Dramatic Works audiobooks page 20

This is the second installment in Sophocles's Theban Plays that chronicles the tragic fates of Oedipus and his family. After fulfilling the prophecy that predicted he would kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus blinds himself and leaves Thebes, to wander in the wilderness accompanied by his daughters Antigone and Ismene.

Oedipus the King (often known by the Latin title Oedipus Rex) is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed c. 429 BC. It was the second of Sophocles's three Theban plays to be produced, but it comes first in the internal chronology, followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone. Over the centuries, it has come to be regarded by many as the Greek tragedy par excellence.

Doch was dem Abgrund kühn entstiegen,
Kann durch ein ehernes Geschick
Den halben Weltkreis übersiegen,
Zum Abgrund muß es doch zurück.

Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in two parts. It is Goethe's most famous work and considered by many to be one of the greatest works of German literature.

This first part of Faust is not divided into acts, but is structured as a sequence of scenes in a variety of settings. After a dedicatory poem and a prelude in the theatre, the actual plot begins with a prologue in Heaven and Scene 1 in Faust's study.

Manfred is a dramatic poem in three acts by Lord Byron, and possibly a self confessional work. A noble, Manfred, is haunted by the memory of some unspeakable crime. In seeking for forgetfulness and oblivion, he wanders between his castle and the mountains. He has several encounters with the people who try to assist him, as well as spirits that rule nature and human destiny. The poem explores themes of morality, religion, guilt and the human condition.

La locandiera è una commedia scritta da Carlo Goldoni nel 1751.

La storia si incentra sulle vicende di Mirandolina, un'attraente e astuta giovane donna che gestisce a Firenze, con l'aiuto del suo cameriere Fabrizio, una locanda ereditata dal padre. (Riassunto di Wikipedia)

Personaggi:

Il Cavaliere di Ripafratta - Filippo Gioachin
Il Marchese di Forlipopoli - Isairon
Il Conte d'Albafiorita - Algy Pug
Mirandolina, locandiera - Dolcinea
Ortensia, comica - piccolamimi
Dejanira, comica - Maria Grazia Tundo
Fabrizio, cameriere di locanda - Riccardo Fasol
Servitore, del Cavaliere - River80
Servitore, del Conte - arcobaleno
Narratore - arcobaleno...

Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella by Henry James. It portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl by Winterbourne, a compatriot of hers with much more sophistication. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates they meet in Switzerland and Italy. Her lack of understanding of the social mores of the society she so desperately wishes to enter ultimately leads to tragedy.

Ceci est une collection de pièces en un acte et de monologues en français.

This is a collection of French one-act plays and monologues.

(by Jc Guan, translated by Ezwa)