"Travesties Travesties is a 1974 play by Tom Stoppard. The play centres on the figure of Henry Carr, an elderly man who reminisces about Zürich in 1917 during the First World War, and his interactions with James Joyce when he was writing ""Ulysses"", Tristan Tzara during the rise of Dada, and Lenin leading up to the Russian Revolution, all of whom were living in Zürich at that time. As of April 2018 the play is currently on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre in New York. The revival, under Patrick Marber's direction, sees Tom Hollander and Peter McDonald from the"
"his left earlobe with right hand or leaning over his desk as if he is doing intellectual press-ups is very funny to watch or that he is brilliant at displaying cuckolded curiosity."" Harold Hobson, the drama critic, thought that failing to enjoy the play was ""not actually a criminal offence but it is a sad evidence of illiteracy"". ""Jumpers"" won the ""Evening Standard"" 's Best Play Award which, much to Hordern's amusement, was presented by the philosopher A. J. Ayer. In June 1973 Hordern appeared on radio for the BBC as Jeeves in an adaption of P.G. Wodehouse's ""Jeeves"" stories,"
"Plays of Three Decades Plays of Three Decades is a collection of three plays by the prolific playwright, screenwriter, and science writer Robert Ardrey. The three plays included are ""Thunder Rock"", Ardrey's international classic about hope and human progress; ""Jeb"", Ardrey's post-World War II civil rights play about a black soldier returning from the Pacific; and ""Shadow of Heroes"", a documentary drama about the prelude to and aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. The last play resulted in the release of two political prisoners from Soviet custody. ""Plays of Three Decades"" includes a lengthy preface by the author entitled"
"Alexandre Dumas fils Alexandre Dumas (; 27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel ""La Dame aux Camélias"" (""The Lady of the Camellias""), published in 1848, which was adapted into Giuseppe Verdi's opera ""La traviata"" (""The Fallen Woman""), as well as numerous stage and film productions, usually titled ""Camille"" in English-language versions. Dumas (French for 'son') was the son of Alexandre Dumas ('father'), also a well-known playwright and author of classic works such as ""The Three Musketeers"". Dumas was admitted to the (French Academy) in 1874 and awarded the"
"Arcadia (play) Arcadia is a 1993 play by Tom Stoppard concerning the relationship between past and present, order and disorder, certainty and uncertainty. It has been praised by many critics as the finest play from one of the most significant contemporary playwrights in the English language. In 2006, the Royal Institution of Great Britain named it one of the best science-related works ever written. ""Arcadia"" is set in Sidley Park, an English country house in Derbyshire, and takes place in both 1809/1812 and the present day (1993 in the original production). The activities of two modern scholars and the house's"
"The Arcadia (play) The Arcadia is James Shirley's dramatization of the prose romance, ""The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia"" by Sir Philip Sidney — one expression of the enormous influence that Sidney's work exercised during the 17th century. Shirley's stage version was first published in 1640. The 1640 quarto was published by the booksellers John Williams and Francis Eglesfield. The title page attributes the play to Shirley, and states that the play was acted by ""her Majesty's servants,"" that is Queen Henrietta's Men, at the Phoenix playhouse, i.e. the Cockpit Theatre. Alone among modern scholars, Alfred Harbage has disputed the attribution"
"Andromeda (play) Andromeda (, ""Androméda"") is a lost tragedy written by Euripides, based on the myth of Andromeda and first produced in 412 BC, in a trilogy that also included Euripides' ""Helen"". ""Andromeda"" may have been the first depiction on stage of a young man falling in love with a woman. The play has been lost; however, a number of fragments are extant. In addition, a number of ancient sources refer to the play, including several references in plays by Aristophanes. Several aspects of the plot of ""Andromeda"" can be inferred from the extant fragments and references. The play opened"
"clever ploy by claiming that the unity of place was respected in a vertical line between heaven, Sicily and hell. He then constructed a decoration in three decks for the mise en scene of his play. Jean Claveret Jean Claveret (1590 – 1666) was a 17th-century French playwright, lawyer and translator of Cicero, Cornelius Nepos and Valerius Maximus. He was born in Orleans around 1590. He studied law in the same city and became a lawyer at the Bar of Orleans, before giving up to become a dramatist. He asked Corneille, also a lawyer, recommendations and opinions. He created nine"
