Tragedy
Ghosts
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Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts was first published in 1881 and staged in 1882, and like his earlier play A Doll's House, profoundly shocked his conte…
The Trojan Women
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Euripides
Euripides' play follows the fates of the women of Troy after their city has been sacked, their husbands killed, and as their remaining famil…
Orlando Furioso
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Ludovico Ariosto
Charlemagne's nephew Orlando (AKA Roland) is driven insane by the infidelity of his beloved Angelica. Angelica's relationship with him and o…
King Arthur
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Joseph Comyns Carr
A retelling of the classic legend of King Arthur, Guinevere & Sir Lancelot. (Summary by Amanda Friday)CastKing Arthur: Algy PugSir Lance…
The Good Soldier
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Ford Madox Ford
The Good Soldier (1915) "... is set just before World War I and chronicles the tragedies of the lives of two seemingly perfect couples.…
Hippolytus
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Euripides
Eurpides' tragedy tells of Theseus' chaste son Hippolytus, who refuses to worship Aphrodite in favor of Artemis. Aphrodite gets revenge by c…
The Kreutzer Sonata
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Leo Tolstoy
Publication of The Kreutzer Sonata in 1889 was a significant intellectual event worldwide. Censored in Russia, it set off an explosive debat…
The Duchess of Malfi
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John Webster
John Webster's bloody Jacobean tragedy exposes the decadence of the Italian court. The virtuous Duchess of Malfi, a young widow, secretly ma…
L'Assommoir
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Émile Zola
Émile François Zola (French pronunciation: [emil zɔˈla]) (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was an influential French writer, …
The Jew of Malta
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Christopher Marlowe
Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. T…
Oedipus Rex
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Sophocles
"Oedipus Rex" (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, Oidipous Tyrannos), also known as "Oedipus the King" or "Oedipus t…
Futility, Or the Wreck of the Titan
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Morgan Robertson
This novel was published a full 14 years before the sinking of the Titanic, but listeners may be surprised at how many parallels this fictio…
The Life and Death of King John
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William Shakespeare
The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), son…
The Dead Alive
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Wilkie Collins
Ill feelings exist between the Meadowcroft sons and John Jago, the foreman of the Meadowcroft estate. Then, John Jago disappears, and a body…
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
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Christopher Marlowe
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is a play by Christopher Marlow…
The Prussian Officer
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D. H. Lawrence
The collection of short stories - of which The Prussian Officer is one - was Lawrence’s first such book. A German officer and his orderly ar…
Love and Intrigue
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Friedrich Schiller
Ferdinand is an army major and son of President von Walter, a high-ranking noble in a German duke's court, while Luise Miller is the daughte…
The Persians
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Aeschylus
This is one of the few Greek tragedies that deals with historical events rather than mythological ones. The elders of the Persian court awa…
Mary Stuart
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Friedrich Schiller
Schiller's tragedy depicts the final days of Mary, Queen of Scots, who has been imprisoned by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, because of her …
The Tragic Bride
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Francis Brett Young
The story centers on Gabrielle Hewish, only and lonely child of Sir Jocelyn Hewish, a loveable lush and owner of the peaceful Roscarna estat…