hedda gabler and other plays henrik ibsen

Four of Ibsen s most important plays in superb modern translations, part of the new Penguin Ibsen series. In these four unforgettably intense plays, Henrik Ibsen explores the complex nature of truth, the tension between freedom and responsibility, and the terrible pull that the past exerts over the present. In The Wild Duck, an idealist destroys a family by exposing the lie behind his friend s marriage. In Rosmersholm, a respectable man is driven to extremes by guilt over his wife s death, while in The Lady from the Sea a woman is caught between her family and the enticement of the wild sea. And in Hedda Gabler, one of Ibsen s most famous and vivid anti-heroines struggles to break free from the conventional life she has created for herself, with tragic results. The new Penguin series of Ibsen s major plays offer the best available editions in English, under the general editorship of Tore Rem. The plays have been freshly translated by the best modern translators and are based on the recently published, definitive Norwegian edition of Ibsen s works. They all include new introductions and editorial apparatus by leading scholars. Vol. 1: Peer Gynt and BrandVol. 2: A Doll s House and Other PlaysVol. 3: Hedda Gabler and Other PlaysVol. 4: The Master Builder and Other Plays

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Taken from the highly acclaimed Oxford Ibsen, this collection of Ibsen s plays includes A Doll s House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, and The Master Builder. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Marrying deft social commentary to a rich, earthy comedy, the three comedies collected in Aristophanes The Frogs and Other Plays offers a unique insight into one of the most turbulent periods in Ancient Greek history. This Penguin Classics edition is translated by David Barrett with revisions, an introduction and notes by Shomit Dutta.The master of ancient Greek comic drama, Aristophanes combined slapstick, humour and cheerful vulgarity with acute political observations. In The Frogs, written during the Peloponnesian War, Dionysus descends to the Underworld to bring back a poet who can help Athens in its darkest hour, and stages a great debate to help him decide between the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus and the brilliant modernity of Euripides. The clash of generations and values is also the object of Aristophanes satire in Wasps, in which an old-fashioned father and his loose-living son come to blows and end up in court. And in Women at the Thesmophoria, the famous Greek tragedian Euripides, accused of misogyny, persuades a relative to infiltrate an all-women festival to find out whether revenge is being plotted against him.Shomit Dutta s introduction discusses Aristophanes life, the cultural context of his work and conventions of Greek comedy. This updated version of David Barrett s translation also includes extensive notes and a preface for each play.Aristophanes (c.445-386 BC) was probably born in Athens. Little is known about his life, but there is a portrait of him in Plato s Symposium. He was twice threatened with prosecution for his outspoken attacks on the prominent politician Cleon, but in 405 he was publicly honoured and crowned for promoting Athenian civic unity in The Frogs. Aristophanes had his first comedy produced when he was about twenty-one, and wrote forty plays in all. The eleven surviving plays of Aristophanes are published in the Penguin Classics series as The Birds and Other Plays, Lysistrata and Other Plays, The Wasps and Other Plays and The Frogs and Other Plays.If you enjoyed The Frogs and Other Plays, you might like Aristophanes Lysistrata and Other Plays, also available in Penguin Classics.

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The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Other Plays features six fun-to-act short plays for children aged 5+ from the bestselling author Julia Donaldson. Each play has helpful, simple guidance on running time and cast and is beautifully illustrated in full colour by Kate Pankhurst!Ranging from adaptations of traditional tales to original and contemporary short plays, The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Other Plays is an entertaining book of plays which is perfect for schools and at home.Includes the following plays:The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Turtle Tug, The Magic Twig, Birthday Surprise, Name GamesDiscover more original Julia Donaldson plays with The Trial of Wilf Wolf and Other Plays and Books and Crooks and Other Plays!

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Demonstrating Sophocles aptitude for humanising figures from Greek myth and transforming simple fables into complex high tragedy, Electra and Other Plays is translated by David Raeburn with an introduction and notes by Pat Easterling.The plays collected in this volume show Sophocles ability to create complex human characters struggling with profound moral issues. In Women of Trachis the agonizing death of the mighty Heracles is brought about by a tragic mistake made by his jealous wife Deianeira, as she attempts to regain his love. Set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, Ajax depicts a warrior driven into a homicidal rage that leads to his undoing, and Electra shows the grief-stricken children of the murdered Agamemnon and their plot to avenge him, while Philoctetes portrays the cunning Odysseus attempt to convince a famed archer to rejoin the Greek expedition against Troy, undermined by the honesty of his young comrade Neoptolemus.David Raeburn s translation captures the rhythms of the original Greek, while remaining accessible to modern readers. Pat Easterling s general introduction discusses Athenian dramatic festivals, and the structure and tensions of the plays and their characters. This edition also includes a chronology, further reading, prefaces to each play and notes.Sophocles (496-405 BC) was born at Colonus, just outside Athens. His long life spanned the rise and decline of the Athenian Empire; he was a friend of Pericles, and though not an active politician he held several public offices, both military and civil. The leader of a literary circle and friend of Herodotus, Sophocles wrote over a hundred plays, drawing on a wide and varied range of themes, and winning the City Dionysia eighteen times; though only seven of his tragedies have survived, among them Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Ajax and Oedipus at Colonus.If you enjoyed Electra and Other Plays, you might like Sophocles The Three Theban Plays, also available in Penguin Classics.

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Why does he write those ghastly plays that the whole of Paris flocks to see? And why does he paint such lifelike portraits that everyone recognizes themselves? Moliere, The Impromptu at VersaillesThis volume brings together four of Moliere s greatest verse comedies covering the best years of his prolific writing career. Actor, director, and playwright, Moliere (1622-73) was one of the finest and most influential French dramatists, adept at portraying human foibles and puncturing pomposity. The School for Wives was his first great success; Tartuffe, condemned and banned for five years, his most controversial play. The Misanthrope is his acknowledged masterpiece, and The Clever Women his last, and perhaps best-constructed, verse piece. In addition this collection includes a spirited attack on his enemies and a defence of his theatre, in the form of two sparkling short plays, The School for Wives Criticized and The Impromptu at Versailles.Moliere s prose plays are available in a complementary Oxford World s Classics edition, Don Juan and Other Plays. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Alcestis * Heracles * Children of Heracles * CyclopsEuripides wrote about timeless themes, of friendship and enmity, hope and despair, duty and betrayal. The first three plays in this volume are filled with violence or its threat, while the fourth, Cyclops, is our only surviving example of a genuine satyr play, with all the crude and slapstick humour that characterized the genre.There is death in Alcestis, which explores the marital relationship of Alcestis and Admetus with pathos and grim humour, but whose status as tragedy is subverted by a happy ending. The blood-soaked Heracles portrays deep emotional pain and undeserved suffering; its demand for a more humanistic ethics in the face of divine indifference and callousness makes it one of Euripides more popular and profound plays. Children of Heracles is a rich and complex work, famous for its dialogues and monologues, in which the effects of war on refugees and the consequences of sheltering them are movingly explored. In Cyclops Euripides takes the familiar story of Odysseus escape from the Cyclops Polyphemus and turns it to hilarious comic effect. Euripides other plays are all available in Oxford World s Classics. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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These three plays, diverse in subject but thematically coherent, illuminate one of Sartre s major philosophical concerns: the struggle to live and act freely in a complex and constricting world. Lucifer and the Lord, Sartre s favourite among his plays, explores this theme in depth, dealing in the process with fundamental questions of faith and disillusionment; in Huis Clos - arguably Sartre s most important play - he contends that Hell is other people , and details the afterlife of three souls trapped together in locked room and the torments that they inflict on each other; while The Respectable Prostitute, set in the Deep South of America, is concerned with racism, subjugation and the demands of conscience.

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Contains: Don Juan, Precious Provincials, The Reluctant Doctor, George Dandin, The Miser, The Would-be Gentleman, Scapin the SchemerSince the second half of the seventeenth century, when Moli`re composed and performed his comedies, scarcely a decade has passed in which they have not been revived, imitated, or adapted; their appeal to twenty-first century audiences remains as great as to their initial public. This selection of seven of Moli`re s prose plays shows his versatility and indicates the reason for his enduring popularity. Whether he writes in a strictly defined historical context (as in Precious Provincials or The Would-be Gentleman) or whether he sets his plays in an almost mythical world (as in Don Juan); whether his plays are exuberant celebrations of light heartedness, ingenuity, and wit (The Reluctant Doctor and Scapin the Schemer) or whether they come closer in spirit to black humour (The Miser and George Dandin), they remain as fresh and vivid as ever. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Aphra Behn (1640-89) was both successful and controversial in her own lifetime; her achievements are now recognized less equivocally and her plays, often revived, demonstrate wit, compassion and remarkable range. This edition brings together her most important comedies in a single volume: The Rover, her best-known play; The Feigned Courtesans, a lively comedy of intrigue; The Lucky Chance, a comedy with a bitter edge, which takes a satirical look at marriage customs; and the dazzling and popular farce, The Emperor of the Moon. Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner of the University of York, the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. Detailed annotation helps the reader to visualize the plays in performance and the Introduction argues for the importance of Behn s skilful stagecraft and her great success as an entertainer. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is the most important of Shakespeare s contempories. This edition offers his five major plays, which show the radicalism and vitality of his writing in the few years before his violent death.Tamburlaine Part One and Part Two deal with the rise to world prominence of the great Scythian shepherd-robber; The Jew of Malta is a drama of villainy and revenge; Edward II was to influence Shakespeare s Richard II. Doctor Faustus, perhaps the first drama taken from the medieval legend of a man who sells his soul to the devil, is here in both its A- and its B- text, showing the enormous and fascinating differences between the two.Under the General Editorship of Dr Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is a scholarly introduction and detailed annotation. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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This volume offers John Webster s two great Jacobean tragedies, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, together with his brilliant tragicomedy, The Devil s Law-Case, and the comedy written with William Rowley, A Cure for a Cuckold. Webster is a radically and creatively experimental dramatist. His tragedies deploy shifting dramatic perspectives which counteract and challenge conventional moral judgements, while the predominantly gentler tone of his comedies and tragicomedies responds inventively to contemporary changes in dramatic taste and fashion. All four plays display the provocative intelligence of a profoundly original playwright. Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is detailed annotation, a glossary, and a critical introduction which traces Webster s artistic development, defends him against charges of over-indulgence in violence, and explores his sophisticated staging and scenic forms. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Hecuba The Trojan Women AndromacheIn the three great war plays contained in this volume Euripides subjects the sufferings of Troy s survivors to a harrowing examination.The horrific brutality which both women and children undergo evokes a response of unparalleled intensity in the playwright whom Aristotle called the most tragic of the poets. Yet the new battleground of the aftermath of war is one in which the women of Troy evince an overwhelming greatness of spirit. We weep for the aged Hecuba in her name play and in The Trojan Women, yet we respond with an at times appalled admiration to her resilience amid unrelieved suffering. Andromache, the slave-concubine of her husband s killer, endures her existence in the victor s country with a Stoic nobility. Of their time yet timeless, these plays insist on the victory of the female spirit amid the horrors visited on them by the gods and men during war. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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We don t live alone ... We are responsible for each other A policeman interrupts a rich family s dinner to question them about the suicide of a young working-class girl. As their guilty secrets are gradually revealed over the course of the evening, An Inspector Calls , J. B. Priestley s most famous play, shows us the terrible consequences of poverty and inequality. The other powerful plays in this collection - Time and the Conways , I Have Been Here Before and The Linden Tree - explore time, fate, free will and the effects of war. A vastly talented and exceptionally versatile and wise writer Iris Murdoch Priestley was volcanic, fertile ... and never dull Anthony BurgessIf you enjoyed An Inspector Calls, you might like Arthur Miller s Death of a Salesman, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.

