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In 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 ...

A 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 ...

Louisa 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 Alcot ...

Don Juan is more than just an infamous womaniser. For he has been the 'Don Juan' of Bryon's epic poem, the 'Don Giovanni' of Mozart's opera and the main man in the play 'The Tricks ...

Do 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 ...

Trillingarna Violette, Vidar och Vanessa har flyttat ut på landet och börjat skolan i en liten ort i närheten. Violette brottas med sina syner, försöker förstå vad hennes bilder be ...

Henrik Ibsen’s 1890 play 'Hedda Gabler' is a study of a woman who wants to climb the social ladder. Where another of Ibsen's great female character, Nora from 'A Doll's House', had ...

Based on a story from the Bible, ‘Salomé’ provoked such outrage that it was banned from the British stage for a number of years. However, fiercely defended by academics for its lit ...

"How tightly can you close your eyes?" Crimson Purple is a unique take on a story with supernatural and cruel elements, playing itself out in a parallel Tokyo. We get to follow th ...

Som barn såg han sin mor och mormor mördas av två bröder. Söner till traktens storbonde. Han flydde ut i skogen och växte upp där med ett enda mål, att komma tillbaka och hämnas.

On a quiet autumn evening, the inhabitants of Flaherty’s ramshackle pub are interrupted by the arrival of Christy Mahon, a fugitive claiming to have murdered his father. Enamoured ...

‘The Duchess of Padua’ is a five-act play, originally written for American actress, Mary Anderson (best known for her role in ‘Gone with the Wind’). With themes of murder, suicide, ...

While Wilde might be better known for acidic and satirical comedies, such as ‘The Importance of being Earnest,’ and ‘Lay Windemere’s Fan,’ his first outing as a playwright was in t ...

The play "Ruy Blas" explores the life of an ordinary poet and servant, Ruy Blas, who has secretly fallen in love with the Queen of Spain. His master plots revenge against the unfit ...

A tale of literal and proverbial gold diggers.Not the incel manifesto you might expect, 'Scorn of Women' is one of Jack London's rare attempts at playwriting, being a three-act ada ...

‘The Clouds’ is a comedic attack on the qualities of virtue and excellence, as espoused by Sophist philosophers. The central figure, Strepsiades, enrols his dissolute son, Pheidipp ...

You know that thing when you have an incestuous relationship with your daughter, but you don’t want anyone to know about it, so you disguise the truth in a riddle and make her suit ...

'To be, or not to be, that is the question.'If you’ll only ever read one Shakespeare play, let it be Hamlet. It tells the story of the young Prince of Denmark whose father visits h ...

”… En tullare vid färjeterminalen vinkar in lastbilen. Vad har ni i lasten? frågar han föraren. Chauffören ger tullaren några papper. Är du vänlig och stiger ur, uppmanar tullaren. ...

"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."Jack Worthing is an important and respected person in Hertfordshire. Being a gu ...

Imagine being torn away from the person you love most in the world! The pain would be just too terrible to bear! This is exactly what happens to Shah Mah Phru after she falls passi ...

När den vackra och uttråkade godsägarinnan Natalja Petrovna förälskar sig i sin sons unge lärare inser hon snart att hon har en rival i sin protegé Vera. Kan det vara en lösning at ...

Lasse Diding är världens mest omskrivna Varbergsbo. Hotellägare med Lenin som varumärke, kommunist, mångmiljonär, initiativtagare till Jan Myrdalsällskapet, känd från filmen I vänt ...

Hapatus-niminen mies ja hänen poikansa Nisse ovat saaneet maanmainion idean. He aikovat valmistaa ikiliikkujan! Vaan onko ikiliikkujan tekeminen mahdollista? Asiaa epäilee ainakin ...

En la ciudad cubana de Holguín, Ana Isidora descubre, la víspera de su cincuenta cumpleaños, una insólita noticia en un antiguo ejemplar de un diario nacional. Todo parece indicar ...