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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Pygmalion Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw,George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological figure. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913. ---------- Also contained in: - [Collected … OL1066524W
Elizabethan comic character conventions as revealed in the comedies of George Chapman Elizabethan comic character conventions as revealed in the comedies of George Chapman Paul Vernon Kreider xi, 206 p. ; 24 cm OL154530W
Shakespearean criticism Shakespearean criticism Michelle Lee Presents literary criticism on the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, newspapers, pamphlets, a… OL17274777W
Shakespeare's festive comedy Shakespeare's festive comedy C. L. Barber In this classic work, acclaimed Shakespeare critic C.L. Barber argues that Elizabethan seasonal festivals such as May Day and Twelfth Night are the key to understanding Shakespeare's comedies. Brilli… OL19662780W
Our American Cousin Our American Cousin Tom Taylor <p><i>Our American Cousin</i> is a three-act play written by English playwright <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/tom-taylor">Tom Taylor</a>. The play opened in London in 1858 but quickly ma… OL27292236W
The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare <p>In the Italian city of Padua, a young gentleman named Lucentio comes to study at one of the city’s colleges. As is often the fate of men in <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/william-shake… OL27292439W
The mice have been drinking again The mice have been drinking again Cleve Haubold Jerry and Julie are a happy young couple, but they would be happier if Julie's scatter-brained cousin, Roxanne, did not live with them. Roxanne affects hippie fashions and spends most of her time in … OL29245505W
As she likes it As she likes it Penny Gay As She Likes It is the first attempt to tackle head on the enduring question of how to perform those unruly women at the centre of Shakespeare's comedies. Unique in both Shakespearian and feminist st… OL3143534W
Works [37 plays, 5 poems, sonnets] Works [37 plays, 5 poems, sonnets] William Shakespeare 43 works: PLAYS (37) All's Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline [Hamlet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15203981W/Hamlet) Julius C… OL361393W
The Merry Wives of Windsor The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare When Falstaff meets Mistresses Page and Ford, two married women said to control their own financial affairs, he writes identical love letters to each of them, never imagining that they will compare n… OL361595W
Taming of the Shrew Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare This play within a play is a delightful farce about a fortune hunter who marries and tames" the town shrew. The comedy, often produced today because of its accessibility, is one of the plays Shakespe… OL362690W
The world must be peopled The world must be peopled Michael D. Friedman "Friedman argues that The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Much Ado About Nothing, All's Well that Ends Well, and Measure for Measure comprise a dramatic subgenre called the comedy of forgiveness. The comic … OL6215354W
Between theater and philosophy Between theater and philosophy Mathew R. Martin "Between Theater and Philosophy studies the aggressive, restless, and critical skepticism of the major city comedies of early modern English dramatists Ben Jonson and Thomas Middleton. The book place… OL7797860W