Tragedy
A Bill of Divorcement
A Bill of Divorcement describes a day in the lives of a middle-aged British woman named Margaret "Meg" Fairfield, her daughter Syd…
When We Dead Awaken
When We Dead Awaken (1899) is the last play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. Dreamlike and highly symbolic, the play charts the dissolut…
Bajazet
"The time to which this tragedy relates is much later than that of any other of Racine's historical plays. The capture of Babylon (or r…
A Yorkshire Tragedy
A Yorkshire Tragedy: Not So New as Lamentable and True (1619) tells the gruesome tale of Walter Calverly who stabbed his wife and killed his…
Alejandro Casona Trees Die on their Feet
Do means justify ends? When an old lady's happiness is at stake, there is no question. "Do not see me fall. Dead inside, but standing t…
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most famous of Shakespeare’s plays and is thought to be the most famous love story in Western history. It co…
Strange Love
A Strange Love: A Novel of Abnormal Passion was first published in French as Escal-Vigor in 1899, the English translation nine years later. …
Waste: A Tragedy in Four Acts
Set in Edwardian England, Waste is a story of politics, religion and adulterous scandal. First published in 1906-7, the play was refused by …
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Considered to be William Shakespeare’s greatest masterwork and one of the most influential, quotable and enduring works in all of literature…