Plays
Belinda
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A. A. Milne
Come, join us on a lovely April afternoon in Devonshire for a breezy frolic in comedy. Milne's light-hearted romance is sure to make you chu…
Crossings
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Walter De La Mare
Under the terms of a will, the Wildersham children have to relocate from the family house in the city to "Crossings" in the countr…
Andria
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Terence
Pamphilus wants to marry a woman different than his father has chosen for him. Add in paternal scheming, death bed promises, shipwreck, and …
Amphitryon
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Molière
"The history of Amphitryon and Alcmene, or rather the myth of the birth of Hercules, is certainly very old, and is to be found in the l…
The Constant Couple
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George Farquhar
George Farquhar, the author of this comedy, was the son of a clergyman in the north of Ireland. He was born in the year 1678, discovered an …
The Gay Lord Quex
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Lord Quex, after a life of philandering, has decided to reform and marry. But he is not believed, particularly by the guardian of his intend…
The Tender Husband
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Richard Steele
"The Tender Husband is, as a whole, very amusing; but unfortunately a second plot—alluded to in the title—is woven into the story which…
Monsieur De Pourceaugnac
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Molière
'Monsieur de Pourceaugnac', acted on October 6, 1669, is nothing but a farce. But Molière excels in farce as well as in higher comedy…
A Family Man
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John Galsworthy
John Builder is a solid, middle-class Englishman. He is very domineering but finds that the women around him are insistent on living their o…
The Inconstant
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George Farquhar
Subtitled "The Way to Win Him:, this play is placed in Paris - a change from many others of Farquhar's plays which used English setting…
Madame Pepita
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Gregorio Martínez Sierra
Madame Pepita is a dressmaker in Madrid with an inherited fortune and a secret. So naturally she worries about the motivations of the suitor…
The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd
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D. H. Lawrence
Mrs. Holroyd is married to a loutish miner, who drinks, apparently patronizes prostitutes, and apparently brutalizes her. When a gentlemanly…
The Bores
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Molière
Moliere: "Never was any Dramatic performance so hurried as this; and it is a thing, I believe, quite new, to have a comedy planned, fin…
Heautontimorumenos
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Terence
Terence's six plays are comedies written while he was a slave to a Roman senator. In this one, a severe father compels his son Clinia, in lo…
Greek Myths and Hero Tales
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Fanny Amanda Comstock
This is a collection of 25 short plays, each covering a different Greek myth or tale. From the famous epics such as Theseus' journey to slay…
Doctor Johnson
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A. Edward Newton
The life of Doctor Johnson, told in his own words and (mostly) those of others around him. "Anyone with a teaspoonful of imagination ca…
Lady Huntworth's Experiment
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R. C. Carton
Lady Huntworth is in disguise and under cover as a cook. She entertains a number of men and the comedy ensues.- Summary by Michele EatonStag…
Sir Harry Wildair
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George Farquhar
This sequel to the Jubilee [The Constant Couple, or A Trip to the Jubilee] appeared at Drury Lane in 1701, and was almost as popular as its …
The Flying Dutchman
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Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer) is a German Romantic Opera by Richard Wagner first performed in Dresden in 1843.A brig ca…
Gruach
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Gordon Bottomley
Gordon Bottomley's verse drama in two scenes is a prequel to Shakespeare's Macbeth. He provides Lady Macbeth with a name - Gruach - and imag…