Download or read book Comedies of Words and Other Plays Classic Reprint written by Arthur Schnitzler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Comedies of Words and Other Plays Schnitzler's first play Anatol, a cycle of dialogues written around a central character ap pearing in each, was probably finished in 1889 it was produced in I892. The success of Anatol was immediate. Its wit and its shrewd grasp of human nature captured Vienna like a storm. Up to the time of this writing he has written and produced about twenty five plays his last, big play, Professor Bernhardi having started a wild sensation, crimination and recrimination, throughout the whole of Austria and Germany; while, on the other hand, his marvellous activity both as a novelist and short story writer has prompted criticism, outside of Austria and Germany, to deliberately couple his name with the names of Zola, Dostoievsky and de Maupassant. 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.
Download or read book COMEDIES OF WORDS OTHER PLAY written by Arthur 1862-1931 Schnitzler and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Nowadays written by George Middleton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Nowadays: A Contemporaneous Comedy There are obvious reasons why many plays are refused production, or fail to find ideal interpretation upon the stage for which every play should primarily be written. The demands and caprices, too, of our over-stimulated theater are such that financial success is not necessarily the indication of a play's merit, nor does financial failure, which may be likewise due to a variety of causes, imply that a play is unworthy. But the printed page, whether a play succeeds or fails, affords the dramatist some record of his endeavor. Through publication he renders his work accessible to those who may not have had the Opportunity of seeing it produced: through publication he makes his bold or futile bid for consideration in the dramatic literature of his time. As in Embers and Tradition, from several plays of which I have drawn the inspiration and suggestion of certain ideas and scenes, I have sought in Nowadays to reflect some spirit of the moment as expressed in the shifting standards of man and woman in relation to each other. My personal word to the reader would not be complete without a tribute to my wife, whose free spirit has gone into the making of this play. G. M. 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.
Download or read book Three Comedies Classic Reprint written by Ludvig Holberg and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Three Comedies IN the following translations Holberg's meaning is given to the best of the translator's ability, without tenacious adherence to phrases or punctilious atten tion to words. A translator, like other persons, may be over-righteous. 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.
Download or read book The Tempest written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tempest: A Comedy is a one of the many famous plays written by the well known English playwright, William Shakespeare. A poet, playwright, and actor, Shakespeare is widely considered to be one of, if not the greatest writer in the English language. Frequently referred to as England's national poet, Shakespeare crafted thirty eight plays, two long narrative poems, and one hundred and fifty four sonnets in his lifetime. All of his plays, including The Tempest, have been translated into every major language and are consistently performed more often than plays by any other writer in the history of literature. In this play, Shakespeare examines magical elements not often seen in his other works as he crafts a world and characters that manipulate one another via magical means. The play centers around a father and daughter on an island and the father's attempt to ensnare the King Alonso of Naples into a political upheaval and a marriage between their children. While considered a comedy, this play draws heavily on romantic writings and is influenced by the tradition of tragicomedies. Through its use of illusion, manipulation, and the words of characters, this play has consistent reminders that it is just a play, or rather just another illusion of life. This tactic is one of the reasons that this play stands out to those familiar with Shakespeare's work as an interesting interpretation of play writing and the purpose of plays in the theater. The Tempest: A Comedy is a wonderfully executed play by the incomparable playwright, William Shakespeare. This is a wonderful read for individuals interested in Shakespeare and his work along with individuals with a distinct interest in English plays and theater. This book is bound to be exciting for students of drama, teachers of drama and literature, and playwrights wanting to learn from the best playwright known to man. 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.
Download or read book Mr William Shakespeares Comedies Histories and Tragedies written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies: A Facsimile Edition The present reduced facsimile edition of Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, 67 Tragedies (london, more commonly known as the First Folio, reproduces as faithfully and accurately as modern techniques permit the excellent copy in the possession of the Elizabethan Club of Yale University. This copy, which formerly belonged to Henry Huth (english collector, 1815 was purchased in 1911 by the late Alexander Smith Cochran and presented to the Library of the Elizabethan Club, where it is now one of the treasures of the Club's superb Eliza bethan collection. For the sake of convenient handling the size of the original type page has here been reduced by approximately one - fifth. To ensure maximum readability stains have been removed whenever possible without interfering with the text itself, but no other retouching has been undertaken; consequently, because of irregularities in the printing of the Folio an occasional word or passage in the facsimile reproduction may be difficult to read. Liberal outside margins have been provided for the reader's notes and a paper suitable for writing in ink has been used. The photographing was entrusted to Frederic G. Ludwig, head of the Photographic Department of Yale University Library. 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.
