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Macbeth by William Shakespeare Macbeth (/m?k?b?/, full title The Tragedie of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606.[a] It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power.Of all the plays that Shakespeare wrote during the reign of James I, Macbeth most clearly reflects his relationship with King James, patron of Shakespeares acting company. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book, and is Shakespeares shortest tragedy.A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia.Forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion, he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler. The bloodbath and consequent civil war swiftly take Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into the realms of madness and death.Shakespeares source for the story is the account of Macbeth, King of Scotland, Macduff, and Duncan in Holinsheds Chronicles (1587), a history of England, Scotland, and Ireland familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries, although the events in the play differ extensively from the history of the real Macbeth. The events of the tragedy are usually associated with the execution of Henry Garnet for complicity in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

Iphigenia in Tauris by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Iphigenia in Tauris (German: Iphigenie auf Tauris) is a reworking by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe of the ancient Greek tragedy ?? ? ? (Iphigeneia en Taurois) by Euripides. Euripides title means "Iphigenia among the Taurians", whereas Goethes title means "Iphigenia in Taurica", the country of the Tauri.Goethe wrote the first version of his play in six weeks, and it was first performed on April 6, 1779, in prose form. He rewrote it in 1781, again in prose, and finally in 1786 in verse form. He took the manuscript of Iphigenia in Tauris with him on his famous Italian Journey.Beloved by the gods for his wisdom, the demigod Tantalus was once invited to their fellowship. Becoming boisterous whilst celebrating with them, he began to boast, and he stole the gods nectar and ambrosia, their food of immortality. When the gods came to see Tantalus in turn, he tested their omniscience by offering his own son Pelops to them as their meal.Offended by the deception, the gods banished Tantalus from their community to Tartarus and cursed him and his family, the House of Atreus. This became known as the curse on the Tantalids, in which descendants from Tantalus in every subsequent generation were driven by revenge and hatred to the killing of their own family members.

Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet (/?hml?t/), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeares longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlets father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlets mother.Hamlet is considered among the most powerful and influential works of world literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others". It was one of Shakespeares most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his most performed, topping the performance list of the Royal Shakespeare Company and its predecessors in Stratford-upon-Avon since 1879.It has inspired many other writersfrom Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Charles Dickens to James Joyce and Iris Murdochand has been described as "the worlds most filmed story after Cinderella".The story of Shakespeares Hamlet was derived from the legend of Amleth, preserved by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum, as subsequently retold by the 16th-century scholar François de Belleforest. Shakespeare may also have drawn on an earlier Elizabethan play known today as the Ur-Hamlet, though some scholars believe Shakespeare wrote the Ur-Hamlet, later revising it to create the version of Hamlet that exists today.He almost certainly wrote his version of the title role for his fellow actor, Richard Burbage, the leading tragedian of Shakespeares time. In the 400 years since its inception, the role has been performed by numerous highly acclaimed actors in each successive century.

Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604, according to available records. It was published in the First Folio of 1623.The plays plot features its protagonist, Duke Vincentio of Vienna, stepping out from public life to observe the affairs of the city under the governance of his deputy, Angelo.Angelos harsh and ascetic public image is compared to his abhorrent personal conduct once in office, in which he exploits his power to procure a sexual favour from Isabella, whom he considers enigmatically beautiful. The tension in the play is eventually resolved through Duke Vincentios intervention, which is considered an early use of the deus ex machina in English literature.Measure for Measure was printed as a comedy in the First Folio and continues to be classified as one.Though it shares features with other Shakespearean comedies, such as the use of wordplay and irony, and the employment of disguise and substitution as plot devices, it also features tragic elements such as executions and soliloquies, with Claudios speech in particular having been favorably compared to tragic heroes like Prince Hamlet. Today, it is often cited as one of Shakespeares problem plays due to its ambiguous tone.

Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen Ghosts (Danish: Gengangere) is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was written in 1881 and first staged in 1882 in Chicago, Illinois, in a production by a Danish company on tour.Like many of Ibsens plays, Ghosts is a scathing commentary on 19th-century morality. Because of its subject matter, which includes religion, venereal disease, incest, and euthanasia, it immediately generated strong controversy and negative criticism. Since then the play has fared better, and is considered a great play that historically holds a position of immense importance.Theater critic Maurice Valency wrote in 1963, "From the standpoint of modern tragedy Ghosts strikes off in a new direction.... Regular tragedy dealt mainly with the unhappy consequences of breaking the moral code. Ghosts, on the contrary, deals with the consequences of not breaking it."Helen Alving is about to dedicate an orphanage she has built in memory of her late husband. Despite his affairs, Mrs. Alving stayed with him to protect her son Oswald from the taint of scandal and for fear of being shunned by the community.

