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Benedict Arnold

a drama of the American Revolution in five acts
2005
A play about American Revolutionary general Benedict Arnold's bravery in battle and his historic act of treason.

Cyrano de Bergerac

a heroic comedy in five acts
1975

When the rattlesnake sounds

a play
1975
Active in the abolitionist movement and the underground railroad, Harriet Tubman discusses freedom and slavery with her co-workers.

A birthday for General Washington

a play
1976
Dramatizes the events at George Washington's Valley Forge headquarters on his birthday in 1778.

A Man for all seasons

a play in two acts
1990
A play based on the historical relationship between Henry VIII and Thomas More whom he appointed Bishop of Canterbury.

The importance of being earnest and other plays

2005
Contains three plays by nineteenth-century Irish author Oscar Wilde, featuring the title work about a man who, as a child, was absent-mindedly placed in a handbag and left at the railroad station.

The life of King Henry the Eighth

2001
Presents Shakespeare's history play about Henry VIII, which dramatizes the king's political struggles with Cardinal Wolsey and his controversial marriage to Anne Boleyn. Also includes a scholarly introduction, an essay on Shakespeare's theatrical world, and explanatory notes.

Doctor Faustus

2001
Presents the script of the sixteenth-century drama about a scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power; and includes an introduction, a history of the play on stage, and a bibliography.

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