Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare
Written around the middle of his career, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's great festive comedies. The men are back from the war, and eve...
Othello
In seventeenth century Venice, a wealthy and debauched man discovers that the woman he is infatuated with is secretly married to a Moorish general in ...
Pericles Prince of Tyre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works des...
Premières pièces
Georges Feydeau
Pendant une absence momentanée de son épouse, Hector reçoit la visite de sa voisine d’en face, Emma, venue solliciter son aide. Pour donner une leçon ...
Richard II
The Tragedy of King Richard II, by William Shakespeare, is the first of the history series that continues with Parts 1 and 2 of King Henry IV and with...
Richard III
Richard III is an early history play probably written and performed around 1592-93. It is the culmination of Shakespeare's earlier three plays about H...
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare’s most well-known play is more than most people realize. While it is the story of star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, it is als...
Silvérie, ou les Fonds hollandais
Alphonse Allais
Extrait: La scène est à Paris, dans une chambre d’hôtel meublé. Une petite table à tiroir, à droite, au premier plan ; une chaise à gauche de cette ta...
The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's earliest plays, believed to have been written between 1592 and 1594. It is his shortest and one o...
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice was probably written between 1596 and 1598, and was printed with the comedies in the First Folio of 1623....
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It feature...
The Passionate Pilgrim
The Passionate Pilgrim was published by William Jaggard, later the publisher of Shakespeare’s First Folio. The first edition survives only in a single...
The Sonnets
Shakespeare’s Sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal with such the...
the strange gentleman
Charles Dickens
Before he became a novelist, Dickens wrote several successful plays. This one from 1836, his first, he called, "A Comic Burletta in Two Acts". Charact...
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies, and was inspired by classical Roman comedy and the Italian commedia dell'arte. Bapt...
The Tempest
Banished from his own lands by a usurping brother, Prospero and his daughter Miranda have been living on a deserted island for years, until fate bring...
The VIllage Coquettes
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 ...
Timon of Athens
The Life of Timon of Athens is a play by William Shakespeare about the fortunes of an Athenian named Timon (and probably influenced by the philosopher...
Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus may be Shakespeare's earliest tragedy; it is believed to have been written in the early 1590s. It depicts a Roman general who is enga...
Troilus and Cressida
Troilus and Cressida is Shakespeare's "problem" play about the Trojan War. As the opening Chorus tells us, the play "begins in the middle" of the epic...
Twelfth Night
Shakespeare's great festive comedy, probably written and first performed around 1601, follows the adventures of twins Viola and Sebastian, who are sep...
Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Two Gentlemen of Verona is the earliest comedy written by Shakespeare (and possibly his first play), probably written around 1590-91. It focuses o...
Ubu roi
Alfred Jarry
Ubu roi est une pièce de théâtre d'Alfred Jarry publiée le 25 avril 1896 dans la revue de Paul Fort Le Livre d'art, puis la même année aux Éditions du...
Winter s Tale
Mad with jealousy, King Leontes of Sicilia orders his best friend Polixenes killed, his child abandoned, and his wife put on trial for adultery. Sixte...