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Hernani Victor Hugo · 1830 · ★ 3.4 · 110p · ≈ 3h · Challenging L'auteur de ce drame ecrivait il y a peu de semaines a propos d'un poete mort avant l'age: «...Dans ce moment de melee et de tourmente litteraire, qui faut-il plaindre, ceux qui meurent ou ceux qui combattent? Sans doute, il est triste de voir un poete de vingt ans qui s'en va, une lyre qui se brise, un avenir qui s'evanouit; mais n'est-ce pas quelque chose aussi que le repos? N'est-il pas… Shares: French drama, Continental european drama, Love, Drama

Ruy Blas Victor Hugo · 1838 · ★ 3.6 · 179p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Trois especes de spectateurs composent ce qu'on est convenu d'appeler le public : premierement, les femmes ; deuxiemement, les penseurs ; troisiemement, la foule proprement dite. Ce que la foule demande presque exclusivement a l'oeuvre dramatique, c'est de l'action ; ce que les femmes y veulent avant tout, c'est de la passion ; ce qu'y cherchent plus specialement les penseurs, ce sont des… Shares: French drama, French language, Drama

Le Cid Pierre Corneille · 1636 · ★ 3.6 · 98p · ≈ 3h · Demanding Pierre Corneille's tragicomedy Le Cid is based on the legend of the same name. It tells the story of Rodrigue and Chimene, whose fathers' feud violently interrupts their love. Though they never disavow their love for one another, revenge is deemed more important to each. Corneille's play sparked much dispute about dramatic method. Shares: French drama, French language, Continental european drama, Drama

Le barbier de Séville Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais · 1776 · ★ 3.7 · 115p · ≈ 3h · Demanding Un vieux bourgeois enferme dans sa maison une ingénue qu’il entend épouser. Un amoureux, avec l’aide de son rusé serviteur, soustrait la jeune fille à ce mariage forcé – et l’épouse lui-même.C’est un thème de comédie d’intrigue qui ne semble guère neuf. Et pourtant, en 1775, Beaumarchais, dans Le Barbier de Séville, en donne une illustration sautillante, virevoltante, qui suit le rythme de la… Shares: French drama, Continental european drama

Axël Auguste comte de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam · 1838 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Challenging 10 Oeuvres de Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam Ce livre numérique présente une collection des oeuvres majeures de Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam éditées en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différentes oeuvres. Liste des oeuvres: 1862 - Isis 1866 - Poèmes parus dans le Parnasse contemporain 1883 - Contes cruels 1886 - Akëdysséril 1886 -… Shares: French drama, Continental european drama

Phèdre Jean Racine · 1677 · ★ 3.7 · 89p · ≈ 2h · Demanding Phèdre est un tourbillon de folie amoureuse et de sang. Des divinités invisibles égarent les héros de Racine, les jetant dans la fureur... Héritière d'une lignée maudite, Phèdre devrait aimer le prince Thésée, son mari. Elle brûle au contraire pour son beau-fils Hippolyte, d'une fièvre qui la ronge, la conduit au délire et au crime. Plongée dans " l'inimaginable enfer " de la jalousie, elle… Shares: French drama, Continental european drama, Drama

Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand · 1821 · ★ 4.1 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Cyrano de Bergerac, verse drama in five acts by Edmond Rostand, performed in 1897 and published the following year. It was based only nominally on the 17th-century nobleman of the same name, known for his bold adventures and large nose. Set in 17th-century Paris, the action revolves around the emotional problems of the noble, swashbuckling Cyrano, who, despite his many gifts, feels that no woman… Shares: French drama, French language, Drama

Tartuffe Molière · 1707 · ★ 3.8 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Demanding 1 online resource Shares: French drama, French language, Drama

Le Balcon Jean Genet · 1956 · ★ 3.8 · 114p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The setting of Jean Genet's celebrated play is a brothel that caters to refined sensibilities and peculiar tastes. Here men from all walks of life don the garb of their fantasies and act them out: a man from the gas company wears the robe and mitre of a bishop; another customer becomes a flagellant judge, and still another a victorious general, while a bank clerk defiles the Virgin mary. These… Shares: French drama, Continental european drama, Drama

Euripide Euripides · 1884 · 594p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Ten tragedies by one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, namely Hecuba, Orestes, The Phœnician Virgins, Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, The Bacchæ, The Heraclidæ, Iphigenia in Aulis, and Iphigenia in Tauris. Shares: Continental european drama, Drama

The complete plays of Sophocles Sophocles · 1967 · 261p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Oedipus the King - Antigone - Electra - AjaxTrachinian Women - Philoctetes - Oedipus at ColonusThe greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles wrote over 120 plays, surpassing his older contemporary Aeschylus and the younger Euripides in literary output as well as in the number of prizes awarded his works. Only the seven plays in this volume have survived intact. From… Shares: Continental european drama, Drama

R.U.R. and The insect play Karel Čapek · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 179p · ≈ 5h · Challenging "In 1920 Čapek wrote what was to become his most famous work, the play 'R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)', a meditation on the themes of humanity and subjugation that introduced the 'robot'. He was prolific throughout the 1920s, his plays addressing a range of subjects, although best remembered as a writer of early science fiction. Čapek also dealt with contemporary moral and political issues,… Shares: Continental european drama, Drama

Ounce Of Faith And Inspiration Kayisha Thomas · 2016 · 169p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Ounce Of Faith And Inspiration - Black And White Edition is a book that will change your life for the better, multiply your faith and be a great source of inspiration for years after you initially read it. It will inject positivity, joy and wisdom into your life with teaspoons of faith and inspiration; whether you decide to read it as daily devotionals, or page after page. The prayer, challenge,… Shares: Faith, Love

Enten-eller Søren Kierkegaard · 1843 · ★ 4.2 · 379p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Con questo volume si completa la nostra edizione di «Enten-Eller», a cura di Alessandro Cortese, la prima integrale che sia apparsa in Italia. In questa parte, che contiene «L’equilibrio fra l’estetico e l’etico nell’elaborazione della personalità», si vedranno tutti i temi dell’opera, e innanzitutto quello del contrasto fra estetico ed etico, riorchestrati e rielaborati in una nuova prospettiva,… Shares: Faith, Love

He, the one who gets slapped Леонид Николаевич Андреев · 1912 · ★ 3.5 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Paul Beaumont is a scientist who labored for years alone to prove his radical theories on the origin of mankind. Baron Regnard becomes his patron, enabling him to do research while living in his mansion. One day, Beaumont announces to his beloved wife Marie and the baron that he has proved all his theories and is ready to present them before the Academy of the Sciences. He leaves the arrangements… Shares: Continental european drama, Drama

Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand · 1897 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A Representation at the Hotel de Bourgogne. The hall of the Hotel de Bourgogne, in 1640. A sort of tennis-court arranged and decorated for a theatrical performance. The hall is oblong and seen obliquely, so that one of its sides forms the back of the right foreground, and meeting the left background makes an angle with the stage, which is partly visible. On both sides of the stage are benches.… Shares: Drama

Wilhelm Tell Friedrich Schiller · 1800 · ★ 3.2 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "When Schiller completed Wilhelm Tell as a 'New Year's Gift for 1805' he foretold that it would cause a stir. He was right. In the midst of Great Power politics a play that drew substance from one of the fourteenth-century liberation movements proved both attractive and inflammatory. Since then the work has become immensely popular. This new English translation by William F. Mainland brings out… Shares: Continental european drama, Drama

Plays August Strindberg · 1906 · 180p · ≈ 6h · Challenging For contents, see Author Catalog. Shares: Continental european drama, Drama

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