Volpone and Other Plays (Jonson Ben)(Paperback)

Volpone and Other Plays (Jonson Ben)(Paperback)

The three plays collected in this volume depict the faults, errors and foibles of ordinary people with exuberant humour, savage satire and acute observations. Volpone portrays a rich Venetian who pretends to be dying so that his despised acquaintances will flock to his bedside with extravagant

Volpone: Revised Edition (Jonson Ben)(Paperback)

The sharpest, funniest comedy about money and morals in the 17th century is still the sharpest and funniest about those things in the 21st. The full, modernised play text is accompanied by incisive commentary notes which communicate the devastating comic energy of Volpone's satire. The introduction

Jonson: Volpone (Botvinick Marshall)(Paperback)

This introductory guide to one of Jonson's most widely-studied plays offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key performances and productions, a survey of film and TV adaptations, and a wide sampling of critical

Lysistrata and Other Plays (Aristophanes)(Paperback / softback)

Huis Clos and Other Plays (Sartre Jean-Paul)(Paperback / softback)

A collection of plays including 'Lucifer and the Lord', 'Huis Clos', and 'The Respectable

The Satires of Horace and Persius (Horace)(Paperback)

Inspiring poets from Ben Jonson and Alexander Pope to W. H. Auden and Robert Frost, the writings of Horace and Persius have had a powerful influence on later Western literature. The Satires of Persius are highly idiosyncratic, containing a courageous attack on the poetry and morals of his wealthy

The Alchemist (Jonson Ben)(Paperback)

The Alchemist is set during a plague epidemic in the Liberty of Blackfriars in 1610 - and was first performed on tour in 1610 by the company whose London home at Blackfriars was temporarily closed due to a plague epidemic. The play is a sublimely accomplished satirical farce about people's diverse

Medea and Other Plays (Euripides)(Paperback)

Four plays by the Greek dramatist who started to interpret human behavior without reference to the wisdom of gods

The Trojan Women and Other Plays (Euripides)(Paperback)

This volume of Euripides' plays offers new translations of the three great war plays Trojan Women, Hecuba, and Andromache, in which the sufferings of Troy's survivors are harrowingly depicted. With unparalleled intensity, Euripides--whom Aristotle called the most tragic of poets--describes the

House of Bernarda Alba and Other Plays (Lorca Federico Garcia)(Paperback / softback)

Includes the plays 'The House of Bernarda Alba', 'Yerma', and 'Blood Wedding'. These plays appeal for freedom and sexual and social

Don Juan: And Other Plays (Moliere)(Paperback)

This selection of seven of Moli�re's prose plays includes Precious Provincials, The Would-be Gentleman, Don Juan, The Reluctant Doctor, Scapin the Schemer, The Miser, and George Dandin. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of

The Bacchae and Other Plays (Euripides)(Paperback)

The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. This volume, containing Phoenician Women, Bacchae, Iphigenia at Aulis, Orestes, and Rhesuscompletes the new editions of Euripides in Penguin Classics.Features a general introduction, individual prefaces to each play,

The Bacchae and Other Plays (Euripides)(Paperback)

The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. This volume, containing Phoenician Women, Bacchae, Iphigenia at Aulis, Orestes, and Rhesuscompletes the new editions of Euripides in Penguin Classics.Features a general introduction, individual prefaces to each play,

Suddenly Last Summer and Other Plays (Williams Tennessee)(Paperback / softback)

Includes three plays - 'Suddenly Last Summer', 'The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore', and 'Small Craft

No Exit and Three Other Plays (Sartre Jean-Paul)(Paperback)

Four seminal plays by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. An existential portrayal of Hell in Sartre's best-known play, as well as three other brilliant, thought-provoking works: the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between

Women Beware Women and Other Plays (Middleton Thomas)(Paperback)

This volume contains Thomas Middletons four greatest plays, 'A Chaste Maid in Cheapside,' 'Women Beware Women,' 'The Changeling,' and 'A Game at Chess.' 'A Chaste Maid in Cheapside' is the most complex and effective of the city comedies. 'Women Beware Women' and 'The Changeling' (with William

Sweet Bird of Youth and Other Plays (Williams Tennessee)(Paperback / softback)

Includes three plays - 'Sweet Bird of Youth', 'Period of Adjustment', and 'Period of Adjustment'. In 'Sweet Bird of Youth', Chance Wayne returns to his home town with an ageing movie actress in search of the girl he loved in his youth, but with terrible, violent

Major Works - including poems, plays, and critical prose (Yeats W. B.)(Paperback / softback)

A unique selection of Yeats's major poems, plays, criticism and other prose writings, showing the connectedness of his literary output. Formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors

Heracles and Other Plays (Euripides)(Paperback)

Euripides wrote about timeless themes, of friendship and enmity, hope and despair, duty and betrayal. The first three plays in this volume are imbued with an atmosphere of violence, while the fourth, Cyclops, is our only surviving example of a genuine satyr play, with all the crude and slapstick

Blood Relations and Other Plays (REV Ed) (Pollock Sharon)(Paperback)

This brand new edition features the plays that established Sharon Pollock as a major Canadian playwright and gained her many accolades, among them, the first ever Governor General’s Award for Drama for Blood Relations in 1981. Her characters are the oppressed, from the spinster

A Woman Killed with Kindness and Other Domestic Plays (Heywood Thomas)(Paperback)

Here is a marvelous collection of plays from the English Renaissance period, offering prime examples of the 'domestic drama' genre that first appeared around 1590. These four pioneering works, set in near-contemporary England and concerned with issues of marriage and crime rather than war andpower,

Rose Tattoo and Other Plays (Williams Tennessee)(Paperback / softback)

Includes such dramas as 'The Rose Tattoo', 'Camino Real', and 'Orpheus

Girl And The Snake and Other Short Plays (Allen Renata)(Pevná vazba)

This series of plays offers contemporary drama and new editions of classic plays. The series has been developed to support classroom teaching and to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum Key Stages 3 and 4. The plays are suitable for classroom reading and performance; many have large

The Clean House and Other Plays (Ruhl Sarah)(Paperback)

'Passionate. Show-stopping. Daringly over-the-top and impressively consistent in its delirious excess. The Clean House shines.'--New Haven Advocate'The Clean House is not, by any means, a traditional boy-meets-girl story. In fact disease, death, and dirt are among the subjects it addresses. This