal Cloister) that feature a protagonist who is compelled to confront his or her particular oppressors.