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Aeschylus

1. Women of Aetna, The. 476 BC. Known to have been produced by Aeschylus in Sicily, although no texts exist today.
2. Persians, The. 470 BC. Text: Perseus Project/Tufts Univ., The Internet Classics Archive, Virginia Tech Univ.
3. Suppliants, The. 463 BC. Written and produced in 463 BC, although sometimes dated as far back as 490 BC. Text: Perseus Project/Tufts Univ., The Internet Classics Archive, Virginia Tech Univ.
4. Prometheus Bound. 460 BC. Text: Perseus Project/Tufts Univ., The Internet Classics Archive, Virginia Tech Univ.
5. Seven Against Thebes, The. 460 BC. Text: Perseus Project/Tufts Univ., The Internet Classics Archive, Virginia Tech Univ.
6. Agamemnon. 458 BC. First play in the Oresteia trilogy of tragedies. Legendary Greek war hero Agamemnon triumphs in the Trojan war while his family collapses from within. His wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus conspire to murder Agamemnon. Agamemnon's son Orestes and daughter Electra avenge his murder. Influenced Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra, Seneca's Agamemnon and possibly several Shakespeare tragedies.
7. Libation Bearers (Choephoroi). 450 BC. Second in the Oresteia Trilogy. Text: The Perseus Project/Tufts, The Internet Classics Archive, Virginia Tech Univ.
8. Furies (Eumenides). 450 BC. Third part of the Oresteia Trilogy. Text: Perseus Project/Tufts Univ., The Internet Classics Archive, Virginia Tech Univ.

Aristophanes

1. Acharnians, The. 450 BC. Comedy; text at Virginia Tech Univ.
2. Clouds, The. 420 BC. Text: Clinch College, Virginia Tech Univ.
3. Knights, The. 420. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
4. Peace. 420. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
5. Wasps, The. 420. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
6. Lysistrata. 411-410 BC. Overview of Lysistrata; Text: Virginia Tech Univ., The English Server/Carnegie-Mellon
7. Birds, The. 410 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
8. Thesmophoriazusae, The. 410. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
9. Frogs, The. 400 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
10. Ecclesiazusae, The. 390 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
11. Plutus. 380 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.

Barrie, J. M.

1. Professor's Love Story, The. 1894.
2. Little Minister, The. 1897.
3. Admirable Crichton, The. 1902.
4. Quality Street. 1902.
5. Peter Pan. 1904. Musical comedy for children, popular since its first performance. The story of a little boy and girl who learn to fend for themselves supposedly contains Freudian subtexts. Actress Maude Adams, who starred in the original production, became a star in the title role.
6. What Every Woman Knows. 1908.
7. Kiss for Cinderella, A. 1916.
8. Dear Brutus. 1917.
9. Mary Rose. 1920.
10. Shall We Join the Ladies?. 1922.
11. Boy David, The. 1936. Bible-themed story written for actress-dancer Elizabeth Bergner.

Beaumarchais, Pierre

1. Barber of Seville, The. 1775.
2. Marriage of Figaro, The. 1784.

Beaumont and Fletcher

1. Knight of the Burning Pestle, The. 1607. Comedy notable for using an audience member as a participant.
2. Philaster. 1610.
3. Maid's Tragedy, The. 1611. Tragicomedy built around lust and corruption in the court of Rhodes. Considered one of Beaumont and Fletcher's best.
4. King and No King, A. 1611.
5. Scornful Lady, The. 1613.
6. Humorous Lieutenant, The. 1618. First play performed at Drury Lane, 1663.

Beckett, Samuel

1. Breath. 20-second absurdist play consisting solely of breathing noises.
2. Eleutheria. 1946. Beckett's first play, never published or performed during his lifetime.
3. Waiting for Godot. 1953. Beckett's first stage success, an absurdist comedy about two men endlessly waiting for someone named Godot to arrive.
4. Endgame. 1957. Beckett's second play to be performed is an aburdist comedy about a group of people who never seem to be able to communicate with nor escape each other.
5. Happy Days. 1961. A woman is slowly buried alive while she recounts her life in this absurdist comedy. First performed in New York.
6. Play. 1963. 40-minute absurdist play, consisting of two identical 20-minute recitations by three disembodied heads.
7. Come and Go. 1965. 3-minute absurdist play.

Behn, Aphra

1. Rover, The; or The Banish'd Cavaliers. 1688. Text.

Brecht, Bertolt

1. Baal. 1918.
2. Jungle of the Cities. 1921.
3. Man's a Man, A. 1926.
4. Threepenny Opera, The. 1928.
5. St. Joan of the Stockyards. 1929-1930.
6. Rse and Fall of the City of Mahogany, The. 1930.
7. Seven Deadly Sins, The. 1933.
8. Life of Galileo, The. 1937-1939.
9. Mother Courage. 1938-1939.
10. Good Woman of Setzuan, The. 1939-1941.
11. Herr Puntila and his Servant Matti. 1940.
12. Visions of Simone Machard, The. 1940-43.
13. Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The. 1941.
14. Schweik in the Second World War. 1942-43.
15. Caucasian Chalk Circle, The. 1943-45.

Chekhov, Anton

1. On the High Road. 1884. Tragic one-act.
2. Ivanov. 1887. Full-length play about a tragic marriage.
3. Bear, The. 1888. Early one-act farce.
4. Proposal, The. 1889. Another early one-act farce.
5. Wood Demon, The. 1889. Full-length play.
6. Wedding, The. 1890. Early one-act farce.
7. Platonov. 1890-1896. Unpublished and unperformed tragedy.
8. Seagull, The. 1896. Tragedy with elements of comedy and absurdity, Chekhov's first successful play.
9. Uncle Vanya. 1899.
10. Three Sisters, The. 1901.
11. Cherry Orchard, The. 1904.

Cohan, George M.

1. Seven Keys to Baldpate.
2. Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway. 1906.
3. Little Millionaire, The. 1911.
4. Little Nelly Kelly. 1923.

Congreve, William

1. Old Bachelor, The. 1693.
2. Double-Dealer, The. 1694.
3. Love for Love. 1695.
4. Mourning Bride, The. 1697. A rare tragedy
5. Way of the World, The. 1700.

Corneille, Pierre

1. Melite. 1629. A farce.
2. Medee. 1635. Tragedy.
3. Le Cid. 1637. Most popular of Corneille's plays, a comedy.
4. Horace. 1640.
5. Cinna. 1640.
6. Polyeucte. 1641.
7. La Mort de Pompee. 1642.
8. Le Menteur. 1643.
9. Pertharite. 1652.
10. La Tois d'or. 1660.
11. Tite et Berenice. 1670.
12. Psyche. 1671.

Euripides

1. Rhesus. 450 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
2. Alcestis. 438 BC. Text at Virginia Tech Univ.
3. Medea. 431 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
4. Andromache. 430 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
5. Heracleidae, The. 430 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
6. Heracles. 430 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
7. Hippolytus. 428 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
8. Cyclops, The. 420 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
9. Hecuba. 420 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
10. Suppliants, The. 420 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
11. Iphigenia in Tauris. 414 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
12. Electra. 413 - 410 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
13. Helen. 412 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
14. Ion. 410 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
15. Orestes. 410 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
16. Phoenissae, The. 410 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
17. Trojan Women, The. 410 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
18. Bacchae, The. 406 BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
19. Iphigenia at Aulis. 406 ? BC. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.

