One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time.The three plays of the Oresteia portray the bloody events that follow the victorious return of King Agamemnon from the Trojan War, at the... Read more

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"The woman in white first appears at night on a lonely heath near London and is next seen at a grave-side in Cumberland. Who is she? Where has she come from, and what is her history? She seems alone and friendless, frightened and confused. And it seems she knows a secret - a secret that cou... Read more

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Widely acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written on race and class divisions in America, this powerful novel reflects the forces of poverty, injustice, and hopelessness that continue to shape out society. ... Read more

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In its towering central characters, vast geographical and historical sweep, and its variety of style and mood, 'Anthony and Cleopatra' is perhaps the most ambitious of Shakespear's designs. Yet the degree and nature of its success remain surprisingly contentious, and performances of the play have se... Read more

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Produced more frequently on the ancient stage than any other tragedy, Orestes retells with striking innovations the story of the young man who kills his mother to avenge her murder of his father. Though eventually exonerated, Orestes becomes a fugitive from the Furies (avenging spirits) of his mothe... Read more

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Charlotte Bront?'s first novel, published in 1847, was based in part on the author's own days in a brutal boarding school where two of her sisters died of tuberculosis; her characterization of the place in her first published work was an act of revenge. The novel's heroine is a plain, impoverished, ... Read more

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Philoctetes, the bowman, is Sophocles' most haunting and ambiguous tragic hero. Does his pain represent the pain to which the world subjects all creative people? How can he keep his simplicity and idealism in a world populated by liars and political opportunists? These age-old existential questions ... Read more

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Where is the East End? It's where the sun comes up, and where you bury the dead. It's where George Walker set six of his plays. It's the Lower East Side of New York; down by the East River and East L.A. It's where Walker's settings have "come home." Walker continues his explorations of cha... Read more

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In a funny, poignant, and real portrait of contemporary Dublin and Dubliners today, a young man in his 20s, a man in his late 30s, and a senior citizen talk about their lives in the Irish city, reflecting the different pressures and interests of their generation. Features the original cast of Jim N... Read more

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A collection of sketches and skits based on classic folktales of absurd behavior, such as those about the Merry Men of Gotham and the "Wise" Men of Chelm. ... Read more

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