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Exiles
James Joyce
An unmarried couple in early twentieth-century Dublin struggle with the consequences of their respective infidelities.
The Well of the Saints
J. M. Synge
The lives of two blind beggars change when a holy man comes to their rural Irish village promising to miraculously restore their sight.
June Moon
Ring Lardner
A lyricist moves to New York City aspiring to make it big on Tin Pan Alley.
The Hairy Ape
Eugene O’Neill
An expressionist play following a brutish stoker’s dehumanization as he descends from being a leader of his fellow workers to a literal ape.
Short Plays
J. M. Synge
A collection of three short plays by J. M. Synge.
The Unicorn from the Stars
Lady Gregory
A young man’s visions disrupt the peace of his community.
The Power of Darkness
Leo Tolstoy
Two Russian peasants tragically succumb to selfish, immoral temptations.
The Mule-Bone
Langston Hughes
A guitarist and a dancer compete for the same woman’s affection.
A Doll’s House
Henrik Ibsen
In 1870s Norway, a woman struggles to be herself within the confines of marriage and society.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
William Shakespeare
Sir John Falstaff runs astray of the denizens of Windsor by trying to seduce several local wives at once.
The Alchemist
Ben Jonson
A rollicking Elizabethan comedy in which two con men and their female compatriot gull a series of unfortunate victims out of their money.
The Playboy of the Western World
J. M. Synge
A young man in the west coast of Ireland is lionized after he claims to have killed his father.
King Lear
William Shakespeare
An aging king divides his kingdom between his two eldest daughters, slighting the third, and comes to bitterly regret his decision.
The Country Wife
William Wycherley
A notorious womanizer spreads a rumour that he is now a eunuch in order to gain access to other’s wives.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
William Shakespeare
Two best friends become involved in a love triangle.
Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare
A woman disguises herself as a man and becomes entangled in the courtship of two aristocrats.
Timon of Athens
William Shakespeare
A wealthy Athenian lord becomes poor and friendless after his “friends” take advantage of his hospitality.
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
An ambitious general murders the King of Scotland and takes the throne for himself—and then he must deal with the consequences.
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
A king tries to save his citizens from a devastating plague.
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
The children of two opposing houses fall in love.
Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare
One couple is tricked into falling in love, and another couple is tricked into falling out of love.
Pericles
William Shakespeare
A Tyrian prince flees after he discovers a terrible secret.
Philoctetes
Sophocles
A wounded warrior, abandoned on a deserted island, is visited by former comrades who ask for his help in winning a war.
Electra
Sophocles
A woman seeks revenge against her mother for the murder of her father.
Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles
A prophecy is fulfilled when an exiled king dies, providing protection to Athens.
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son, Hamlet, to avenge his death.
Richard III
William Shakespeare
King Edward IV’s brother, Richard of Gloucester, ascends to the English throne through deadly machinations.
R.U.R.
Karel Čapek
The development of artificial beings in huge quantities to act as workers and soldiers leads to disaster for mankind.
Henry VI, Part III
William Shakespeare
Henry VI is overthrown and Edward Plantagenet becomes the new King of England.
The Libation Bearers
Aeschylus
A man is ordered by a god to avenge his father’s murder by killing his mother and her lover.
Henry IV, Part II
William Shakespeare
The rebel forces plan another assault against King Henry’s forces after losing at the Battle of Shrewsbury.
Cymbeline
William Shakespeare
A British princess marries a poor gentleman against her father the King’s wishes.
Antigone
Sophocles
A young woman defies the king’s decree to honor her brother with a proper burial.
As You Like It
William Shakespeare
Forced to flee to the Forest of Arden, the daughter of a duke encounters a variety of characters, her banished father, and even finds love.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
William Shakespeare
This comedy follows four lovers and a thespian who become bewitched by fairies.
Henry VI, Part II
William Shakespeare
King Henry VI marries Margaret of Anjou and further stokes discord within his court.
Ajax
Sophocles
A great warrior descends into madness after being denied magical armor.
All’s Well That Ends Well
William Shakespeare
A woman tricks her husband into fulfilling his marriage demands.
Hay Fever
Noël Coward
A well-to-do family cannot be civil to each other in front of their weekend guests.
Agamemnon
Aeschylus
The titular Greek king returns home from the Trojan war to be greeted by his scheming wife, who plots vengeance.
