Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta. In Lysistrata a band of women tap into the awesome power of sex in order to end a war. The darker comedy of The Clouds satirizes Athenian philoso...(展开全部)

Though best known for his novels, Yukio Mishima published more than sixty plays, almost all of which were produced during his lifetime. Among them are kabuki plays and others inspired by No dramas—two types used in classical Japanese theater. Of play-writing Mishima once observed, “I started writing dramas just as water flows toward a lower place. In me, the topography of drama...(展开全部)

Though best known for his novels, Yukio Mishima published more than sixty plays, almost all of which were produced during his lifetime. Among them are kabuki plays and others inspired by No dramas—two types used in classical Japanese theater. Of play-writing Mishima once observed, “I started writing dramas just as water flows toward a lower place. In me, the topography of drama...(展开全部)

Richly exploited comic situations, effervescent wit, and intricate plots combine to make Sheridan's work among the best of of all English comedy. The School for Scandal (1777) is his masterpiece, a brilliantly crafted comedy of contrasts in which brothers Joseph and Charles Surface contend for Maria, with hilariously differing intentions and results. Also a work of acute comi...(展开全部)

Four plays by the Greek dramatist who started to interpret human behavior without reference to the wisdom of gods.

Oscar Wilde was at once a family man and a homosexual outsider, a socialite, socialist, and Irish nationalist. His contradictions inspired him to ponder the roles and masks donned in conventional society, and his acute and wry insights are wonderfully displayed in this collection of his essential plays. Known not only for his brilliant, epigrammatic language, but also for his s...(展开全部)

Oscar Wilde was at once a family man and a homosexual outsider, a socialite, socialist, and Irish nationalist. His contradictions inspired him to ponder the roles and masks donned in conventional society, and his acute and wry insights are wonderfully displayed in this collection of his essential plays. Known not only for his brilliant, epigrammatic language, but also for his s...(展开全部)

《都是管家惹的祸（1级.适合初1.初2）/ 书虫·牛津英汉双语读物》为“书虫？牛津英汉双语读物”系列1级读物，适合初一、初二年级的读者阅读。世事难预料，乌龙免不了。这六个短剧中的人物也不例外。管家詹姆斯对“先生”的吩咐总是执行得一丝不苟。他是个好管家。可是有一天，“先生”吩咐詹姆斯做了一件很不寻常的事，詹姆斯有没有遵命照办呢？大多数办事员对上司也是唯命是从。他们总是说：“得照章办事。”这可害苦了来给宠物猴子办许可证的老兄。罗杰的心病是自己没钱，他富有的女朋友却为他迟迟不来求婚而烦恼。事情似乎很简单，不过这是在戏里，问题可要复杂得多。 whiteheadbird

Five masterful dramatic works from one of the world's best-loved playwrights, Anton Chekhov's Plays is translated with notes by Peter Carson, and an introduction by Richard Gilman in Penguin Classics. At a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by formulaic melodramas and farces, Chekhov created a new sort of drama that laid bare the everyday lives, loves and yearnings of ...(展开全部)

约翰尼斯•费边，著名人类学家，曾在美国西北大学、卫斯理学院等多所大学执教，担任波恩大学、科隆大学、巴黎大学的访问学者。退休前任教于荷兰阿姆斯特丹大学，现居德国。他写了很多批评性的著作，《时间与他者》是他的代表作，这本书是人类学领域的经典著作，改变了人类学家“建立研究对象”的方法。