Scenes from Classic Plays
468 B.C. to 1970 A.D. (Scene Study Series)
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Table of Contents: 1. Prometheus Bound Aeschylus, 468 B.C. 2. Antigone Sophocles, 442 B.C. 3. Oedipus Rex Sophocles, 427 B.C. 4. The Clouds Aristophanes, 423 B.C. 5. Lysistrata Aristophanes, 412 B.C. 6. Miles Gloriosus Plautus, 205 B.C. 7. Pseudolus Plautus, 191 B.C. 8. Medea Seneca, 1st Century A.D. 9. Adam Anonymous, 12th Century 10. The Farce Of The Worthy Master Pierre Patelin Anonymous, 1469 11. The Summoning Of Everyman, Anonymous, 1500 12. The Tragical History Of Dr. Faustus Christopher Marlowe, 1588-89 13. The Taming Of The Shrew William Shakespeare 1593 14. The Shoemaker's Holiday Thomas Dekker, 1600 15. A Woman Killed With Kindness Thomas Heywood, 1603 16. The Tragedy Of Othello, The Moor Of Venice William Shakespeare, 1604 17. The Malcontent John Marston, 1604 18. The Revenger's Tragedy Cyril Tourneur, 1607 19. The Maid's Tragedy Beaumont and Fletcher, 1609 20. The Alchemist Ben Jonson, 1610 21. The Duchess Of Malfi John Webster, 1613 22. The Changeling Thomas Middleton & William Rowley, 1621 or 22 23. 'Tis Pity She's A Whore John Ford, 1633 24. The Constant Prince Pedro Calderon de la Barca, 1635 25. The Cid Pierre Corneille, 1636 26. The King, The Greatest Alcalde Lope Felix de Vega Carpio, 1636 27. The Learned Ladies Moliere, 1660 28. The Misanthrope Moliere, 1666 29. Berenice Jean Racine, 1670 30. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Moliere, 1670 31. The Country Wife William Wycherley, 1673 32. Phaedra Jean Racine, 1677 33. The Beaux-Strategem George Farquhar, 1707 34. Sara Gotthold Lessing, 1755 35. Minna Von Barnhelm Gotthold Lessing, 1767 36. She Stoops To Conquer Oliver Goldsmith, 1773 37. The Barber Of Seville Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, 1775 38. The School For Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1777 39. Saul Vittono Alfieri, 1784 40. Egmont Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 1786 41. Hernani Victor Hugo, 1830 42. A Family Affair Alexander Ostrovsky, 1850 43. The Demi-Monde Alexandre Dumas Fils, 1855 44. The Thunderstorm Alexander Ostrovsky, 1860 45. Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen, 1868 46. Ghosts Henrik Ibsen, 1881(2) 47. The Power Of Darkness Leo Tolstoy, 1886 48. Lady Windermere's Fan Oscar Wilde, 1891(2) 49. Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov, 1899 50. The Importance Of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde, 1899 51. Mrs. Warren's Profession George Bernard Shaw, 1902 52. The Playboy Of The Western World John Millington Synge, 1907 53. Thunder In The Air August Strindberg, 1907 54. Wild Honey Anton Chekhov, 1920 55. The Player Queen William Butler Yeats, 1922 56. The Adding Machine Elmer Rice, 1923 57. Desire Under The Elms Eugene O'Neill, 1924 58. Waiting For Lefty Clifford Odets, 1935 59. Mother Courage And Her Children Bertolt Brecht, 1939 60. Blithe Spirit Noel Coward, 1941 61. The Skin Of Our Teeth Thornton Wilder, 1942 62. Home Of The Brave Arthur Laurents, 1946 63. Waiting For Godot Samuel Beckett, 1952 64. The Visit Friedrich Durrenmatt, 1956 65. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee, 1962 66. Small Craft Warnings Tennessee Williams, 1970
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The editor has mined the rich world of classic drama for this selection of 68 audition pieces, representing 66 playwrights ranging from Sophocles and Aristophanes to Shakespeare, Moliere, Ibsen, Albee, and Tennessee Williams. There are scenes...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