Fitch, Clyde

1. His Grace of Gaumont. Comedy of manners, first starred Otis Skinner as Charles II.
2. Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines. Melodrama that starred a young Ethel Barrymore, produced by Charles Frohman.
3. Nathan Hale. History play
4. Moth and the Flame, The. 1898. Melodrama.
5. Barbara Frietchie. 1899. History play which launched the career of actress Julia Marlowe.
6. Cowboy and the Lady, The. 1899. Highly successful melodrama.
7. Truth, The. 1904. Internationally acclaimed comedy about a habitual liar.
8. City, The. 1909. Drama about small-town family trying to adjust to the big city, an attack on urbanization.

Gay, John

1. Beggar's Opera, The. 1728. Text: Wiretap Collection. This satire of Italian Opera is a famous example of Ballad Opera, which uses popular songs. First performed in 1728, with musical arrangements by Dr. John Pepusch, it was an instant hit in London. Benjamin Britten's opera of the same name, Brecht and Weill's Threepenny Opera, and many less well-known musicals have been derived from this play.

Gilbert & Sullivan

1. Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old. 1871. Text: The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
2. Trial By Jury. 1875. Text: The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
3. Sorcerer, The. 1877. Text: The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
4. H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass that Loved a Sailor. 1878. Text: The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
5. Pirates of Penzance. 1879. Text: The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
6. Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride. 1881. Text: The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
7. Iolanthe, or The Peer and the Peri. 1882. Text: The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
8. Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant. 1884. Text: The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
9. Mikado. 1885. Text: The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive, E-Text project
10. Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse. 1887. Text: The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
11. Yeomen of the Guard. 1888. Text: The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
12. Gondoliers, The or The King of Barataria. 1889. Text: The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
13. Utopia Limited, or the Flowers of Progress. 1893. Text: The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
14. Grand Duke, or The Statutory Duel. 1896. Text: The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive

Heywood, John

1. Playe Called the Foure P.P., The. c. 1520. About a lying contest between four people.
2. Johan Johan. 1533. Considered the first purely secular farce in English theatre. A woman carries on an affair with a priest while mocking her husband.

Houghton, Stanley

1. Dear Departed, The. 1906.
2. Younger Generation, The. 1910.
3. Hindle Wakes. 1912.

Hrotswitha

1. Paphnutius. About the conversion of Thais. Translated into English by Christopher St. John.
2. Dulcitius.
3. Gallicanus.
4. Callimachus.
5. Sapientia.
6. Abraham. 1000. Play by 10th century Saxon nun and first woman playwright. Story of the hermit Abraham, with moments of Greek- and Roman-style comedy.

Ibsen, Henrik

1. Catalina. 1850. Ibsen's first play. A drama influenced by the Romantic movement, and Scribe and Schiller.
2. Vikings of Helgeland, The. 1858. Drama, based on Scandinavian history.
3. Love's Comedy. 1862.
4. Pretenders, The. 1864.
5. Brand. 1865. Early version of common theme in Ibsen: Arrogant pastor leaves suffering in his wake on his road to glory. Heavily symbolic.
6. Peer Gynt. 1867. One of Ibsen's most popular plays, on one of his favorite themes: Reckless, ambitious man learns the only meaning in his life comes from the poor woman who loved him but whom he forsook. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
7. League of Youth. 1869.
8. Pillars of Society. 1875-1877.
9. Doll's House,A. 1878-1879.
10. Ghosts. 1881.
11. Enemy of the People, An. 1882.
12. Wild Duck, The. 1884.
13. Rosmersholm. 1886.
14. Lady from the Sea, The. 1888.
15. Hedda Gabler. 1890.
16. Master Builder, The. 1892.
17. Little Eyolf. 1894.
18. John Gabriel Borkman. 1896.
19. When We Dead Awaken. 1899.