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The crowning plays of one of Ireland s most heralded artistsOscar Wilde was at once a family man and a homosexual outsider, a socialite, socialist, and Irish nationalist. His contradictions inspired him to ponder the roles and masks donned in conventional society, and his acute and wry insights are wonderfully displayed in this collection of his essential plays. Known not only for his brilliant, epigrammatic language, but also for his sense of theatrical design, color, and staging, Wilde created an enduring body of finely crafted works, whose delights and ironies still speak to modern audiences. In addition to Lady Windermere s Fan, Salomé, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, A Florentine Tragedy, and The Importance of Being Earnest, this edition contains an introduction, notes and commentaries, and an excised scene from The Importance of Being Earnest.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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No matter which way you look at us, you ll find that we re in all respects; Remarkably wasp-like in our habits, in every aspect of our lives. Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fifth century BCE. One of the most original playwrights in the entire Western tradition, his comedies are remarkable for their brilliant combination of fantasy and satire, their constantly inventive manipulation of language, and their use of absurd characters and plots to expose his society s institutions and values to the bracing challenge of laughter.This is the third and final volume of a new verse translation of the complete plays of Aristophanes. It contains four of his most overtly political plays: Acharnians, in which an Athenian farmer rebels against the city s war policies; Knights, a biting satire of populist demagogues; Wasps, whose main theme is the Athenian system of lawcourts; and Peace, in which escape from war is symbolized in images of rustic fertility and sensuality. The translation combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities of Aristophanic comedy. Each play is presented with a thought-provoking introduction and extensive editorial notes to accompany the vivid translations, balancing performability with faithfulness to the original.

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In The House of Bernarda Alba, a tyrannical matriarch rules over her house and five daughters, cruelly crushing their hopes and needs. The other plays here also portray female characters whose desires are tragically and violently frustrated: a womanâ ™s longing for a child in Yerma, and a brideâ ™s yearning for her lover in Blood Wedding. All appeal for freedom and sexual and social equality, and are also passionate defences of the imagination: in Christopher Maurerâ ™s words, â ˜poetic drama unsurpassed by any writer of our timeâ ™.

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J M Synge was one of the key dramatists in the flourishing world of Irish literature at the turn of the century. This volume offers all of Synge s plays, which range from racy comedy to stark tragedy, all sharing a memorable lyricism. The introduction sets Synge s work in the context of the Irish literary movement, with special attention to his role as one of the founders of the Abbey Theatre and his work alongside W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. Includes: Riders to the Sea; The Shadow of the Glen; The Tinker s Wedding; The Well of the Saints; The Play of the Western World; Deirdre of the Sorrows ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe.Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Kniha - 240 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The Importance of Being Earnest displays Wilde s wit and theatrical genius at their brilliant best. This edition includes an appendix that restores the missing material from the original four-act version, as well as two other plays Lady Windermere s Fan and Salome. Revised reissue.

