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78 produkter
Lucifer
Häftad, 1999
220 kr
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An influential and controversial work by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), the colossus of Dutch literature, regarded as a major influence on Milton’s Paradise Lost. An angel returns from Eden, his wings singed by the beauty of Adam and Eve’s world, longing for the pleasures of their flesh.
Game of Love and Chance
Häftad, 1999
220 kr
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In The Game of Love and Chance, a pair of prospective lovers each swap places with their servants, while their relatives, fully apprised of both deceptions, look on in amusement. Neil Bartlett's adaptation, first performed at the Lyric Hammersmith, finds incentive modern equivalents for Marivaux's …
Therese Raquin
Av Emile Zola
Häftad, 1988
145 kr
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Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of adultery and murder among the lower orders in nineteenth-century Paris. Emile Zola’s dispassionate dissection of the motivations of his characters, mere ‘human beasts’ who kill in order to satisfy their lust, is much more than an atmospheric …
Turcaret
Häftad, 1988
220 kr
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Fraud, theft, extortion and sexual corruption are the themes in this eighteenth-century masterpiece of French comedy.
Fuente Ovejuna/Lost in a Mirror
Av Lope De Vega
Häftad, 1993
204 kr
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"A comedy written for the Shakespeare's Globe, telling the story of an insatiably curious young man who, wishing to turn himself into a wise owl, takes the wrong drug and finds himself transformed into an ass. His subsequent travels lead him to encounter the chaos of human desire from the …
Calderon: Three Plays
The Mayor of Zalamea; Life's a Dream; Great Theatre of the World
Häftad, 1993
334 kr
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"The Mayor of Zalamea, Life's a Dream, The Great Theatre of the World In The Mayor of Zalamea, commissioned by the Royal National Theatre, peasants' honour clashes with military discipline. Life's a Dream is Calderon's most famous philosophical play. The Great Theatre of the World is an allegorical …
Lessing: Two Plays
Häftad, 1990
234 kr
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"Sara, Minna von Barnhelm Two contrasting plays by the influential German playwright and critic, Gotthold Lessing. Sara is a compelling domestic tragedy that is as popular now as when it was first performed in 1755. Minna von Barnhelm is a delightful romantic comedy."
Real Don Juan
Häftad, 1991
203 kr
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Don Juan Tenorio is an important and influential Spanish classic which gives a softened, romanticised version of the infamous hero and ends, uniquely, in his repentance and salvation. First seen in 1844, it is Zorrilla's best-known play and is still performed every year in Spain on All Souls' Day. …
von Horvath: Two Plays
Don Juan Comes Back from the War; Figaro Gets Divorced
Häftad, 1991
285 kr
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" Don Juan Comes Back from the War, Figaro Gets Divorced Two modern classics by Austrian dramatist, Odon von Horvath. Hampton's Don Juan Comes Back from the War was first performed at the Royal National Theatre. Figaro Gets Divorced, in which an aristocratic couple and their two servants are on the …
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
A New Version by Nick Dear
Av Molière
Häftad, 1992
220 kr
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"Monsieur Jordan is greedy for culture at all costs and aspired to dizzy social heights. Moliere's ferociously funny interchanges between the gullible hero and a succession of dancing masters, philosophy tutors, dubious tailors and penniless aristocrats make this a hugely enjoyable play which …
Goldoni: Two Plays
The Venetian Twins; Mirandolina
Häftad, 1994
252 kr
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"In the year of the bicentenary of the death of Carlo Goldoni, one of Italy's most brilliant dramatists, two of his greatest comedies are brought to life in Ranjit Bolt's vibrant translations. The Venetian Twins is a classic tale of mistaken identity and the ensuing confusion. The play was given …
After the Trojan War
Women of Troy / Hecuba / Orestes
Av Euripides
Häftad, 1995, 9-12 år
350 kr
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Kenneth McLeish's stunning translations of three plays exploring the Trojan War, by one of the great Athenian dramatists. Each play shows the aftermath of war from a different standpoint. Women of Troy is set amongst a group of captives waiting to be shipped from Troy as slaves - Queen Hecuba is …
Madness in Valencia/Peribanez
Av Lope De Vega
Häftad, 1999
334 kr
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"Madness in Valencia, in a version by David Johnston, exploresthe thin divide between sanity and madness in a world where no one is quite what they appear to be. Peribanez and the Comendador of Ocana, in a version by Nick Drake, is the tale of a brave peasant, bound to defend the honour of his …
Absolute Turkey
Häftad, 1994
220 kr
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Georges Feydeau, master of farce, displays all his tricks of the trade in this witty, seamless and acutely funny translation. An Absolute Turkey was a West End hit following its London premiere at the Globe Theatre in 1993.“Sharp, natty, decorously indecent dialogue” - Sunday Times
The Painter of Dishonour
Häftad, 1999
220 kr
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This translation of one of Calderón’s greatest plays was premiered by the RSC. An ageing painter is driven to double vengeance when his young bride’s lover returns from the dead.Cast size: 16
The Rape of Tamar
Häftad, 1998
220 kr
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This Spanish golden age drama blends seventeenth-century Spanish revenge drama with the Old Testament. It tells the story of the rape of Tamar by her half-brother Ammon.
