Hamlet is commonly regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tragedy, Sha...
The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy betwee...
A comic look at the curious habits and customs of the inhabitants of 'Stage Land'. Dedicated to 'that highly respectable but unnecessarily retiring in...
Die tragikomische Geschichte des Willibald Stilpe vom Schüler über den Revolutionär und Kritiker bis zum makabren Ende.1897 erschien dieser auf den Ko...
George Calderon's 'Cinderella' is a satirical play that reimagines the classic fairy tale through the lens of Henrik Ibsen's dramatic works. Set in a...
Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre ist ein Bildungsroman von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, der im Jahr 1795/96 erschien. Der Roman erzählt die Geschichte von Wi...
This is the second volume of the collection of short stories by Artur Azevedo, a prominent Brazilian playwright and journalist of the 19th century. Az...
Amor por Anexins é uma peça de teatro em um ato escrita por Artur Azevedo em 1872. É considerada sua primeira peça e teve grande sucesso, sendo encena...
“O Clube da Má Língua” satiriza a hipocrisia e a superficialidade da sociedade russa do século XIX. A obra retrata um grupo de indivíduos, liderados...
La dama duende, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, is a classic Spanish Golden Age comedy. It revolves around the misunderstandings and intrigues arising...
This book is a collection of sixteen short plays designed for children in the lower grades. The plays adapt classic tales such as Cinderella, Robin Ho...
In Fritz Leiber's *No Great Magic*, a traveling group of Shakespearean actors embark on a series of extraordinary adventures that blur the lines betwe...
This collection of short, humorous one-act plays offers humorous and satirical ‘sequels’ to fourteen famous plays. Each play addresses the lingering...
A collection of humorous parodies of five well-known tragedies by Henrik Ibsen, originally published in Punch magazine. The author playfully imitates...
A talented actor and historian falls off his horse in a historical pageant while playing the role of Henry IV. When he comes to, he believes himself t...
The play within the play is set in a castle, where a group of friends gather to perform a play on a lawn. The main character, Freiherr von Umprecht, i...
“July” is a verse drama written by Michael Field, the pseudonym for Katharine Harris Bradley and Edith Emma Cooper. The play, set in the Victorian era...
The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a playful satire on chivalric romances, written in the early 17th century by Francis Beaumont. It's a play within...
This volume presents the seven surviving tragedies of Sophocles, one of the most prominent figures in Greek theater. Translated from the original Gree...
Arthur Bingham Walkley's *Pastiche and Prejudice* is a collection of essays that showcase his keen wit and insightful observations on a wide range of...
'Usher's Charge' is a collection of lyrics originally composed for the Savoy Operas, a series of comic operas written by W.S. Gilbert and composed by...
Leonard Merrick's "The Position of Peggy Harper" delves into the world of third-rate British theaters in the early 1900s. Christopher Tatham, a strugg...
The Schoolmistress is a Victorian farce by Arthur Wing Pinero, written in 1886. The play centers on Miss Caroline Dyott, the principal of a girls' sc...
This collection of one-act plays, all in the public domain, offers a diverse range of theatrical experiences. From historical dramas exploring themes...
