french drama

Alceste is against duplicity and false flattery, but the woman he loves, C?lim?ne, is the embodiment of all that he abhors which makes this a comedy of manners.

One of France's literary treasures commands the screen with this "exceptionally graceful adaptation" (Los Angeles Times) that received a Best Foreign Film Golden Globe(r) and five Oscar(r) nominations*, including Best Actor for Gerard Depardieu! Cyrano (Depardieu), a master swordsman and poet, feels he cannot woo his beloved Roxane (Anne Brochet) due to an unfortunate physical flaw: his grotesquely large nose. Resigning himself to helping another suitor, the dashing yet tongue-tied Christian (Vincent Perez), Cyrano uses his mastery of words to win Roxane forhim. But when Roxane finds that she has fallen for Christian's mindand not for his beautywhich of her two suitors will finally possess her heart? *1990: Foreign Language Film, Art Direction-Set Decoration, Costume Design (won), Makeup.

English translation of three plays by seventeenth-century French playwright Jean Racine.

Collection of seven plays by the seventeenth-century French author, representing the many facets of his writing talents.

Four plays written by the French existentialist philosopher and writer addressing such topics as hell, racism, and conduct of life.

Contains translations of four plays written between 1938 and 1950 by French author and philosopher Albert Camus, including "Caligula"; "The Misunderstanding"; "State of Siege"; and "The Just Assassins.".

Contains the text to two of Nobel Prize-winning author Samuel Beckett's greatest works, a single-act play and a single-person mime sketch.

Translates Moliere's 1665 play, "Don Juan," about a seducer who follows beauty--usually in the form of a woman--wherever it takes him, while he fights the pull of Hell.