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Four plays which exemplify his interest in flawed, characters who defy the expectations of Greek society The four tragedies collected in this volume all focus on a central character, once powerful, brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatred. The first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides made his characters speak in human terms and face the consequences of their actions. In Medea, a woman rejected by her lover takes hideous revenge by murdering the children they both love, and Hecabe depicts the former queen of Troy, driven mad by the prospect of her daughter s sacrifice to Achilles. Electra portrays a young woman planning to avenge the brutal death of her father at the hands of her mother, while in Heracles the hero seeks vengeance against the evil king who has caused bloodshed in his family. Philip Vellacott s lucid translation is accompanied by an introduction, which discusses the literary background of Classical Athens and examines the distinction between instinctive and civilized behaviour. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Phoenician Women portrays the rival sons of King Oedipus and their mother s doomed attempts at reconciliation, while Orestes shows a son ravaged with guilt after the vengeful murder of his mother. In the Bacchae, a king mistreats a newcomer to his land, little knowing that he is the god Dionysus disguised as a mortal, while in Iphigenia at Aulis, the Greek leaders take the horrific decision to sacrifice a princess to gain favour from the gods in their mission to Troy. Finally, the Rhesus depicts a world of espionage between the warring Greek and Trojan camps.

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Loneliness, sexual tension and the need for human kindness pervade these three plays by Tennessee Williams, as their characters rage against personal demons and the modern world. In Sweet Bird of Youth , a drifter, Chance Wayne, returns to his home town with an ageing movie actress in search of the girl he loved in his youth, but with terrible, violent results. Period of Adjustment tells the story of two young newlyweds who visit the husband s old army friend on Christmas Eve after unsuccessfully consummating their marriage, and unleash forbidden passion, while in The Night of the Iguana a diverse group of people, including a disturbed ex-minister and a troubled spinster, are thrown together in an isolated Mexican hotel for one eventful night.

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In Our Day Out Mrs Kay s Progress Class embark on an anarchic school trip to Conwy Castle in Wales. Assisted by the authoritarian Deputy Headmaster, Mr Briggs, the students conspire to steal animals from the zoo and cause as much chaos as possible along the way. This edition also includes the following short plays: The Boy with the Transistor Radio, Terraces and I Read the News Today.

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Alcestis/Medea/The Children of Heracles/Hippolytus One of the best prose translations of Euripides I have seen Robert FaglesThis selection of plays shows Euripides transforming the titanic figures of Greek myths into recognizable, fallible human beings. Medea, in which a spurned woman takes revenge upon her lover by killing her children, is one of the most shocking of all the Greek tragedies. Medea is a towering figure who demonstrates Euripides unusual willingness to give voice to a woman s case. Alcestis is based on a magical myth in which Death is overcome, and The Children of Heracles examines conflict between might and right, while Hippolytus deals with self-destructive integrity. Translated by JOHN DAVIE

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The Acharnians/The Clouds/Lysistrata We women have the salvation of Greece in our hands Writing at a time of political and social crisis in Athens, the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes was an eloquent, yet bawdy, challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. In Lysistrata and The Acharnians, two pleas for an end to the long war between Athens and Sparta, a band of women on a sex strike and a lone peasant respectively defeat the political establishment. The darker comedy of The Clouds satirizes Athenian philosophers, Socrates in particular, and reflects the uncertainties of a generation in which all traditional religious and ethical beliefs were being challenged. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Alan H. Sommerstein

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These three dramatic works by Tennessee Williams explore the darker side of human nature and are haunted by a sense of isolation and regret. Suddenly Last Summer is the starkly told story of Catherine, who seemingly goes insane after her cousin Sebastian dies in grisly circumstances on a trip to Europe. The Milk Train Doesn t Stop Here Anymore is a passionate examination of a wealthy old woman as she recounts her memories in the face of death, while in Small Craft Warnings a motley group of people - including a blowsy beautician, a discredited alcoholic doctor, a vulnerable waif and two gay men - sit around a seedy bar on the Californian coast, each contemplating their own desperate fate.

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Kniha - autor Oscar Wilde, 464 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Includes "Lady Windermere's Fan, Salome, A Woman Of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, A Florentine Tragedy" and a full version of "The Importance of Being Earnest" *Also appeared in May 2002 Buyer's Notes*

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Too frightened of scandal to become involved with a brilliant writer, Hedda Gabler opts instead for a conventional but loveless marriage. But, when her first love returns with a masterpiece that might threaten her husband s career, Hedda decides to take drastic and fatal action.Universally condemned in 1890 when it was written, Hedda Gabler has subsequently become one of Ibsen s most performed and studied plays. Blending comedy and tragedy, Ibsen probes the thwarted aspirations and hidden anxieties of his characters against a backdrop of contemporary social Habits and hypocrisies.This Methuen Drama Student Edition is published with Michael Meyerâ ™s classic translation, and with commentary and notes by Dr. Sophie Duncan. These offer a contemporary lens on the play s gender politics, and consider some key twentieth and twenty-first century productions of Hedda Gabler, which include actresses like Maggie Smith, Harriet Walker, and Ruth Wilson taking on the iconic titular role.

