english drama

Presents the text of the medieval play "Everyman," the story of a man who must face final judgment on the strength of his good deeds; and includes "The Second Shepherd's Play," another mortality play.

Contains articles that provide biographical, bibliographical, and analytical information on approximately eighty of the world's major dramatists, arranged alphabetically from Abe to Camus.

Raina shelters an enemy officer in her bedroom during a battle, and falls in love with him, despite the fact she is already engaged. When the war is over, her father, fiance, and the officer all meet at her home, creating comic confusion, and changing affections.

Presents the text of the play, students' notes, historical background, a brief biography of Shakespeare, and a complete list of his plays.

Contains an introduction to the play, the text of the play, and suggestions for using the book in the classroom.

Discusses the theatrical context of the play, staging problems, critical interpretation, its structure and its sources--both in the literary and folktale traditions.

Presents a modernized text of Shakespeare's comedy of mixed-up identities and misplaced affections; and includes information on the history and critical response to the play, a list of characters, a textual analysis, and a reading list.

A presentation of England in Shakespeare's day describing the scene, the events, and the people, for a better understanding of what made Shakespeare the man he was.

Presents eight plays adapted from the Beatrix Potter stories of Jemima Puddle-Duck and Peter Rabbit, in which Jemima, Nutkin the squirrel, Jeremy Fisher, Mr Samuel Whiskers, Tom Kitten, Peter, Mr McGregor, Mrs Tittlemouse, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Benjamin Bunny, and the McGregors' white cat all have a part to play.

Arabic translation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. It dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake.