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Rivals

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Rivals

The play is set in Bath in the 18th century, a town legendary for conspicuous consumption and fashion at the time. Wealthy, fashionable people went there to «take the waters», which were believed to have healing...

3 hours 3 minutes

Cymbeline

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445

William Shakespeare - Cymbeline

Cymbeline is one of Shakespeare's late romances, which (like The Tempest and The Winter's Tale) combines comedy and tragedy. Imogen, the daughter of King Cymbeline of Britain, angers her father when she marries...

3 hours 27 minutes

Henry VIII

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489

William Shakespeare - Henry VIII

This is Shakespeare's dutiful trubute to one of the most imposing and terrifying rulers in European history. The kingdom trembles as the giant monarch storms through his midlife crisis, disposing of the faithful...

2 hours 56 minutes

Mrs. Warren's Profession

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483

George Bernard Shaw - Mrs. Warren's Profession

The story centers on the relationship between Mrs Kitty Warren, a rich woman, described by the author as «on the whole, a genial and fairly presentable old blackguard of a woman» and her daughter, Vivie. Mrs Warren is...

2 hours 16 minutes

Ghosts

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482

Henrik Ibsen - Ghosts

Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts was first published in 1881 and staged in 1882, and like his earlier play A Doll's House, profoundly shocked his contemporaries. Dubbed «a dirty deed done in public» by one of its critics, the...

2 hours 10 minutes

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Henry V

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William Shakespeare - Henry V

After the turmoil and uncertainty of Henry IV a new era appears to dawn for England with the accession of the eponymous Henry V. In this sunny pageant Chorus guides us along Henry's glittering carpet ride of success...

3 hours 2 minutes

Mary Stuart

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485

Friedrich Schiller - Mary Stuart

Schiller's tragedy depicts the final days of Mary, Queen of Scots, who has been imprisoned by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, because of her potential claim on the English throne. The action of the play revolves...

4 hours 1 minute

Oedipus at Colonus (Storr Translation)

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452

Sophocles - Oedipus at Colonus (Storr Translation)

This is the second installment in Sophocles's Theban Plays that chronicles the tragic fates of Oedipus and his family. After fulfilling the prophecy that predicted he would kill his father and marry his mother,...

1 hour 36 minutes

Henry VI, Part 3

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451

William Shakespeare - Henry VI, Part 3

Henry VI, Part 3 or The Third Part of Henry the Sixt (often written as 3 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of...

2 hours 59 minutes Henry VI

Henry VI, Part 2

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457

William Shakespeare - Henry VI, Part 2

Henry VI, Part 2 or The Second Part of Henry the Sixth (often written as 2 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of...

3 hours 10 minutes Henry VI

Henry VI, Part 1

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William Shakespeare - Henry VI, Part 1

Henry VI, Part 1 or The First Part of Henry the Sixth (often written as 1 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of...

2 hours 39 minutes Henry VI

Three Sisters

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486

Anton Chekhov - Three Sisters

Three Sisters is a naturalistic play about the decay of the privileged class in Russia and the search for meaning in the modern world. It describes the lives and aspirations of the Prozorov family, the three sisters...

2 hours 21 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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