World Drama, Volume 1

    World Drama, Volume 1

    26 Unabridged Plays

    Edited by Barrett H. Clark

    $29.95

    Publication Date: 31st January 2013

    This anthology was designed not only for the serious student of world literature and the drama, but for everyone interested in the stage. It is an unusual collection, containing many great plays which are not ordinarily to be found in anthologies, and several which are not currently to be found in print in English in any edition. Virtually every great dramatic tradition is represented — Greek, Roman, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Medieval, as well as such national traditions of Europe as Italian, Spanish, English, French, German, Danish, Russian, and Norwegian.
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    This anthology was designed not only for the serious student of world literature and the drama, but for everyone interested in the stage. It is an unusual collection, containing many great plays which are not ordinarily to be found in anthologies, and several which are not currently to be found in print in English in any edition. Virtually every great dramatic tradition is represented — Greek, Roman, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Medieval, as well as such national traditions of Europe as Italian, Spanish, English, French, German, Danish, Russian, and Norwegian.
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    This anthology was designed not only for the serious student of world literature and the drama, but for everyone interested in the stage. It is an unusual collection, containing many great plays which are not ordinarily to be found in anthologies, and several which are not currently to be found in print in English in any edition. Virtually every great dramatic tradition is represented — Greek, Roman, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Medieval, as well as such national traditions of Europe as Italian, Spanish, English, French, German, Danish, Russian, and Norwegian.
    This volume includes: Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Antigone; Euripides: Alcestis; Aristophanes: The Clouds; Plautus: The Captives; Terence: Phormio; Seneca: Medea; Kálidása: Śakoontalá; The Oriental plays: The Chalk Circle, Abstractions, Nakamitsu, and Fair Ladies at the Game of Poem-Cards; anonymous Medieval plays: Adam, The Wise Virgins and the Foolish Virgins, The Second Shepherd's Play, The Farce of the Worthy Master Pierre Patelin, Everyman, and St. George; Sachs: The Wandering Scholar from Paradise; Marlowe: The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus; Johnson: Every Man in His Humour; Heywood: A Woman Killed with Kindness; Beaumont and Fletcher: The Maid's Tragedy; Farquhar: The Beaux-Stratagem; Goldsmith: She Stoops to Conquer; Sheridan: School for Scandal. 26 plays in total.
    Details
    • Price: $29.95
    • Pages: 670
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Publication Date: 31st January 2013
    • Trim Size: 5.37 x 8 in
    • ISBN: 9780486143118
    • Format: eBook
    • BISACs:
      PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism
      DRAMA / Ancient & Classical
    Table of Contents
    Ancient Greece (468-423 b.c.)
    Prometheus Bound Aeschylus
    Antigone Sophocles
    Alcestis Euripides
    The Clouds Aristophanes
    Ancient Rome (200 b.c.-1st Century a.d.)
    The Captives Plautus
    Phormio Terence
    Medea Seneca
    Ancient India (5th Century?)
    Sakoontala Kalidasa
    China (13th or 14th Century?)
    The Chalk Circle Anonymous
    Japan (14th-18th Centuries)
    Abstraction Anonymous
    Nakamitsu Seami
    Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem-Cards Chikamatsu Monzaemon
    Medieval Europe (12th-16th Centuries)
    Adam Anonymous
    The Wise Virgins and the Foolish Virgins Anonymous
    The Second Shepherds' Play Anonymous
    The Farce of the Worthy Master Pierre Patelin Anonymous
    Everyman Anonymous
    The Wandering Scholar from Paradise Hans Sachs
    England (13th Century?-1777)
    The Play of St. George Anonymous
    The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus Christopher Marlowe
    Every Man in His Humour Ben Jonson
    A Woman Killed with Kindness Thomas Heywood
    The Maid's Tragedy Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
    The Beaux-Stratagem George Farquhar
    She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith
    The School for Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan
    This anthology was designed not only for the serious student of world literature and the drama, but for everyone interested in the stage. It is an unusual collection, containing many great plays which are not ordinarily to be found in anthologies, and several which are not currently to be found in print in English in any edition. Virtually every great dramatic tradition is represented — Greek, Roman, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Medieval, as well as such national traditions of Europe as Italian, Spanish, English, French, German, Danish, Russian, and Norwegian.
    This volume includes: Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Antigone; Euripides: Alcestis; Aristophanes: The Clouds; Plautus: The Captives; Terence: Phormio; Seneca: Medea; Kálidása: Śakoontalá; The Oriental plays: The Chalk Circle, Abstractions, Nakamitsu, and Fair Ladies at the Game of Poem-Cards; anonymous Medieval plays: Adam, The Wise Virgins and the Foolish Virgins, The Second Shepherd's Play, The Farce of the Worthy Master Pierre Patelin, Everyman, and St. George; Sachs: The Wandering Scholar from Paradise; Marlowe: The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus; Johnson: Every Man in His Humour; Heywood: A Woman Killed with Kindness; Beaumont and Fletcher: The Maid's Tragedy; Farquhar: The Beaux-Stratagem; Goldsmith: She Stoops to Conquer; Sheridan: School for Scandal. 26 plays in total.
    • Price: $29.95
    • Pages: 670
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Publication Date: 31st January 2013
    • Trim Size: 5.37 x 8 in
    • ISBN: 9780486143118
    • Format: eBook
    • BISACs:
      PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism
      DRAMA / Ancient & Classical
    Ancient Greece (468-423 b.c.)
    Prometheus Bound Aeschylus
    Antigone Sophocles
    Alcestis Euripides
    The Clouds Aristophanes
    Ancient Rome (200 b.c.-1st Century a.d.)
    The Captives Plautus
    Phormio Terence
    Medea Seneca
    Ancient India (5th Century?)
    Sakoontala Kalidasa
    China (13th or 14th Century?)
    The Chalk Circle Anonymous
    Japan (14th-18th Centuries)
    Abstraction Anonymous
    Nakamitsu Seami
    Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem-Cards Chikamatsu Monzaemon
    Medieval Europe (12th-16th Centuries)
    Adam Anonymous
    The Wise Virgins and the Foolish Virgins Anonymous
    The Second Shepherds' Play Anonymous
    The Farce of the Worthy Master Pierre Patelin Anonymous
    Everyman Anonymous
    The Wandering Scholar from Paradise Hans Sachs
    England (13th Century?-1777)
    The Play of St. George Anonymous
    The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus Christopher Marlowe
    Every Man in His Humour Ben Jonson
    A Woman Killed with Kindness Thomas Heywood
    The Maid's Tragedy Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
    The Beaux-Stratagem George Farquhar
    She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith
    The School for Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan