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Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull is considered one of his most haunting and atmospheric character studies. A would-be playwright is at war with his egoistic mother while the town has become intoxicated by a sensational author. And as the alluring newcomer steals away Kosta’s only love, their new romance could have devastating consequences.

This classic Shakespearean comedy is presented here in a colorful full-cast dramatization, drawn from the complete text and starring Warren Mitchell, Michael Maloney, and Sarah Woodward.

Infamously known as the cursed Scottish play, Macbeth is perhaps Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy. When General Macbeth is foretold by three witches that he will one day be King of Scotland, Lady Macbeth convinces him to get rid of anyone who could stand in his way – including committing regicide. As Macbeth ascends to the throne through bloody murder, he becomes a tyrant consumed by fear and paranoia.

In Sophocles' tragedy, Oedipus discovers that he has been caught in his terrible destiny, unknowingly murdering his father and marrying his mother.

Molière wrote some of the most durable and penetrating comedies of all time. The Imaginary Cuckold and The School for Husbands are two of his grand farces of marriage and misunderstanding, one set in Paris and the other in the provinces. In The School for Husbands, a tyrannical husband-to-be seeks to isolate his ward, while unwittingly carrying her messages of devotion to her lover. In The Imaginary Cuckold, an enraged husband imagines his wife is unfaithful, but is reluctant to defend his honor.

Join Holmes and Watson as four exciting mysteries from the acclaimed series unravel. Deductive reasoning leads to murder and suspense in the thrilling escapades of history's greatest detective.

The Online Stage presents Shakespeare’s most famous and most quoted play, a revenge drama which explores the inevitable conflict between conscience and justice, between morality and obligation. The tragedy arises, not from an obvious weakness in the character of Hamlet, but rather from his inability to deal with an apparently insoluble moral dilemma.

"To call this only a 'reading' of the classic Sherlock Holmes story would be to devalue the beauty of the performance. Although you may have heard recordings of the Sherlock Holmes work before with distance and haughty affectation, none of that is present in Mr. Davies storytelling performance. This features one man, many voices and a hefty portion of talent. This performance is fresh, approachable and inviting." ( Storyteller.net Review)

A magical tale of love frustrated, tested, and finally triumphant, A Midsummer Night's Dream has always been one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. It is also one of his most accessible, and its broad humor remains vivid and compelling to this day. On the serious side, as a dramatic examination of love in all its guises - romantic, conjugal, filial, parental, and patriotic - A Midsummer Night's Dream has never been surpassed.

Volki i ovcy - komedijnaja p'esa v pjati dejstvijah Aleksandra Ostrovskogo. P'esa napisana v 1875 godu. Dejstvie komedii proishodit v nebol'shom provincial'nom russkom gorodke v 1870-e gody. Molodaja, krasivaja i bogataja vdova Kupavina mechtaet o schast'e i ljubvi. Ona ne podozrevaet, kakie strasti kipjat vokrug nejo. Mnogim ne daet pokoja ejo bogatstvo, ogromnye lesnye ugod'ja, krasivejshee imenie.

Les - komedija v pjati dejstvijah russkogo dramaturga Aleksandra Ostrovskogo 1870 goda. Dejstvie proishodit v pomest'e pomeshhicy Gurmyzhskoj, kotoraja po svoej vole vershit sud'by zavisjashhih ot nee ljudej. Ona prodaet prinadlezhashhij ej les potomu, chto ej nuzhny den'gi - dlja bednyh - po ee sobstvennym slovam. Odnako dovol'no bystro stanovitsja jasno, chto den'gi dlja Gurmyzhskoj - prezhde vsego vozmozhnost' kupit' sebe molodogo vozljublennogo.

Spektakl' "Dachniki" po odnoimjonnoj p'ese Maksima Gor'kogo, literaturnyj psevdonim Alekseja Maksimovicha Peshkova (1868 - 1936), napisannoj im v 1904 godu. Spektakl' o russkoj intelligencii, besedujushhej na filosofskie temy za chashkoj chaja na dache nakanune revoljucii 1905 goda. Vneshnjaja legkost' poludennyh progulok i besed skryvaet vpolne sebe tragediju russkogo obshhestva.

"Vishnjovyj sad" - komedija v chetyrjoh dejstvijah Antona Pavlovicha Chehova. P'esa napisana v 1903 godu, vpervye postavlena 17 janvarja 1904 goda v Moskovskom hudozhestvennom teatre. Unikal'naja radiopostanovka, zapisannaja v 1949 godu, s uchastiem aktrisy Ol'gi Knipper-Chehovoj, zheny pisatelja.

The play takes place in Russia in the 1820s, in the house of the old Moscow master Paul Afanasevich Famusov, who has feudal beliefs and is an ardent opponent of education. Suddenly his former pupil Alexander A. Chatsky arrives, who had long been in love with Famusov's daughter, Sophia. He cannot wait to meet her.

The play is set in a small town, located on the banks of the Volga. Romantic beauty Larisa Ogudalova, daughter of an impoverished widow noblewoman and, of course, dowry, is madly in love with Sergei Sergeyevich Paratov, owner and elegant gentleman, unprincipled and calculating man who is ready for his own whim to gamble not only his, but also someone else's life.

The idealistic son of a wealthy businessman seeks to expose his father's duplicity and to free his childhood friend from the lies on which his happy home life is based. When skeletons are brought out of the closet, the foundations of the Ekdal family are torn apart - with drastic consequences.

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is set in Denmark, and recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude, Hamlet's mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness—from overwhelming grief to seething rage—and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption.

Shakespeare’s timeless story of revenge, corruption, and murder is considered one of the greatest works in the English language. Prince Hamlet sets out to avenge his beloved father's death at the hand of his uncle Claudius - but Hamlet's spiral into grief and madness will have permanent and immutable consequences for the Kingdom of Denmark. Composed over 400 years ago, Hamlet remains one of the theater’s most studied and performed works, and is presented here in a stunning, sound-rich, full-cast recording.

Brilliantly manipulative and entirely amoral, the hero-villain Richard is one of Shakespeare's greatest roles. The Yorkists have emerged victorious from the civil wars and Edward IV wears the English crown. But Edward's misshapen brother Richard harbors kingly ambitions and will stop at nothing to achieve the throne. In a fatal battle on Bosworth Field, Richard meets the ghosts of all whom he has murdered and the Earl of Richmond, the future King Henry VII.

There’s something Constance Middleton’s friends are dying to tell her: her husband is having an affair – with her best friend! Despite their hints, Constance remains ever cool, and seemingly oblivious. Or is she? In this biting comedy of manners, marriages and mistresses, Constance – a not-so-desperate housewife - has some ideas of her own about extra-marital activity that surprise everyone in the end!