Jonson, Ben

1. Every Man in his Humour. 1598. Comedy in which each character represents a different "humour," or temperament. Jonson's first major success. First performed in London. Texts: Oxford Univ.
2. Every Man out of his Humour. 1599.
3. Cynthia's Revels. 1600.
4. Poetaster. 1601.
5. Sejanus. 1603. Text: Oxford Univ.
6. Volpone. 1605-1606. Text: The English Server, Oxford Univ.
7. Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. 1609. Texts: Oxford Univ.
8. Alchemist, The. 1610. Comedy first performed at The Globe.
9. Catiline. 1611. Texts: Oxford Univ.
10. Bartholomew Fair. 1614. Comedy first performed in London. The English Server, Oxford University

Marivaux

1. Le Triomphe de l'amour. 1732. Typical romantic comedy by Marivaux about the conflict between passion and thought, centered around three characters who are resurrected from emotional death by love. In a fanciful ancient Sparta, three intellectuals conspire to assassinate the ruling princess and replace her empire of passion with a government of reason. The princess infiltrates the group and, donning male and female disguises, makes all three fall in love with her. Adapted into a Broadway musical, The Triumph of Love, in 1997.

Middleton, Thomas

1. Game at Chess, A. 1624.
2. Changeling, The. 1653.
3. Women Beware Women. 1657.

Miller, Arthur

1. Crucible, The: Teacher's Guide. Penguin Books teachers' guide to the play

Moliere

1. Docteur Amoureux (Le).
2. Amphitryon.
3. Avare (L').
4. Imaginary Invalid, The (Le Malade imaginaire).
5. Precieuses ridicules (Les). 1658.
6. Sganarelle, ou le cocu imaginaire. 1660.
7. Ecole des maris (L'). 1661.
8. Ecole des femmes (L'). 1662.
9. Critique de l'ecole des femmes (Le). 1662.
10. Tartuffe. 1664. Text: Alex (In French)
11. Misanthrope (Le). 1666.
12. Medecin malgre lui (Le). 1666.
13. Georges Dandin, ou le mari confondu. 1668.
14. Amanats magnifiques (Les). 1670.
15. Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Le). 1671.
16. Fourberies de Scapin (Les). 1671. Text: Alex (in French)
17. Femmes savants (Les). 1672.

Molnar, Ferenc

1. Guardsman, The.
2. Liliom.
3. Play's the Thing, The.

O'Neill, Eugene

1. Long Voyage Home, The (also titled S.. 1916-1918. Series of one-act plays devote to the sea
2. Bound East for Cardiff. 1916.
3. Ile. 1917.
4. Moon of the Caribbees, The. 1919.
5. Beyond the Horizon. 1920. First full-length play, initiated his "realistic" period and won O'Neill his first (of four) pulitzer prize.
6. Emperor Jones, The. 1920. Drama about a self-appointed emperor
7. Anna Christie. 1921. Drama about a woman saved by love, later made into a film
8. Hairy Ape, The. 1922. Drama that initiated O'Neill's "expressionistic" period
9. All God's Chillun Got Wings. 1924. Drama about inter-racial marriage
10. Desire Under the Elms. 1924. Drama about conflicts in an established New England family
11. Great God Brown, The. 1926. Expressionistic drama
12. Marco Millions. 1928. Satire of business
13. Strange Interlude. 1928. Nine-act character study
14. Mourning Becomes Electra. 1931. Sophocles' Oresteia transposed to a Post-Bellum New England setting
15. Ah, Wilderness!. 1933. A rare comedy.
16. Days Without End. 1934.
17. More Stately Mansions. 1938.
18. Iceman Cometh, The. 1939. Drama about dysfunctional characters
19. Touch of the Poet, A. 1940.
20. Long Day's Journey Into Night. 1941. Autobiographical drama not produced until 1956
21. Hughie. 1941.
22. Moon for the Misbegotten, A. 1943. Drama

Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing

1. Money Spinners, The. 1880.
2. Magistrate, The. 1885.
3. Dandy Dick. 1886.
4. Second Mrs. Tanqueray, The. 1893.
5. Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith, The. 1895.
6. Trelawney of the Wells. 1898.

