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Initially published in 1914, Papa was the first major dramatic work by playwright and poet Zoë Akins (1886-1958). A subtle but quietly savage comedy of manners, the play was not a commercial success but has since come to be regarded as a masterpiece. As a skillfully drawn portrait of genteel corruption, it ranks with the works of masters of dramatic satire like Moliere and Oscar Wilde.

Much has happened in the five years since Reagan disappeared through the curtain of time, taking Cullen McKinnon with her in the hope of saving the young knight's life. The least of those events is Henry's awarding Connor the titles of duke of Featherstone and earl of Rockport. Upon Connor's request, the earldom was passed into his care to hold until the rightful heir can take possession. No one but Nic, Morgan, and he knew that the heir is Reagan O'Riley.

Moris Meterlink ( 29 avgusta 1862, Gent - 6 maja (po nekotorym istochnikam - 5-go maja) 1949, Nicca) - bel'gijskij pisatel', dramaturg i filosof. Laureat Nobelevskoj premii po literature za 1911. Avtor filosofskoj skazki-pritchi "Sinjaja ptica", posvjashhennoj vechnomu poisku chelovekom neprehodjashhego simvola schast'ja i poznanija bytija - Sinej pticy.

"Gorjachee serdce" - odna iz samyh znamenityh p'es A.N.Ostrovskogo, govorja o kotoroj specialisty, prezhde vsego, otmechajut ostrotu ee satiricheskogo zvuchanija. Zhizn' imenitogo kupca Kuroslepova prohodit v besprobudnom p'janstve. Ego vtoraja zhena Matrena izmenjaet emu s prikazchikom, voruet muzhniny den'gi i vsjacheski pritesnjaet doch' Kuroslepova ot pervogo braka Parashu. Sjuzhet zakruchivaetsja vokrug propazhi krupnoj summy deneg.

Dvadcat' chetvjortogo dekabrja detjam sovetnika mediciny Shtal'bauma ves' den' ne razreshalos' vhodit' v prohodnuju komnatu, a uzh v smezhnuju s nej gostinuju ih sovsem ne puskali. V spal'ne, prizhavshis' drug k drugu, sideli v ugolke Fric i Mari. Uzhe sovsem stemnelo, i im bylo ochen' strashno, potomu chto v komnatu ne vnesli lampy, kak jeto i polagalos' v sochel'nik. Fric tainstvennym shjopotom soobshhil sestrjonke (ej tol'ko chto minulo sem' let), chto s samogo utra v zapertyh komnatah chem-to shurshali, shumeli i tihon'ko postukivali.

The Green Cockatoo is a short play set in a busy tavern on the night of the storming of the Bastille. Rich Parisian nobles come to watch some actors play at being rogues, thieves, and other criminals, but they quickly find reality and fantasy blending together in the most alarming of ways.

An adaptation of William Shakespeare's 1603-1604 play Measure for Measure adapted and in plain English to a 20-minute production by Charlie Creed. The original was first published in the First Folio in 1623. It was originally classified as a comedy, though is now considered more of a problem play. The play is set in Vienna and focuses on the themes of relationships, integrity, and legal complications. This is a full cast, abridged production of the play in plain English.

Once upon a time in a far-off country, there lived a father and his daughter Beauty, along with his five other daughters and six sons.

Dem König Laios wird geweissagt, sein Sohn werde ihn töten und seine Frau heiraten. Um dies zu verhindern, befiehlt er, den Neugeborenen zu töten. Ein Hirte jedoch findet den im Gebirge Ausgesetzten, erbarmt sich seiner - und das Schicksal nimmt seinen Lauf. Ein wahrer Klassiker der griechischen Tragödie.

Medea hat Jason geholfen, das Goldene Vlies zu erringen und dafür ihre Familie verraten. Nun verstößt Jason sie - und die Tragödie beginnt. Weltberühmter Stoff und noch heute vielgespieltes Stück!

Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) was the most controversial dramatist of his age. Most of his work focuses on the ubiquity and inevitably corrupting influence of sexual attraction. His most famous plays are the two that depict the rise, fall, and eventual gruesome death of the vampish Lulu, who, in Wedekind’s presentation, became a ghastly parody of Goethe’s “Eternal Feminine”. The first of the plays is Earth Spirit, in which Lulu marries and survives three husbands, only to face prosecution for the shooting of the third.

An original recording of one of Oscar Wilde's comedic classics and a precise satire of Britain's upper classes. At a gathering at Hunstanton Chase, the young Gerald Arbuthnot has been given a rare opportunity to make something of himself by the cavalier Lord Illingworth, but a chance meeting between his mother Mrs. Arbuthnot and Lord Illingworth reveals that there's more behind the offer than Gerald knows.

The head of the household, Pancracio, is about to leave for a four-day trip and his wife Leonarda appears to be deeply saddened by his departure. In reality, Leonarda is not the least bit sad by her husband's absence. In fact, she eagerly awaits the times he is away so that she may entertain guests.

Gegen den Willen des unbarmherzigen Statthalters Kreon bestattet Antigone, Tochter des Ödipus, ihren Bruder Polyneikes. Doch mit dieser trotzigen Tat und ihrer Reuelosigkeit löst sie eine Katastrophe aus, die unweigerlich ihr eigenes Leben kostet. Ein klassisches Drama, das bis heute nichts von seiner gesellschaftlichen Brisanz verloren hat...

«Maskarad» - drama Mihaila Jur'evicha Lermontova v stihah. Glavnym geroem ejo javljaetsja nadeljonnyj mjatezhnym duhom i umom dvorjanin Evgenij Arbenin. Arbenin, chelovek ne pervoj molodosti, igrok po nature i po professii, razbogatev na kartah, reshaet peremenit' sud'bu: zakljuchit' «sojuz s dobrodetel'ju», zhenit'sja i zazhit' barinom. Zadumano - sdelano. Zhizn', odnako, vnosit sushhestvennuju popravku v prekrasnejshij sej plan...

V "Malen'kih tragedijah", kotorye sostavili chetyre dramaticheskih sceny: "Skupoj rycar'", "Mocart i Sal'eri", "Kamennyj gost'" i "Pir vo vremja chumy", v centre vnimanija okazyvaetsja zahvatyvajushhaja istorija gubitel'nyh strastej. Zhadnost' i sladostrastie, zavist' i zhazhda bessmertija ovladevajut dushami geroev Pushkina. Oni ne prosto perezhivajut strast' - no utverzhdajut ee v kachestve vysshej cennosti bytija, sluzhat i poklonjajutsja ej v gotovnosti prinesti v zhertvu sebja i drugih.

Un giallo straordinario, dove il colpevole non sa di esserlo. Un'indagine senza precedenti, in cui assassino e detective sono la stessa persona. Reo dei più turpi delitti, eppure innocente, Edipo è vittima e artefice del Fato che lo travolge, in una trama micidiale che solo gli Dei potevano concepire. Il capolavoro di Sofocle torna in una traduzione che viene da lontano, potenziato da una colonna sonora dei nostri giorni.

In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father's will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all. Bassanio and Portia also face a magnificent villain, the moneylender Shylock. Portia is most remembered for her disguise as a lawyer, Balthazar, especially the speech in which she urges Shylock to show mercy that "[D]roppeth as the gentle rain from heaven". Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Set in late-19th-century Russian high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. This classic novel is the basis for the current film.

The Online Stage presents Shakespeare’s most famous and most quoted play, a revenge drama which explores the inevitable conflict between conscience and justice, between morality and obligation. The tragedy arises, not from an obvious weakness in the character of Hamlet, but rather from his inability to deal with an apparently insoluble moral dilemma.