tragedies

Presents English playwright John Webster's early-seventeenth-century drama about the tragic marriage between the widowed Duchess of Malfi and her majordomo Antonio Bologna.

Translates Sophocles' tragedy in which Electra, daughter of Greek warrior Agamemnon and his murderous wife Clytemnestra, yearns for her brother Orestes to avenge their father's death by killing their mother.

Presents the text of Shakespeare's drama about the Prince of Denmark, and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary, and a short account of the textual problems of the play.

Presents the text of the tragedy in which Brutus, best friend of Julius Caesar, destroys himself when he reluctantly joins a plot to murder the Roman ruler; and includes an overview of the playwright's life, world, and theater; a selection of dramatic criticism; a stage and screen history; and a list of recommended readings.

Presents the text of the play, accompanied by explanatory notes, an introduction to Shakespeare's life and theater, and critical essays from the past and present.

Presents the play "Prometheus Bound" by the poet Aeschylus, in which the Titan Prometheus relates how he is punished for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humans. Offers background information on the times of Aeschylus, how the play was viewed in the fifth-century BC, and the legacy the play has had on classical literature.

Translates the dramatic work "The Oresteia," a tragedy depicting the downfall of the house of Atreus.

Presents the poetic script of Sophocles' tragedy depicting the mythological king who is doomed to kill his father and marry his mother. Includes the historical background of Greek myths and legends and provides a synopsis of the story.

Sophocles' play of a king prophesied to kill his father and marry his mother is here presented in a translation designed to be used on stage.

Contains the text of Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" in which a man and his ambitious wife plot to kill their king and his heirs, clearing the way for Macbeth to seize the crown of Scotland for himself, and includes an introduction, commentary, notes, and illustrations.