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By François Mauriac. 1951
By Sony Labou Tansi. 1981
By Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, Eloïse Lièvre. 1998
By Marcel Dubé. 1960
Passe-Partout voudrait remplacer Tarzan à la tête d'un groupe de contrebandiers. Sa trahison entraîne la condamnation de Tarzan pour le…
meurtre d'un douanier. Après son évasion, que fera Tarzan? Reprendre la direction de la bande ou fuir à l'étranger? 1960.By Eugène Ionesco. 1962
Deux amis discutent en pleine ville et aperçoivent un rhinocéros en liberté. Émoi de tous les promeneurs. Protestations et énervement…
de la population. La ville affolée voit des rhinocéros partout. On assiste à la transformation de tous les humains en rhinocéros. 1962, c1959.By Ben Jonson. 1946
À Venise, au XVIe siècle, le marchand Volpone, mis en prison pour dettes, y fait la connaissance du rusé larron…
Mosca. Un coup de chance lui ayant rendu richesse et honneur, et sur le conseil de Mosca devenu son intendant, Volpone fait croire à sa mort prochaine pour duper ceux qui l'ont accablé, en leur promettant son héritage. 1946.By Henrik Ibsen, Una Ellis Fermor. 1958
The four plays in this volume, written late in Ibsen's career as a dramatist, move away from his earlier preoccupation…
with people at odds with society to instead explore the inward struggle with their own thoughts, feelings and dreams. "The Master Builder" (1892) depicts a powerful man whose illusions collapse in the face of a young woman's courageous common sense. In "Rosmersholm" (1886), an idealist is forced to question his beliefs and confront terrible truths about the past, while "Little Eyolf" (1894) portrays a man's self-deception, which brings both tragic repercussions for his family and new hope for their future. And in "John Gabriel Borkman" (1896), a dying woman returns to reclaim the affections and loyalty of her nephew, resulting in a bitter struggle with her sister. 1958.By Henrik Ibsen. 1965
By William Shakespeare. 2004
By William Shakespeare. 1999
By Oscar Wilde. 1985
First published in 1899. The title play focuses upon the efforts of a rakish nobleman to win the hand of…
a very proper young lady. Also includes "Lady Windermere's fan." 1985.By Sophocles, E. F Watling. 1947
Crisis and the suffering it produces are the themes unifying these tragedies. In all three plays, pain and death cause…
the characters to achieve self-understanding and a renewed vision of the truths of life. The plays, dating from the 5th century B.C.E., are " King Oedipus", "Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone". Textbook format. c1947. Uniform title: Selections.By Wanda C Fitzgerald, Sean Peever. 2006
A magical tour of the CNIB Library on its 100th birthday, taken by Edgar Robinson, founder of the original Library…
for the Blind, and his wife Marion. Text of the play presented by the Glenvale Players, at a 2006 CNIB celebration recognizing 100 years of library services for Canadians living with vision loss. 2006.By Caryl Churchill. 1984
A group of women celebrate the promotion of Marlene, their co-worker, who has given up many things, including the care…
of her 'Top girl'. In the course of their conversations, the issues of women and feminism are discussed, as well as labour and class, sacrifice, and human imperfections. While showing that the contrasts between right and wrong, old and modern and feminine and masculine are rarely clear cut, the play also examines the gray areas in between which take into account human frailties and individual priorities. c1984.By William Shakespeare. 1994
First published in 1598. Depicts the early years of the reign of England's Henry IV. The Earl of Northumberland's son,…
Hotspur, becomes Henry's opponent. Eventually Henry's son, Prince Hal, leaves the merrymaker Falstaff to join the battle at Shrewsbury against Hotspur. Annotated version with historical background and essay on literary perspective. 1994.By William Shakespeare, Virginia A LaMar, Louis B. Louis Booker Wright. 1964
First printed in the folio of 1623, this is a romantic comedy about two sets of lovers. Proteus is in…
love with Julia, who returns his affection. Valentine goes to Milan and falls in love with Silvia. When Proteus visits his friend in Milan, he too falls for Silvia. Meanwhile, Julia, dressed as a boy, becomes a page to Proteus. Complications and heartbreaks ensue, but finally Julia's constancy brings her success in love. 1964.By William Shakespeare, Richard Armour. 1957
Tongue-in-cheek retellings of William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) best-known plays: Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of…
Venice, and Othello. Includes introduction, questions, appendices, and footnotes intended to contribute to a clearer misunderstanding of the subject. 1957.By Tennessee Williams. 1986
Catharine Holly of New Orleans witnessed her cousin Sebastian's brutal death and constantly recounts the details of the event. Sebastian's…
mother, Mrs. Violet Venable, has already had Catharine locked up in a mental institution, but now she plans to take further steps to end Catharine's babbling, a lobotomy. c1986.By Tennessee Williams. 1978
By Aristophanes. 1978
This prolific Greek playwright produced comedies for a period of about forty years during the late fifth and early fourth…
centuries B.C. Aristophanes was apt to include political comments in his comedies, for which he was occasionally taken to court. In The Knights, for example, he satirizes the corrupt leadership of Athens during the Spartan war. 1978.