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The merry wives of Windsor
Par William Shakespeare. 1990
In this comic drama, Falstaff, a rowdy drunkard pinched for funds, decides to make love to the wives of two…
wealthy citizens of Windsor, Ford and Page, since it is the wives who control their husbands' money. But Nim and Pistol, discarded associates of Falstaff, warn the husbands of Falstaff's plans and a series of merry assignations begins. Written in the late sixteenth centuryMeasure for measure
Par William Shakespeare. 1991
Early seventeenth-century dramatic comedy. Vincentio, the duke of Vienna, has been lax about enforcing chastity laws. Fearing protests if he…
calls for reforms, he appoints Angelo to act as his deputy and pretends to leave town. Disguised as a friar, the duke observes the zealous prosecutor and becomes alarmed by the cruelty of his decisions. He must quickly reassume leadership to clear up entanglements and to save a young gentleman's lifeMillennium approaches: a gay fantasia on national themes
Par Tony Kushner. 1993
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Action in part one of this epic play takes place in an ever-changing…
American milieu. The central characters are two young homosexual New Yorkers, a married Mormon couple, and Roy Cohn. The focus shifts from sex to politics to religion. Human relationships, society, and even heaven crack under pressure, until finally an angel appears. Strong languageThe tragedy of Macbeth
Par William Shakespeare. 1959
An early seventeenth-century play. Three witches stir a prophetic brew as they await the return of the Scottish army. The…
victorious general Macbeth, spurred on by his ambitious wife, murders Duncan, the king, while he is a guest in Macbeth's castle. Once Macbeth sets himself upon this path, he must clear further obstacles. Eventually the desire for power, coupled with mistrust, fear, and anger, leads to one violent act after anotherTwelfth night, or, What you will
Par William Shakespeare. 1960
Turn-of-the-seventeenth-century romantic comedy about fraternal twins, Viola and Sebastian, who are separated by shipwreck. Viola, obliged to masquerade as Cesario,…
a page in the service of Duke Orsino, acts as the duke's envoy of love to Countess Olivia, who in turn falls in love with Cesario. Meanwhile, Sebastian arrives and, not unhappily, consents to marry the countess. Mistaken identities and some complicated lovers' problems precede a happy reunionTroilus and Cressida
Par William Shakespeare. 1966
A tragedy about lovers during the Trojan Wars, first performed in 1602. Troilus, one of the king of Troy's five…
sons, is in love with Cressida, the daughter of Calchas, a Trojan priest siding with the Greeks. Calchas, knowing that Troy is about to fall to the Greeks, flees, leaving Cressida to be taken prisoner. Although Cressida vows to remain faithful to Troilus, he witnesses her betrayalThe tragedy of King Lear
Par William Shakespeare. 1992
First published early in the seventeenth century, this tragedy concerns a petulant monarch and his daughters Gonerill, Regan, and Cordelia.…
Amid much other, more political action, Lear is taken in by false avowals of love from Gonerill and Regan, and disinherits Cordelia because of her refusal to flatter him and to meet his unreasonable demandsThe tragedy of Richard the second
Par William Shakespeare. 1962
Historical tragedy and study of kingship first performed in the 1590s. Richard II, a weak and ineffectual king, settles a…
quarrel and exiles Henry Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, for ten years. He then seizes Henry's property to finance the Irish wars. Henry returns to claim his inheritance, murders the king's supporters, and imprisons Richard. Henry usurps the throne, but lives in fear until the deposed Richard is no moreThe second part of Henry the sixth
Par William Shakespeare. 1966
Late sixteenth-century historical play about the reign of King Henry the Sixth. The earl of Suffolk secures a favorable position…
for himself when he arranges a marriage between the young king and Margaret of Anjou. But the peaceful scene is disturbed when the terms of the contract become known. A famous quarrel erupts between Queen Margaret and a duchess, the nobility jockey for power, rebels take to the streets, and the royal couple fleeLove's labour's lost
Par William Shakespeare. 1990
