Plays/Films/Dramas

Shakespeare at the Globe, 1599-1609

Bernard Beckerman

Bernard Beckerman’s scholarly work is a detailed study of the Globe playhouse during its most vibrant decade,…

"Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays

The volume gathers a selection of English mystery and miracle‑plays that once animated the streets of…

The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare

The play opens in the bustling streets of Venice, where friends Solanio and Salarino tease the melancholy…

Electra

Benito Pérez Galdós

La obra Electra de Benito Pérez Galdós se presenta como un drama contemporáneo ambientado en la aristocracia…

Lady Windermere's Fan

Oscar Wilde

The piece is a stage drama that opens with Lady Windermere and Lord Darlington engaged in a sharp, witty…

The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition

Robert Browning

The Cambridge Edition presents the complete poetic and dramatic output of Robert Browning in a single,…

Der König Candaules: Drama in drei Akten

André Gide

Der Text ist kein herkömmliches Bühnenstück, sondern ein essayistischer Auftakt zu André Gides Drama „Der…

Dramatic Technique

George Pierce Baker

The work is a practical handbook for aspiring playwrights, opening with a pointed declaration that “the…

La Tempesta

William Shakespeare

La Tempesta è una tragedia shakespearian che si apre con la furiosa violenza di una bufera in mare, dove il…

The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes

Aeschylus

The work before you is a scholarly translation of Aeschylus’s Agamemnon, rendered into English rhyming verse…

La vie et la mort du roi Richard III

William Shakespeare

Cette œuvre est la tragédie historique de William Shakespeare consacrée au dernier roi d’Angleterre de la…

Fruits of Culture

Leo Tolstoy

Fruits of Culture is a Russian drama translated into English, presenting the opening act of a bustling Moscow…

Motion pictures, 1912-1939: Catalog of copyright entries

Library of Congress. Copyright Office

The volume is a reference work compiled by the Library of Congress Copyright Office that lists every…

A Dialogue Between Dean Swift and Tho. Prior, Esq. In the Isles of St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, On that Memorable Day, October 9th, 1753

Anonymous

The work is a staged conversation set on October 9 1753 in St Patrick’s Church, Dublin, between a figure…

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare

Nesbit, E. (Edith); Shakespeare, William

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is an edited collection that reshapes the playwright’s celebrated dramas…

Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1

Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great is a two‑part historical tragedy that dramatizes the meteoric…

The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections

Ellen Terry

O Assassino de Macario: Comedia em tres actos

Camilo Castelo Branco

A peça “O Assassino de Macário” de Camilo Castelo Branco apresenta‑se como uma comédia em três atos,…

Alice in Wonderland A Dramatization of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass"

Gerstenberg, Alice; Carroll, Lewis

This edition is a stage adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking‑Glass,…

Othello

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare’s Othello is a tragedy that opens amid the bustling streets of Venice, where intrigue and…

Nabuco

Ferdinando Fontana

Il volume “Nabuco” di Ferdinando Fontana è un poema drammatico che prende avvio con una narrazione biblica:…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Drama" to "Dublin" Volume 8, Slice 7

Various

The entry is a scholarly overview taken from the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, covering the letters…

Motion pictures, 1940-1949: Catalog of copyright entries

Library of Congress. Copyright Office

This volume is a comprehensive government‑compiled register of every motion‑picture work that received a U.S.

A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812

George Alexander Stevens

The work is a hybrid of lecture, satire, and theatrical sketch, presented as the text of a public address…