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This dark psychological drama was first produced in Norway in 1890 and depicts the evil machinations of a ruthless, nihilistic heroine: the infamous Hedda Gabler. Readers will discover a masterly exploration of the nature of evil, along with the potential for tragedy that lies in human frailty. A true masterpiece.

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Richard Eyre s high-profile adaptation of Ibsen s famous problem play about a headstrong woman s determination to control those around her.

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Just married. Bored already. Hedda longs to be free.This vital new version by Patrick Marber (Closer, Three Days in the Country) opened at the National Theatre, London, in December 2016. A bold, clear, finally harrowing account of the play. DAILY TELEGRAPH Forces us to see Ibsenâ ™s masterpiece with fresh eyes. GUARDIAN

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With three plays focusing on the family and how it struggles to stay together by telling lies - and exposing them, Henrik Ibsen s Ghosts and Other Plays is translated with an introduction by Peter Watts in Penguin Classics.In Ghosts, Osvald Alving returns home only to discover the truth about the father he always looked up to, and learns the horrific effect his father s debauchery has had on him. It was Ibsen s most provocative drama, stripping away the surface of a middle-class family to expose layers of hypocrisy and immorality. A Public Enemy sets two brothers against each other when one wishes to make public the facts about the polluted water in the public baths of their home town. And When We Dead Wake tells of an artist meeting an old lover by chance and rejecting his wife, in a symbolic exploration of Ibsen s own literary life and the sacrifices he made in his work.Peter Watts s translation maintains the colloquial tone of the original dialogue. He has also provided an introduction and notes on the texts.Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) turned to journalism and playwriting instead of pursuing a university career. Ibsen was one of the earliest writers to dramatise the individual s alienation from society. Although Ibsen was never fully appreciated during his lifetime, he has since come to be recognised as one of the great dramatists of all time and the Father of Modern Drama .If you enjoyed Ghosts, you might like Ibsen s A Doll s House and Other Plays, also available in Penguin Classics.

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Henrik Ibsen - Heda Gablerová. Rozhlasová dramatizace z roku 2013. Strhující rozhlasová adaptace Hedy Gablerové s Vilmou Cibulkovou jako fascinující moderní ženou. Když Henrik Ibsen v roce 1890 publikoval Hedu Gablerovou, kritika označila titulní hrdinku za zrůdu. V souvislosti s jejím uvedením v Národním divadle v roce 1911 pak F. X. Šalda o protagonistce napsal, že je to vtělená ďáblice, pustá a zprahlá vnitřně,přinášející smrt muži, na němž spočinula svým zrakem . Inscenace natočená roku 2000 Českým rozhlasem plně využila možností, které víceznačnost tohoto dramatu nabízí pro zobrazení ženy současnosti. Díky energickému, ale střízlivě civilnímu a psychologicky propracovanému projevu Vilmy Cibulkové v hlavní roli před námi vyvstává portrét inteligentní ženy, která nechce podléhat iluzím, ale ze své náročnosti vůči sobě, světu i svým partnerům učiní past, v níž sama uvízne. Její touha žít s révovím ve vlasech neodkazuje ani tak k Nietzscheovu dionýsovskému titanismu jako spíš k radostnému bytí celistvého člověka, nesmrštěnému jen na sociální, profesní či genderové role a funkce. Hrají: Vilma Cibulková, Ivan Trojan,Lukáš Hlavica, Milena Dvorská, Dana Černá, Viktor Preiss, Marie Marešová.

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Henrik Ibsen - Nora, domeček pro panenky - Rozhlasová nahrávka z roku 2004. Henrik Ibsen: Nora - domeček pro panenky Rozhlasová nahrávka z roku 2004. Překlad František Fröhlich, režie Hana Kofránková. Účinkují: Dana Černá, Ivan Trojan, Martin Stropnický, Daniela Kolářová, Boris Rösner a další.

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Audiokniha: Přestože Ibsenova hra vznikla před bezmála sty lety, je v mnohém stále překvapivě aktuální. Politické drama Nepřítel lidu napsal Henrik Ibsen v roce 1882 již jako světově známý autor. Na příběhu lékaře Stockmanna, který se marně snaží poukázat na závadnost vody v místních lázních, předvádí Ibsen bez obalu všechny nepřístojnosti demokratické společnosti - korupci, strach o post a majetek i stádní myšlení a jednání většiny.Osoby a obsazení: MUDr. Tomáš Stockmann, lázeňský lékař (Viktor Preiss), Kateřina Stockmannová, jeho žena (Dana Syslová), Petra, jejich dcera (Lucie Trmíková), Petr Stockmann, doktorův starší bratr (František Němec), Morten Kiil (Jiří Holý), Hovstad, šéfredaktor Lidového posla (Michal Pavlata), Billing, zaměstnanec Lidového posla (Ivan Trojan), Aslaksen, vydavatel (Miloš Hlavica), Horster, kapitán obchodní lodi (Miroslav Etzler), pán (Eduard Pavlíček)) a další. Režie: Hana Kofránková

