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Cover of Elettra
by Sofocle
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 15, 2015

"Elettra" è una tragedia di Sofocle che rappresenta il dramma dell'odio, in cui non c'è spazio per rimorso o pentimenti. Oreste, figlio di Agamennone, torna dopo molti anni a Micene, in compagnia di Pilade e del Pedagogo. Egli, su ordine di Apollo, deve vendicare la morte del padre, ucciso...
Cover of Filottete
by Sofocle
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 12, 2015

"Filottete" è una tragedia di Sofocle, composta nel 409 a.C. Filottete è stato abbandonato, già da dieci anni, dai suoi compagni in viaggio per la guerra contro Troia, sull'isola di Lemno, a causa di una ferita infetta provocatagli da una vipera. Un oracolo, però, solo ora svela ai Greci...
Cover of Discorsi del Poema Eroico
by Torquato Tasso
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 10, 2018

Intiera, l'opera deve essere una, ossia prevedere l'unità d'azione, ma senza schemi rigidi: ci può essere largo spazio per la varietà, e per la creazione di numerosi racconti nel racconto, e in questo senso la Gerusalemme liberata costituisce una piena realizzazione delle idee dell'autore. Lo stile,...
Cover of Una lacrima asciugata da una nota di poesia
by Laura Rubis
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 9, 2017

Come la sclerosi multipla, attraverso la musica, mi ha dato forza ed è diventata la mia migliore amica. Attraverso la sofferenza ho visto il volto del mio sogno: musica e poesia, il magico mondo della fantasia. Con la sclerosi multipla ho scoperto le bellezze della vita. La musica è l’anima...
Cover of Masada Revisited Iii and Other Plays
by Arthur Ziffer
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015

This book contains six plays with titles: Masada Revisited III Irresistible Impulse Redemption Isaac and Amanda One Plus One Equals One Hypatia Masada Revisited III contains all of the material contained in two other published plays of the author, with titles Masada Revisited and Masada Revisited...
Cover of Periplo di millennio

Periplo di millennio

Atto unico in nove scene

by Riccardo Roversi
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 21, 2017

Negli ultimi nove giorni e/o notti del millennio, dieci personaggi (Bosco, Fosca, Cadmo, Edmca, Maceo, Queta, Abdto, Tilda, Laszo, Danza) si incontrano “a eliminazione” secondo il seguente schema: prima scena A incontra B, seconda scena A scompare e B incontra C, terza scena B scompare e C incontra...
Cover of Amleto
by William Shakespeare
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 28, 2018

Nel XVI secolo, sulle torri che cingono Elsinora, capitale della Danimarca, due soldati s'interrogano sul fantasma che nelle ultime sere sta facendo la sua comparsa, aspettando il cambio di mezzanotte. Al cambio, insieme alla sentinella arriva anche Orazio, amico del principe, chiamato dalla...
Cover of The Jew Of Malta (Mobi Classics)
by Christopher Marlowe
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

The Jew of Malta is a play by Christopher Marlowe, probably written in 1589 or 1590.The title character, Luca Miceli Demajo is a complex character likely to provoke mixed reactions in an audience. Like Marlowe's other protagonists, such as Tamburlaine and Doctor Faustus, he dominates the play's...
Cover of How to understand Shakespeare's plays
by Thomas Keightley
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019

In reading and criticising the plays of Shakespeare, we must always bear in mind that they were written for the stage, not for the closet, to be acted, not to be read. Shakespeare, as it would appear, was utterly regardless of literary fame; he had, as we have seen, one sole object in view, to acquire...
Cover of Low Man on a Totem Pole
by H Allen Smith
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2015

H Allen Smith has sometimes been referred to as “the best-selling humorist since Mark Twain”. Considering that he wrote against the likes of James Thurber, Robert Benchley, and S. J. Perelman, that's quite a statement. And probably true. He sold a million copies of each of his first several books,...
Cover of Kabuki, a Mirror of Japan

Kabuki, a Mirror of Japan

Ten Plays That Offer a Glimpse into Evolving Sensibilities

by Kesako MATSUI, David CRANDALL
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

In this delightfully engaging look at Japan’s traditional dance-drama, Matsui Kesako approaches kabuki in the same way a paleontologist might examine geological layers, with each play revealing a fascinating story about the time and place in which it was created and performed. Starting with Danjuro...
Cover of The Session
by Andrew Muir
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016

One minute I'm in The Elk watching the footie the next minute I'm at the beach with a Polish supermodel. Fucking come on. Lena meets Robbie. Girl meets Boy. Head over heels. Eyes only for each other. They don't speak the same language, but they both know the language of love, and surely that's...
Cover of The Unknown Soldier
by Ross Ericson
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016

Don't, for God's sake, come back alive 'cause we don't want to see your ugly stumps and your ugly scars. We don't want to hear your midnight screams and tales of hell. We all got along nicely without you, thank you very much, and now you're back you remind us things we'd much rather forget. More convenient,...
Cover of Mimi Fan
by Lim Chor Pee
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016

Selected by The Straits Times as a Classic Singapore Play in 2014 The swinging 1960s. A nightclub in Singapore. A one night stand that turns into true love. Or not? In Mimi Fan, Singapore playwright Lim Chor Pee weaves together a haunting tale about love, escapism and broken hearts searching for...
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