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  • Emulation on the Shakespearean Stage

    by Vernon Guy Dickson ...
    Series series Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama
    The English Renaissance has long been considered a period with a particular focus on imitation; however, much related scholarship has misunderstood or simply marginalized the significance of emulative practices and theories in the period. This work uses the interactions of a range of English Renaissance plays with ancient and Renaissance rhetorics to analyze the conflicted uses of emulation in the ... Read more

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  • Twelfth Night or What You Will

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season.The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as Cesario) falls in love with the Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with Countess ... Read more

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  • The Sorrows of Young Werther

    by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...
    Discover the Passion and Heartache of "The Sorrows of Young Werther" by GoetheImmerse yourself in the intense emotions and tragic romance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's timeless classic, "The Sorrows of Young Werther." This poignant epistolary novel captures the tumultuous feelings of a young artist, Werther, who falls deeply in love with Charlotte, a woman already engaged to another. As Werther ... Read more

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  • The Pot of Gold and Other Plays

    by Plautus ...
    One of the supreme comic writers of the Roman world, Plautus (c.254-184 BC), skilfully adapted classic Greek comic models to the manners and customs of his day. This collection features a varied selection of his finest plays, from the light-hearted comedy Pseudolus, in which the lovesick Calidorus and his slave try to liberate his lover from her pimp, to the more subversive The Prisoners, which ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Euripides V

    Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus

    by Euripides ...
    Translated by Mark Griffith, Glenn W. Most, David Grene, Richmond Lattimore ...
    Series series The Complete Greek Tragedies
    Euripides V includes the plays “The Bacchae,” translated by William Arrowsmith; “Iphigenia in Aulis,” translated by Charles R. Walker; “The Cyclops,” translated by William Arrowsmith; and “Rhesus,” translated by Richmond Lattimore.Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would be the ultimate resource for teachers ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Bacchides or The Two Bacchises, a play in English and Latin

    by Titus Maccius Plautus ...
    Classic Roman comedy. According to Wikipedia, "Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are among the earliest surviving intact works in Latin literature. Plautus wrote around 52 plays, which were released between c. 205 and 184 BCE, of which 20 have survived, making him the most prolific ancient dramatist in ... Read more

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  • Hecuba

    by Euripides ...
    Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced drama down to modern times, especially in the representation of traditional, mythical ... Read more

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  • The Sleeping-Car: A Farce

    Riding the Rails: A Comic Critique of 19th Century American Society

    by William Dean Howells ...
    William Dean Howells'Äôs "The Sleeping-Car: A Farce" is a piercing satire that explores the societal dynamics of late 19th-century America through the lens of a train journey. The narrative wittily captures the absurdities of social interactions, revealing how the cramped settings of a sleeping car serve as a microcosm for broader cultural tensions. Howells'Äôs literary style embraces a ... Read more

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  • Prometheus Bound

    by Aeschylus ...
    Translated by Joel Agee ...
    Prometheus Bound is the starkest and strangest of the classic Greek tragedies, a play in which god and man are presented as radically, irreconcilably at odds. It begins with the shock of hammer blows as the Titan Prometheus is shackled to a rock in the Caucasus. This is his punishment for giving the gift of fire to humankind and for thwarting Zeus’s decision to exterminate the human race. ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

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  • Metropolitan Tragedy

    Genre, Justice, and the City in Early Modern England

    by Marissa Greenberg ...
    Breaking new ground in the study of tragedy, early modern theatre, and literary London, Metropolitan Tragedy demonstrates that early modern tragedy emerged from the juncture of radical changes in London’s urban fabric and the city’s judicial procedures. Marissa Greenberg argues that plays by Shakespeare, Milton, Massinger, and others rework classical conventions to represent the city as a locus of ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Tutankhamun

    by Brian Twiddy ...
    A short, funny play for 7-11 year olds including craft activities with full instructions. Tutankhamun is the Pharaoh. Shortly he will be 18 years old and ready to assume command of his country. His ministers have been in charge for ten years or more and are reluctant to give up their power. This playbook is part of our "Creating History" series, and is designed for a group of young people to enjoy ... Read more

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  • The Eleven Comedies

    Vol II

    by Aristophanes ...
    Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete. These plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and they are in fact used to define the genre. Also known as the Father of Comedy and the Prince of Ancient Comedy, Aristophanes has been said to recreate the life of ancient Athens more convincingly than any other author. ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD