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Plays of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Plays of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

This book is a collection of most famous Plays of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, a Russian dramatist and a Physician by academics remembered as one of the greatest short story writers. This collection contains his two of his full length plays The Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard and six one act plays including On The High Road, The Proposal, The W..

She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer

by Oliver Goldsmith

She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy written by Oliver Goldsmith, an Irish Author remembered for his novels, plays and poems such as The Deserted Village, The Good-Natur'd Man and The Vicar of Wakefield. Mr. Hardcastle, a wealthy countryman wanted to his daughter to get married with Charles Marlow, son of Sir Charles Marlow, belongs to another weal..

Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Uncle Vanya is a play written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, a Russian Dramatist remembered for his short stories and plays including The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard and Three Sisters. Professor Serebryakov visits his rural estate accompanied by his second wife Yelena, a beautiful and much younger than him. Their rural estate is managed by his daug..

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

by Ben Jonson

The Alchemist is a comedy play written by Ben Jonson, an English Playwright remembered for his satirical plays such as Bartholomew Fayre: A Comedy, Every Man in His Humour and Volpone. Butler, Jeremy, the caretaker of the house of his master Lovewit, who flee abroad in fear of plague, exploit his master’s faith and using the house for fraudulent..

Volpone; Or, The Fox

Volpone; Or, The Fox

by Ben Jonson

Volpone is a comedy which exposes the greed and lust of human mind written by Ben Jonson, an English Playwright who popularized the comedy of humors with his remarkable plays such as The Alchemist and Every Man in His Humour. Volpone, a lawyer and childless greedy man pretends to be on his deathbed, to annoy his clients Voltore, Corbaccio, and C..

Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works

Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works

by Kalidasa

Shakuntala is a dramatized version of a story from Mahabharata, written by Kalidasa, one of the greatest Sanskrit dramatist and poet. Shakuntala, is brought up in a forest by Kanva Rishi, after her father Vishwāmitra, a sage disowns her on account of continuing his ascetism. King Dushyanta encounters her in forest during his hunting and they get..

Arms and the Man

Arms and the Man

by Bernard Shaw

Arms and the Man is a comedy play written by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish dramatist and a Nobel Prize literate. Apart from scripting more than sixty plays to his credit, he also contributed to the literary world through essays, novels and short stories. Notable among his numerous writings are Widowers' Houses, The Irrational Knot, Immaturity, The ..

Ghosts

Ghosts

by Henrik Ibsen

Ghosts, is a three act play written by Henrik Johan Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright remembered as “The Father of Realism”. Apart from his magnum opus A Doll's House, his popular works include Hedda Gabbler, An Enemy of the People, and The Master Builder. Ghosts explores the 19th century morality, scripted in three acts. Helen Alving, is married to..