"published by Bakers Plays, continuing to be performed worldwide. In 1984 he wrote and directed Interface, a science fiction thriller based on the alleged Philadelphia Experiment featuring ambitious effects and sound design. Performed indoors, it played well with audiences but, like Robin Hood, received a mixed reaction from the press. In 1985, however, Blamire wrote and directed ""Jump Camp"", a surreal dark comedy about a writer searching for a missing psychiatrist in a ghost town that took the quirky dialogue suggested by ""In the Nations"" and elevated it to heights of absurdity. The play was an instant hit with audiences"
"Joseph Edwards Carpenter Joseph Edwards Carpenter (2 November 1813, London – 6 May 1885, Bayswater) was an English playwright, composer, and songwriter. In 1851 Carpenter moved from Leamington to London. He wrote various touring musical entertainments such as ""The Road, the Rail and the River"", and a ""Vocal, Pictorial, and Descriptive Illustration of Uncle Tom's Cabin"" (1853). A two-act musical drama ""The Sanctuary"" and his three-act drama ""Love and Honour"" appeared in 1854, and a three-act drama ""Adam Bede"" in 1862. He wrote lyrics for over 2500 songs and duets, publishing them in ""Ainsworth's Magazine"" and other magazines, and partnering"
"Andromède Andromède (""Andromeda"") is a French verse play in a prologue and five acts by Pierre Corneille, first performed on 1 February 1650 by the Troupe Royale de l'Hôtel de Bourgogne at the Théâtre Royal de Bourbon in Paris. The story is taken from Books IV and V of Ovid's ""Metamorphoses"" and concerns the transformation of Perseus and Andromeda. The play has rarely been revived and is mostly remembered today for the set of six engravings by François Chauveau depicting the elaborate Baroque set designs of Giacomo Torelli. The play was commissioned by Cardinal Mazarin in 1648 but wasn't finished"
"""He Who Gets Slapped"" written by Russian Leonid Andreyev 1916 and later adapted into one of the first circus films, ""Katharina Knie"" written in 1928 by Carl Zuckmayer and adapted for the English stage in 1932 as ""Caravan"" by playwright Cecily Hamilton, the revue ""Big Top"" written by Herbert Farjeon in 1942, ""Top of the Ladder"" written by Tyrone Guthrie in 1950, ""Stop the World, I Want to Get Off"" written by Anthony Newley in 1961, and ""Barnum"" with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics and book by Mark Bramble, ""Roustabout: The Great Circus Train Wreck"" written by Jay Torrence"
"way that was more natural to them and more expressive of their individual character feelings. Sophocles Sophocles (; ""Sophoklēs"", ; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC) is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than or contemporary with those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote over 120 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form: ""Ajax"", ""Antigone"", ""Women of Trachis"", ""Oedipus Rex"", ""Electra"", ""Philoctetes"" and ""Oedipus at Colonus"". For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated"
"of ""The New York Times"" called the production ""a half-terrific revival of Mr. Stoppard's entirely terrific ""Arcadia"""", noting that ""several central roles are slightly miscast"", and ""some of the performances from the Anglo-American cast are pitched to the point of incoherence."" Similar concerns were raised by critics from the ""New York"" magazine, ""The Hollywood Reporter"", ""The Wall Street Journal"", ""New York Daily News"", ""Time Out New York"" and Bloomberg News. Arcadia (play) Arcadia is a 1993 play by Tom Stoppard concerning the relationship between past and present, order and disorder, certainty and uncertainty. It has been praised by many critics"
"Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train is a play written by Stephen Adly Guirgis. The play takes place in a prison on Rikers Island in New York. Angel Cruz and Lucius Jenkins face murder charges. The play premiered Off-Broadway at the East 13th Street Theatre in a production by LAByrinth Theater Company on November 29, 2000 and ran to December 31, 2000. The play was directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. The original cast includes Salvatore Inzerillo, John Ortiz, and David Zayas, Ron Cephas Jones, and Elizabeth Canavan. The play was produced in London at the Donmar"
"Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist, and a major figure in the twentieth-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ""All My Sons"" (1947), ""Death of a Salesman"" (1949), ""The Crucible"" (1953) and ""A View from the Bridge"" (1955, revised 1956). He wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on ""The Misfits"" (1961). The drama ""Death of a Salesman"" has been numbered on the short list of finest American plays in the 20th century alongside Eugene O'Neill's ""Long Day's Journey into Night"" and Tennessee Williams's"
"Roman Tragedies Roman Tragedies (Dutch: ""Romeinse Tragedies"") is a 6-hour stage adaptation of William Shakespeare's plays ""Coriolanus"", ""Julius Caesar"", and ""Antony and Cleopatra"", created in 2007 by Toneelgroep Amsterdam, the theatre company of Amsterdam. As of November 2012, the company continues to perform it at venues across the world. Directed by Ivo van Hove, the production has been highly praised for its acting, its innovative set, and its use of multimedia. ""Roman Tragedies"" condenses three of Shakespeare's plays into a single 6-hour production. The actors speak Dutch; surtitles are used when touring the production. The surtitles do not present Shakespeare's"
