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  More info about: Antigone, Sophocles
  Antigone, Sophocles
Along with Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone forms part of the Oedipus cycle in which Sophocles dramatizes the tragic downfall of the house of Oedipus. Th...
         
  More info about: Oedipus the King, Sophocles
  Oedipus the King, Sophocles
"Oedipus the King" (or, "Oedipus Rex") is probably Sophocles' most famous work, first performed about 429 B. C. It should be required reading for every college Freshman....
         
  More info about: Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare
  Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a tale of two teenage "star-cross'd lovers" who fall in love despite the ongoing feud between their two families, the Montagues and the...
         
  More info about: Hamlet, Shakespeare
  Hamlet, Shakespeare
Hamlet, one of William Shakespeare's most popular plays, tells the story of a Danish prince haunted by the ghost of his murdered father who wants revenge against the brot...
         
  More info about: Macbeth, Shakespeare
  Macbeth, Shakespeare
In Macbeth, or "the Scottish play" as actors sometimes refer to it, William Shakespeare fictionalizes the historical account of King Macbeth, ruler of Scotland from 1040...
         
  More info about: King Lear, Shakespeare
  King Lear, Shakespeare
Considered one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, The Tragedy of King Lear is based on the life of King Leir, a legendary king of Britain who is said to have had the longes...
         
  More info about: The Complete Works: William Shakespeare
  The Complete Works: William Shakespeare
Quite simply the greatest writer of all time, Shakespeare belongs on every bookshelf. You might be surprised by some of the stories you never knew.This complete and unabr...
         
  More info about: Faust, Goethe
  Faust, Goethe
Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here...
         
  More info about: The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov
  The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov
The Cherry Orchard is a famous play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov which premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre on January 17, 1904. The play revolves around Madame Rane...