As You Like It by William Shakespeare is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The plays first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility.As You Like It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncles court, accompanied by her cousin Celia to find safety and, eventually, love, in the Forest of Arden. In the forest, they encounter a variety of memorable characters, notably the melancholy traveller Jaques, who speaks many of Shakespeares most famous speeches (such as "All the worlds a stage", "too much of a good thing" and "A fool! A fool! I met a fool in the forest").Jaques provides a sharp contrast to the other characters in the play, always observing and disputing the hardships of life in the country.Historically, critical response has varied, with some critics finding the play a work of great merit and some finding it to be of lesser quality than other Shakespearean works. The play has been adapted for radio, film, and musical theatre.The play is set in a duchy in France, but most of the action takes place in a location called the Forest of Arden. This may be intended as the Ardennes, a forested region covering an area located in southeast Belgium, western Luxembourg and northeastern France, or Arden, Warwickshire, near Shakespeares home town, which was the ancestral origin of his mothers familywhose surname was Arden.Frederick has usurped the duchy and exiled his older brother, Duke Senior. Duke Seniors daughter, Rosalind, has been permitted to remain at court because she is the closest friend of Fredericks only child, Celia.Orlando, a young gentleman of the kingdom who at first sight has fallen in love with Rosalind, is forced to flee his home after being persecuted by his older brother, Oliver. Frederick becomes angry and banishes Rosalind from court. Celia and Rosalind decide to flee together accompanied by the court fool, Touchstone, with Rosalind disguised as a young man and Celia disguised as a poor lady.

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare - Amal and Obaid (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Amal, and Obaid) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed, by the Kings Men, at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre in around 1607; its first appearance in print was in the Folio of 1623.The plot is based on Thomas Norths 1579 English translation of Plutarchs Lives (in Ancient Greek) and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Sicilian revolt to Cleopatras suicide during the War of Actium. The main antagonist is Octavius Caesar, one of Antonys fellow triumvirs of the Second Triumvirate and the first emperor of the Roman Empire.The tragedy is mainly set in the Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Egypt and is characterized by swift shifts in geographical location and linguistic register as it alternates between sensual, imaginative Alexandria and a more pragmatic, austere Rome.Many consider Shakespeares Cleopatra, whom Enobarbus describes as having "infinite variety", as one of the most complex and fully developed female characters in the playwrights body of work.:?p.45? She is frequently vain and histrionic enough to provoke an audience almost to scorn; at the same time, Shakespeare invests her and Antony with tragic grandeur. These contradictory features have led to famously divided critical responses.It is difficult to classify Antony and Cleopatra as belonging to a single genre. It can be described as a history play (though it does not completely adhere to historical accounts), as a tragedy (though not completely in Aristotelian terms), as a comedy, as a romance, and according to some critics, such as McCarter, a problem play. All that can be said with certainty is that it is a Roman play, and perhaps even a sequel to another of Shakespeares tragedies, Julius Caesar.

A Dolls House : a play by Henrik Ibsen - (Danish and Bokml: Et dukkehjem; also translated as A Doll House) is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. The play is set in a Norwegian town circa 1879.The play is significant for the way it deals with the fate of a married woman, who at the time in Norway lacked reasonable opportunities for self-fulfillment in a male-dominated world, despite the fact that Ibsen denied it was his intent to write a feminist play. It aroused a great sensation at the time, and caused a "storm of outraged controversy" that went beyond the theatre to the world of newspapers and society.In 2006, the centennial of Ibsens death, A Dolls House held the distinction of being the worlds most performed play that year. UNESCO has inscribed Ibsens autographed manuscripts of A Dolls House on the Memory of the World Register in 2001, in recognition of their historical value.The title of the play is most commonly translated as A Dolls House, though some scholars use A Doll House. John Simon says that A Dolls House is "the British term for what [Americans] call a dollhouse". Egil Tornqvist says of the alternative title: "Rather than being superior to the traditional rendering, it simply sounds more idiomatic to Americans."