Racine, Jean

1. Athalie. 1691. Text: Alex (in French)

Shakespeare, William

1. Selected Poems of Shakespeare. Univ. of Toronto
2. Midsummer Night's Dream - Annotated HTML.
3. Henry VI. 1589-1591. (1589-1591) Parts I, II, III. History play concerned with Henry VI's reign as King of England during the Hundred Years War with France, particularly as it relates to Joan of Arc. Based mainly on Holinshed's Chronicles. Follows Henry IV and Henry V, but written before those plays.
4. King John. 1591-1596. King John ascends the throne of England despite not having true right to it. The true heir is Arthur of Bretagne, the 14-year-old son of John's older brother, but he is denied by King John. Constance of Bretagne, mother of Arthur, decides to gather forces from France and Austria to overthrow John and return the kingdom to her son. Learning of the threat, John goes to battle with both countries. He wins on the battlefield, but makes a political mistake by ordering Arthur restrained and tortured. This costs him the support of his allies. Distraught, he is made to relinquish the throne to Prince Henry, as ordered by the Roman Church Archbishop. (Synopsis by Carilla Clements.)
5. Richard III. 1592-1593. (1592-1593) Part history play, part revenge tragedy about Richard III's malevolent reign. One of Shakespeare's most popular plays, not the least because the main character is a pure villain. Though based on Holinshed's Chronicles, the play is not considered historically accurate. The title role has attracted many great actors, including Richard Burbage in the first production, David Garrick, Edmund Kean, Henry Irving and Laurence Olivier, who made an excellent film version.
6. Titus Andronicus. 1593-1594. (1593-1594) Revenge tragedy set in Ancient Rome. As was typical of revenge tragedies, it contains many gruesome moments, including two murder victims used as ingredients in a pie, which actually may have been lifted from a play by Seneca. Text: The Tech.
7. Taming of the Shrew. 1593-1594.
8. Two Gentlemen of Verona. 1594.
9. Comedy of Errors, The. 1594.
10. Love's Labours Lost. 1594-1595. Early romantic comedy. Synopsis: The King of Navarre has taken a solemn vow to fast, study and keep from seeking women's pleasure for three years. Three of his lords also asked to take this vow, insist this would be an impossible task. The Princess of France visits the king for reasons of business but the king finds a way to break his vow by wooing the girl yet not lose his honor with his court. The rest of the court also finds the same way to break their vows. Soon a chaotic sequence of events ensues from this creative trickery. The maids learn of the vow and decide to turn the table by deceiving the men. When all is understood at the end, the men must vow to do honest work for a time to win the hearts of their ladies. (Synopsis by Carilla Clements.)
11. Midsummer Night's Dream, A. 1595-1596.
12. Richard II. 1595.
13. Romeo and Juliet. 1595-1596.
14. Merchant of Venice, The. 1596-1597.
15. Henry IV, Part One. 1596-1597.
16. Merry Wives of Windsor, The. 1597-1598.
17. Much Ado About Nothing. 1598-1599.
18. Henry IV, Part Two. 1598.
19. Henry V. 1599.
20. Julius Caesar. 1599.
