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Years after an angry breakup, Victor and Walter Franz are reunited by the death of their father. As they sort through his possessions in an old brownstone attic, the memories evoked by his belongings stir up old hostilities. The Price was nominated for two Tony Awards, including best play.

Classe de 3ème et 2nd The gentle melancholy and lyrical atmosphere of Twelfth Night have long made the play a favourite with Shakespearian audiences. The plot revolves around mistaken identities and unrequited love, but is further enlivened by a comic sub-plot of considerable accomplishment. In it, Sir Toby Belch and his companion outwit the pretentious Malvolio, who despite suffering their most outrageous and insulting practical jokes, emerges as an almost noble figure.

Twelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays in the modern theatre, and this edition places particular emphasis on its theatrical qualities throughout. Peopled with lovers misled either by disguises or their own natures, it combines lyrical melancholy with broad comedy. The introduction analyses its many views of love and the juxtaposition of joy and melancholy, while the detailed commentary pays particular attention to its linguistic subtleties. Music is particularly important in Twelfth Night, and this is the only modern edition to offer material for all the music required in a performance. James Walker has re-edited the existing music from the original sources, and where noe exists has composed settings compatible with the surviving originals. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.' This line from the play was adopted by Jean Anouilh to characterize the first production of Waiting for Godot at the Theatre de Babylone in 1953. He went on to predict that the play would, in time, represent the most important premiere to be staged in Paris for forty years. Nobody acquainted with Beckett's masterly black comedy would now question this prescient recognition of a classic of twentieth-century literature.

Εκκινώντας από τον Ίωνα, τη «λιγότερο τραγική» από τις τραγωδίες του Ευριπίδη –περισσότερο θα του ταίριαζε ίσως ο χαρακτηρισμός «ειρωνικό δράμα»–, ο Χ.Α. Χωμενίδης γράφει ένα έργο που διαλαμβάνει –ανάλαφρα, μα καίρια– θεμελιώδη, διαχρονικά ζητήματα: Τις ρίζες κάθε ανθρώπου και τη σχέση του με τους γονείς του, βιωμένη ή φαντασιακή, την εξουσία και την ανάγκη της να προεκτείνεται στο μέλλον, τον γάμο ως φρίκη και ως φωλιά, τον έρωτα που φθίνει και τον πόθο που αναπάντεχα ανθίζει.

Καλοκαίρι του 1978, σ’ ένα χωριό του Έβρου. Ο Αίαντας επιστρέφει στη γενέτειρά του πιστεύοντας ότι θα αναλάβει τα στρέμματα γης που του αναλογούν. Ο πατέρας του όμως έχει ορίσει μοναδικό του κληρονόμο τον μικρό του γιο, Οδυσσέα. Εκείνον που έμεινε κοντά του, έκανε οικογένεια και δούλεψε τη γη, όσο ο μεγάλος σπούδαζε μακριά τους να γίνει φιλόλογος.

Ο Αίαντας θολωμένος από θυμό βάζει φωτιά στο πατρικό του να τους κάψει όλους στον ύπνο. Μόνο που ο άνεμος αλλάζει ρότα και τα σχέδια του δεν ευοδώνονται. Δεν του απομένει τίποτα άλλο πέρα από την αυτοχειρία. Ένας οικογενειακός εμφύλιος ξεσπά γύρω από την ταφή του σώματός του.