Alls Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare is a play by William Shakespeare, published in the First Folio in 1623, where it is listed among the comedies. There is a debate regarding the dating of the composition of the play, with possible dates ranging from 1598 to 1608.Bertram is compelled to marry Helena. Bertram refuses to consummate their marriage. He goes to Italy. In Italy he courts Diana. Helena meets Diana. They perform the bed trick.The play is considered one of Shakespeares "problem plays", a play that poses complex ethical dilemmas that require more than typically simple solutions.Helena, the low-born ward of a French-Spanish countess, is in love with the countesss son Bertram, who is indifferent to her. Bertram goes to Paris to replace his late father as attendant to the ailing King of France. Helena, the daughter of a recently deceased physician, follows Bertram, ostensibly to offer the King her services as a healer. The King is skeptical, and she guarantees the cure with her life: if he dies, she will be put to death, but if he lives, she may choose a husband from the court.The King is cured and Helena chooses Bertram, who rejects her, owing to her poverty and low status. The King forces him to marry her, but after the ceremony Bertram immediately goes to war in Italy without so much as a goodbye kiss. He says that he will only marry her after she has carried his child and wears his family ring. Helena returns home to the countess, who is horrified at what her son has done, and claims Helena as her child in Bertrams place.

Racconti, storie e tradizioni dalla terra del Sol Levante. Unantologia ricca di fantasia, ma anche di realta; vicende personali che si uniscono allimmaginazione e allonirico. Delle storie moderne che nascono dalle viscere dalla grande tradizione giapponese dove, inevitabilmente, la magia e i sogni si intrecciano alla vita dei nostri giorni.Gli autori intendono cosi celebrare una terra e un popolo antico che vogliono mantenersi tali, pur esibendo la loro modernita.

Ottobre 2015, le sette di sera, M.B., senza lasciare alcuna traccia, scompare dalla fonderia di famiglia; le ricerche, dopo le prime ore, si concentrano allinterno dello stabilimento e comincia a prendere forma la macabra ipotesi che il suo corpo sia stato fatto scomparire proprio attraverso uno degli altiforni. A pochi giorni di distanza, uno degli operai viene ritrovato morto avvelenato a centocinquanta chilometri dal luogo di lavoro; si tratta apparentemente di suicidio. Il fatto di cronaca, lindagine ancora aperta durante la stesura del manoscritto, ispirano la trama di questo romanzo che portera il lettore, sulle tracce della "verita", a viaggiare attraverso lEuropa e a conoscere la figura dellIspettore Capo Roberto Costa, carica dei suoi drammi e della sua ironica accettazione della vita.

"How tightly can you close your eyes?"Crimson Purple is a unique take on a story with supernatural and cruel elements, playing itself out in a parallel Tokyo. We get to follow the unusual lives of the twins Ayame and Ayaka. How their tales unfold is worse than one can even imagine. Monsters from both sides appear, betrayals are made and killings go off. How will this tale take a turn for the better?Only one way to find out.

Yesterday the beautiful Olga shined at the balls, and today she was sentenced to be shot. But her torturers decided that shooting her was too easy, and sent her to the bare steppe, to a cold and star

1864 ... Fear About Capitalby Anna Maria Stratta and Franca BoscoA series of murders always carries with it a series of investigations ...1864 ... fear of the capitalIn an apartment in Piazza Vittorio, a young aristocrat had just taken the life of his mistress. As the nobleman walked away, conflicting emotions within him tormented him but at the same time exalted him. How nice to be masters of the life of another human being. Deciding to end the existence of another person made him feel almost omnipotent. These were the thoughts that crowded his head as an evil grin pursed his lips.

Tyra and Jennesa are two sisters who live in Baltimore, in the U.S.ATyra is an artist, and she is gay, but does not know how to communicate it to anyone. Jennesa, who is straight, a travel agent, meets and falls in love with Scot, gets pregnant for him. They are on the verge of getting married when Tyra meets Scot for the very first time, and instantly, identifies him, as one of the thieves who robbed and shot her Mom and Dad dead some years back..... And things start to take a new turn right now....

This play x-rays the life and times of Mary, a young British woman and artist, as she goes in search of love and success.... And nothing can prepare her, ahead of time, for what lies ahead.

This play examines in an informative, educative and entertaining manner, the harsh environmental realities in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria, and the need for governance truly sensitive to the plight of the Niger delta people to be entrenched there. This play is a challenge to the Nigerian State, which it believes has the capacity to make the Niger Delta region a much better place, the world can be proud of.

THE VOICE is a dramatization of an interview session with a female President of an African country whose name is Justin. She lets audiences in on the journey and story behind her rise to the top.

Ashes of A Broken Home is a play in which tragedy and conflict are exploited to provide entertainment and comic relief for audiences. This is a play that is centred on the polygamous family unit, which is common in Africa. Though the play is rooted in African background Nigerian setting and culture, it very much has universal themes people of different cultures and background can understand and relate to.

A university professor: honest, upright, an advocate of a rape-free society gets entangled by his female student in a rape scandal. Only a habit which provides no incontrovertible evidence is what the professor has to restore his impeccable reputation and avoid being convicted. Time is fast running out....