Drama

A Doll's House : a play

A Doll’s House, play in three acts by Henrik Ibsen, published in Norwegian as Et dukkehjem in 1879 and performed the same year. The play revolves on a regular family—Torvald Helmer, a bank lawyer, and..

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An Ideal Husband

This 1895 drama, which explores the dilemma of a budding politician who is desperately trying to conceal a secret from his past, is uncannily prophetic. Oscar Wilde explores the drawbacks of holding p..

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Oedipus the King

Greek mythology describes Oedipus as the king of Thebes who unintentionally killed his father and wed his mother. Although Oedipus is said to have ruled Thebes up until his death, Homer claims that wh..

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Faust

Faust, also known as Faustus or Doctor Faustus, is the protagonist of one of the most enduring stories in Western literature and mythology. It tells the tale of a German necromancer or astrologer who ..

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The Clouds

The various kinds of clouds that are present in the sky, including cirrus, stratus, and nimbus clouds, are discussed in this book. The author examines the various weather conditions connected to the v..

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Agamemnon

Agamemnon, a king of Mycenae in Greek mythology, led the Greeks in the Trojan War. He was Clytemnestra's husband, the brother of Menelaus, the father of Iphigenia, Electra, Laodike, Orestes, and Chrys..

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Aeschylos Tragedies and Fragments

Chronological summary of Scylos's life. Persian people. the seven individuals that battled Thebes. tied to Prometheus...

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The Birds

The play's central character is an Athenean named Pisthetaerus, who persuades the birds to build a massive metropolis in the sky in order to reclaim their place as the original gods. Later, Pisthetaer..

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Libation Bearers

Apparently driven insane by his mother's furies, the superhuman spirits of vengeance known as the Erinyes, Orestes returns from exile in Libation Bearers to wreak revenge against his mother and her lo..

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Oedipus at Colonus

The final of Sophocles' three Theban dramas, Oedipus at Colonus (also known as Oedipus Coloneus; Ancient Greek: v, Oidipous epi Kolni), was written in Athens. It was written just before Sophocles pass..

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Pygmalion

Pygmalion is a five-act romantic comedy by George Bernard Shaw that was performed in German in Vienna in 1913. Eliza Doolittle was played by Mrs. Patrick Campbell in the 1914 English production. The p..

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The Sea-Gull

Anton Chekhov's The Seagull is a four-act play that premiered in 1896 and was published in Russian as Chayka the following year. In 1904, a new version came out. The drama explores themes of missed ch..

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Twelve Years a Slave

The American historical drama 12 Years a Slave, released in 2013, shocked viewers with its realistic portrayal of slavery in the antebellum South. The film took home the Golden Globe for best drama an..

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