18 books like Plays

What to read after Plays — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Le Cid Pierre Corneille · 1636 · ★ 3.6 · 98p · ≈ 3h · Challenging CHIMÉNEElvire, m'as-tu fait un rapport bien sincère ?Ne déguises-tu rien de ce qu'a dit mon père ?ELVIRETous mes sens à moi-même en sont encore charmés :Il estime Rodrigue autant que vous l'aimez,Et si je ne m'abuse à lire dans son âme,Il vous commandera de répondre à sa flamme. Shares Théâtre, Continental european drama, Drama, History

Phoenician women Euripides · 1802 · ★ 3.7 · 229p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares Théâtre, Continental european drama, Drama, History with this book.

The Awful Secret

The Awful Secret Bernard Knight · 2006 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares History with this book.

The Lady of the Rivers

The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 · ★ 4.0 The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house­hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's… Shares History

Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A mysterious one-eyed stranger, a midnight meeting at a lonely spot on the Scottish border, the secret password "Panama", and a corpse This is the situation Hugh Moneylaws, a young law clerk finds himself facing. Who murdered the man he was sent to meet, and why? With the only two men who knew the purpose of the meeting dead, it would seem a puzzle that would never be solved. Yet to save himself… Shares History

Cyrano de Bergerac

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

Electra Sophocles · 1588 · ★ 3.7 · 83p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Electra is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Set in the city of Argos a few years after the Trojan War, it recounts the tale of Electra and the vengeance that she and her brother Orestes take on their mother Clytemnestra and step father Aegisthus for the murder of their father, Agamemnon. Shares Théâtre, Continental european drama, Drama, History

Euripide Euripides · 1884 · 594p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Shares Continental european drama, Drama with this book.

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

Phèdre Jean Racine · 1677 · ★ 3.7 · 89p · ≈ 2h · Challenging 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 Théâtre, Continental european drama, Drama

The Wolf Next Door Lydia Dare · 2010 · ★ 3.9 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Ever since their failed elopement years ago, Prisca Hawthorne has taunted, insulted, and in every way tried to push him away. If only her heart didn't break every time Lord William Westfield left her... Shares Romance & Relationships, History

Orestes Euripides · 1753 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Produced more frequently on the ancient stage than any other tragedy, Orestes retells with striking innovations the story of the young man who kills his mother to avenge her murder of his father. Though eventually exonerated, Orestes becomes a fugitive from the Furies (avenging spirits) of his mother's blood. On the brink of destruction, he is saved in the end by Apollo, who had commanded the… Shares Théâtre, Continental european drama, Drama

Thurber Carnival James Thurber · 1940 · ★ 4.2 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Moderate James Thurber's unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945, The Thurber Carnival captures the depth of his talent and the breadth of his wit. The stories compiled here, almost all of which first appeared in The New Yorker,… Shares Drama, History

R.U.R. and The insect play Karel Čapek · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 179p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "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

Иванов Антон Павлович Чехов · 1923 · ★ 3.8 · 103p · ≈ 3h · Moderate "In Ivanov, Anton Chekhov's first full-length play, Chekhov created a portrait of a man plagued with self-doubt and despair. Considered one of Chekhov's most elusive characters, he seeks more in life than the self-absorption and ennui he sees in his contemporaries. Tormented by falling out of love with his dying Jewish wife, Ivanov, on her death, proposes to the young daughter of a neighbor, but,… Shares Continental european drama, Drama, History

He, the one who gets slapped Леонид Николаевич Андреев · 1912 · ★ 3.5 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Moderate 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

Les tragiques Agrippa d' Aubigné · 1800 · 203p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Shares Continental european drama with this book.

King Henry VIII William Shakespeare · 1670 · ★ 3.5 · 136p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "This is the first fully annotated and comprehensive modern-spelling edition of King Henry VIII - known in its early performances as All is True - for over ten years. It makes full use of current scholarship on the dating, authorship, printing, and sources of the play, as well as critical interpretations, and includes an up-to-date survey of the play in performance. It is the first edition to… Shares Théâtre, Drama, History

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