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A Woman of No Importance
by Oscar WildeA Woman of No Importance is comedy play by the great Irish dramatist Oscar Wilde who has been remembered for his many famous plays such as The importance of being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband. A Woman of No Importance has been considered as the weakest play by Oscar Wilde and has received numerous criticism. In A Woman..
Everyman and Other Old Religious Plays
by Various AuthorsEveryman and Other Old Religious Plays is a collection of religious plays written during 15th century. The title play Everyman is a morality play based on the themes of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s progress. The allegorical characters in the play are used to examine the Christian Salvation and what man has to do to attain. Set in the Roman C..
The Middle-Class Gentleman
by MoliereThe Middle-Class Gentleman is five act French comedy play written, dramatized and acted by the French playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, who is popularly known by his stage name Molière. Remembered as one of the greatest masters of comedy in western literature, his notable plays include Tartuffe; The Misanthrope; The Learned Women..
Mrs. Warren's Profession
by Bernard ShawMrs. Warren's Profession is a play, which explores hypocrisies of the Victorian society, has been written by the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. Vivie Warren, a Cambridge university graduate was grownup without knowing her mother Mrs. Kitty Warren’s lifestyle and her past. Vivie has fallen in love with Frank Gardner, though her mother wants h..
The Duchess of Malfi
by John WebsterOne of the greatest tragedies of English Renaissance, The Duchess of Malfi has followed the trend of stage violence influenced by the Roman philosopher Seneca’s works. Scripted by the Shakespeare’s contemporary and Jacobean dramatist John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi is considered as one of his two masterpieces, the other being “The white devil”...
An Enemy of the People
by Henrik Ibsen“An Enemy of the People”, is a play written by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, who is remembered for his masterpiece “Ghosts”. An Enemy of the People criticizes the corrupt political systems supported by the masses. Ibsen has commented himself this play addresses a serious issue on society, though there are comedy elements blended in the narratio..
Santa Claus' Frolics
by George M. BakerForwardThe rising of the curtain discloses room, with a fireplace, C., on either side or above which are hung stockings of various sizes, from the baby’s little sock to Bridget’s long and broad red, blue, or black hose. On the right of the fireplace is the Christmas tree, hidden by a curtain, which is so arranged that it may be easily removed (or, ..
The Seven Against Thebes
by AeschylusThe Seven Against Thebes is a tragedy play dramatized by Aeschylus about the preceding incidents in the Thebes kingdom after Oedipus exiled himself from the Kingdom after the tragedy of knowing he has married his own mother. His sons Eteocles and Polynices agreed to rule the kingdom in rotation of one year. However after the ..