Download or read book The Constant Couple Or a Trip to the Jubilee written by George Farquhar and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Constant Couple, or a Trip to the Jubilee: A Comedy A great many quarre at the Trip to the Jubilee for a Mifnomer I muft 'tell them, that perba there are greater trips in the play 3 and when I find t at more ex aei plays have had better fuccefs, I will talk with the critics about decorums, arc. However, if I ever corn mit another fault of this nature, I to make it more excufable. 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.
Download or read book The Language of the Birds written by Adolf Paul and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Language of the Birds: A Comedy Abishag (raises her veil). O Lord and Master, thy brow IS furrowed, thine eyes are full of trouble! (goes up to him.) What presseth upon thy soul, what maketh thy breast to heave in anguish? (sits down beside him.) Why do thy lips breathe bitterness, instead of smiling lovingly toward me? Did not my kisses gladden thee? Wert thou not happy in my love? Say, art thou weary of me already? 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.
Download or read book La Pierre de Touche written by Émile Augier and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from La Pierre De Touche: A Comedy Modern French playwrights commit another literary sin which stands in an odd paradoxical relation to the sin of preaching out of place. They deal, to sickening excess, with subjects and characters which, it is to be hoped, do not yet fill so large a space in French life as they do in French books. Let us take them at their word when they say that their purpose is to represent life as it really is. Are one-third of the women in France adventuresses? Certainly not; yet adventuresses make up about one-third of the number of female characters in modern French plays and novels. Is the subject of adultery and amorous in trigue the main occupation of French minds? Let us hope not; yet in these books there are scarcely more than two subjects seriously considered. The first, and chief one, is vice of this sort the second is the relation between the old nobility of blood and the new oligarchy of money. 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.
Download or read book Comedies Classic Reprint written by George Henry Calvert and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Comedies Rog. Or frowns. Tang. If Rosalie did ever frown. Rog. Upon my word, I never saw her frown. Tang. And did she so, why frowns would sit on her Like clouds at molten eve, sunned into grace, Made beautiful by what they bask in. Rog. Thou, Meanwhile, as faithful glass - forget not that As smile for smile, wilt give back frown for frown; Whence the black danger, that those doubling frowns, Breeding as cloud doth cloud in angry weather, Heaven's face besmirch with gusty grimness, Not to be rent but by a stormful breach And then, obsequious glass, instead of smiles, Hot lightning and the rough-mouthed thunder echoes. Alas! Too certain 'tis, as smile to smile, And frown to frown, love leads to matrimony. Tang. Now I suspect thee. Thou dost never flout At aught thyself hast not a. Part in. Come, Confess. Rog. Well, in what guise? Shall I protest A melancholy sickness at my heart, tang. All sicknesses that life is wasted with Are purged from hearts that are by love invigored. 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.
Download or read book Shakespeare s Comedy of Twelfth Night written by William J. Rolfe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night: Or What You Will I We give it as quoted by Furnivall in his Introduction to the Leo pold Shakspere, p. Xvii. NO two editors print it in precisely the same form (see our cc]. Of A. Y. L. P. 10, foot-note). Collier, Knight, and Staunton give inscribing for in smiling, and H. Omits the words. 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.
Download or read book The Wren written by Booth Tarkington and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Wren: A Comedy in Three Acts Captain. (as his back is toward frazee and frazee's back is toward him, he calls) Hee-uh! See hee-uh! (frazee looks at him and comes down; captain continuing.) This is Francis. (crosses to C. Francis's name is always spoken in the New England way, the A half broad, and the 1 short. It should be noted, too, that broad A is always shortened in words like father, car, etc.) He's the bell-boy, or more like a porter, as you say. Wants your trunk check. 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.