"Iphigenia in Tauris Iphigenia in Tauris (, ""Iphigeneia en Taurois"") is a drama by the playwright Euripides, written between 414 BC and 412 BC. It has much in common with another of Euripides's plays, ""Helen"", as well as the lost play ""Andromeda"", and is often described as a romance, a melodrama, a tragi-comedy or an escape play. Although the play is generally known in English as ""Iphigenia in Tauris"", this is, strictly speaking, the Latin title of the play (corresponding to the Greek Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Ταύροις), the meaning of which is Iphigenia among the Taurians. There is no such place"
"Sophocles Sophocles (; ""Sophoklēs"", ; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC) is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than or contemporary with those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote over 120 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form: ""Ajax"", ""Antigone"", ""Women of Trachis"", ""Oedipus Rex"", ""Electra"", ""Philoctetes"" and ""Oedipus at Colonus"". For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens that took place during the"
"Comedians (play) Comedians is a play by Trevor Griffiths, set in a Manchester evening class for aspiring working-class comedians. It was first performed at the Nottingham Playhouse on 20 February 1975, in a production directed by Richard Eyre. The cast included Jonathan Pryce as the main character, Gethin Price, Stephen Rea and the comedian and music hall performer Jimmy Jewel as the teacher. The play deals with political issues such as sexism and racism. The play is set in the bleakness of 1970s Manchester, changing scene from a school classroom to a social club and back again. Various evening classes"
"Joseph Arthur (playwright) Joseph Arthur (1848 – February 20, 1906) was an American playwright best known for his popular (though not critically acclaimed) melodramatic plays of the 1880s and 1890s, including ""The Still Alarm"" (1887) and ""Blue Jeans"" (1890). Arthur was born to John C. and Margaret Hill Smith in Centerville, Indiana in 1848 as Arthur Hill Smith. Most of his life was spent in New York City, where he arrived by the 1870s, but many of his plays took Indiana as their setting. His first successful play was ""The Still Alarm"", which opened in New York City in August"
"is the Stoic philosopher Seneca. Nine of Seneca's tragedies survive, all of which are ""fabulae crepidatae"" (tragedies adapted from Greek originals); his ""Phaedra"", for example, was based on Euripides' ""Hippolytus"". Seneca is well known for composing works which feature a heavy presence of violence and horror. Seneca appears as a character in the tragedy ""Octavia"", the only extant example of ""fabula praetexta"" (tragedies based on Roman subjects, first created by Naevius), and as a result, the play was mistakenly attributed as having been authored by Seneca himself. However, though historians have since confirmed that the play was not one of"
"Jerry Ross (composer) Jerry Ross (born Jerold Rosenberg; March 9, 1926 – November 11, 1955) was an American lyricist and composer whose works with Richard Adler for the musical theater include ""The Pajama Game"" and ""Damn Yankees"", winners of Tony Awards in 1955 and 1956, respectively, in both the ""Best Musical"" and ""Best Composer and Lyricist"" categories. Ross was born Jerold Rosenberg to Russian immigrant parents, Lena and Jacob Rosenberg, in the Bronx, New York City. Growing up, he was a professional singer and actor in the Yiddish theater. Following high school he studied at New York University under Rudolph"
"Jean Armand Charlemagne Jean Armand Charlemagne (born Bourget (Seine) 30 November 1753 – died Paris 6 March 1838) was a French dramatic author. Originally intended for the church, he turned first to being a lawyers clerk and then a soldier. He served in the American War of Independence, and on returning to France (1783) began to employ his pen on economic subjects, and later in writing for the stage. He became the author of a large number of plays, poems and romances, among which may be mentioned the comedies ""M. de Crac à Paris"" (1793), ""Le Souper des Jacobins"" (1795)and"
"Arthur Wimperis Arthur Harold Wimperis (3 December 1874 – 14 October 1953) was an English playwright, lyricist and screenwriter, who contributed lyrics and libretti to popular Edwardian musical comedies written for the stage. But with the advent of talking films, he switched to screenwriting, finding even greater success in this medium. Early in his career, Wimperis was an illustrator. For 25 years beginning in 1906, he became a lyricist and librettist for musical comedies, including the hit ""The Arcadians"" in 1909 and many others. After serving in the First World War, he resumed his career, writing for shows like ""Princess"
