The Nutshell History of Western Theatre -- From Sophocles to Stoppard
Bethany Branch Books Talk, May 7, 2010 and Gere Branch Books Talk, May 10, 2010
Jim W.
Jim, from the Gere Branch, discussed a variety of seminal works from the history of Western Theatre, all listed below...
Oedipus the King
by Sophocles [882 Sop]
Lysistrata
by Aristophanes [882 Ari]
Doctor Faustus
by Christopher Marlowe [822 Mar]
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare [822.33 ShaS7_ and others]
The Beggar's Opera
by John Gay [Music 782.12 Gay]
A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen [839.8 Ibs]
Enemy of the People
by Henrik Ibsen [839.8 Ibs]
Ghosts
by Henrik Ibsen [839.8 Ibs and others]
Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen [839.8 Ibs and others]
Dream Play
by August Strindberg [various call #]
Ghost Sonata
by August Strindberg [various call #]
Miss Julie
by August Strindberg [various call #]
Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov [891.7 Che and others]
Sea Gull
by Anton Chekhov [891.7 Che and others]
Uncle Vanya
by Anton Chekhov [891.72 Che and others]
Major Barbara
by George Bernard Shaw [822 Sha]
Man and Superman
by George Bernard Shaw [822 Sha]
Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw [822 Sha and others]
The Lower Depths
by Maxim Gorky [various call #s]
Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Luigi Pirandello [various call #s]
Life of Galileo
by Bertholt Brecht [832 Bre]
Mother Courage
by Bertholt Brecht [832 Bre]
The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui
by Bertholt Brecht [832 Bre]
Threepenny Opera
by Bertholt Brecht [832 Bre]
Our Town
by Thornton Wilder [812 Wil and others]
All My Sons
by Arthur Miller [812 Mil]
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller [812 Mil]
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller [812 Mil and others]
The Blacks: A Clown Show
by Jean Genet [842 Gen]
Endgame
by Samuel Beckett [822 Bec and others]
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett [various call #s]
Look Back in Anger
by John Osborne [822 Osb]
The Birthday Party
by Harold Pinter [822 Pin and others]
The Homecoming
by Harold Pinter [822 Pin]
Marat/Sade
by Peter Weiss [832 Wei]
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
by Tom Stoppard [822 Sto]
Travesties
by Tom Stoppard [822 Sto]
Jesus Christ, Superstar
by Andrew Lloyd Webber [782.141 Llo and others]
Godspell
by Stephen Schwartz [782.141 Sch]
Tommy
by The Who [various call #s]
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