12 buku mirip Raja Henry VIII
Henry IV, Bagian 1
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Tema bersama: Shakespeare, British and irish drama, English drama, Kings and rulers
Raja Lear
Lear decides to abdicate and split his kingdom between his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Cordelia refuses to flatter her father like her sisters and is banished. Goneril and Regan betray Lear who goes mad.
Tema bersama: Shakespeare, British and irish drama, Drama
Candida
The Reverend James Mavor Morell, a respectable socialist clergyman, spends his days giving lectures and sermons while his wife, Candida, sees to his comfortable London home. That home is disrupted by the arrival of the poet Eugene Marchbanks, who is in love with Candida and determined to rescue her from what he sees as an unromantic life. Shaw wrote Candida as a reaction to Henrik Ibsen’s social…
Tema bersama: British and irish drama, English drama, Drama
Cinta yang Sia-sia
King Ferdinand and his three friends, Biron, Longaville, and Dumain, plan to study philosophy for the next three years. During their academic pursuits, they must vow to sleep only three hours a night and not let any woman within a mile of court. These strict rules will prevent any distractions from their work—but their promises are soon put to the test when a princess and her three companions…
Tema bersama: Shakespeare, British and irish drama, English literature, Drama
Saingan
A comedy of manners revolving around false identities, romantic entanglements, and parental disapproval satirizes the pretentiousness and sentimentality of 18th-century society.
Tema bersama: British and irish drama, English, English drama, English literature
Raja Henry VI Bagian 2
King Henry VI by William Shakespeare
Tema bersama: Shakespeare, British and irish drama, Kings and rulers, Drama
Raja Richard II
"Richard is King. A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years"--Container.
Tema bersama: Théâtre, English drama, English literature, Drama
Senja dan Pagi
1 New York Times BestsellerAn Amazon Best Book of 2020 The thrilling and addictive prequel to The Pillars of the Earth--set in England at the dawn of a new era: the Middle Ages"Just as transporting as [The Pillars of the Earth] . . . A most welcome addition to the Kingsbridge series." --The Washington PostIt is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from…
Tema bersama: Great Britain, English literature
Kembali ke Methuselah
Five linked plays that expound Shaw's philosophy of creative evolution in an extended dramatic parable that progresses through time from the Garden of Edesn to AD 31,920. Cf Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Tema bersama: British and irish drama, English drama, English literature, Drama
Raja John
Complexities of power and loyalty in King John, a historical play by William Shakespeare. Set against the backdrop of England’s turbulent politics, this gripping narrative explores the reign of King John, who faces internal betrayal and external threats. As he grapples with his own legitimacy and the loyalty of his nobles, the play delves into themes of authority, identity, and human frailty.
Tema bersama: Shakespeare, English drama, Kings and rulers, Drama
Cinta yang Hilang
Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
Tema bersama: Shakespeare, British and irish drama, English drama, Drama
Dua Kerabat Bangsawan
When Theseus, Duke of Athens, learns that the ruler of Thebes has killed three noble kings he swears to take revenge. But after Athens triumphs over the rival city, Theseus is struck by the bravery of two Theban cousins and orders his surgeons to attend to them. Soon, the cousins' lifelong friendship is threatened, as both become overwhelmed with love for the duke's beautiful sister.
Tema bersama: British and irish drama, English drama, English literature, Drama