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This is the first of the series of three Comedies--'The Acharnians,' 'Peace' and 'Lysistrata'--produced at intervals of years, the sixth, tenth and twenty-first of the Peloponnesian War, and impressing on the Athenian people the miseries and disasters due to it and to the scoundrels who by their...

Extrait : "CHARMION : Oui, ma reine, un courrier venu de Sicyone Cause là-bas avec le noble empereur. CLÉOPÂTRE, irritée et inquiète : Donne-moi le coup de la mort. – Oui, je sens le danger ; C'est le malheur qui vient avec ce messager. Mais Antoine, dis-moi, quelle est son attitude ? CHARMION...

Extrait : "LUCIE, assise à gauche, devant la table, est occupée à garnir de rubans bleus un chapeau qu'elle tient à la main ; de temps en temps elle s'interrompit pour regarder son ouvrage : Encor deux points à faire et voilà le chapeau Terminé. – Du printemps j'arbore le drapeau ! Le travail...

Extrait : "BERTHE, lisant : « La coupe de mes jours s'est brisée encor pleine... » On entend un coup de fusil au dehors. LA MARQUISE : Ah ! bon Dieu ! qu'est cela? BERTHE : Grand-mère, c'est Léon qui chasse dans le parc. LA MARQUISE : Ces pauvres lapins ! Léon leur fait une rude guerre. BERTHE...

Extrait : "MARIETTE: Eh bien! non, marraine, il n'est pas possible que cela dure. MADAME DUMESNIL: Ne croirait-on pas que je vous tyrannise? MARIETTE: Enfin, marraine, libre à vous de vous cloîtrer; mais je n'ai pas une nature à vivre ainsi comprimée; notre horizon s'étend jusqu'au mur du jardin:...

L’Orestea, scrive Ezio Savino nella sua nota storica, è «un indimenticabile pezzo di maestria teatrale». Il fasto architettonico della scena e la sua ricchezza di suggestioni; il saggio impiego dell’ambiguità, in un dramma di nascosti rancori e sospirate vendette; la lingua poetica che non...

Virgil was born to a farming family, and his poetic work named The Georgics comes as close to his heart as it possibly can. He dedicated this work to the land, the farming communities and the issues surrounding complex relationships and political situation of the time. Virgil's love for the earth and everything that grows and lives there makes this poem one of his most expressive and passionate.

'L’Avare (1666) is Molière’s great satire on materialism, a funny yet sophisticated story of cunning, guile and double-dealing, not only by the Miser himself, but also by the Miser’s family and servants. First performed at the Festival Theatre, Chichester in 1995, it was revived at the Salisbury...

In Stagecraft in Euripides, first published in 1985, Professor Michael Halleran examines certain aspects of the dramaturgy of the most extensively preserved Attic tragedian. Although the ancient dramatic texts do not contain performance directions, they do imply stage actions. This work explores...

Magical Transformations on the Early Modern Stage furthers the debate about the cultural work performed by representations of magic on the early modern English stage. It considers the ways in which performances of magic reflect and feed into a sense of national identity, both in the form of magic...

Sophocles: The Classical Heritage, first published in 1996, contains a diverse collection of reflection, ranging from the 16th century to the 20th, on one of the three great Attic tragedians, the author of perhaps the most famous play of all time. With the entire notion of ‘Western culture’...

We often find in a family a jewellery of "high value" passing from one generation to another. But in a mansion of beautiful Athens, a gift of inestimable cost will cause much anguish to its owner, a wealthy Athenian trader. A jewellery of diamonds can hide dark secrets, and they are not always put auspiciously...

A lovely and fascinating Novel of the Love affair between two individuals which explores the life and difficulty of women in many cultures.  When Marjan and Russ meet, desire surges through of them. In spite of all the obstacle between them and the fact that this love could cost their lives.  209 pages.

The Clouds is a comedy written by the celebrated playwright Aristophanes lampooning intellectual fashions in classical Athens. It was originally produced at the City Dionysia in 423 BC and it was not well received, coming last of the three plays competing at the festival that year. It was revised...