Author: A. A. Milne
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260352439
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Excerpt from Second Plays Since, then, I am trying to make this preface as distasteful as possible, in order that the plays may shine out the more pleasantly, I shall begin (how better?) with an attack on the dramatic critics. I will relate a little conversation which took place, shortly after the publication of First Plays, between myself and a very much more eminent dramatist. Eminent dramatist (kindly) Your book seems to have been well reviewed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Katherine Howard
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483978546
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Excerpt from Two Plays and a Rhapsody This book 18 made m three handsome bindings, selling at 60, 750 and $1. 'all three are printed from the same type, a clear, large letter, on beautiful deckle edge paper. They may he had directly from the author by addressing Katharine Howard, San Diego, California. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Henrik Ibsen
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484090254
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Excerpt from The Pretenders, and Two Other Plays The three plays translated in the present volume illustrate three very different and characteristic phases of Ibsen's genius. The stirring historical drama, The Pretenders, which appeared in 1864 and was his first really great achievement, was written at white heat when Ibsen was five-and-thirty and his intellectual powers were just touching their full development. Pillars of Society, which was completed in 1877, was the earliest of the "social dramas" on which his fame will always mainly rest, and betrays some signs of experiment. In it the dramatist has not yet quite found his feet on the ground which he trod with the triumphant assurance of a master by the time Rosmersholm, which is typical of his intellectual power at its highest, appeared in 1886. The Pretenders was written while Ibsen was still in Christiania, previous to his long voluntary exile from Norway. He had, some years before, been attracted by the subject of the historical struggle between Haakon and Skule for the crown; and circumstances now seemed to conspire (or, at least, Ibsen seems to have thought so) to give him a clearer insight into the conflict of character between the two heroes. The rough handling which his countrymen had accorded to his last play, Love's Comedy, and the small advance he had been able (in spite of the growth of his powers) to make in popular estimation, contrasted cruelly in his eyes with the rapidly increasing popularity of his friend and rival, Bjornson, who was advancing from success to success with serene confidence. These were the circumstances that enabled Ibsen to portray so vividly in The Pretenders Skule's anxious craving for success, and the conflict between his torturing lack of self-confidence and his uneasy consciousness that Haakon's success, though easier, was deserved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Henrik Ibsen
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Excerpt from The Correspondence of Henrik Ibsen ON the 3lst of May 1880, Henrik Ibsen wrote to his publisher, Frederik Hegel, that he had begun a little book in which he intended to give some account of the outward and inward conditions under which each one of his works had come into being (letter It was to be called From Simian, to Rome, and was to give descriptions of his life at Skien and Grimstad, Bergen and Christiania, Dresden, Munich, and Rome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: John Corbin
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Author: Lucy Snowe
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656876150
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Excerpt from Two Stage Plays Going to church? Not exactly. If you weren't such a confounded heathen, you'd know that prayer time was just over. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Christopher Marlowe
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780428467159
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Excerpt from Edward the Second: A Play Time of Action. The time of the play's action extends over twenty years, from Edward's accession in 1307, when he at once recalled Gaveston, to his death. It was essential that the disjointed history of so long a period should be handled with considerable freedom, and Marlowe has not scrupled to subordinate historical accuracy to dramatic efi'ect, compressing, omitting, and transposing events in such a way as to develop the central purpose of the tragedy, viz. The representation of Edward's infatuated weakness and incompetence, and their consequences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Della J. Evans
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484301633
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Excerpt from Two Plays and a Preface About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: W. B. Yeats
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332379388
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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Excerpt from Two Plays for Dancers (or all three musicians, singing) Why does my heart beat soi Did not a shadow pass? It passed but a moment ago. Who can have trod in the grass? What rogue is night - wandering? Have not old writers said That dizzy dreams can spring F mm the dry bones of the dead? And many a night it seems That all the valley fills With those fantastic dreams. They overflow the hills. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Terence Rattigan
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259407683
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Excerpt from Separate Tables: Two Plays Separate tables was first presented by The Producers Theatre in asso ciation with H echt-lancaster at The Music Box, New York City, on October 25, 1956. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
