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Mai parole più belle uscirono dalla penna di un poeta per raccontarci il contrastato e infinito amore di due giovani, Romeo e Giulietta, rampolli di due famiglie nemiche tra loro nella turbolenta Verona del Trecento. È solo l’amore a muovere le avventurose fila della storia, è l’amore l’unica legge che Giulietta e Romeo vogliono assecondare, la sola origine dei loro pensieri, l’unico sogno per cui valga la pena di vivere.

Tutta la vivacità e la bonaria ironia di Carlo Goldoni si ritrova in questo “scherzo” teatrale che ci presenta un innamorato, Cardone, in rovina per amore di Livietta, donna che vuole per marito un ricco e nessun altro. Ma quando lo zio di Cardone, sordido e avaro, viene a morire, lascia a suo nipote una consistente eredità e tra i due giovani riprende la commedia dell’amore nei medesimi ruoli di un tempo: lui innamorato pazzo... ma lei?

Passion and intrigue among the upper classes form the basis of Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde's first successful play, which displays his trademark wit and wisdom. Beautiful and innocent Lady Windermere finds out that her husband has been keeping company with the scandalous and mysterious Mrs. Erlynne. Her discovery unleashes a host of tensions at her 21st birthday party, where London's elite have gathered to gossip.

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.

Die "Metamorphosen" - Verwandlungsgeschichten - des Publius Ovidius Naso gehören zum Grundbestand abendländischer Kultur...

In this suprisingly modern psychological portrait, a prosperous Edwardian family is torn apart when young Edward Voysey discovers that his family's wealth was obtained through three generations of deceit and theft. This is a captivating study of turn-of-the-century morals.

Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) was the most controversial dramatist of his age. Most of his work focuses on the ubiquity and inevitably corrupting influence of sexual attraction. His most famous plays are the two that depict the rise, fall, and eventual gruesome death of the vampish Lulu, who, in Wedekind’s presentation, became a ghastly parody of Goethe’s “Eternal Feminine”. The first of the plays is Earth Spirit, in which Lulu marries and survives three husbands, only to face prosecution for the shooting of the third.

Olga, Masha, and Irina lead a drab life in a provincial garrison town. Their love lives and marriages leave a lot to be desired, and they dream of eventually escaping to Moscow. Some critics called this the best drama of the 20th century.

Menschen entstehen aus Schlamm und Steinen, Nymphen werden zu Sträuchern, übermütige Jünglinge stürzen auf ihrem Himmelsflug ab, ein altes Ehepaar nimmt die Gestalt von Bäumen an... Die Rede ist u. a. von Pyrrha und Deucalion, Daphne und Apoll, Daedalus und Ikarus, Philemon und Baucis. Hier ist der ganze ausufernde Mythenschatz der Antike versammelt.

The Snow Queen follows young Gerda's quest, the help from some magical characters she meets along the way, to rescue her friend, Kai, from the icy clutches of the Snow Queen. With dialogue and songs from the show, and featuring the original cast that performed the show at NYS Theatre Institute and London's West End.

Dvadcat' chetvjortogo dekabrja detjam sovetnika mediciny Shtal'bauma ves' den' ne razreshalos' vhodit' v prohodnuju komnatu, a uzh v smezhnuju s nej gostinuju ih sovsem ne puskali. V spal'ne, prizhavshis' drug k drugu, sideli v ugolke Fric i Mari. Uzhe sovsem stemnelo, i im bylo ochen' strashno, potomu chto v komnatu ne vnesli lampy, kak jeto i polagalos' v sochel'nik. Fric tainstvennym shjopotom soobshhil sestrjonke (ej tol'ko chto minulo sem' let), chto s samogo utra v zapertyh komnatah chem-to shurshali, shumeli i tihon'ko postukivali.

Enregistrée par Pierre Bellemare dans la Cathédrale de Périgueux. "La Passion", de Charles Péguy, est extraite du "Mystère de la charité de Jeanne d'Arc". La Passion est l'acte physique le plus métaphysique de la Bible, sur lequel repose toute la culture des sociétés de l'Occident chrétien, fondée en partie sur l'idée de culpabilité héritée de ce martyre.
Le texte de Charles Péguy met en scène une réflexion lyrique tout à fait opposée à la pensée Saint-Sulpicienne, qui ne s'empare pas de la dimension humaine des événements bibliques.

The multi-award winning SmartPass full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play.

The Montagues and the Capulets, two families of Verona, have been feuding for generations. Young Romeo Montague intends to cause trouble at a Capulet gathering, but while there he sees the Capulet's daughter, Juliet, and falls hopelessly in love. Albert Finney, Claire Bloom, Edith Evans, and Hilton Edwards perform an unabridged version of Shakespeare's tragedy about the two young lovers, whose deaths unite their warring families.

Toward the end of the Hundred Years War between France and England, as Merlin predicted, a great warrior emerged, uniting a beleaguered nation and leading it to improbable victories. It was said this warrior was a messenger of God. And it may have been, for a country was saved and a kingdom restored. This great leader of men, this messenger who united a nation, was a 17-year-old maiden named Joan.

The story of the orphan Pip, writing his life from his early days of childhood until adulthood and trying to be a gentleman along the way is without doubt one of Dicken's greatest works.

Discover the genius of William Shakespeare in this entertaining and educational full-cast drama, designed to whet the appetite and introduce you to the man, the life, the legacy. Includes key scenes from the major plays.

Renowned Shakespearean actors John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson lead a full-cast performance of this beloved Shakespeare play. Dealing with issues of mercy, justice, and truth, and their relationship to pride and humility, this is Shakespeare at his most complex and rewarding.

The Importance of Being Earnest is probably the wittiest comedy in the English language; it is certainly the least earnest. The subtitle, "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People", gives a clear indication of its nature. It is a play about the only subjects that Oscar Wilde would admit taking seriously: wit, elegance, and paradox.

This BBC Radio production stars much-loved actor and comedian Lenny Henry, who won the Evening Standard’s Best Newcomer Award for his stunning performance as the tortured Moor. First performed at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, it subsequently toured the country before arriving in London’s West End where Henry received rave reviews.