1,780円 The plays in this volume all contain Aristophanes' trademark bawdy comedy and dazzling verbal agility. In THE BIRDS, two frustrated Athenians join the birds to build the utopian city of 'Much Cuckoo in the Clouds'. THE KNIGHTS is a venomous satire on Cleon, a prominent Athenian demagogue, while T...

174円 Bei den hier neu herausgegebenen drei Bänden der »Wegwarten« handelt es sich um ein ungewöhnliches literarisches Projekt des jungen gerade zwanzig Jahre alt gewordenen und engagierten Schriftstellers, das jedoch leider fruchtlos geblieben ist. Nach der Veröffentlichung...

2,102円 As the Elizabethan era gave way to the reign of James I, England grappled with corruption within the royal court and widespread religious anxiety. Dramatists responded with morally complex plays of dark wit and violent spectacle, exploring the nature of death, the abuse of power and vigilante jus...

1,071円 A 2010-es év színházi bemutatóiból választotta ki Fábri Péter rendező, Hegedűs D. Géza színművész-rendező és Radnai Annamária dramaturg azokat a darabokat, melyeknek szövegét leginkább méltónak találta az utókorra hagyományozni.A kötetben az alábbi darabok szerepelnek:Háy János: VölgyhídNémeth Ák...

395円 Émile Augier presents the story of SAPPHO, another tragedy set in classical times, full of betrayal and self-sacrifice. Ancient Greek drama had much in common with modern opera, emphasizing story lines that have been simplified to focus very tightly on particular emotional themes. The freshness a...

395円 PENELOPE, by Jean-François Marmontel, tells the story of Ulysses' return to Ithaca after his long journey home from Troy, and how he takes revenge on the boorish suitors of his wife, Penelope, who have browbeaten her for years. The freshness and charm of this French dramatization is remarkable.

395円 In CASTOR AND POLLUX, by Pierre Bernard, one of the twins from ancient myth attempts to rescue his brother from the underworld. The freshness and charm of this French dramatization is remarkable.

1,326円 Chekhov renounced the theatre after the disastrous reception of The Seagull in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and premiered his last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry O...

395円 Two opera libretti focusing on the theme of the fiery sacrifice of the protagonists. HERCULANEUM, by Joseph Méry, a friend of Alexandre Dumas, is set in 79 A.D. in the doomed city of Herculaneum. Olympia, an oriental queen, sister of the Proconsul Nicanor, falls in love with Helios, a Christian. ...

602円 The love lives of the crew of VisionAire are unzipped in this collection of four stories. Microburst, Severe Clear, Extended Duty, Hard Love. Dear Reader, I’m Telma Cortez, Head Flight Attendant for VisionAire. I love flying and I adore many of the people I work with. It’s an unusual place to wor...

6,632円 Two outstanding examples of socialist-themed plays are combined in this remarkable volume. The Conspiracy of Feelings by Yurii Olesha (1899-1960) is based on his highly respected short novel Envy about the struggle between the old and new in Soviet society. The play, called The Conspiracy of Feel...

496円 Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 – 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. In this ebook: The Aesthetical Essays Mary Stuart Don Carlos The Death of Wallenstein (Translated by S. T. Coleridge) Love and Intrigue The Chinese Sphinx (Translated by Sabilla Novell...