Tragedy

Adrienne Lecouvreur

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Ernest Legouve


This drama was written in 1848 for the great French tragedienne, Rachel, by Eugene Scribe and his writing partner, Ernest Legouve. Scribe is…

Enrico IV

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Luigi Pirandello


Durante una sfilata in costume dell'inizio del novecento, rievocativa del celebre episodio dell'imperatore Enrico IV di Franconia a Canossa…

The Perjur'd Husband, or The Adventures of Venice

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Susannah Centlivre and Susanna Centlivre


Centlivre's first play: a tragedy. Star-crossed lovers, one married and the other betrothed elsewhere. Secret letters gone astray, gender ch…

The Lords of Ellingham

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Henry Spicer


Although written in 1839, this Victorian-era drama contains the sort of extreme violence and lack of a firm moral compass that is usually as…

Don Carlos

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Friedrich Schiller


Don Carlos is a Dramatic Poem in 5 acts written by the German classical playwright and poet Friedrich von Schiller. It was first performed o…

Pelléas and Mélisande

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Maurice Maeterlinck


Pelléas and Mélisande is a Symbolist play by the Belgian playwright and author Maurice Maeterlinck about the forbidden, doomed…

Paolo and Francesca

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Stephen Phillips


The tragic and adulterous story of Paolo and Francesca was originally immortalized by Dante in his "Divine Comedy". Since then, t…

Sonnenuntergang – eine Dichtung

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Hans Bethge


Hans Bethge studierte unter anderem auch Philosophie, was ihn wohl mit zu diesem Drama inspirierte. Er zieht dabei einen tragischen Vergleic…

Ode To Joy


Michael Swartzentruber


This sermon was preached by Rev. Michael Swartzentruber on December 11th, 2011 at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Richmond, …

Troades

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca


Troades (or The Trojan Women) is a Latin verse drama by Seneca the Younger. It is partly based on Euripedes' tragedy of the same name.The lo…

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