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Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright, wrote An Enemy of the People (original title in Norwegian: En folkefiende) in 1882. Ibsen expressed some scepticism toward his protagonist, implying that his passion to speak the truth may have gone too far.The medical officer of a recently opened spa in a small town is Dr. Thomas Stockmann. According to Dr. Stockmann, there may be bacteria in the spa water. The local newspaper s editor makes the decision not to publish a story that questions how the spa treats its water.Dr. Stockmann s father-in-law believes the piece is a sophisticated hoax when it is published. The publication aims to take on the local administration and reveal its corruption.In order to comfort the audience, Dr. Peter Stockmann makes an appearance and offers a statement of his own. The town s residents are going to hear Dr. Stockmann read his water report. Respected local Aslaksen is chosen to preside over the assembly.Katrine worries that the populace will push her father-in-law out of town, but he has pledged to stay and protect the community.

Objev podobné jako An Enemy of the People - Henrik Ibsen

Audiokniha: Když Henrik Ibsen v roce 1890 publikoval Hedu Gablerovou, kritika označila titulní hrdinku za zrůdu. V souvislosti s jejím uvedením v Národním divadle v roce 1911 pak F. X. Šalda o protagonistce napsal, že je to „vtělená ďáblice, pustá a zprahlá vnitřně, dům obydlený všemi démony perversity, zkažená a otrávená od kořene, přinášející smrt muži, na němž spočinula svým zrakem…“ Během času ovšem nabývala tato smrtící femme fatale stále víc na přitažlivosti a dnes patří její dramatický příběh k nejčastěji uváděným Ibsenovým dílům. Režisérka Hana Kofránková citlivě zkrátila moderní překlad Františka Fröhlicha a měla šťastnou ruku při výběru interpretů. Díky energickému, ale střízlivě civilnímu a psychologicky propracovanému projevu Vilmy Cibulkové v hlavní roli před námi vyvstává portrét inteligentní ženy, která nechce podléhat iluzím, ale ze své náročnosti vůči sobě, světu i svým partnerům učiní past, v níž sama uvízne.

Objev podobné jako Heda Gablerová - Henrik Ibsen - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Skandální rodinné drama norského autora ve skvělém přetlumočení Františka Fröhlicha. Rodinné drama, které norský dramatik Henrik Ibsen dokončil na podzim roku 1881, bývá označováno za přelomové dílo v cestě moderního dramatu. Má rozměr tragédie, je ale psáno všední prózou a pro vyklenutí dramatického oblouku postačí autorovi pouhých pět postav. V době svého vzniku byly ale Přízraky prohlášeny za otevřenou stoku a skandál, který vydání hry způsobilo, předstihl Ibsenovo očekávání.Osoby a obsazení: paní Alvingová (Daniela Kolářová), Osvald Alving (Jan Dolanský), pastor Manders (Viktor Preiss), Regina (Tatiana Vilhelmová) a Jakub Engstrand (Oldřich Vlach)Režie: Hana Kofránková

Objev podobné jako Přízraky - Henrik Ibsen - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Svou literární dráhu zahájil Henrik Ibsen nejprve jako básník, ale záhy svou pozornost zaměřil také na divadlo. Dnes je znám především jako dramatik, během padesáti let napsal celkem 26 divadelních her.Do posledního Ibsenova tvůrčího období patří také Paní z moře (1888). Její hlavní hrdinka Elida se sice pohybuje v realistickém společenském prostředí a rodinných vazbách, ale autora mnohem víc zajímají její skryté vášně, nevyřčené touhy a ozvuky skrývané minulosti. Rozhlasovou inscenaci Ibsenova dramatu nastudovala v překladu Františka Fröhlicha v roce 1988 režisérka Hana Kofránková, v hlavních rolích uslyšíte Janu Hlaváčovou, Petra Haničince, Hanu Maciuchovou, Veroniku Žilkovou a další výborné herce.

Objev podobné jako Paní z moře - Henrik Ibsen - audiokniha

Written in the aftermath of hostile criticism of Ghosts, Ibsen s three plays all deal with the moral courage needed to tell the truth. They are peopled not by symbolic figures and abstract concepts, but by complex individuals pitted against, or part of, a society that Ibsen felt was morally abhorrent and claustrophobically provincial. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Objev podobné jako An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm - Henrik Ibsen

Audiokniha: Poetické drama nejznámějšího norského dramatika a zakladatele moderního dramatu. Kam až člověk musí utéct, aby si uvědomil, že už mu nic nezbylo?Ibsen v původně literárním dramatu reagoval originálně na Goethovu variaci faustovského příběhu, ale posunuje v Gyntovi tento archetyp do doby modernity, kde člověk dokáže pomocí techniky uskutečnit to, o čem Goethův Faust jen planě snil: proměnit svět, Boží výtvor, ke svému užitku a podobě... Rozhlasová inscenace z r. 1958.

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Four seminal plays by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. An existential portrayal of Hell in Sartre s best-known play, as well as three other brilliant, thought-provoking works: the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict, and an arresting attack on American racism.

