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Antigone

Kreikkalainen tragedia pitää otteessaan. Kun Oidipuksen molemmat pojat Polyneikes ja Eteokles kuolevat taistellessaan kruunusta, jäljelle jää sisko Antigone. Antigone haluaisi haud ...


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The Two Noble Kinsmen

‘The Two Noble Kinsmen’ by William Shakespeare is believed to be his final play before his retirement and is usually attributed jointly to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. In ...


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Brand

Vaikuttava näytelmä papista, jonka sielusta tulee yksinäinen.Norja, 1800-luku. Brand on pappi, joka ottaa uskonasiat vakavasti. Hän uskoo ihmisen hyvyyteen, mutta samalla hän asett ...


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Life Is a Dream

‘Life Is a Dream’ (1635) is a play by Spanish dramatist and poet Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Considered one of the finest Spanish dramas of all time, it explores the mysteries of h ...


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She Stoops to Conquer

If enduring popularity is a mark of quality, then 'She Stoops to Conquer' is among the greatest plays ever written; for the 1773 comedy has been performed almost without a break fo ...


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Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life

When Professor Serebrakoff and his younger wife, Helena, return to his rural estate, they find themselves less than welcome. Despite the smiles and formality, there is tension in t ...


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Tartuffe, or The Hypocrite

In this witty and charming French play, the audience follows Madame Pernelle, whose self-importance leads her to leave her son Orgon's house because no one pays any attention to he ...


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Lady Windermere's Fan

A searing satire on the British class system, social hypocrisy, and keeping up appearances, ‘Lady Windemere’s Fan’ is one of Wilde’s best-loved plays. Such is its popularity that i ...


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Comic Tragedies

Louisa May Alcott's most popular novel, ´Little Women´, featured the March sisters, who were based on her own family. In this collection of short plays, originally written by Alcot ...


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Man and Superman

Don Juan is more than just an infamous womaniser. For he has been the 'Don Juan' of Bryon's epic poem, the 'Don Giovanni' of Mozart's opera and the main man in the play 'The Tricks ...


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Pygmalion

Do you like 'Pretty Woman', with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere? Do you love 'Maid in Manhattan', starring Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes? And how about little orphan 'Annie'? We ...


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Hedda Gabler

Henrik Ibsen’s 1890 play 'Hedda Gabler' is a study of a woman who wants to climb the social ladder. Where another of Ibsen's great female character, Nora from 'A Doll's House', had ...


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Salomé

Based on a story from the Bible, ‘Salomé’ provoked such outrage that it was banned from the British stage for a number of years. However, fiercely defended by academics for its lit ...


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The Playboy of the Western World

On a quiet autumn evening, the inhabitants of Flaherty’s ramshackle pub are interrupted by the arrival of Christy Mahon, a fugitive claiming to have murdered his father. Enamoured ...


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The Duchess of Padua

‘The Duchess of Padua’ is a five-act play, originally written for American actress, Mary Anderson (best known for her role in ‘Gone with the Wind’). With themes of murder, suicide, ...


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Vera; or, The Nihilists

While Wilde might be better known for acidic and satirical comedies, such as ‘The Importance of being Earnest,’ and ‘Lay Windemere’s Fan,’ his first outing as a playwright was in t ...


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Ruy Blas

The play "Ruy Blas" explores the life of an ordinary poet and servant, Ruy Blas, who has secretly fallen in love with the Queen of Spain. His master plots revenge against the unfit ...


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Scorn of Women

A tale of literal and proverbial gold diggers.Not the incel manifesto you might expect, 'Scorn of Women' is one of Jack London's rare attempts at playwriting, being a three-act ada ...


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The Clouds

‘The Clouds’ is a comedic attack on the qualities of virtue and excellence, as espoused by Sophist philosophers. The central figure, Strepsiades, enrols his dissolute son, Pheidipp ...


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Pericles, Prince of Tyre

You know that thing when you have an incestuous relationship with your daughter, but you don’t want anyone to know about it, so you disguise the truth in a riddle and make her suit ...


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Hamlet

'To be, or not to be, that is the question.'If you’ll only ever read one Shakespeare play, let it be Hamlet. It tells the story of the young Prince of Denmark whose father visits h ...


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Ninas flykt

”… En tullare vid färjeterminalen vinkar in lastbilen. Vad har ni i lasten? frågar han föraren. Chauffören ger tullaren några papper. Är du vänlig och stiger ur, uppmanar tullaren. ...


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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."Jack Worthing is an important and respected person in Hertfordshire. Being a gu ...


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For Love of the King

Imagine being torn away from the person you love most in the world! The pain would be just too terrible to bear! This is exactly what happens to Shah Mah Phru after she falls passi ...


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En månad på landet

När den vackra och uttråkade godsägarinnan Natalja Petrovna förälskar sig i sin sons unge lärare inser hon snart att hon har en rival i sin protegé Vera. Kan det vara en lösning at ...