Tragedies (Drama) books

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

The work is a dramatic tragedy set in Verona, where two noble families, the Capulets and the Montagues, are…

Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes

Sophocles

This volume presents Sophocles’ Oedipus King of Thebes in a faithful English rhyming‑verse translation,…

Roméo et Juliette Tragédie

William Shakespeare

Cette œuvre est une tragédie dramatique qui se déploie dès le début dans le décor animé d’un carnaval de…

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1604

Christopher Marlowe

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, printed in the 1604 quarto, is Christopher Marlowe’s early‑modern…

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

The play opens on a cold night at the ramparts of Elsinore, where sentinels Francisco and Barnardo exchange…

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

The work is a five‑act tragedy that begins not with a narrative exposition but with a full theatrical…

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

This work is a dramatic tragedy set in Verona, foregrounding a bitter vendetta between the Montague and…

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

This work is a tragedy that opens on a bleak, storm‑tossed heath where three witches chant “Fair is foul, and…

Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois

George Chapman

George Chapman’s Bussy D’Ambois and its sequel The Revenge of Bussy D’Ambois are 17th‑century English…

The Duchess of Malfi

John Webster

John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi is a 17th‑century English tragedy that opens amid the tangled intrigues…

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

This edition presents Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, a dramatic exploration of regicide and the rise of a…

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a political tragedy that plunges the reader straight into the bustling streets…

Velisurmaaja: Kolmenäytöksinen murhenäytelmä

Lauri Haarla

Velisurmaaja on kolmenäytöksinen murhenäytelmä, jonka tapahtumat sijoittuvat 1400‑luvun Perä‑Pohjanmaalle…

La Gioconda

Gabriele D'Annunzio

La Gioconda di Gabriele D'Annunzio è una tragedia drammatica ambientata in una stanza quadrata, dove l’ordine…

The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar

William Shakespeare

The New Hudson Shakespeare presents William Shakespeare’s tragedy Julius Cæsar, a drama that intertwines…

Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde’s one‑act tragedy Salomé presents the biblical temptress in a stylised, almost ceremonial…

Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone

Sophocles

The volume brings together Sophocles’ three great Theban tragedies, beginning with the harrowing tale of…

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…

Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1

Christopher Marlowe

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

Othello

William Shakespeare

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

The Jew of Malta

Christopher Marlowe

The Jew of Malta is a Jacobean tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, first performed before the king and queen at…

Ghosts

Henrik Ibsen

The work is Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts, a domestic tragedy that foregrounds the tangled relations of a Norwegian…

Faust: A Tragedy

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

This edition presents Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust as a dramatic tragedy, first performed in the…

King Lear

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare’s King Lear is a tragedy that opens amid the political machinations of Britain’s noble…