Henry IV, Part I
William Shakespeare
King Henry IV faces Welsh and Scottish rebels while English royals plot to betray their own king.
Festus
Philip James Bailey
A man goes on a quest for knowledge, truth, and understanding in the face of the complexities of existence and spirituality.
He Who Gets Slapped
Leonid Andreyev
A mysterious gentleman joins a circus troupe as a clown.
The Vortex
Noël Coward
A son’s home-coming, along with his new fiancée, leads to trouble with his vain mother.
Lady Windermere’s Fan
Oscar Wilde
A witty comedy that subverts the harsh social codes of Victorian England.
The Two Noble Kinsmen
William Shakespeare
Two cousins fall in love with a beautiful princess.
The Trachiniae
Sophocles
A woman unintentionally kills her demigod husband with a poisoned robe in a desperate attempt to reclaim his love.
The Inspector General
Nikolai Gogol
Corrupt officials in a small Russian town are thrown into disarray by the arrival of an Inspector General from the central government.
Titus Andronicus
William Shakespeare
A blood feud erupts between a famous Roman general and the Queen of the Goths.
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
To help his friend Bassanio woo the beautiful Portia, the Venetian merchant Antonio borrows a large sum from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender.
Hamilton
Mary P. Hamlin
Founding father Alexander Hamilton is enticed into an affair, and then threatened with exposure.
An Ideal Husband
Oscar Wilde
Over the course of twenty-four hours, a blackmail plot threatens to bring down a member of the British aristocracy.
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
Arthur W. Pinero
A gentleman remarries a woman of questionable character and tries to redeem her, but her past revisits the family in unexpected and tragic ways.
The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov
A heavily indebted landowner and her family return to Russia in an attempt to save her estate from being auctioned off.
Three Sisters
Anton Chekhov
Three sisters long to escape their provincial town and return to Moscow.
Hedda Gabler
Henrik Ibsen
Newly-married Hedda Gabler struggles to control her life and the lives of those around her.
Henry VIII
William Shakespeare
King Henry VIII plans to divorce his first wife for Anne Bullen.
The Winter’s Tale
William Shakespeare
A king’s unfounded jealousy destroys his family and kingdom.
Uncle Vanya
Anton Chekhov
An elderly professor and his young wife return to their country estate, where their family’s simmering resentments boil over.
A Woman of No Importance
Oscar Wilde
A mother’s secretive past clashes with high society when her son is offered an irresistible position with a charismatic nobleman.
Our American Cousin
Tom Taylor
A rough American from a distant branch of the Trenchard family returns to England and quickly becomes embroiled in the family’s affairs.
The Seagull
Anton Chekhov
A has-been actress, her ambitious playwright son, a male writer, and an aspiring young actress struggle to realize their romantic and artistic aims.
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Luigi Pirandello
An absurdist comedy that contrasts illusion with reality, in which six characters arrive on a rehearsal stage filled with actors and demand the chance to speak their lines and act out the story of their lives.
Misalliance
George Bernard Shaw
On a pleasant summer afternoon, a sudden plane crash followed by a would-be assassin interrupt a family’s conversations about marriage.
Fanny’s First Play
George Bernard Shaw
A young woman writes a play to shock her father, in which two respectable families deal with their with disreputable children.
Candida
George Bernard Shaw
A clergyman’s beliefs about his respectable household are challenged by a young poet who is in love with his wife.
Ghosts
Henrik Ibsen
A Norwegian sea captain’s widow who, no matter how much she tries, cannot escape the ghosts of the past.
Henry V
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s 1599 play chronicling the history of King Henry the Fifth and his famous victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
Arms and the Man
George Bernard Shaw
A humorous examination of human hypocrisy and war’s stupidity in the midst of the Serbo-Bulgarian war.
King John
William Shakespeare
King John is commanded to hand over his throne to Arthur of Bretagne or face war with the French.
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
An arrogant upper-class professor bets a colleague he can transform a simple flower girl into a “Duchess” in just six months.
Richard II
William Shakespeare
King Richard II’s wasteful spending habits drive his supporters to revolt.
She Stoops to Conquer
Oliver Goldsmith
Two young men visit the countryside: one to find a wife, and the other to avoid one.
