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They would have liked to know who the John Doe was, but more importantly they wanted to know what he was. And what was his power, the power they did not understand? He could not be allowed free. He was not an ordinary man. John thought he was an ordinary man, but maybe a hollow man, without...

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The NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography,...

Early dramatic works—plus two essays—by the author of Lolita and Pale Fire.   Including The Man from the USSR, The Event, The Pole, and The Grand-dad, this volume collects works for the theater written during Vladimir Nabokov’s émigré years, before his writings in English earned him worldwide...

La Double Inconstance Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, écrivain français (1688-1763) Ce livre numérique présente «La Double Inconstance», de Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, édité en texte intégral. Une table des...

There is one day every year when the good people of Insch, near Stranraer, keep well away from their Kirk. It is the home of the ensign of HMS Rodney, and strange things happen on the anniversary of the sinking of the Bismark.Tourist Charles Toogood knew nothing of this when he paid a nostalgic visit...

The innovative dramas of Henrik Ibsen created a sensation among 19th-century audiences with their mordant attacks on social conventions. Among the finest of these ground-breaking works was Ghosts, first performed in 1881. In it, the playwright assailed the hypocrisy of moral codes, offering a daring...

Jean Baptiste Poquelin, better known by his stage name of Moliere, stands without a rival at the head of French comedy. His many great plays include "The School for Husbands" and "The School for Wives," "The Misanthrope" and "The Hypocrite" (Tartuffe), "The Miser" and "The Hypochondriac," "The Learned...

This is a short story, one of many. But, it is very precious to me, very close, and although not biographical,has some important issues that I have at last dealt with. Please read this, it may not be comfortable, but it is life.

This dramatic story recounts Mary, Queen of Scots's remaining days held captive in Fotheringay Castle. In scenes alternating between Mary's prison and Elizabeth's court at Westminster, Schiller's play gradually builds a compelling picture of a tragic heroine rising above her suffering to gain in insight...

Le nozze di Figaro Lorenzo Da Ponte, librettista, poeta, scrittore, drammaturgo e professore italiano (1749-1838) Questo libro elettronico presenta «Le nozze di Figaro», di Lorenzo Da Ponte. Indice interattivo: -01- A proposito di questo libro -02- PERSONAGGI -03- NOTA...

Molière combined all the traditional elements of comedy - wit, slapstick, spectacle and satire - to create richly sophisticated and enduringly popular dramas. The Miser is the story of Harpagon, a mean-spirited old man who becomes obsessed with making money out of the marriage of his children, while...

La casa de Bernarda Alba es un drama que termina en tragedia. La trama y su estructura sucesiva empieza con la muerte de Antonio María Benavides, el segundo esposo de Bernarda, exponente del matiz histórico padre-patriarca, y esta grotesca personaje, liberada ahora de su yugo, lo impone...

Oscar Wilde created his final and most lasting play, comic masterpieces of all time, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, in 1895. Considered one of the greatest THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is a farce, playing with love, religion, and truth as it tells the tale of two men. Jack Worthing and Algernon...