Molina's tragedy of epic proportions, based on the Old Testament story, which transcends its biblical origins. Premiered at The Lyric Hammersmith in a successful and much-lauded production.

Premiered in London last year to critical acclaim, Aristophanes' classic battle of the sexes is given an up-to-the-minute plundering by the world's leading feminist raconteur, polemicist and wit. -Germaine Greer's ball-grabbing translation misses no opportunity to squeeze as fruity an interpretation as possible. A bubbling bag of Ancient Greek delights.---Rachel Halliburton, The Independent

In this translation from esteemed translator Ranjit Bolt, based on the original by Moliere. The play satirizes the hypocrisies of French aristocratic society, but it also engages a more serious tone when pointing out the flaws which all humans possess.

Stanislaw Wypianski (1869-1907) has long been recognized as an outstanding dramatist, whose influence on Polish Theatre is second to none.

Turgenev (1818-1883) tends to be seen in Chekhov's shadow, yet his plays pre-date Chekhov's work by nearly half a century. A Month in the Country is Turgenev's acknowledged masterpiece. This selection not only reveals the extent of Turgenev's achievement as a dramatist, but sheds an interesting light on the great novels that followed.

In The End of Me Old Cigar, leading media figures get together for not such shocking reasons as might it first appear. A Sense of Detachment satirizes our heartless, profiteering society, while defending timeless human values. A Place Calling Itself Rome is a powerful reworking of Shakespeare's Coriolanus. The television play Jill and Jack is a comic gem that satirizes the conventions of its own genre, while also being a close study of sexual warfare.

Scottish playwright Robert David MacDonald translates French playwright Jeanb's Racine's classic Brittannicus, which was first performed in Paris in 1669. This translation was perfromed to great acclaim in London, before transferring to Broadway.

The three plays in this volume illustrate Kleist's genius and versatility. Includes: Prince Friedrich von Homburg, a tautly plotted clash of love, honor, and obedience to State; The Broken Pitcher, which one him acclaim for his crisp dialogue and robust humor; and Ordeal by Fire, the most colorful, atmospheric play of its time to have a female protagonist.

The Liar is a hilarious comedy of the impossible situations which arise when a compulsive and incorrigible liar falls in love. The Illusion is a fascinating play within a play within a play with a strong mystical element. Le Cid, his most famous play, is a tragicomedy that caused a furious controversy between Corneille and his fellow-writers

Tales from the Vienna Woods describes the decay of a society haunted by inflation and lurching towards Fascism. Italian Night lays bare the blindness of even well-intentioned men and the dangerous inadequacy of their fascist tormentors. Sladek and Right Around the Congress are set in a period of roaring inflation in Germany after the First World War.