Plays
Roswitha of Gandersheim
The collected plays of Roswitha of Gandersheim, the tenth century German canoness, dramatist, and poet.
Heartbreak House
George Bernard Shaw
Men and women of the English leisured classes gather at a country house on the eve of war to discuss love, life, and the future.
Edward III
William Shakespeare
Edward III declares himself the true heir of France, which launches the Hundred Years’ War.
Mrs. Warren’s Profession
George Bernard Shaw
A young woman learns a secret about her mother’s past and must decide what it means for her future.
Short Plays
George Bernard Shaw
A collection of sixteen short plays by George Bernard Shaw.
The Way of the World
William Congreve
Two lovers are prevented from marrying due to a previous dalliance.
Antony and Cleopatra
William Shakespeare
Mark Antony, a Roman triumvir, and Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt, become embroiled in a deadly love affair.
The Duchess of Malfi
John Webster
A widow marries beneath her station and against her brothers’ orders and, enraged, they take their revenge.
Othello
William Shakespeare
Jealousy destroys the marriage between an older black man and a younger white woman in 1500s Venice.
Love’s Labour’s Lost
William Shakespeare
A king and his men swear to abstain from women, just as four women arrive for a state visit.
Edward II
Christopher Marlowe
Outraged by the favoritism shown by King Edward II to a close confidant, his court plots against him.
The Jew of Malta
Christopher Marlowe
After losing all of his possessions, a Jewish merchant is determined to get his revenge on Malta.
Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
A play portraying the assassination of Julius Caesar.
Troilus and Cressida
William Shakespeare
A Trojan prince falls in love with a woman amid the Trojan War, only to see her exchanged to the Greeks for a prisoner of war.
The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare
An unmarriageable shrew receives a marriage proposal.
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
A magic-induced tempest shipwrecks the king of Naples and his crew on an island inhabited by the usurped duke of Milan.
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
Christopher Marlowe
Dr. Faustus sells his soul to Lucifer in return for magical powers.
The School for Scandal
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Despite their best efforts, the rumormongers of 18th-century London are disappointed by their targets.
Measure for Measure
William Shakespeare
A duke pretends to leave Vienna so that he can observe his deputy’s management during his supposed absence.
Saint Joan
George Bernard Shaw
Joan of Arc’s life story is retold, from her early life, to her campaigns, and beyond.
The Comedy of Errors
William Shakespeare
Two sets of identical twins are mistaken for their lost siblings.
Coriolanus
William Shakespeare
A famous Roman general wants to run for consul.
Tartuffe
Molière
A father announces his daughter will marry Tartuffe, a sanctimonious fraud and hypocrite.
Plays
Zeami Motokiyo
A collection of Zeami Motokiyo’s plays, arranged in chronological order of translation.
Henry VI, Part I
William Shakespeare
King Henry VI takes the throne during a time of great political division: the quarreling among English noblemen and the collapse of England’s hold in France.
The Eumenides
Aeschylus
A man is pursued by wrathful goddesses for avenging his father’s murder, and finds refuge in Athens where a trial determines his fate.
The Conscious Lovers
Richard Steele
A rich young man tries to avoid the marriage his father has arranged.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
A comedy skewering Victorian high society.
You Never Can Tell
George Bernard Shaw
A family recently returned to England navigates a comedy of errors when they accidentally meet their estranged husband and unknown father.
The Man of Destiny
George Bernard Shaw
Napoleon engages in a battle of wits to reclaim some stolen letters.
The Apple Cart
George Bernard Shaw
An English king challenges his popular prime minister and cabinet.
Major Barbara
George Bernard Shaw
The story of idealistic Barbara Undershaft, a Major in the Salvation Army, who does not want to be connected to her father’s “tainted” money.
Back to Methuselah
George Bernard Shaw
Five linked plays explore human longevity and governance.
The Doctor’s Dilemma
George Bernard Shaw
A doctor must decide which patient is worthy of his newly discovered cure: a talented but amoral artist, or a good-hearted but undistinguished public servant.
Man and Superman
George Bernard Shaw
Jack Tanner flees both London and responsibility when he is made guardian of his childhood friend Ann Whitehead.
Getting Married
George Bernard Shaw
On the morning of a young couple’s wedding, concerns about what is to come inspire discussions about the institution of marriage.