Plays
Hindle Wakes
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Stanley Houghton
Alan Jeffcote, son of Nat Hawthorn, Hindle's richest factory owner, meets Fanny Hawthorn, daughter of Nat's 'slasher' and oldest friend, in …
The Speckled Band: An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Speckled Band: An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes is a three-act play adapted by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle from his similarly title…
The Cabinet Minister
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Mr. Pinero holds that farce should treat of probable people placed in possible circumstances, but regarded from a point of view which exagge…
The Funeral: or Grief A-La-Mode
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Richard Steele
The Funeral: or, Grief à-la-Mode, a Comedy, was written in the summer of 1701, and given to Christopher Rich, of the Theatre Royal, D…
Don Garcia of Navarre, or the Jealous Prince
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Molière
Nothing can be more unlike The Pretentious Young Ladies or Sganarelle than Molière's Don Garcia of Navarre. The Théâtre …
The Show Off
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George Kelly
Amy Fisher's parents can't understand what their daughter sees in Aubrey Piper, a loudmouth and braggart who pretends to be more than the lo…
One-Act Play Collection 018
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Various
Here, in our 18th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from a 1663 Moliere to a 1922 Percival Wilde, from "a…
Trelawny of the Wells
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Arthur Wing Pinero
A theater, various actors and actresses, their admirers, financial backers, etc. The star Rose Trelawny wants to leave the stage for love, b…
The Wasters
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Arthur Adams
Here we have a serious family drama by Australian playwright Arthur Adams about legacy and responsibilities, with some question about exactl…
The Wonder-Working Magician
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Pedro Calderón De La Barca
"The Wonderful Magician" is perhaps better known to poetical students in England from the spirited fragment Shelley has left us in…
The Squire
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Arthur Wing Pinero
"Then take a word of advice—cut yourself adrift from Squire Kate's apron strings. (Gilbert turns away) When my father, John Verity, die…
The Clandestine Marriage
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George Colman the Elder and David Garrick
A secret liaison and wedding. What will happen when they find out? - Summary by Michele Eaton Cast ListLord Ogleby: Greg GiordanoSir John …
George Dandin: or The Abashed Husband
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Henri Van Laun and Molière
"The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle having been ratified ... and peace being assured ... Louis XIV resolved to give a festival in his favori…
One-Act Play Collection 014
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Here, in our 14th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from the farm to the courtroom to the palace throne room; …
The Times
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Percy Egerton-Bompas, M.P., and Mrs Bompas have secrets in their family. Which promise grave difficulties as they try to marry off their dau…
Galahad Jones
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Arthur Adams
Dramatised by Australian playwright Arthur Adams from his book of the same name, this is labeled "A Comedy with a Tragic Tang". Th…
Justice
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John Galsworthy
A cheque has been issued for nine pounds but someone has changed it to ninety in the hopes of claiming the money. But who is responsible? Wi…
Cleone. A Tragedy
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Robert Dodsley
This is a play in 5 acts. From the playwright's preface: "An imperfect hint towards the Fable of the following Tragedy was taken from t…
A Will and No Will or a Bone for the Lawyers
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Charles Macklin
This "Afterpiece" - a short play to follow a main production - was first produced in 1746. It was based on Regnard's five-act com…
The Marrying of Ann Leete
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Harley Granville-Barker
A comedy with a serious vein running through it about the Leete family who are British rural gentry in 1799. Mr Carnaby Leete is a politicia…