Objev podobné jako No Exit and Three Other Plays - Jean-Paul Sartre

An enhanced exam section: expert guidance on approaching exam questions, writing high-quality responses and using critical interpretations, plus practice tasks and annotated sample answer extracts. Key skills covered: focused tasks to develop your analysis and understanding, plus regular study tips, revision questions and progress checks to track your learning. The most in-depth analysis: detailed text summaries and extract analysis to in-depth discussion of characters, themes, language, contexts and criticism, all helping you to succeed.

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Shakespeare and Lost Plays returns Shakespeare s dramatic work to its most immediate and (arguably) pivotal context; by situating it alongside the hundreds of plays known to Shakespeare s original audiences, but lost to us. David McInnis reassesses the value of lost plays in relation to both the companies that originally performed them, and to contemporary scholars of early modern drama. This innovative study revisits key moments in Shakespeare s career and the development of his company and, by prioritising the immense volume of information we now possess about lost plays, provides a richer, more accurate picture of dramatic activity than has hitherto been possible. By considering a variety of ways to grapple with the problem of lost, imperceptible, or ignored texts, this volume presents a methodology for working with lacunae in archival evidence and the distorting effect of Shakespeare-centric narratives, thus reinterpreting our perception of the field of early modern drama.

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The influential artist Hedi Kyle and renowned architecture graduate Ulla Warchol shows you how to create their unique designs using folding techniques. From creating flag books and fishbones, to blizzards and nesting boxes, you ll gain an invaluable insight into the work of two skilled artists with this fun read! With the help of their thorough instructions and simple illustrations, you ll be on your way to becoming a pro paper crafter in no time at all - Sew magazine A wonderful insight into the work of a truly skilled artist - PaperCrafterThe renowned and influential book artist Hedi Kyle shows you step-by-step how to create her unique designs using folding techniques in The Art of the Fold. Bookbinding and paper craft projects include flag books, blizzard books, the fishbone fold, and nesting boxes.Written by the doyenne of artists books, Hedi Kyle, The Art of the Fold is a wonderful insight into the work of a truly skilled artist. Hedi will show you how to bind a book and fold paper to create over 35 of her cut-fold book designs. The book is beautifully illustrated with Hedi s finished works of art.An excerpt from the book: I can still remember the thrill I experienced when my first folded book structure emerged from my fingers - how eager I was to explore its possibilities and to share it with whoever was interested. The Flag Book, as I now call it, is a simple accordion and has interlocking pages oriented in opposite directions. Little did I know that this simple structure would have legs and be the catalyst for the next forty-plus years of thinking about and making books.The common perception of the book today is fairly straightforward: a series of pages organized around a spine and protected on either side by two covers. This format allows for easy access, storage and retrieval of information. Yet what happens when the book is stripped away of centuries of preconceptions and is allowed to reveal something else: playfulness, utility, invention? Expanding the notion of the book is what the structures in the following chapters of The Art of the Fold attempt to do. Exploring its tactile, sculptural form, primarily through folding methods, the book as a structural object is celebrated while content is considered in a new and unconventional way.My range in this medium has always been broad. In part this is due to my introduction to the world of bookbinding and some chance encounters. In the 1970s in New York City, the art and craft of hand bookbinding and papermaking were experiencing an unprecedented revival. I was fortunate to arrive in the city at just this moment. With an art-school background and an impulse to make things, I was naturally drawn to pursue this new opportunity. The Center for Book Arts, the famous forerunner of so many centers yet to come, was located in a small storefront just down the street from where I lived on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Under the direction of founder Richard Minsky, it had a radical mission: to push concept, materials, printing and making of artist books in a new direction. When Richard dared me to teach at the Center one evening a week, I was hooked.My career as a book conservator and a book artist has now spanned over 45 years. As head conservator at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, I ve had the opportunity to handle some of the rarest volumes and manuscripts in the world. I have also dealt with decrepit books, torn maps and countless curiosities discovered in stacks and archives. All were endless sources for ideas and provided a springboard for a departure from tradition. Leading book-arts workshops around the world and a 25 year tenure teaching in the graduate program for Book Arts and Printmaking at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia have shown me, in retrospect, that the more I taught, the more it propelled me to experiment and develop my ideas. The many students I have had over the years were always my biggest inspiration, and they continue to be so. - Hedi Kyle, Pine Hill, NY Sept 2017

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⠜These wittily illustrated stories of mishaps, hurt feelings, fondness and friendship have a transporting quality.⠝ Guardian on Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other StoriesBear and Bird are best friends! And while they don⠙t always understand each other, they both agree: all they want is to make the other happy. So, when neither of them can remember why they ve circled today in red in the calendar, they each think they ve missed the other s birthday and scramble to surprise each other with a party! And when Bear accidentally loses the ball while playing Boing Boing, he has to summon up all his courage to go into the Creepy Cave to get it back.Full of comic mix-ups and misunderstandings, as well as genuine warmth and affection, these four stories are the fifth instalment in this irresistibly charming chapter book series from award-winning creator Jarvis. Bear and Bird are fast becoming a firm favourite and their adventures are perfect to read aloud, or for children who are ready to start reading by themselves.⠜Bear and Bird has all the charm and wisdom of Julian Gough and Jim Field⠙s Rabbit and Bear series ⠦ The illustrations are glorious.⠝ Irish Independent on Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories Jarvis⠙s digital drawings, in beautiful colors, have an attractive handmade feel. The New York Times Book Review on Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories Readers can enjoy lots more Bear and Bird adventures! Look out for: Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Stars and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Adventure and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Stick and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Secret and Other StoriesThe Cloud: A Bear and Bird picture book

