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Three Plays: Isaac Sheftel, The Last Jew, and The Dumb Messiah

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Report copyright infringementby David Pinski (Author), Isaac Goldberg (Translator)These works by David Pinski, a prominent Yiddish playwright and author, explore profound themes of Jewish identity, faith, and the human condition. Isaac Sheftel delves into the moral complexities of a man facing personal and communal challenges. The Last Jew is a thought-provoking narrative about survival, spirituality, and cultural continuity, while The Dumb Messiah tackles the expectations placed on messianic...

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Report copyright infringementby Dominique Morisseau (Author)Dominique Morisseau's most radical play yet follows two Black women living more than a century apart as they struggle to define freedom for themselves. Confederates tells the story of two women in what at first appear to be radically different circumstances. Sara is an enslaved rebel ferrying information from the plantation to Union soldiers. Sandra is a political science professor fighting the patriarchy at a predominantly white uni...

Sheridan's Plays: The Rivals and The School for Scandal

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Author), Will David Howe (Editor), Will David Howe (Introduction by)These two classic comedies by Sheridan are staples of English theatre. The Rivals features witty dialogue and mistaken identities, while The School for Scandal delivers a sharp critique of gossip and hypocrisy in high society. Both plays showcase Sheridan's brilliant satire, memorable characters, and insightful commentary on human behavior, making them enduring works ...

Thomas Dekker - The Noble Spanish Soldier:

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Dekker (Author)Thomas Dekker was a playwright, pamphleteer and poet who, perhaps, deserves greater recognition than he has so far gained. Despite the fact only perhaps twenty of his plays were published, and fewer still survive, he was far more prolific than that. Born around 1572 his peak years were the mid 1590's to the 1620's - seven of which he spent in a debtor's prison. His works span the late Elizabethan and Caroline eras and his numerous collabor...

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Report copyright infringementby John Dryden (Author)John Dryden was born on August 9th, 1631 in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire. As a boy Dryden lived in the nearby village of Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire. In 1644 he was sent to Westminster School as a King's Scholar. Dryden obtained his BA in 1654, graduating top of the list for Trinity College, Cambridge that year. Returning to London during The Protectorate, Dryden now obtained work with Cromwell's Secre...

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Report copyright infringementby Edmund Spenser (Author)One of the greatest of English poets, Edmund Spenser was born in East Smithfield, London, in 1552. He was educated in London at the Merchant Taylors' School and later at Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1579, he published The Shepheardes Calender, his first major work. Edmund journeyed to Ireland in July 1580, in the service of the newly appointed Lord Deputy, Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton. His time included the terrible massacre ...

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Report copyright infringementby Hari Dutt Sharma (Author)Parents often have a tendency to blame children for their failings. In fact they fail to realise that it is their own role as parents that could be largely responsible for how their children ultimately turn out to be. The author, Hari Dutt Sharma, here tells the parents that they need to look within themselves to see how they could be model parents and provide a healthy environment for proper mental, educational and physical growth of t...

Nine Greek Dramas by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes

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Report copyright infringementby Charles W. Eliot (Editor), E. D. a. Morshead (Translator), E. H. Plumptre (Translator)This collection brings together some of the most renowned works of ancient Greek drama, offering powerful explorations of fate, morality, and human nature. From Aeschylus' House of Atreus trilogy and Prometheus Bound to Sophocles' tragic masterpieces Oedipus the King and Antigone, Euripides' Hippolytus and The Bacchae, and Aristophanes' comedic The Frogs, these plays capture t...

Shakespeare's Roman Plays and Their Background

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Report copyright infringementby Mungo William MacCallum (Author)Explore the enduring power of Shakespeare's engagement with Roman history in "Shakespeare's Roman Plays and Their Background" by Mungo William MacCallum. This volume delves into the historical context and literary artistry of Shakespeare's tragedies and historical dramas inspired by ancient Rome. MacCallum's study provides valuable literary criticism, examining Shakespeare's dramatic interpretations of Roman themes and their last...

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Report copyright infringementby Ben Johnson (Author)Benjamin "Ben" Jonson was born in June, 1572. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays; Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, and his equally accomplished lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, including time in jail and a penchant for switching faiths, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets....

Mister Jack -- For Better or for Worse: Two Don Juan Plays

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Report copyright infringementby Marvin Kaye (Author), Edmond Rostand (Author)This volume collects two Don Juan plays: "Mister Jack," by Marvin Kaye, and "Don Juan's Final Night," by Edmond Rostand (freely revised and adapted from "La Dernière Nuit de Don Juan" by Marvin Kaye). Also included are an introduction with historical and staging notes, plus an Afterword, "Mister Jack's Technique for Looking at Women." Number of Pages: 152 Dimensions: 0.35 x 9 x 6 IN ...

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