Drama Books
Volpone
Ben JonsonVolpone is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's mos..
Peter Pan
J. M. BarriePeter Pan and Wendy (1911) is the brainchild of Scottish playwright and novelist J.M. Barrie, who wrote the book after the the success of his play Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904) Be..
The Alchemist
Ben JonsonThe Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King's Men, it is generally considered Jonson's best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge ..
A Doll's House
Henrik IbsenA Doll's House, written two years after The Pillars of Society, was the first of Ibsen's plays to create a sensation and is now perhaps his most famous play, and required reading in many secondary sch..
The Doctor's Dilemma
George Bernard ShawThe Doctor's Dilemma is a play by George Bernard Shaw first staged in 1906. It is a problem play about the moral dilemmas created by limited medical resources, and the conflicts between the demands of..
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
Edith NesbitEdith Nesbit, the author of Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, felt passionately that young children should enjoy Shakespeare's great works. She set about to retell his plays in a language that child..
King Lear
William ShakespeareOut of all the tragedies king Lear is the very finest the story of a king brought low and the cruelty and ungratefulness of two of his daughters mirrored with the sardonic wit and irony of his court f..
Othello
William ShakespeareOthello is the story of a cross-cultural romance between the title character, a noble moor who is a general in the Venetian army, and Desdemona, a beautiful and virtuous Venetian lady. The newly-marri..