Download or read book Comedies Volume 1 written by William Shakespeare and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 1995-07-10 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare forged his tremendous art in the crucible of his comic imagination, which throughout his life enveloped and contained his tragic one. His early comedies—with their baroque poetic exuberance, intense theatricality, explosive bursts of humor, and superbly concrete realizations of the dialects of love—capture as in a chrysalis all that he was to become. They provide a complete inventory of the mind of our greatest writer in the middle of his golden youth. This volume contains The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love's Labor's Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and it's companion piece, Romeo and Juliet, which Tony Tanner describes in his introduction as "a tragedy by less than one minute." The texts, authoritatively edited by Sylvan Barnet, are supplemented with textual notes, bibliographies, a detailed chronology of Shakespeare's life and times, and a substantial introduction in which Tanner discusses each play individually and in the context of Shakespeare's oeuvre.
Download or read book Plautus Classic Reprint written by Titus Maccius Plautus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-05 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Plautus Greetings, ye worthiest Of spectators, who hold good faith in the highest honour, and, Good Faith, you. If I have told the truth, give me a clear sign Of it, so that I may know from the very outset that you are fair-minded toward me. (waits hopefully for applause) Those be wise men, in my opinion, who take Old wine and those who love to see Old plays. Yes, liking as you do the works and words Of ancient days, you should like Old plays better than all others; for, really, the new comedies that are produced nowadays are much more worthless than our new coins. We actors, having learned from popular rumour that it is the plays Of Plautus you keenly desire, present an ancient comedy Of his which has already been approved by you Older men. TO the younger, I am sure, it is unfamiliar; but it shall be our earnest endeavour to make them familiar with it. This play, when it was first presented, surpassed all others. In that era lived the garland Of poets who have now departed to the common bourne. Yet absent though they be, they profit us as though present. Now let me earnestly entreat you all to accord our company your kind attention. Away with care and thought of debts; let no man dread a dun! The games are on; a game is on (chuckling) 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.
Download or read book The Wheel of Fortune written by Richard Cumberland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-20 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Wheel of Fortune: A Comedy Dame. He is a man of few words, to be sure; but then he has a world of learning in his head ever lastingly at his books. 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.
Download or read book The Comedy of Errors written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Comedy of Errors: A Comedy in Five Acts Within this hour it will be dinner-time Till that, I'll view the manners of the town, Peruse the traders, gaze upon the buildings, And then return, and sleep within mine inn; For with long travel I am stifi' and weary. Get thee away. D. Or S. Many a man would take you at your word, And go indeed, having so good a mean. A. OF S. A trusty villain, sir, that very oft, When I am dull with care and melancholy, Lightens my humor with his merry jests. What, will you walk with me about the town, And then go to my inn, and dine with me merch. I am invited, sir, to certain merchants, Of whom I hope to make much benefit; I crave your pardon. Soon, at five o'clock, Please you, I'll meet with you upon the mart, And afterward consort you till bedtime; My present business calls me from you now. A. OF S. Farewell till then. I will go lose myself, And wander up and down to view the city. Merch. Sir, I commend you to your own content. A. OF 8. He that commends me to mine own content, Commends me to the thing I cannot get. I to the world am like a drop of water, That in the ocean seeks another drop; Who, failing there to find his fellow forth, Unseen, inquisitive, confounds himself: So I, to find a mother and a brother, In quest of them, unhappy, lose myself. 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.
Download or read book Easy Terms a Domestic Comedy in One Act Classic Reprint written by Katharine Kavanaugh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Easy Terms a Domestic Comedy in One Act At rise of curtain, jimmie is seated at the right of the table. One leg is crossed over the other. His hair is mussed from his having run his hand through it frequently. His manner is discouraged. He absently reaches for the cigar ette box, finds it empty and throws it back in disgust; then digs his hands into his pockets in search of a possible stray cigarette. He fails to find one. Jimmie (mutters in exasperation). Hang it! (there is a sudden loud knock at the door. He springs to his feet, startled, and calls quickly.) Who's there? 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.
