Forum: Drama/Plays

I need to come up with 2 tragedies, 2 comedies, and 2 modern books that I want to read for my college composition class. Any suggestions?

Hello again! :) Yes, it's ammo! But, I want to state that I am here for a very self-centered reason. I am having trouble on my own finding information about the the existence of other English translations of a play of Pedro Calderón de la Barca's titled "Echo and Narcissus". This is the...

I can't believe there isn't a thread dedicated to the discussion of Wilde. I have thoroughly enjoyed his plays. They have the distinction of being as much fun to read as they are to watch or perform. What are your favorites, either plays or specific characters?

Hi all, I've just finished John Ford's "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" for A-level English Literature and just wondered what you all thought about it. I liked the play on the whole, but I couldn't help feeling that Ford was a sort of Shakespeare-wannabe with this piece. His lanugage is very...

Hey all. I was wondering, am I crazy in remembering that in Samuel Beckett's Molloy, Moran kills an old man in the forest, who may or may not be Molloy? I read the book a while back. It says nothing about the killing in the Wikipedia entry for Molloy. Thanks!

Just been studying DOAS by Miller. Although I had to really pick it apart to an unreadable degree, I did enjoy it. I thought the way Miller perfectly captured the obvious flaws of the American Dream was brilliant. Any other DOAS fans? Phil

What do you think of this Theater? And have you read Endgame? if you did, Share you opinion about the play? My Opinion is that I think the play is not very good, frustrating and killing all the hopes in a good world. Hamm -the main character- who suffers from an illness is trying to kill all...

You know I have heard so much about Agatha Christies' smash theatre play of Mousetrap and have never had the privelege to see it. Have any of you seen it and if so what did you think of it? Somewhere between the pages of my copy of Nemesis it states that it began to play in like 1953 and I think...

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Hi everybody, i want to research about the experiment unrealistic dimension to beckett's Happy Days as alternative to the ibsenit/checkovien/shavian. please help me:(

i need your help ladies an gentil men...... 1 the absurd drama:a study of context and conditions 2 Samuel Backett's Waiting for Godot 3 Harold Pinter;The Room...The Caretaker...The Birthday Party(literary analysis) please iam waiting your help....god bless you

Hi guys. I thought I'd start a thread about Moliere. I just read his The School for Husbands and I already rank it among my favorite plays. I couldn't put it down once I started it. It's a quick read, and whenever I read about Isabelle's clever letter, I totally knew that this play was worth...

Hello, I wonder if there is someone who read Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw. If so, what do you think about it? =)

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