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Trojan Women Trojan Women Euripides "The Trojan Women" is a play by the 5th century B.C. Greek dramatist Euripides. The story takes place at the end of the Trojan war and is focused on the Greeks' division of the spoils, who happen to… OL10306670W
The communication cord The communication cord Brian Friel Set in a restored thatched cottage close to the sea in the remote townland of Ballybeg, County Donegal, The Communication Cord is a farce which is preoccupied with language and its powerful effects. OL103938W
Western Influence on Marathi Drama Western Influence on Marathi Drama Anand Patil Study of the influences on drama and theatre; cover the period, 1818-1947. OL1056868W
The school for scandal, 1780 The school for scandal, 1780 Richard Brinsley Sheridan The School for Scandal debuted at Drury Lane Theater in London in 1777. The play is still popular and regularly performed today. It is a comedy of manners about "the deceptive nature of appearances, … OL1062586W
Plays Plays Richard Brinsley Sheridan Major british playwrighter of the 18C OL1062652W
Plays. Pleasant and Unpleasant. (Arms and the Man / Candida / Man of Destiny / Mrs. Warren's Profes… Plays. Pleasant and Unpleasant. (Arms and the Man / Candida / Man of Destiny / Mrs. Warren's Profes… George Bernard Shaw Contains: - Arms and the Man - Candida - Man of Destiny - Mrs. Warren's Profession - Philanderer - Widower's Houses - You Never Can Tell OL1065968W
The Portable Bernard Shaw The Portable Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw Five plays complete: Devil's Disciple [Pygmalion](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1066524W/Pygmalion) In the Beginning Heartbreak House Shakes versus shav The celebrated "Don Juan in Hell" sc… OL1066402W
Back to Methuselah Back to Methuselah George Bernard Shaw Five linked plays that expound Shaw's philosophy of creative evolution in an extended dramatic parable that progresses through time from the Garden of Edesn to AD 31,920. Cf Encyclopaedia Britannica. OL1066519W
Arms and the Man Arms and the Man George Bernard Shaw Arms and the Man was George Bernard Shaw's first commercially successful play. It is a comedy about idealized love versus true love. A young Serbian woman idealizes her war-hero fiance and thinks the… OL1066525W
The Accrington Pals The Accrington Pals Peter Whelan The Accrington Pals is a poignant and harrowing play set in the early years of the First World War, as the country's jingoistic optimism starts to wane and the true terror of warfare gradually become… OL11377020W
Poetry and drama Poetry and drama T. S. Eliot The Theodore Spencer memorial lecture, 1950 OL1142268W
Plays (As You Like It / Hamlet / Merchant of Venice / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest) Plays (As You Like It / Hamlet / Merchant of Venice / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest) William Shakespeare Contains: - As You Like It - [Hamlet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15203981W/Hamlet) - Merchant of Venice - Taming of the Shrew - [Tempest](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362699W) OL13086460W
Plays Plays Oscar Wilde This Penguin collection contains Oscar Wilde's five wittiest and best known plays. He himself described **Lady Windermere's Fan** his first great stage success, as 'one of those modern drawing-room p… OL14877406W
An Ideal Husband An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in Lo… OL14877875W
Plays (Cymbeline / Pericles / Tempest / Winter's Tale) Plays (Cymbeline / Pericles / Tempest / Winter's Tale) William Shakespeare Contains: - Cymbeline - Pericles - [Tempest](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362699W) - Winter's Tale OL14915765W
Plays (Hamlet / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Twelfth Night) Plays (Hamlet / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Twelfth Night) William Shakespeare Contains: - [Hamlet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15203981W/Hamlet) - Macbeth - Merchant of Venice - Twelfth Night OL14915838W
Plays (Hamlet / Love's Labour Lost) Plays (Hamlet / Love's Labour Lost) William Shakespeare Contains: - [Hamlet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15203981W/Hamlet) - Love's Labour Lost OL14915854W
Plays (Julius Caesar / Macbeth / Othello) Plays (Julius Caesar / Macbeth / Othello) William Shakespeare Contains: Julius Caesar Macbeth Othello OL14916455W
Plays (Hamlet / King Lear / Othello / Romeo and Juliet) Plays (Hamlet / King Lear / Othello / Romeo and Juliet) William Shakespeare Contains: - [Romeo and Juliet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362705W/Romeo_and_Juliet) - [Hamlet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15203981W/Hamlet) - Othello - King Lear OL14916769W
Works (Antony and Cleopatra / Coriolanus / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Lear / Lover's Complaint /… Works (Antony and Cleopatra / Coriolanus / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Lear / Lover's Complaint /… William Shakespeare Contains: PLAYS Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus [Hamlet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15203981W/Hamlet) Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Tempest Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cr… OL14917017W
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