Amphitryon

EBook Description: Wilbur is at the peak of his form in this stellar translation of an unusual Moli�re play-populated with Greeks and Greco-Roman gods and flavored with the essences of vaudeville, fan-tasy, high comedy, farce, and even opera. Afterward by Richard Wilbur.

It is concerned with the irrational tendencies of the masses, and the hypocritical and corrupt nature of the political system that they support

An Ideal Husband

Scintillating drawing-room comedy revolving around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards.

Androcles and the Lion

A retelling of the consequences following the meeting of Androcles, the slave, and a wounded lion.

Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress

ANNAJANSKA is frankly a bravura piece. The modern variety theatre demands for its "turns" little plays called sketches, to last twenty minutes or so, and to enable some favorite performer to make a brief but dazzling appearance on some barely passable dramatic pretext.

Antigone

Echoing through Western culture for more than two millenniums, "Antigone" has been a touchstone of thinking about human conflict and human tragedy, the role of the Divine in human life, and the degree to which men and women are the creators of their destiny. This 1912 translation of the Play remains contextually accurate with its original Greek version.

Arms and the Man

Two of Shaw's most satiric and hilarious comedies that take on the controversial issues of British militarism and the Irish question. This new edition, edited and with an introduction by two Shaw scholars, emphasizes the brilliance of Shaw's biting commentary on love and war.

Augustus Does His Bit

Augustus Does His Bit was performed for the first time at the Court Theater in London by the Stage Society on the 21st January, 1917, with Lalla Vandervelde as The Lady, F. B.J. Sharp as Lord Augustus Highcastle, and Charles Rock as Horatio Floyd Beamish.

Caesar and Cleopatra

A five-act play that compares how the lives of Caesar and Cleopatra are depicted in the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw's play, "Caesar", and the film classic, "Cleopatra" in contrast to the events that actually took place in the lives of Caesar and Cleopatra.

Callipygia

STEPHANIE DANIELS, 28, journalist, asks only for a home, a job, a little fun once in awhile, and someone who truly loves her. Her insensitive boyfriend, Billy, does not. Lately, women have been on her mind, a lot she finally comes to realize. Her editor sends her to the SD Black Hills, where a large number of women have disappeared. Rumor has a lesbian sex slave camp hidden in the forest. After two months, she has no good leads. She's becoming discouraged when future lover Megan appears. Stephanie soon finds herself wondering whether her job still awaits her, as well as being responsible for two pregnant women.

Candida

Set in the northeast suburbs of London, Candida tells the story of the wife who is credited with the success of her popular Christian Socialist Reverend husband, James Mavor Morell.

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