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Plays (37) William Shakespeare · 1768 · ★ 4.0 · 828p · ≈ 27h · Demanding Shares: English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Performing Arts, Shipwrecks Shares: English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Performing Arts, Shipwrecks

Cover of Works (38 plays, 5 poems, sonnets)

Works (38 plays, 5 poems, sonnets) William Shakespeare · 1838 · 1353p · ≈ 45h · Demanding Shares: English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Performing Arts, Shipwrecks Shares: English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Performing Arts, Shipwrecks

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Works (46) William Shakespeare · 1905 · 3419p · ≈ 113h · Challenging Shares: English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Performing Arts, Shipwrecks Shares: English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Performing Arts, Shipwrecks

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Plays (36) William Shakespeare · 1623 · ★ 3.6 · 928p · ≈ 30h · Demanding Shares: English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Performing Arts, Shipwrecks

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The Tempest William Shakespeare · 1611 · ★ 3.8 · 518p · ≈ 17h · Demanding The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skilful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure his… Shares: English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Performing Arts, Survival after airplane accidents

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Pericles William Shakespeare · 1609 · ★ 3.5 · 87p · ≈ 2h · Demanding This book includes a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a seperate introduction to Pericles, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary. Shares: Tragicomedy, Princes, English drama, Drama

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Cymbeline William Shakespeare · 1734 · ★ 3.6 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Demanding Cymbeline, King of Britain is one of the best-known works of William Shakespeare. It is a romantic play interwoven with war and tragedy. It revolves around Cymbeline and his daughter, Imogen. Imogen does not abide by her father's wishes and marries a lowborn gentleman, Posthumous. After their marriage, Posthumous is banished from Britain, and Imogen is held as a prisoner in the palace. As the… Shares: Tragicomedy, English drama, Kings and rulers, Drama

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Henry VI, Part 1 William Shakespeare · 1735 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Demanding King Henry V has suddenly died, and the kingdom is in chaos. In England, noblemen are fighting amongst themselves. Loyalties are divided into two factions: the White Roses (York) and the Red Roses (Lancaster). The Duke of Gloucester, Henry VI’s Protector, is accused by Cardinal Beaufort of seizing the throne for himself. Meanwhile in France, the Dauphin Charles has been crowned the new king.… Shares: Historical drama, Drama

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Henry IV, Part 2 William Shakespeare · 1600 · ★ 3.8 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Demanding Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Summer festival, June 27th to September 10th, 1932. "The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, containing his death, and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth," by William Shakespeare. The prologue will be spoken by Eugene Wellesley and the epilogue by Hilda Coxhead. Shares: Historical drama, English drama, Kings and rulers, Drama

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The tragedies of Sophocles Sophocles · 1729 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Demanding Preface signed: Theodore Alois Buckley. Shares: Tragedy, Drama

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Sophokles Sophocles · 1851 · 479p · ≈ 15h · Challenging This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone• Oedipus King of Thebes• The Seven Plays in English Verse• Antigone• Aias• King Oedipus• Electra• The Trachinian Maidens• Philoctetes• Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles,… Shares: Tragedy, Drama

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Philaster, or, Love lies a bleeding Francis Beaumont · 1634 · 68p · ≈ 2h · Demanding This book is perfectly adapted and layout for a pleasant reading on a tablet, smartphone or computer. To improve your reading experience, this digital version has been edited and formatted according to the requirements of this platform. Shares: Performing Arts, English drama, Drama

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Schweizerische Robinson Johann David Wyss · 1828 · ★ 3.3 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Challenging A Swiss family is shipwrecked on a tropical island, and must survive with what they can salvage from their ship, as well as the natural bounty of the island. The father leads his four sons on a series of adventures that teach important lessons in moral values, husbandry and natural history. Shares: Shipwrecks, Survival after airplane accidents, Classics

Cover of Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]

Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets] William Shakespeare · 1730 · ★ 3.5 · 2364p · ≈ 78h · Demanding Shares: Performing Arts, English drama, Classics, Drama Shares: Performing Arts, English drama, Classics, Drama

Cover of King Henry VI. Part 2

King Henry VI. Part 2 William Shakespeare · 1600 · ★ 3.6 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Demanding King Henry VI by William Shakespeare Shares: Historical drama, Kings and rulers, Drama

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The Admirable Crichton J. M. Barrie · 1900 · ★ 3.7 · 86p · ≈ 2h · Challenging The story of the play concerns an aristocratic English family who revert to the state of Nature when shipwrecked on a desert island. While there, they are willing slaves to their former butler, but on return to civilization, the positions are shifted. Shares: Shipwrecks, English drama, Drama

Cover of Works [37 plays, 4 poems, sonnets]

Works [37 plays, 4 poems, sonnets] William Shakespeare · 1797 · 968p · ≈ 32h · Demanding Shares: Performing Arts, English drama, Classics, Drama Shares: Performing Arts, English drama, Classics, Drama

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Salomé Oscar Wilde · 1893 · ★ 3.7 · 65p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Salome is a tragedy by Oscar Wilde. The original 1891 version of the play was in French. Three years later an English translation was published. The play tells in one act the Biblical story of Salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, who, to her stepfather's dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias, requests the head of Jokanaan (John the Baptist) on a silver platter as a… Shares: Performing Arts, English drama, Drama

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