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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Ubu Plays: Ubu Rex / Ubu Cuckolded / Ubu Enchained
Alfred Jarry · 160 pages
The American Dream & The Zoo Story
Edward Albee · 90 pages
The play, a satire on American family life, concerns a married couple and their elderly mother. They are visited by two guests this particular day who turn their world upside down. The family in this play consist of a dominating Mommy, an emasculated Daddy and a clever and witty Grandma. A neighbor, Mrs. Barker, enters and the dialogue continues with the occasional interjection by Grandma. Mommy a
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Tom Stoppard · 126 pages
Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm’s-eve view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare’s play. In Tom Stoppard’s best-known work, this Shakespearean Laurel and Hardy finally get a chance to take the lead role, but do so in a world where echoes of
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Dario Fo, Joseph Farrell · 73 pages
The Arsonists
Max Frisch · 80 pages
"Fires are becoming something of a problem, but Biedermann has it all under control. A respected member of the community with a loving wife and a flourishing business, he believes nothing can get to him. Being the great philanthrope, he is happy to fulfil his civic duty and give shelter to two new houseguests, and when they start filling the attic with petrol drums he'll help them wire the fuse."
What the Butler Saw
Joe Orton · 72 pages
"Dr. Prentice, a psychiatric doctor in an exclusive, private clinic, is attempting to interview (and seduce) an attractive would-be secretary, Geraldine. Unwittingly surprised by his wife, he hides the girl. The affairs multiply as Mrs. Prentice, being seduced and blackmailed by young bellhop Nicholas Beckett, has promised him the secretarial post. When a government inspector arrives, chaos, under
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare · 122 pages
One night two young couples run into an enchanted forest in an attempt to escape their problems. But these four humans do not realize that the forest is filled with fairies and hobgoblins who love making mischief. When Oberon, the Fairy King, and his loyal hobgoblin servant, Puck, intervene in human affairs, the fate of these young couples is magically and hilariously transformed. Like a classic f
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
Oscar Wilde · 216 pages
Algernon pretends to be Jack's troublesome younger brother, in Wilde's satirical assault on nineteenth-century fashions, manners, and morality.
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett · 87 pages
This volume is an absurdist play in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait endlessly and in vain for the arrival of someone named Godot. They claim he's an acquaintance but in fact hardly know him, admitting that they would not recognize him when they do see him.
The Bedbug and Selected Poetry
Vladimir Mayakovsky · 317 pages
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Luigi Pirandello · 99 pages
"A new translation of Pirandello's absurdist metatheatrical play "Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore" (1921), along with translations of two related short stories, the play's preface, a novel fragment of the same name and related correspondance. Includes an introduction and select bibliography"--
The Learned Ladies
Moliere · 82 pages
Clitandre seeks the hand of Henriette, a match heartily approved of by her father, Chrysale. However, his wife, Philaminte, has other plans for her younger daughter - namely marriage to Trissotin, a foppish wit who panders to Philaminte's intellectual pretensions. Further complications are introduced by armande, Henriette's older sister, who once rejected Clitandre but now resents his attentions t
Heartbreak House
George Bernard Shaw · 161 pages
Published in 1919, Heartbreak House is an examination of the failings of the European leisure classes before World War I—failings that author George Bernard Shaw blamed for the war, and that he predicted would quickly lead to another, longer war. The play is set in an English country house, where representatives of every type of English society have gathered at the home of the seemingly-mad Captai
The Alchemist
Ben Jonson · 208 pages
First performed in 1610, The Alchemist is one of Ben Jonson’s greatest comedies. Written for the King’s Men—the acting company to which Shakespeare belonged—it was first performed in Oxford because the playhouses in London were closed due to the plague. It was an immediate success and has remained a popular staple ever since. The play centers around a con man, his female accomplice, and a roguis
Harvey
Mary Chase · 80 pages
One of the longest running comedies in Broadway and West End history, Harvey has endeared generations of audiences with the relationship of the amiable Elwood P Dowd and his best friend, the 6’1” tall white rabbit which only he can see. Elwood’s family are finally driven to committing him into Chumley’s Rest - home for the mentally disturbed, and here the fun really starts when Doctor Chumley beco
The Knight of the Burning Pestle [The Revels Plays]
Francis Beaumont · 208 pages
You Can't Take it With You
Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman · 72 pages