Drama Books

Arms and the Man

George Bernard Shaw

Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid, in Latin: Arma virumque cano. The play takes place in 1885, during the Serbo-Bulg..

Die zärtlichen Schwestern

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert

Die zärtlichen Schwestern is a French comedy by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, a German poet, one of the forerunners of the golden age of German literature that was ushered in by Lessing...

An Enemy of the People

Henrik Ibsen

An Enemy of the People is an 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen wrote it in response to the public outcry against his previous play, Ghosts, which challenged the hypocrisy of 19th-c..

King Henry IV, the First Part

William Shakespeare

King Henry IV, Part 1 is the second of Shakespeare’s eight Wars of the Roses history plays, with events following those of King Richard II. As the play opens, King Henry IV (formerly Henry Bolingbroke..

Helden

George Bernard Shaw

Helden is a German drama translated from the English title Arms and the Man, a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid, in Latin: Arma virumque ..

The Jewel Merchants - A Comedy in One Act

James Branch Cabell

The Jewel Merchants: A Comedy in One Act is a comedy drama written by James Branch Cabell was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles-lettres. Cabell was well-regarded by his contemporar..

Die Geburt der Tragödie - Versuch einer Selbstkritik

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Die Geburt der Tragödie: Versuch einer Selbstkritik is the German origin of the translated English title "The Birth of Tragedy" from the Spirit of Music is an 1872 work of dramatic theory by the Germa..

The Works of Henry Fielding, Vol. 12

Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich, earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the picaresque novel Tom Jones. this volume contains:The Author's Far..