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Amor por Amor
Valentine, Sir Sampson's dissolute eldest son, finds himself at a standstill; the only way out of his financial difficulties is to give in to his father's pressure to renounce his right of inheritance. While this suggestion immediately increases the chances of his bluff younger brother Ben on the marriage mart, Valentine's own chances with his beloved Angelica would proportionally decrease. To…
Temas em comum: Texts, Drama
Macbeth
The play concerns a trusted general who secretly lusts for power. Encouraged by the prophecies of three witches and urged on by his ambitious wife Macbeth commits regicide. Left fearful and superstitious by this desperate act he is driven to a spiralling course of murder and outrage, almost inevitably culminating in his own death. One of Shakespeare’s most popular tragedies, Macbeth is ostensibly…
Temas em comum: Texts, Drama
Idílios do Rei
Idylls of the King, published between 1859 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) which retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, their court at Camelot and the quest for the Holy Grail, Arthurs love for Queen Guinevere and her tragic betrayal of him with Lancelot, and the rise and fall of Arthurs kingdom.
Temas em comum: Texts, Drama
Godofredo de Bulhão
translated into English Spenserian verse from the Italian of Tasso : together with a life of the author, interspersed with translations of his verses to the Princess Leonora of Este, and a list of English crusaders
Temas em comum: Texts, Early works to 1800
Tudo por Amor; ou, O Mundo Bem Perdido
Written in 1677, Dryden's heroic drama 'All For Love, or, The World Well Lost' is his best-known and most performed play. It is a tragedy written in blank verse and is an attempt on Dryden's part to reinvigorate serious drama. It is an acknowledged imitation of Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra', and focuses on the last hours of the lives of its hero and heroine.
Temas em comum: Early works to 1800, Drama