21. As You Like It. 1599.
22. Hamlet. 1601-1602. This most famous of Shakespeare's plays tells the story of Hamlet, Prince of Medieval Denmark, who is very angry about the untimely death of his father, the King, as well as with the marriage of his mother and uncle. He feels this marriage is too close to the death of his father and after a prophetic apparition of his father's ghost, he learns his father was murdered by his new stepfather. He becomes obsessed with the murder of his father, contemplating whether he should "bear the outrageous slings of fortune," commit suicide or take action to avenge his father's death. He decides to trick his stepfather into admitting he is the murderer. However, the web of deception by all parties results in the death of Hamlet's love, Ophelia, and his mother. Hamlet kills his stepfather, dying himself in the end. (Synopsis by Carilla Clements.) Note the similarities to the story of Orestes.
23. Twelfth Night. 1601-1602.
24. Troilus and Cressida. 1601-1602.
25. All's Well That Ends Well. 1602-3. Shakespearean comedy from his "problem play" period. Plot: Middle-class girl, Helena, unscrupulously tries to marry Bertram, the aristocrat she loves. Theme is a humanistic one typical of the period: Personal worth is more important than noble lineage. Source: Boccaccio's Decameron. Historic performances: Drury Lane, 1742, with Peg Woffington as Helena.
26. Measure for Measure. 1604.
27. Othello. 1604.
28. King Lear. 1605. One of Shakespeare's most mature tragedies, written toward the end of his career. It opens with king Lear having gathered his daughters, Gonneril, Reagan and Cordelia, the youngest of the three. He has decided to retire and split his kingdom into three sections. Though he is kind, the king's senility seems to worsen through the play. Cordelia urges him not to make foolish choices knowing the other two daughters are selfish and unloving toward their father. The two evil daughters unsuccessfully plot to take their father's kingdom, but die through their own deceit. Cordelia and Lear die together, suffering broken hearts. (Synopsis by Carilla Clements.) First performed in London in 1606.
29. Macbeth. 1606.
30. Anthony and Cleopatra. 1606-1607. This Ancient Rome-set tragedy begins with the eventful death of Julius Caesar. The Roman Empire is divided into two spheres, and Anthony (Mark Antony) is given the Eastern sphere to rule. He finds himself in Alexandria where he falls passionately in love with Cleopatra, an alluring woman with great wealth and a temptress for many powerful men including the late Caesar. Anthony enters into war against his rival Octavius, hoping Cleopatra will support him with her forces, but she deserts him in mid-battle. Informed by a messenger that she is dead, he commits suicide by falling on a sword. She learns of his suicide and chooses to be at his side during his last dying hour. Soon after, she poisons herself and dies together with her lover. They are buried together. (Synopsis by Carilla Clements.)
31. Timon of Athens. 1607-1608.
32. Pericles, Prince of Tyre. 1607-1608.
33. Coriolanus. 1607-1608.
34. Cymbeline. 1609.
35. Winter's Tale, The. 1611.
36. Tempest, The. 1611.
37. Henry VIII. 1612-1613.

