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An October night on the Syrian border of Egypt towards the end of the XXXIII Dynasty, in the year 706 by Roman computation, afterwards reckoned by Christian computation as 48 B.C. A great radiance of ...
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The hilly country in the middle of the north edge of Sussex, looking very pleasant on a fine evening at the end of September, is seen through the windows of a room which has been built so as to resemb ...
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A relaxing vacation turns into a devastating journey fraught with intrigue and suspicion in August Strindberg’s 1888 drama Creditors. Seeking fresh air and a change of scene, a sculptor and his wife ...
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ACT I. [The sitting room at the Captain's. There is a door a little to the right at the back. In the middle of the room, a large, round table strewn with newspapers and magazines. To right a leather-c ...
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The heroine of Miss Julie, tired of the stifling rules and expectations that govern her privileged existence, throws caution to the wind one fateful night. Julie goes dancing at her servants’ summer ...
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Action takes place in Iceland. [SCENE--A hut, door at back, window-holes, right and, left, closed by big heavy wooden shutters. Wooden benches against walls, the high bench, a sort of rude throne, at ...
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MRS. X., an actress, married. MISS Y., an actress, unmarried. [A corner of a ladies' restaurant; two small tables of cast-iron, a sofa covered with red plush, and a few chairs.] [MRS. X. enters dress ...
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The Playboy of the Western World
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CHRISTOPHER MAHON. OLD MAHON, his father, a squatter. MICHAEL JAMES FLAHERTY (called MICHAEL JAMES), a publican. MARGARET FLAHERTY (called] PEGEEN MIKE), his daughter. WIDOW QUIN, a woman of abou ...
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"The sorrowful are dumb for thee" The Scene is laid in Ireland and in old times. is grinding a quern. MARY. What can have made the grey hen flutter so? The graves are walking. MARY. There is something ...
The History of Troilus and Cressida
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This dark retelling of the events of the Trojan War places desperate lovers at the very heart of the conflict. At the start of the play, the Greeks are disillusioned and pessimistic because their hero ...
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in the battles of Marathon, Salamis, and Plataea. trilogy which has come down to us, consisting of "Agamemnon," "Choephorae" (The Libation-Bearers), and the "Eumenides" ...
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
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DRAMATIS PERSONAE. THE POPE. CARDINAL OF LORRAIN. THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. DUKE OF VANHOLT. FAUSTUS. VALDES, CORNELIUS, FRIENDS TO FAUSTUS. WAGNER, SERVANT TO FAUSTUS. CLOWN. ROBIN. RALPH. VINTNER. HOR ...
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