Marlowe's classic treatment of the myth of man's greed has contemporary reverberations that make it compelling drama. Mr. Rudall has streamlined the story and turned it into fast-paced theatre.
Marlowe's classic treatment of the myth of man's greed has contemporary reverberations that make it compelling drama. Mr. Rudall has streamlined the s...
Aristophanes' great anti-war drama glorifies the power of fertility in the face of destruction. Mr. Rudall's new translation recaptures the splendid variety of diction in Aristophanes, so that instead of a heavily poetic presentation the play becomes highly theatrical.
Aristophanes' great anti-war drama glorifies the power of fertility in the face of destruction. Mr. Rudall's new translation recaptures the splendid v...
By far Strindberg's most aggressive work, The Father is a feverish nightmare of the struggle he saw between defiant masculinity and the "treacherous weakness" of woman. Mr. Brustein's adaptation takes account of modern feminist sensibilities without diminishing the play's relentless power and furious conclusion.
By far Strindberg's most aggressive work, The Father is a feverish nightmare of the struggle he saw between defiant masculinity and the "treacherous w...
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Bernard Sahlind Nicholas Rudall
Chekhov's treatment of theatre and love against the background of a magical lake attempts to define the role of the artist in the modern world. Plays for Performance Series.
Chekhov's treatment of theatre and love against the background of a magical lake attempts to define the role of the artist in the modern world. Plays ...
Ibsen's great social drama of a caged woman in the late nineteenth century explores her tormented desire for escape and her yearning for individual and spiritual freedom. Mr. Rudall's new translation makes Hedda Gabler beautifully speakable and playable for today's audiences.
Ibsen's great social drama of a caged woman in the late nineteenth century explores her tormented desire for escape and her yearning for individual an...
Sophocles classic drama of a daughter s revenge of her father s murder has been translated into playable language for modern audiences. As an example of Sophoclean tragedy, with its fatalistic acceptance of human doom, Electra is unsurpassed. It is, in addition, a potent metaphor for the current disintegration of some European nations."
Sophocles classic drama of a daughter s revenge of her father s murder has been translated into playable language for modern audiences. As an example ...
The most gripping of Ibsen s later, brooding self-portraits, The Master Builder explores the nature of a messianic hero pulled down from the heights to reside in the community of men, and now painfully laboring to drag himself up again. Thanks to Mr. Rudall s fresh translation, the language of the play is no longer archaic or Victorian."
The most gripping of Ibsen s later, brooding self-portraits, The Master Builder explores the nature of a messianic hero pulled down from the heights t...
