The Loyal Subject — is a Jacobean era stage play, a tragicomedy by John Fletcher that was originally published in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647.PerformanceThe play was acted by the King s Men; the cast list added to the text in the second Beaumont… … Wikipedia
The Acharnians — The tipsy god: sculpture by Michelangelo. The Dramatis Personae in ancient comedy depends on interpretation of textual evidence.[1] This list is based on Alan Sommerstein s translation.[2] … Wikipedia
The Cherry Orchard — (Вишнëвый сад or Vishniovy sad in Russian) is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov s last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it… … Wikipedia
The Fancies Chaste and Noble — is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by John Ford, and notable for its treatment of the then fashionable topic of Platonic love.Date and performanceThe dates of authorship and first performance of the play are uncertain, though the… … Wikipedia
The School for Scandal — Robert Baddeley as Moses (painting by Johann Zoffany, c.1781) Written b … Wikipedia
The Virgin Martyr — is a Jacobean era stage play, a tragedy written by Thomas Dekker and Philip Massinger, and first published in 1622. It constitutes a rare instance in Masssinger s canon in which he collaborated with a member of the previous generation of English… … Wikipedia
The Cantos — by Ezra Pound is a long, incomplete poem in 120 sections, each of which is a canto . Most of it was written between 1915 and 1962, although much of the early work was abandoned and the early cantos, as finally published, date from 1922 onwards.… … Wikipedia
The Normal Heart — Cover of the paperback edition released by Plume in October 1985 Written by Larry Kramer Date premiered Ap … Wikipedia
The Alchemist (play) — The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King s Men, it is generally considered Jonson s best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge claimed that it had one of the three most… … Wikipedia
The Court Beggar — is a Caroline era stage play written by Richard Brome. It was most likely premiered in 1638, by the acting company known as Beeston s Boys at the Cockpit Theatre. The play is a satire of various aspects of the court of King Charles I. This satire … Wikipedia
The Art of Fiction — The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers is a nonfiction book by Ayn Rand, published posthumously. Edited by Tore Boeckmann, it was published by Plume in 2000, ISBN 0452281547. The book is based on a 1958 series of 12 four hour… … Wikipedia
