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One-Act Plays by Modern Authors
One-Act Plays by Modern Authors by Helen Louise Cohen explores english drama, american drama.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare explores vendetta — drama, youth — drama, verona (italy) — drama.
Faust: a Tragedy [part 1], Translated from the German of Goethe
Faust: a Tragedy [part 1], Translated from the German of Goethe by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe explores german poetry — translations into english, legends — germany — drama, faust, -approximately 1540 — drama.
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Oscar Wilde explores comedy plays, england — drama, identity (psychology) — drama.
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen explores man-woman relationships — drama, women — social conditions — drama, identity (psychology) — drama.
A Doll's House : a play
A Doll's House : a play by Henrik Ibsen explores marriage — drama, man-woman relationships — drama, norwegian drama — translations into english.
The Way of the World
Mirabell and Millamant seek to marry while navigating Lady Wishfort’s household and the schemes surrounding her fortune. Congreve builds a comedy from negotiations, disguise and competing social ambitions.
All for Love; Or, The World Well Lost: A Tragedy
Antony and Cleopatra face the consequences of their attachment as military defeat and political obligation close in. Dryden concentrates the tragedy on the conflict between love, loyalty and public duty.
A Likely Story
A seaside gathering becomes a comedy of invitations, expectations and misunderstandings. Howells follows the lively conversation of a household attempting to manage a social occasion.
A Woman of No Importance
A social gathering at an English country house brings a concealed family history into view. Oscar Wilde’s play follows the resulting conflict through conversations about reputation, parenthood, obligation and the different expectations placed on its characters.
Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act
At Herod’s court, Salomé becomes fascinated by the imprisoned prophet Jokanaan. Oscar Wilde’s one-act tragedy follows the encounter and the demands that emerge from it, using concentrated dialogue and recurring images.
A Counterfeit Presentment; and, The Parlour Car
William Dean Howells brings together two dramatic works concerned with appearances, conversation and romantic misunderstanding. An encounter involving an artist and a meeting in a railway parlour car become occasions for characters to reconsider what they believe about one another.
The play's the thing
Two playwrights face a problem when an overheard conversation threatens a young couple’s relationship. Ferenc Molnár’s comedy, adapted into English by P. G. Wodehouse, turns writing a play into an attempt to change how events are understood.
Wilhelm Tell
Friedrich Schiller’s play follows William Tell and the communities of the Swiss cantons under Habsburg rule. Family life, a famous test of marksmanship and plans for resistance converge in a drama of obligation and independence.