Terence’s six plays are comedies written while he was a slave to a Roman senator. In this one, a severe father compels his son Clinia, in love…… Read more “‘Heautontimorumenos; the Self-Tormentor’ by Terence”

Another Pinero play. Biting satire this time, ironic comedy – not a farce. The Big Drum, a novel being written by Phil, one of the main characters,…… Read more “‘The Big Drum’ by Arthur Wing Pinero”

“Cynthia’s Revels,” the second “comical satire,” was acted in 1600, and, as a play, is even more lengthy, elaborate, and impossible than “Every Man Out of His…… Read more “‘Cynthia’s Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love’ by Ben Jonson”

Courage follows the story of Courage, a young 12-year-old orphaned girl, who adapts to to meeting and living with new people. She lives up to her name…… Read more “‘Courage’ by Ruth Ogden”

Dramatised by Australian playwright Arthur Adams from his book of the same name, this is labeled “A Comedy with a Tragic Tang”. The author claims there is…… Read more “‘Galahad Jones’ by Arthur Adams”

A Woman is a Weathercock is the first play by the former child star of the Jacobean stage, Nathan Field. The action takes place over a single…… Read more “‘A Woman is a Weathercock’ by Nathan Field”

Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are suddenly yanked out of their comfortable lives and removed to live in the country with only their mother and to “play at…… Read more “‘The Railway Children’ by E. Nesbit”

Another of the plays by Terence translated from the Latin by Riley. “A certain citizen of Athens had a daughter named Pamphila, and a son called Chremes.…… Read more “‘The Eunuch’ by Terence”

A House of Pomegranates is a collection of four long stories, which was first published in 1891: The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and…… Read more “‘A House of Pomegranates’ by Oscar Wilde”

Anatol, one of Schnitzler’s earliest works, concerns the life of a shallow and immature playboy, who has multiple dalliances with various women but suffers from a crippling…… Read more “‘Anatol’ by Arthur Schnitzler”