Plays
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Porcelain and pink
Fitzgerald, F. ScottSaga EgmontThis comedic short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald follows the character of Julie. A nonsensical, witty, and charming tale, 'Porcelain and Pink' features a pink girl in a bathtub and...
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Fruits of Culture
Tolstoy, LeoSaga EgmontImagine if your entire village's survival depended on what the dead told the landowner at a seance. That is the crazy scenario in Leo Tolstoy's satirical play 'Fruits of Culture'.W...
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The Master of Mrs. Chilvers
Jerome, Jerome K.Saga EgmontSet in a drawing-room in London’s Russell Square in 1911, ‘The Master of Mrs. Chilvers: An Improbable Comedy’ is a fictional stage play full of wit and warmth, which addresses the...
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The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson
Stevenson, Robert LouisSaga EgmontThis collection of three plays written by two equally creative minds takes the reader on a wild journey. In ‘Deacon Brodie’ we follow the double life of the character of the same n...
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Coriolanus
Shakespeare, WilliamSaga EgmontA famine in Rome among the common people is causing problems for the aristocrats too, including the arrogant Caius Martius, who is particularly despised by people and makes no secr...
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The Cause of it All
Tolstoy, LeoSaga EgmontAlcohol abuse is one of societies great levellers. It does not matter whether you are a prince or a peasant, when the demon drink controls you, you are the same.That is the message...
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Redemption
Tolstoy, LeoSaga EgmontEven the greatest authors cannot resist a love triangle. Leo Tolstoy has Fedor Protasov as one of the three sides. He is tormented by the belief that his wife Liza (side two) reall...
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A Doll's House
Ibsen, HenrikSaga EgmontIt is a play with a gentle, evocative name. But 'A Doll's House' is a story with a kick that continues to be felt today. Henrik Ibsen's play tells the story of Nora, who feels hemm...
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The First Distiller
Tolstoy, LeoSaga EgmontIt isn't always easy being a demon. As Luci, the demon in Matt Groening's Netflix series 'Disenchantment' will agree, not everybody is easy to tempt.Leo Tolstoy's 'The First Distil...
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The Tinker's Wedding
Synge, John MillingtonSaga EgmontSarah Casey, determined to be made an honest woman, convinces reluctant local Tinker, Michael Byrne, to marry her. After harassing the local priest into officiating their wedding f...
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The Well of the Saints
Synge, John MillingtonSaga EgmontJ.M. Synge’s ‘The Well of the Saints’ is a three-act darkly comedic play that explores themes of myth, vision and journeys. Two blind beggars, Martin and Mary Doul, are cured of t...
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Hands Around
Schnitzler, ArthurSaga EgmontServing as the inspiration to an episode of ‘M.A.S.H.’ starring Alan Alda, ‘Hands Around’ is a short play, covering the conversations between ten pairs of characters. With each pai...
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The Two Noble Kinsmen
Shakespeare, WilliamSaga Egmont‘The Two Noble Kinsmen’ by William Shakespeare is believed to be his final play before his retirement and is usually attributed jointly to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. I...
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She Stoops to Conquer
Goldsmith, OliverSaga EgmontIf enduring popularity is a mark of quality, then 'She Stoops to Conquer' is among the greatest plays ever written; for the 1773 comedy has been performed almost without a break fo...
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Life Is a Dream
de la Barca, Pedro CalderónSaga Egmont‘Life Is a Dream’ (1635) is a play by Spanish dramatist and poet Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Considered one of the finest Spanish dramas of all time, it explores the mysteries of h...
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Tartuffe, or The Hypocrite
, MolièreSaga EgmontIn this witty and charming French play, the audience follows Madame Pernelle, whose self-importance leads her to leave her son Orgon's house because no one pays any attention to he...
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Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life
Chekhov, AntonSaga EgmontWhen Professor Serebrakoff and his younger wife, Helena, return to his rural estate, they find themselves less than welcome. Despite the smiles and formality, there is tension in t...
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Lady Windermere's Fan
Wilde, OscarSaga EgmontA searing satire on the British class system, social hypocrisy, and keeping up appearances, ‘Lady Windemere’s Fan’ is one of Wilde’s best-loved plays. Such is its popularity that i...
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Comic Tragedies
Alcott, Louisa MaySaga EgmontLouisa May Alcott's most popular novel, ´Little Women´, featured the March sisters, who were based on her own family. In this collection of short plays, originally written by Alco...
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Pygmalion
Shaw, George BernardSaga EgmontDo you like 'Pretty Woman', with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere? Do you love 'Maid in Manhattan', starring Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes? And how about little orphan 'Annie'? We...