"escape plan attempted in ""Thesmophoriazusae"" as well. Wall painting at House of the Citharist, Pompeii (pre-79 AD.) Roman relief carving around stone column discovered in Fittleworth, West Sussex (1st century AD.) Iphigenia in Tauris Iphigenia in Tauris (, ""Iphigeneia en Taurois"") is a drama by the playwright Euripides, written between 414 BC and 412 BC. It has much in common with another of Euripides's plays, ""Helen"", as well as the lost play ""Andromeda"", and is often described as a romance, a melodrama, a tragi-comedy or an escape play. Although the play is generally known in English as ""Iphigenia in Tauris"","
"Alfred Dampier Alfred Dampier (1843 – 23 May 1908) was an English-born actor-manager and playwright, active in Australia. Dampier was born in Horsham, Sussex, England, the son of John Dampier, builder, and his wife Mary, ""née"" Daly. Dampier had a stage career in Manchester before moving to Melbourne, Australia in 1873. Dampier soon formed his own company and often produced plays with an Australian theme. Dampier staged five plays by Francis Rawdon Chesney Hopkins from 1876-82. Dampier adapted ""For the Term of His Natural Life"" (1886), ""Robbery Under Arms"" (1890) and ""The Miner's Right"" (1891). The two roles Dampier was"
"Jacques Pradon Jacques Pradon, often called Nicolas Pradon (1632 – 14 January 1698), was a French playwright. Early in his career, he was helped by Pierre Corneille and was introduced to the salons at the Hôtel de Nevers and the Hôtel de Bouillon by Madame Deshoulières. Pradon was born in Rouen and is the author of eight tragedies: ""Pyrame et Thisbé"" (1674) (see Pyramus and Thisbe), ""Tamerlan, ou la mort de Bajazet"" (1676), ""Phèdre et Hippolyte"" (1677), ""La Troade"" (1679), ""Statira"" (1680), ""Regulus"" (1688), ""Germanicus"" (1694) and ""Scipion"" (1697). His plays enjoyed a certain limited success, but were severely judged"
"Rudens (play) Rudens is a play by Roman author Plautus, thought to have been written around 211 BC. Its name translates from Latin as 'The Rope'. It is a comedy, which describes how a girl, Palaestra, stolen from her parents by pirates, is reunited with her father, Daemones, ironically, by means of her pimp, Labrax. The story is, however, far more complex; in particular, humour is derived from the interactions between slaves and masters, and the changes in friendships throughout. The play is set in Cyrene, in northern Africa, although the characters come from a range of cities around the"
"Theristai Theristai (, also known as ""Reapers"" or ""Harvesters""), is a lost satyr play by Attic playwright Euripides. It was initially performed at the Dionysia in Athens in 431 BCE along with the tragedies ""Medea"", ""Philoctetes"" and ""Dictys"". The tetralogy finished in 3rd place, behind tetralogies by Euphorion (Aeschylus' son), who won 1st prize, and Sophocles. The play was recorded as having been lost as early as 200 BCE by Aristophanes of Byzantium in his hypothesis for ""Medea"". No fragments have been assigned to Theristai. It has been suggested that this play may be an alternate title for Euripides' lost"
"Senecan tragedy Senecan tragedy refers to a set of ancient Roman tragedies. Ten of these plays exist, of which most likely eight were written by the Stoic philosopher and politician Lucius Annaeus Seneca. The group includes ""Hercules Furens"", ""Medea"", ""Troades"", ""Phaedra"", ""Agamemnon"", ""Oedipus"", ""Phoenissae"", ""Thyestes"", ""Hercules Oetaeus"", and ""Octavia"". ""Hercules Oetaeus"" is generally considered not to have been written by Seneca, and ""Octavia"" is certainly not. In the mid-16th century, Italian humanists rediscovered these works, making them models for the revival of tragedy on the Renaissance stage. The two great, but very different, dramatic traditions of the age — French"
"works of Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw, other instances can be noted. George Chapman's ""Caesar and Pompey,"" perhaps his most obscure play, may date from c. 1613. It was followed by Thomas May's ""The Tragedy of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt"" (1626), Sir Charles Sedley's ""Antony and Cleopatra"" (1677), and John Dryden's ""All for Love"" (1678) — the last, one of Dryden's great successes. Similarly, Katherine Philips's translation of Pierre Corneille's ""La Mort de Pompée"" (1643) was a stage hit in London in 1663. As late as 1910, John Masefield treated Pompey and Septimius in his ""The Tragedy of Pompey the"
"Richard Alfieri Richard Alfieri (born April 9, 1948) is an American playwright, screenplay writer, novelist, producer, and actor. A graduate of Yale University, Alfieri began his professional career in New York City, where he studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. His awards include two Writers Guild Awards and an Emmy nomination. His play ""Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks"" opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theater. The play premiered in Los Angeles and has since been translated into 14 languages and opened in over 24 countries with productions in cities including Berlin, Sydney, Melbourne, Vienna, Madrid, Tokyo, Tel"