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The Tragedy of King Lear is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare, one of the greatest English playwrights who penned the most performed plays of the world such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and The Tempest and Othello. The Tragedy of King Lear narrates the disastrous end of King Lear and her daughters, caused by the King’s failur.. 1c4531

Jean Racine 133u4y

Phaedra is a tragic play originally written by Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca and this alexandrine verse is written by French dramatist Jean Racine. Phaedra narrates the unnatural desires of love and romance in the ancient Athens kingdom. King Theseus of Athens has not returned from his search to capture Persephone from the underworld. ..

Henry James 3p48u

The Turn of the Screw is a ghost novel based on supernatural fiction genre written by the American author Hery James whose notable works include The Portrait of a Lady, What Maisie Knew, The Wings of the Dove, Daisy Miller, and The Ambassadors. A young woman is employed as governess for the two parentless children Miles and Flora by their uncle...

Various Authors 4u1e4

Everyman and Other Old Religious Plays is a collection of religious plays written during 15th century.  The title play Everyman is a morality play based on the themes of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s progress.  The allegorical characters in the play are used to examine the Christian Salvation and what man has to do to attain. Set in the Roman C..

Moliere 513ra

The Middle-Class Gentleman is five act French comedy play written, dramatized and acted by the French playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, who is popularly known by his stage name Molière.  ed as  one of the greatest masters of comedy in western literature,  his notable plays include Tartuffe; The Misanthrope; The Learned Women..

Bernard Shaw 626668

Mrs. Warren's Profession is a play, which explores hypocrisies of the Victorian society, has been written by the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. Vivie Warren, a Cambridge university graduate was grownup without knowing her mother Mrs. Kitty Warren’s lifestyle and her past. Vivie has fallen in love with Frank Gardner, though her mother wants h..

John Webster x2n24

One of the greatest tragedies of English Renaissance, The Duchess of Malfi has followed the trend of stage violence influenced by the Roman philosopher Seneca’s works. Scripted by the Shakespeare’s contemporary and Jacobean dramatist John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi is considered as one of his two masterpieces, the other being “The white devil”...

Henrik Ibsen 5r2v

“An Enemy of the People”, is a play written by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, who is ed for his masterpiece “Ghosts”. An Enemy of the People criticizes the corrupt political systems ed by the masses. Ibsen has commented himself this play addresses a serious issue on society, though there are comedy elements blended in the narratio..