Shaw, George Bernard

1. Richard Himself Again. Insightful review of the play by G.B. Shaw
2. Letter to Stella Campbell. Feb. 22, 1913. Letter to actress reflecting on the funeral of Shaw's mother.
3. Widower's Houses. 1892. Shaw's first play.
4. Mrs. Warren's Profession. 1893. Staged in 1902 and banned until 1925 because it concerned prostitution (Mrs. Warren's profession).
5. Arms and the Man. 1894.
6. Candida. 1895.
7. Devil's Disciple, The. 1897.
8. Caesar and Cleopatra. 1898.
9. Man and Superman. 1903.
10. John Bull's Other Island. 1904.
11. Major Barbara. 1905.
12. Doctor's Dilemma, The. 1906.
13. Misalliance. 1910.
14. Androcles and the Lion. 1912.
15. Pygmalion. 1913.
16. Heartbreak House. 1919.
17. Back to Methuselah. 1920.
18. Saint Joan. 1923.
19. Apple Cart. 1929.
20. Millionairess. 1935.
21. In Good King Charles's Golden Days. 1939.

Sondheim, Stephen

1. Into the Woods. Text: The English Server

Sophocles

1. Ajax. 450 BC. Text at Virginia Tech Univ.
2. Antigone. 442 BC. Synopsis: Antigone and her sister Ismene are isolated by King Creon of Thebes because their brother Polynices waged war against the city. The King's decree is to bury Eteocles, the other brother who fought for the city, as a hero, but to leave the body of Polynices unburied, condemning him to the negative forces of the Gods. Antigone defies that decree by burying Polynices' body anyway. When he learns of his niece's betrayal, Creon imprisons her and decrees she be killed at dawn. Creon's son, Haemon is in love with Antigone and pleads with his father not to kill her. Creon stubbornly denies his son's request, but a prophet shows him the error of his ways. His realization comes too late, however. Antigone takes her life, and Haemon kills himself after learning Antigone's fate. Faced with the loss of his son, Creon goes mad. (Synopsis by Carilla Clements.) First performed in Athens in 442 BC.
3. Electra. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
4. Philoctetes. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.
5. Oedipus Trilogy. Texts: Virginia Tech Univ., Gutenberg Project, The Wiretap Collection, The English Server
6. Trachiniae, The. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.

Spenser, Edmund

1. Epithalamion. Text: Virginia Tech Univ.

Terence

1. Andria. 166 BC.
2. Hecyra. 165 BC.
3. Heautontimarumenos. 163 BC.
4. Eunuchus. 161 BC.
5. Phormio. 161 BC.
6. Adelphi. 160 BC. Typical high comedy by Terence.

Webber, Andrew Lloyd

1. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Pop opera based on the Old Testament of the Bible. It was not originally a big success on the stage, but the popularity of the music established its young composer and lyricist, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, in musical theatre. Text: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
2. Evita.
3. Jesus Christ Superstar. 1970-1971. Rock opera based on the Bible's New Testament. A modern, somewhat cynical account of the life of Jesus. Started out as a successful recording in 1970, transformed into a musical in 1971. Initially controversial because of its irreverent approach to Christianity, it proved to be very popular. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice. Text: Jesus Christ Superstar.
4. Jeeves. 1975. Musical based on the butler character, Jeeves, in the stories of P.G. Wodehouse. Not a hit when it appeared.
5. Cats. 1981. Dance musical adaptation of T.S. Eliot's Cats poems. A London and Broadway hit, it is the longest-running Broadway show. LLoyd-Webber's most popular musical, it contains many hit songs as well as fine dance numbers choreographed by Gillian Lyne. Text: Lyrics/Rutgers Theatre Gopher
6. Phantom of the Opera. 1988. Musical adaptation of the horror tale. Text: E-Text
7. Aspects of Love. 1989. Musical about artists in the French Riviera. Not a hit when it first appeared.
8. Sunset Boulevard. 1993. Musical adaptation of the Billy Wilder film about a dead man who finds himself trapped at the estate of a faded silent film star.
9. Whistle Down the Wind. 1996. Musical about a child who shelters a fugitive, believing him to be Jesus. Based on an obscure English film of the same title.

Yeats, W. B.

1. Shadowy Waters, The. 1885-1906.
2. Countess Cathleen, The. 1889-1899.
3. Land of Heart's Desire, The. 1894.
4. Cathleen ni Houlihan. 1901. Written with Lady Gregory
5. On Baile's Strand. 1901-1904.
6. Pot of Broth, The. 1902. co-written with Lady Gregory.
7. Hour Glass, The. 1902. A verse version was written in 1903
8. King's Threshold, The. 1903. Co-written with Lady Gregory.
9. Deirdre. 1905-1906.
10. Unicorn from the Stars, The. 1907. Co-written with Lady Gregory.
11. Player Queen. 1908.
12. Green Helmet, The. 1908-1910.
13. At the Hawk's Well. 1915-1916. One of Yeats' "plays for dancers," in an oriental style.
14. Only Jealousy of Emer, The. 1916. One of Yeats' "plays for dancers," heavily influenced by Japanese theatre.
15. Oedipus at Colonus. 1926.
16. Words upon the Window-pane, The. 1930. One-act about the last days of Jonathan Swift.
17. Death of Cuchulain, The. 1938.
18. Purgatory. 1938. One-act.

Zola, Emile

1. Therese Raquin. 1867. Drama by the chief proponent of "scientific naturalism" in art.