Objev podobné jako Bear and Bird: The Cave and Other Stories - Jarvis

Poet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of The Complete Poems and Plays, published for the first time in paperback, includes all of his verse and work for the stage, from Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) to Four Quartets (1943), and includes such literary landmarks as The Waste Land, Old Possum s Book of Practical Cats and Murder in the Cathedral. Each year Eliot s presence reasserts itself at a deeper level, to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened, more astonished, more humble. Ted Hughes

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⠜These wittily illustrated stories of mishaps, hurt feelings, fondness and friendship have a transporting quality.⠝ Guardian on Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other StoriesBear and Bird are best friends! And while they don⠙t always understand each other, they both agree: all they want is to make the other happy. So, when Bird feels poorly, Bear arrives with a backpack of goodies to make her feel better. And when they hang out with Mole ⠓ who tells absolutely hilarious jokes! ⠓ Bird realizes she doesn⠙t need to compete for Bear⠙s attention; that there is lots of laughter to go around...Full of comic mix-ups and misunderstandings, as well as genuine warmth and affection, these four stories are the third instalment in an irresistibly charming chapter book series from award-winning creator Jarvis.⠜Bear and Bird has all the charm and wisdom of Julian Gough and Jim Field⠙s Rabbit and Bear series ⠦ The illustrations are glorious.⠝ Irish Independent on Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories Jarvis⠙s digital drawings, in beautiful colors, have an attractive handmade feel. The New York Times Book Review on Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other StoriesReaders can enjoy lots more Bear and Bird adventures! Look out for: Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Stars and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Stick and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Cave and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Secret and Other StoriesThe Cloud: A Bear and Bird picture book

Objev podobné jako Bear and Bird: The Adventure and Other Stories - Jarvis

These wittily illustrated stories of mishaps, hurt feelings, fondness and friendship have a transporting quality, ideal for 5+. GuardianBear and Bird are best friends! And while they don⠙t always understand each other, they both agree: all they want is to make the other happy. So, when Bear and Bird find they both want to collect the same stick, they are absolutely determined not to let it get in the way of their friendship. And when Bird accidentally swaps Bear s bouncy ball on Swapsy Day, she will give anything to get it back ⠓ even her own lucky hat.Full of comic mix-ups and misunderstandings, as well as genuine warmth and affection, these four stories are the fourth instalment in this irresistibly charming chapter book series from award-winning creator Jarvis. Bear and Bird are fast becoming a firm favourite and their adventures are perfect to read aloud, or for children who are ready to start reading by themselves.⠜Bear and Bird has all the charm and wisdom of Julian Gough and Jim Field⠙s Rabbit and Bear series ⠦ The illustrations are glorious.⠝ Irish Independent on Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories Jarvis⠙s digital drawings, in beautiful colors, have an attractive handmade feel. The New York Times Book Review on Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other StoriesReaders can enjoy lots more Bear and Bird adventures! Look out for: Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Stars and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Adventure and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Cave and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Secret and Other StoriesThe Cloud: A Bear and Bird picture book

Objev podobné jako Bear and Bird: The Stick and Other Stories - Jarvis

These wittily illustrated stories of mishaps, hurt feelings, fondness and friendship have a transporting quality, ideal for 5+. GuardianBear and Bird are best friends! And while they don⠙t always understand each other, they both agree: all they want is to make the other happy. So when Bird has a secret to tell Bear he will not listen - because he is worried he ll give it away! And when the pair find out they don⠙t actually like all the same things, they both agree it doesn⠙t matter, because the thing they like best of all is being friends with each other.Full of comic mix-ups and misunderstandings, as well as genuine warmth and affection, these four stories are the sixth instalment in this irresistibly charming chapter book series from award-winning creator Jarvis. Bear and Bird⠙s adventures are perfect to read aloud together, or for children who are ready to start reading by themselves.⠜Bear and Bird has all the charm and wisdom of Julian Gough and Jim Field⠙s Rabbit and Bear series ⠦ The illustrations are glorious.⠝ Irish Independent on Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories Jarvis⠙s digital drawings, in beautiful colors, have an attractive handmade feel. The New York Times Book Review on Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other StoriesReaders can enjoy lots more Bear and Bird adventures! Look out for: Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Stars and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Adventure and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Stick and Other Stories Bear and Bird: The Cave and Other StoriesThe Cloud: A Bear and Bird picture book

Objev podobné jako Bear and Bird: The Secret and Other Stories - Jarvis