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Author : Matthew Wright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472567773
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy (Volume 1) written by Matthew Wright and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerous books have been written about Greek tragedy, but almost all of them are concerned with the 32 plays that still survive. This book, by contrast, concentrates on the plays that no longer exist. Hundreds of tragedies were performed in Athens and further afield during the classical period, and even though nearly all are lost, a certain amount is known about them through fragments and other types of evidence. Matthew Wright offers an authoritative two-volume critical introduction and guide to the lost tragedies. This first volume examines the remains of works by playwrights such as Phrynichus, Agathon, Neophron, Critias, Astydamas, Chaeremon, and many others who have been forgotten or neglected. (Volume 2 explores the lost works of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.) What types of evidence exist for lost tragedies, and how might we approach this evidence? How did these plays become lost or incompletely preserved? How can we explain why all tragedians except Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides became neglected or relegated to the status of 'minor' poets? What changes and continuities can be detected in tragedy after the fifth century BC? Can the study of lost works and neglected authors change our views of Greek tragedy as a genre? This book answers such questions through a detailed study of the fragments in their historical and literary context. Including English versions of previously untranslated fragments as well as in-depth discussion of their significance, The Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy makes these works accessible for the first time.

Author : James Plaisted Webber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One-act Plays for Secondary Schools written by James Plaisted Webber and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collection of Plays Ca. 1870-1914 written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michel Vinaver
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408148854
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vinaver Plays: 1 written by Michel Vinaver and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first collection of plays by one of France's most prominent playwrights Overboard: "Combines Shakespearian tragedy, Aristophanic farce and a Chekhovian drama of lives consumed and memories that fade." Le Progrès, Situation Vacant: "The play builds to a climax which powerfully captures a mind under siege, bombarded by a cacophony of voices and tormented by guilt." (Independent); Dissident, Goes Without Saying and Nina, That's Something Else: "These two plays bring to a summit the art of suggestions...Two fables in which prosaic everyday life is captured, at times fraught with pathos, often compassionate." (L'Humanité ); A Smile on the End of the Line: "A six-part invention which interweaves half a dozen plot lines to bring life and speed into the manufacturing sector." (Daily Telegraph)

Author : Sophocles,
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147422539X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sophocles Plays: 1 written by Sophocles, and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the plays Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, collectively known as the Theban plays. Starting with Oedipus the King and ending with the ultimate sacrifice of Antigone, his daughter the plays follow the trials of a family cursed by the edict of an oracle that "you will kill your father and marry with your mother". From the fourth century BC - when Aristotle took Oedipus the King as his model tragedy, the influence of Sophocles' great plays has been assured. These three great tragedies have a relevance and immediacy as metaphors for some of the most fundamentally held beliefs and values in our culture.This volume contains the Theban plays - widely studied in schools and universities. Translated and with an introduction and notes from Don Taylor - the playwright who directed these plays for BBC TV

Author : Craig S. Walker
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 155111139X
Total Pages : 866 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Broadview Anthology of Drama, Volume 1: From Antiquity Through the Eighteenth Century written by Craig S. Walker and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2003-07-09 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Broadview Anthology of Drama: Plays from the Western Theatre is a chronological presentation of 43 plays in two volumes, ranging from the ancient theatre world to the present day. Each chapter focuses on a specific period and begins with an insightful introduction sketching the historical and theatrical landscape of that period. Contextualization for each play is provided through a thorough account of the literary and dramatic background of the play along with clear and comprehensive annotation. In addition, the editors have provided a glossary of terms used in the anthology to better equip students with a vocabulary for discussing the world of the stage.

Author : Erik Zude
Publisher : New In Chess
ISBN 13 : 9056917455
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Play 1...d6 Against Everything written by Erik Zude and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The average club player doesn’t need to study hundreds of pages of chess opening theory. Understanding structures and finding tactics are much more important than memorizing variations. Renowned German chess trainers Erik Zude and Jörg Hickl have created an ideal club player’s repertoire for Black. This compact manual presents a set of lines that is conveniently limited in scope, yet varied, solid and complete. The core repertoire is based on lines that the authors have successfully played at (grand)master level for decades: the Antoshin Variation of the Philidor Defence against 1.e4 and the Old-Indian Defence against 1.d4. There is only a limited number of plans, ideas and structures that you need to learn, and very few forcing variations. You will develop your position with a sequence of strong standard moves and start your highly effective counterplay. Zude and Hickl provide common sense guidance, explain all typical characteristics and give practical examples. If you have an Elo rating between 1400 and 2200, you don’t need to look further because you can Play 1..d6 Against Everything!

Author : Tim Price
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147422198X
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tim Price Plays: 1 written by Tim Price and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduced by the author, this is the first collection of Tim Price's plays. The winner of the 2013 James Tait Black Prize for Drama, Tim Price's work includes For Once; Salt, Root and Roe; The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning; I'm With the Band; Protest Song and Under the Sofa (published here for the first time). For Once: Through a series of interweaving accounts, For Once cuts to the heart of a family and a community turned upside down by unimaginable tragedy. Salt, Root and Roe: A wry, heart-breaking drama of love, grief and acceptance set against the mythical backdrop of North Pembrokeshire. The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning: This award-winning play tackles one of the most controversial political stories of our age, placing it in the context of other great Welsh radicals, from the Chartists to Aneurin Bevan. I'm With the Band: A witty response to the Scottish Independence debate in which an Englishman, a Northern Irishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman struggle to maintain the previous harmony of their rock band. Protest Song: Price's funny and savage monologue which explores the reality of the Occupy movement through Danny who sleeps rough on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral. Under the Sofa: Previously unpublished, Under the Sofa is a mother's monologue about the experience of her son being in prison for a violent crime.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plays of the 19th and 20th Centuries written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Godfrey
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 140811920X
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Godfrey Plays: 1 written by Paul Godfrey and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Godfrey is "so good, so nervy and alert with imagination and intelligence" (Sunday Times) Includes the plays: Inventing a New Colour "Godfrey's appealing first play is, with its ominous signs of disjunction, like a surrealist painting"(Guardian), Once in a While the Odd Thing Happens "A fictional-biographical account of Benjamin Britten...lyrical, poetic prose, sinuous, swift, eloquent and dramatic" (Sunday Times), A Bucket of Eels "Danger gives Paul Godfrey's wonderful play its drama. Six young people enter a Freudian forest of their own imaginings" (Financial Times), The Blue Ball "An enquiry into the magic of space exploration....a rather interesting, idiosyncratic and well written play" (Observer) is an imaginative investigation of the experience of Space researched by the playwright among the astronauts themselves. This ambitious play questions the politics of a culture in which the wondrous is rendered mundane and what seems commonplace is rendered absurd. The Blue Ball was commissioned by the Royal National Theatre and received its première at the Cottesloe Theatre in 1995.