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Аудіокнига The Furies (Morshead Translation)

Aeschylus - The Furies (Morshead Translation)

29-01-2020
The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The name derives from the character Orestes, who sets out to avenge his father's murder. The only extant example of an ancient Greek theater trilogy, the Ores...
01:06:50
Аудіокнига The Wild Duck

Henrik Ibsen - The Wild Duck

18-01-2020
The Wild Duck (1884) (original Norwegian title: Vildanden) is by many considered Ibsen's finest work, and it is certainly the most complex. It tells the story of Gregers Werle, a young man who returns to his hometown after an extended exile and is reunited with his ...
3:23:20
Аудіокнига The Bacchae

Euripides - The Bacchae

27-12-2019
Euripides' Bacchae tells of Dionysus, the God, come to the city of Thebes, there to drive mad those who refuse participation in his ecstatic rites, sing and dance on the mountainside and worship him as God. A family tale as well as a sacrificial rite, in it Dionysus drives...
02:14:42
Аудіокнига The Persians (version 2)

Aeschylus - The Persians (version 2)

26-12-2019
The earliest of Aeschylus' plays to survive is "The Persians" (Persai), performed in 472 BC and based on experiences in Aeschylus's own life, specifically the Battle of Salamis. It is unique among surviving Greek tragedies in that it describes a recent historical event. "The Pe...
01:07:40
Аудіокнига The Trojan Women (Coleridge Translation)

Euripides - The Trojan Women (Coleridge Translation)

19-12-2019
Described by modern playwright Ellen McLaughlin as "perhaps the greatest antiwar play ever written," "The Trojan Women," also known as "Troades," is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides. Produced in 415 BC during the Peloponnesian War, it is often considered a commentary o...
01:20:34
Аудіокнига Prometheus Bound (Thoreau Translation)

Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound (Thoreau Translation)

12-12-2019
Whether or not it was actually written by Aeschylus, as is much disputed, "Prometheus Bound" is a powerful statement on behalf of free humanity in the face of what often seem like the impersonal, implacable Forces that rule the Universe. As one of the most compelling rebel manife...
00:59:08
Аудіокнига Ghosts (version 2)

Henrik Ibsen - Ghosts (version 2)

10-12-2019
A Family-drama in three acts. Like many of Ibsen's better-known plays, Ghosts is a scathing commentary on 19th century morality. (Summary by Kristingj)Cast:Mrs. Helen Alving, widow of Captain Alving: Rhonda ...
2:33:46
Аудіокнига Ivanov

Anton Chekhov - Ivanov

09-12-2019
Nicolai (anglicised Nicholas in this translation) Ivanov, a middle-aged public servant, is unhappy. His wife Anna, disinherited by her family after converting from Judaism, is dying of tuberculosis. He is deeply in debt. And his best friend’s daughter is infatuated with him. Come...
2:31:23
Аудіокнига The White Devil

John Webster - The White Devil

02-12-2019
John Webster's The White Devil (1612) is a Jacobean revenge tragedy, replete with adultery, murder, ghosts, and violence. The Duke of Brachiano and Vittoria Corombona decide to kill their spouses, Isabella and Camillo, in order to be together, aided by the crafty and ambit...
3:08:50
Аудіокнига A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen - A Doll's House

01-06-2022
Published in 1879, this play was a bombshell, exposing the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian like middle class marriage. The play is significant for the way it deals with the fate of a married woman, who at the time in Norway lacked reasonable opportunities for self-fulfillment in a ...
03:16:58
Аудіокнига Mary Stuart

Friedrich Schiller - Mary Stuart

25-12-2019
Schiller's tragedy depicts the final days of Mary, Queen of Scots, who has been imprisoned by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, because of her potential claim on the English throne. The action of the play revolves around an attempt to rescue Mary from prison and Elizabeth's indec...