Tales from Shakespeare

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Look Inside the Book Tales from Shakespeare has enchanted generations of readers with its graceful retellings of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays. First […]

Lysistrata

Lysistrata front cover

Look Inside the Book Aristophanes’ Lysistrata is a battle plan staged in bedrooms rather than on blood-soaked fields. To end the Peloponnesian […]

Man and Superman

Man and Superman cover

Previous slide Next slide As suggested by the reference to Nietzsche’s “Übermensch” in the title of the play, George Bernard Shaw intended […]

Pygmalion

Pygmalion cover

Previous slide Next slide A chance meeting between Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, and  Cockney flower seller Eliza Doolittle leads to […]

Lady Windermere’s Fan

Lady Windermere's Fan cover

Previous Next Oscar Wilde’s first major success on the stage, Lady Windermere’s Fan premiered in London in 1892 to sold-out fashionable crowds. […]

An Ideal Husband

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Previous slide Next slide Oscar Wilde’s social comedy, An Ideal Husband, has charmed and challenged audiences since its glamorous London opening in […]

The Importance of Being Earnest

Previous Next Often considered the wittiest play in the English language, The Importance of Being Earnest has thrilled audiences for nearly one […]