Late sixteenth-century dramatic comedy in which the king of Navarre and three of his friends swear to avoid the company…
of women for three years and to devote themselves to study. Their plans go awry when the charming princess of France arrives on a diplomatic mission with three vivacious ladies. When the princess's father dies, the ladies impose a year-long interruption of the merrimentAll's well that ends well
Par William Shakespeare. 1965
Early seventeenth-century dramatic comedy about a young woman who saves a king's life and is given her choice of husbands.…
The man she loves does not reciprocate her affection, and the play deals with her attempts to claim him legally if not amorouslyHenry V (Oxford paperbacks)
Par William Shakespeare. 1982
Historical drama. The newly ascended king of England first deals with three suspected traitors. Then, on a pretext, Henry invades…
France to claim the throne. After his victory in the battle of Agincourt, there is a huge celebration, and Henry turns his attention to his courtship of Catherine of France, as two knaves and a braggart provide comic reliefToward the radical center: a Karel C̈apek reader
Par Karel C̈apek. 1990
English translations of three plays and several short stories, essays, and assorted sketches on gardening and travel provide a sampling…
of the work of this prolific Czechoslovakian writer. The word "robot" from his 1922 play "R.U.R." ("Rossum's Universal Robots,") included here, has entered everday languageLong day's journey into night
Par Eugene O'Neill. 1955
An autobiographical play set in 1912 in the summer home of a theatrical family isolated from the community by a…
kind of ingrown misery and a sense of doom. This work was found in manuscript form among the papers left after the playwright's death in 1953Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Par William Shakespeare. 1968
A seventeenth-century romantic drama about the trials of Pericles, Prince of Tyre, who attempts to win the king of Antioch's…
daughter by solving the monarch's riddle. Upon guessing the king's incestuous relationship with Princess Hesperides, Pericles is banished. He is shipwrecked and marries a foreign princess, who appears to die in childbirth. Years of confusion and mishap precede a joyous family reunionTitus Andronicus
Par William Shakespeare. 1967
A late sixteenth-century tragedy about Titus Andronicus, a noble Roman general under the empire. Titus returns to the city after…
his victory over the Goths, bringing the Gothic queen Tamora and her three sons with him. Titus turns his attention to seeking revenge for the atrocities that have been committed against his family. Later, his promises turn to reality in a grotesque and bloody sequence of deception, barbarism, and crueltyThe taming of the shrew
Par William Shakespeare. 1984
A dramatic comedy written in the late sixteenth century and set in Padua. Katherina is a young woman of violent…
whims and tempers. Her father, Baptista Minola, is so anxious to see her married that he forbids his much-sought-after younger daughter, Bianca, to marry first. Petruchio, an imperturbable gentleman from Verona, accepts Katherina's hand and begins the relentless taming processThe tempest
Par William Shakespeare. 1987
Early seventeenth-century romantic drama about Prospero, duke of Milan, ousted from his throne by his brother Antonio and banished with…
his daughter Miranda to a primitive island. Years later, a shipwreck deposits Antonio and his collaborators on the island. Prospero, knowledgeable about magic, releases spellbound spirits who help him undo his usurperThe tragedy of Coriolanus
Par William Shakespeare. 1962
Written in the early seventeenth century, the tragedy deals with Caius Marcius, a haughty Roman general who is given the…
surname Coriolanus after defeating the Volscians in the battle of Corioli. Persuaded to seek election to the consulship, he is eventually banished from Rome by fickle plebeians. The play records his attempts to get revengeCymbeline
Par William Shakespeare. 1965
A seventeenth-century tragicomedy about Cymbeline, a British king, who banishes his daughter Imogen's husband Posthumus in disapproval of their secret…
marriage. The queen, second wife to the king, connives to arrange a match between Imogen and her own son, Cloten. A series of deceptions cause all to believe Imogen dead, but coincidences lead to some happy reunions