Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was an English comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success for more than seventy years. Best known today for the...
Nicholas Martin, a celebrated playwright, finds himself trapped in a five-year contract with the egotistical director Raoul St. Cyr. St. Cyr's vision...
Amidst a captivating theatrical performance in New York City, a woman meets an untimely end under mysterious circumstances. Helen Hardwick, the playwr...
La dama duende, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, is a classic Spanish Golden Age comedy. It revolves around the misunderstandings and intrigues arising...
The *Chorus of Women* is a selection of verses from Aristophanes's comedic play *Thesmophoriazusae*, also known as *The Women Celebrating the Festival...
This book explores the formative years of William Shakespeare, delving into his childhood in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Through a fictionalized nar...
Black Oxen explores the themes of love, aging, and the pursuit of eternal youth in the context of a complex romantic entanglement. The story follows L...
The play "Impromptu of Versailles" by Molière offers a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes world of a theatrical troupe. The action unfolds as Molière...
This book, by Hamilton Fyfe, provides an in-depth exploration of the life and works of Arthur Wing Pinero, a prominent playwright of the Victorian era...
Wasters, a play by Arthur Adams, explores the complexities of family dynamics and societal roles through a captivating lens. The play delves into the...
This poem, "The Penitent" by Edna St. Vincent Millay, is a playful and witty exploration of a young woman's seemingly guilt-free conscience. The poem...
Richard Steele's 'The Tender Husband' is a Restoration comedy that revolves around the comedic misadventures of a group of characters navigating the i...
This book is a biography of Oscar Wilde, the famous Irish poet and playwright. It is written by Robert Sherard, who was one of Wilde's earliest and mo...
The Torch-Bearers is a play by George Kelly that follows the tumultuous lives of a group of aspiring playwrights in New York City during the 1920s. Th...
This compelling autobiography chronicles the life of Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie, a trailblazing actress who defied societal norms in pre-Civil War Ameri...
This volume of letters, spanning 1890-1895, offers a glimpse into the life and work of Oscar Wilde during his peak of artistic success. The collection...
Author's Farce is a meta-theatrical play by Henry Fielding that satirizes the struggles of playwrights in 18th-century London. The play follows Luckle...
