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By Tennessee Williams. 1986
Maggie the Cat fights for the lives of her damaged and drinking husband Brick, herself, and their unborn children in…
the revised version of the dramatization of Big Daddy's birthday and deathday party and family gathering. Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for drama.By Michel Tremblay, Alain Pontaut. 1972
Germaine Lauzon, ménagère de Montréal, a gagné un million de timbres-primes. Une bonne occasion pour inviter parentes et amies à…
une soirée de "collage de timbres". Mais les 15 femmes entassées dans la cuisine n'en restent pas longtemps aux civilités : jalousies, vengeances et haines personnelles éclatent, venant gâcher la fête. [1972]By David Lodge. 1999
Adrian Ludlow, a novelist with a distinguished reputation, is now seeking obscurity in a cottage beneath the Gatwick flight path.…
His university friend Sam Sharp, a successful screenwriter, drops in on the way to Los Angeles, fuming over a dreadful profile of him in a Sunday newspaper. Together they decide to take revenge on the interviewer, though Adrian is risking what he values most - his privacy. 1999.By Agatha Christie. 1993
By Woody Allen. 1975
By Friedrich Schiller, William Faulkner Mainland. 1972
This classic in German literature, first published in 1805, became popular after Rossini used it as a libretto for an…
opera. The legend is based on the Swiss liberation movement. The hero is a quiet man, who is respected for his ability with a bow and arrow by the more militant elements of the politically active rebels. 1972. Uniform title: Wilhelm Tell.By Samuel Beckett. 1965
In this version of the play, the character's names are read out each time they speak. The play is a…
comment on the absurdity of man's hope and importance. Two old tramps sit by the side of the road, waiting for their friend Godot, only to be repeatedly told that Godot will not come today, he will come tomorrow, and so they engage in endless conversation as they wait patiently. 1965. Uniform title: En attendant Godot.By Neil Gaiman. 2002
Produced by the Sci-Fi Channel and Seeing Ear Theatre, these two plays are adapted for voice by Neil Gaiman from…
two of his short stories. 2002. Snow glass apples -- Murder mysteries.By William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, Phil Viner, Jools Viner. 2006
The lovely Viola disguises herself as a young man and quickly falls in love with the Duke she serves. The…
Duke in turn sends the disguised Viola to woo his lady - the fiesty and impetuous Olivia. Olivia becomes smitten with the young man Viola impersonates, and all careens to a happy resolution by the play's end. For senior high readers. 2006.By John Webster, D. C Gunby. 1972
In his introduction to the first of these early-seventeenth-century dramas, The White Devil, Webster predicted his tragedy would endure through…
the ages. In the late twentieth century, it is still performed, together with The Duchess of Malfi. The Devil's Law-Case, a tragicomedy, may be based on Webster's flirtation with law before he took up literature. 1972.By Tennessee Williams. 1976
Three classic plays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist. In "Sweet Bird of Youth" a gigolo returns to his southern hometown.…
"The Night of the Iguana" is set in a run-down Mexican tourist hotel. In "The Rose Tattoo" a Sicilian widow finds love. Some violence and some strong language. 1976. Uniform title: Plays.By Hannah Moscovitch. 2013
In this play, Master Corporal Tanya Young, Captain Stephen Hughes, Private Jonny Henderson, and Sergeant Chris Anders have lived through…
an atrocity while holding one of the most volatile regions in Afghanistan. As each of them is interviewed by an unseen broadcasting organization, they recount their version of events leading up to the horrific incident with painful, relenting replies. What begins to form is a picture of the effects of guilt and the psychological toll of violence in a war where the enemy is sometimes indiscernible. c2013.By William Shakespeare. 1996
King Leontes of Sicilia becomes unjustifiably jealous of his wife, Hermione. The disgraced queen is banished for her attention towards…
Leontes' honourable friend, King Polixenes of Bohemia. Leontes' lack of trust creates disaster in both households, and costs him sixteen years of mourning before things are resolved happily for all. 1996. Written circa 1611.By Eve Ensler. 2001
These monologues are a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. Hailed as the bible for a…
new generation of women, it has been performed in cities and colleges throughout the world, and has inspired a grassroots movement, V-Day, to stop violence against women. Descriptions of sex. 2001.By Timothy Findley. 1995
In 1945, American poet Ezra Pound was accused of treason because of broadcasts made on Italian Radio during World War…
II. Findley's play is about the hearings to establish Pound's mental fitness to stand trial, and is based on transcripts of those hearings. Some strong language. 1995.By William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A Mowat. 1962
Historical tragedy and study of kingship first performed in the 1590s. Richard II, a weak and ineffectual king, settles a…
quarrel and exiles Henry Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, for ten years. He then seizes Henry's property to finance the Irish wars. Henry returns to claim his inheritance, murders the king's supporters, and imprisons Richard. Henry usurps the throne, but lives in fear until the deposed Richard is no more. 1962. Uniform title: King Richard IIBy Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. 1993
Olga is an old-maid school teacher, Masha is unhappily married, and Irina works in a telegraph office. The sisters are…
overcome with boredom following the death of their father, commander of a Russian brigade. When their brother marries a country girl who tries to control everyone, the three find a new purpose in life. 1993, c1900. Uniform title: Tri sestry.By William Shakespeare, G. R Hibbard. 1968
By Wendy Wasserstein. 1993
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author sets this play about three middle-aged Jewish sisters in London in August 1991. The family is…
celebrating the fifty-fourth birthday of the eldest, Sara. Each sister has a successful career and is content with the life she leads. But Sara's plans to remain single may be changed by a guest at the party. 1993.By Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Ray Heath. 1984