Oresteia
Av Aeschylus
Häftad, 2022
202 kr
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Orestes' parents are at war. A family drama spanning several decades, a huge, moving, bloody saga, Aeschylus' greatest and final play asks whether justice can ever be done - and continues to resonate more than two millennia after it was written.Following Mr Burns and 1984, Almeida Associate …
Lady Boba: A Woman of Little Sense
Av Lope De Vega
Häftad, 2013
220 kr
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Nise and Finea are famous beauties. Their father, Don Octavio, a wealthy businessman, is doing his best to marry them off and an exotic collection of determined young suitors are competing for the prizes. The sticking point? Nise, the elder sister, is too clever for her own good, whilst younger …
Punishment without Revenge
Av Lope De Vega
Häftad, 2013
187 kr
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Punishment without Revenge is a dark and thrilling drama, an audacious blend of unbearable tension and delicious comedy, which both terrifies and delights. Regarded as the greatest tragedy of the Spanish Golden Age and the finest play of its presiding genius, Lope de Vega, this elegant work is set …
Tartuffe
Av Molière
Häftad, 2013
220 kr
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When the seemingly perfect Tartuffe ingratiates himself with the wealthy Orgon and his mother Madame Pernelle, he is soon welcomed into their home and into their lives. His combination of charm, respectability and religious authority proves so irresistible that he is eventually promised the hand of …
Thérèse Raquin
Av Emile Zola
Häftad, 2014
220 kr
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‘A story of paralysing passion’1860s Paris. In a small dusty haberdasher’s shop near the Seine in the dank, narrow Passage du Pont Neuf, the young and beautiful Thérèse Raquin is trapped into a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille.While her husband is out all day working, Thérèse spends …
Uncle Vanya
Av Anton Chekhov, Bryony Lavery
E-bok, 2016
179 kr
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Nothing's newEverything's old.I'm exactly the same as everOnly more lazyMore aimlessMore curmudgeonly...'One of the high points of world drama, Chekhov's bittersweet tale of frustrated lives and unrequited loves - by turns witty, playful, nostalgic and tragic - is captured in all its complexity by …
Bacchae
Av Mike Poulton
E-bok, 2016
233 kr
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Mike Poulton's all-new version of this dark and liberating play, co-conceived with choreographer Mark Bruce and director Braham Murray. Think Hair meets Titus Andronicus
Real Don Juan
E-bok, 2016
233 kr
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Don Juan Tenorio is an important and influential Spanish classic which gives a softened, romanticised version of the infamous hero and ends, uniquely, in his repentance and salvation. First seen in 1844, it is Zorrilla's best-known play and is still performed every year in Spain on All Souls' Day. …
Brand
Av Henrik Ibsen
E-bok, 2016
215 kr
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Robert David MacDonald's majestic version of Ibsen's poem-drama about the triumph of will over compromise. Brand, a fiery priest-hero, urges his flock to sacrifice their lives to save their souls.Cast size: 12
Robbers
E-bok, 2016
251 kr
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The Robbers (1781) was written in great secrecy under the prison-like conditions of Württenberg's Karlsschule: Karl, the son of a count, is disinherited through the machinations of his brother Franz, and, turning his back on a social order he finds unjust and corrupt, becomes the leader of a band …
Punishment without Revenge
Av Lope De Vega
E-bok, 2013
197 kr
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Punishment without Revenge is a dark and thrilling drama, an audacious blend of unbearable tension and delicious comedy, which both terrifies and delights. Regarded as the greatest tragedy of the Spanish Golden Age and the finest play of its presiding genius, Lope de Vega, this elegant work is set …
Tartuffe
Av Molière
E-bok, 2015
233 kr
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When the seemingly perfect Tartuffe ingratiates himself with the wealthy Orgon and his mother Madame Pernelle, he is soon welcomed into their home and into their lives. His combination of charm, respectability and religious authority proves so irresistible that he is eventually promised the hand of …
Thérèse Raquin
Av Emile Zola
E-bok, 2014
233 kr
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‘A story of paralysing passion’1860s Paris. In a small dusty haberdasher’s shop near the Seine in the dank, narrow Passage du Pont Neuf, the young and beautiful Thérèse Raquin is trapped into a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille.While her husband is out all day working, Thérèse spends …
Uncle Vanya
Häftad, 2016
187 kr
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Chekhov's late masterpiece examines human behaviour in all of its beautiful, terrible, laughable contradiction. Following his reimagining of Oresteia (Almeida / West End), Almeida Associate Director Robert Icke directs a new production of Chekhov's greatest play.Things your life could be:(1) a …
