Othello
Othello is William Shakespeare’s tragedy of the Moor who “loved not wisely but too well.” In Venice, Othello elopes with Desdemona, the daughter of a Venetian senator. Iago, who hates Othello and who feels he has been passed over for a promotion, plots to bring down Othello. Through Iago’s lies and manipulation, Othello believes that Desdemona has been unfaithful and kills her. When the truth comes out, Othello stands on his honor and kills himself.
Man And Superman
Subtitled ‘‘A Comedy and a Philosophy,’’ George Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman is a comedy of ideas: its characters discuss ideas such as capitalism, social reform, male and female roles in courtship, and other existential topics in long speeches that resemble arias in an opera.
Romeo and Juliet
In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, a long feud between the Montague and Capulet families disrupts the city of Verona and causes tragic results for Romeo and Juliet. Revenge, love, and a secret marriage force the young star-crossed lovers to grow up quickly — and fate causes them to commit suicide in despair.
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Molière’s Tartuffe reveals how a religious hypocrite — an imposter — almost succeeds in his plot to jail a naive friend and his family and thereby cheat them out of their home. The social comedy, which satirizes false piety, hypocrites, and certain aspects of the Catholic Church, was perennially banned.
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Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler introduces a woman who is bored with her new author husband and to life itself. Hedda reunites with a friend who overcame alcoholism to write his own book.
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William Shakespeare’s Hamlet follows the young prince Hamlet home to Denmark to attend his father’s funeral. Hamlet is shocked to find his mother already remarried to his Uncle Claudius, the dead king’s brother. And Hamlet is even more surprised when his father’s ghost appears and declares that he was murdered. Exact dates are unknown, but scholars agree that Shakespeare published Hamlet between 1601 and 1603.
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How many words is a picture worth when it’s a picture of another picture? The Dilettantes discover the value of art at their fast-paced time at a famous museum. If they can avoid run-ins with security guards and things like their own thoughts, they’ll take pictures of all the art in a flash.
More»Tis Better To Be Vile Than Vile Esteem’d
Robert Gladstone, an ambitious employee of the Happy Helper Toilet Supply Company, is looking for that dream promotion, and he and his wife, Amy, are hosting a dinner for the company CEO and founder, Eugene Westin. When the CEO invites a couple of homeless people and Robert’s ex-mistress to the dinner, Robert will have his hands full keeping the uninvited guests from ruining his dinner and his former lover from ending his marriage.
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a psychological drama in one-act (2008)
Aliena, a drug addict desperately attempting to pull herself from the pit of substance abuse, has returned home to care for her ailing mother and reconnect with her past, looking for validation that she can be a good person as she once was. But with her mother suffering from dementia, Aliena struggles to rediscover the good person inside that she thought she was.
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