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George Bernard Shaw was the greatest British dramatist after Shakespeare, a satirist equal to Jonathan Swift, and a playwright whose most profound gift was his ability to make audiences think by provoking them to laughter. In one of his best-loved plays, Pygmalion, which later became the basis...

Poet and soldier, brawler and charmer, Cyrano de Bergerac is desperately in love with Roxane, the most beautiful woman in Paris. But there is one very large problem - he has a nose of stupendous size and believes she will never see past it to return his feelings. So when he discovers that the handsome...

Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci, nato nel 1835 a Valdicastello di Pietrasanta e morto a Bologna nel 1907, è uno dei nomi maggiori della poesia e della letteratura italiana. Nella sua opera, hanno un posto molto importante l'amore per la patria e l'impegno per il raggiungimento dell'unità nazionale....

Este ebook presenta "Casa de muñecas", con un índice dinámico y detallado. Casa de muñecas es una obra dramática de Henrik Ibsen. Su obra teatral se estrenó en 1879 en el Det Kongelige Teater de Copenhague. El ambiente de esta obra de teatro es clásico: una familia feliz con tres...

Dieses eBook ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Robert Musil (1880 - 1942) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller und Theaterkritiker. Musils Werk umfasst mehrere Novellen und zwei Romane, den Bildungsroman Die Verwirrungen...

This updated Companion offers students crucial guidance on virtually every aspect of the work of this complex and controversial writer. It brings together the contrasting views of major critics and active practitioners, and this edition introduces more voices and themes. The opening essays place Brecht's...

An elderly briother and sister call in a medium to help find the hidden fortune they believe their mother left behind. The outcome is shocking and frightening.

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.

Who has experience of having a dog has certainly lived a report that included forms of communication very similar to the dialogue. How many times have we heard this statement: "It lacks only the word!" I also wondered: "What would my faithful friend if he could tell his life experiences?"...

3 Obras de Miguel de CervantesNovelista, poeta y dramaturgo español (1547-1616) Este libro electrónico presenta una colección de 3 Obras de Miguel de Cervantes en texto completo. Un índice interactivo permite acceder directamente a la obra seleccionada. Índice interactivo: -...

  Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra was born in Alcalá of Henares in 1547. He was a novelist, playwright, and poet—criticized by himself—considered as one, if not the greatest Spanish language writer of all time, even though he never studied at a university. Don Quixote is his...

Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude is a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written from 10 September to 14 December in 1815 in Bishopsgate, London and first published in 1816. The poem was without a title when Shelley passed it along to his contemporary and friend, Thomas Love Peacock. The poem is 720...

El burlador de Sevilla es la primera obra donde aparece el legendario burlador de la fe y de las mujeres, Don Juan, que conjuntamente con el Quijote son los héroes de la literatura clásica española más universales y populares. El don Juan de Tirso que seduce a doña Isabela haciéndose pasar por...

How far will you go for what you believe? Benjamin won’t do swimming at school. His mother thinks it’s drugs or he’s got body issues. But Benjamin has found God and mixed-sex swimming lessons offend him. Fundamentalism and tolerance clash in this funny, provocative play by leading...