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$4.99The Tower of Death: A Play in Five Acts Frank J. Morlock et al.
Tour de Nesle (The Tower of Death) is one of Alexandre Dumas’s greatest and most powerful plays, a tale of power and conviction, although its historical accuracy is far from certain.
Queen Marguerite and her sisters… More
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The Count of Monte Cristo, Part Four Alexandre Dumas et al.
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great adventure novels of the nineteenth century. But the author, Alexandre Dumas, also converted many of his fictions into riveting dramas, dividing his classic tale of revenge… More
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Saving the Queen Frank J. Morlock et al.
Well-known French writer Théophile Gautier and Bernard Lopez combine their talents in this send-up of the cloak-and-sword dramas so popular with the Romantics. When the Spanish Queen’s horse runs away with… More
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Old Creole Days Frank J. Morlock et al.
The nineteenth-century Southern writer (George Washington Cable) who wrote the stories on which this play is based was born in New Orleans, and the racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of that great city impregnates… More
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L’Assommoir: A Play in Five Acts Frank J. Morlock et al.
Émile Zola (1840-1902) was one of France’s greatest novelists of the nineteenth century, being most famous as a writer for Nana (the story of a courtesan), and in the political world for his role in exposing the… More
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Isle of Slaves and Other Plays Frank J. Morlock et al.
Here are three French plays from the Enlightenment Period dealing with the subject of slavery. ISLE OF SLAVES, by Pierre de Marivaux, is the longest and most challenging of the three. It postulates an island in the ancient… More
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The Red and the Black Frank J. Morlock et al.
Based on the novel by Stendhal (Henri Beyle, 1783-1842), The Red and the Black tells the story of Julien Sorel, a talented and ambitious young peasant. Sorel manages to cynically and hypocritically manipulate those… More
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Justine Frank J. Morlock et al.
Based on the Marquis de Sade’s infamous novel of the same name, this new dramatic version of JUSTINE closely follows the original story, both in spirit and in action. De Sade, with his relentless logic, attempts… More
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Under Western Eyes Frank J. Morlock et al.
Based on a novel by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), “Under Western Eyes” tells the story of Razumov, a Russian student indirectly involved in the assassination of a Tsarist minister. Haldin, the man who committed… More
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The Hunchback Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois et al.
Henri de Lagardere, the best swordsman in France, suddenly finds himself duty-bound to protect the baby female heir of a murdered friend–a girl who matures into a beautiful woman who will one day inherit a princely… More
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Faust Adolphe d'Ennery et al.
French dramatist Adolphe d’Ennery (1811-1899) follows the Faust story originally developed by Goethe, but with a leavening of humor that the German playwright lacked. Especially entertaining is the character… More
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The Count of Monte Cristo, Part Two: The Resurrection of Edmond Dantes Alexandre Dumas et al.
The Count of Monte Cristo, one of the greatest adventure novels of all time, has been converted by the author into a series of four plays. In PART TWO, Edmond Dantes has escaped from the dreaded prison island of d’If… More
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The Princess Casamassima Frank J. Morlock et al.
Based on the 1885 novel by Henry James, this play tells the story of Hyacinth Robinson, the bastard son of a French woman and an English lord. Robinson has become a bookbinder in the London working-class slums. He embraces… More
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The Count of Monte Cristo, Part One Alexandre Dumas et al.
This dramatization of the classic novel is the first of four parts. In 1815 Napoleon has fled to Elba, and the Bourbons have been restored to the French throne. Young Edmond Dantes is First Mate and Acting Capt. of the merchant… More
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Chuzzlewit Frank J. Morlock
In order to prevent his aged cousin (Old Martin) from leaving his huge fortune to charity, Pecksniff travels from London to America to dissuade the dying man from such a mistake. But Old Martin is far from death’s… More
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The Count of Monte Cristo, Part Three Alexandre Dumas et al.
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great adventure novels of all time. But the author, Alexandre Dumas, also adapted his novel into four riveting plays. Part Three: The Rise of Monte Cristo is set two decades after … More
