Classic Plays

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureThe Tragedy of Macbeth, or Macbeth, is one of his Shakespeare's shorter tragedies, and was probably written between 1599–1606, and is...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureThe Merchant of Venice is a 16th century play written by Shakespeare between 1596-1598 in which a merchant in Venice must default on ...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureThe Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, usually shortened to just Hamlet, was written by Shakespeare sometime between 1599–1602. It...

• Author(s): George Bernard Shaw • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureA great dramatist, literary critic, an eminent showman, intellectual and a satirist, George Bernard Shaw was a leading theatre person...

• Author(s): Dante Alighieri • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureDante Alighieri's The Inferno is the first part of his epic Divine Comedy, which takes readers on a journey through Hell. Guided by the R...

• Author(s): Oscar Wilde • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureThe Importance of Being Earnest is a farcical comedy in three Acts. The protagonists maintain fictitious personae to escape burdensome social...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureAntony and Cleopatra is a well-known tragedy by William Shakespeare. Its first known appearance in print came in the First Folio of 1...

• Author(s): Kalidasa • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English Literature“A bee may be born in a hole in a tree, but she likes the honey of the lotus.” Shakuntala, a timeless masterpiece by the ancient Indian poet Kal...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureRomeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by Shakespeare early in his career between 1591-1595 about two young star-crossed lovers whose ...

• Author(s): George Bernard Shaw • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureArms and the Man, one of Shaw’s most glittering comedies, was first produced on 21st April, 1894 at the Avenue Theatre and published ...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureA Midsummer Night's Dream, comedy in five acts by Shakespeare, written about 1595-96 and published in 1600 in a quarto edition from t...

• Author(s): George Bernard Shaw • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureMan and Superman, a four-Act drama, was written in 1903 as a response to those who had questioned Shaw as to why he had never written...

• Author(s): Henrik Ibsen • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English Literature“You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.” Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House is a groun...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureTwelfth Night is a tale of unrequited love, hilarious and heartbreaking, written around 1601-02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment fo...

• Author(s): Ben Jonson • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureThe Alchemist is considered Jonson’s best and most characteristic comedy. It was first performed in 1610 by King’s Men. Samuel Taylor Coleridg...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureThe Comedy of Errors, in five-acts, is one of the shortest and most lively of Shakespeare’s comedies. It was written during 1589—94 a...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureKing Lear is one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies and was believed to have been written be-tween 1605-1606, and was based on a ...

• Author(s): Ben Jonson • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureVolpone (or The Fox) is a comedy in five acts, performed about 1605–1606 and published in 1607, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast f...

• Author(s): Richard Brinsley Sheridan • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureThe School for Scandal is a comedy of manners, a play satirizing the behavior and customs of upper classes through witty dialog...

• Author(s): George Bernard Shaw • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureThe Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza, a wry political satire, was completed in December 1928 and first performed in Warsaw (in Po...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureAs You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Fol...

• Author(s): Oliver Goldsmith • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureShe Stoops to Conquer is based on the two incidents of being the target of practical jokes, and being out on blind dates, creating a com...

• Author(s): William Congreve • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureThe Way of the World is based around two lovers Mirabell and Millamant. In order for the two to get married and receive Millamant’s full...

• Author(s): George Bernard Shaw • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureCandida, a classic comedy, was written in 1894. Set in London’s East End during the Victorian era, the play is about the domestic tur...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureCollection of (1) Macbeth; The Tragedy of Macbeth, or Macbeth, is one of his Shakespeare's shorter tragedies, and was probably writte...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureWilliam Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writ...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureMuch Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approachi...

• Author(s): Rabindranath Tagore • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureRed Oleanders/Raktakarabī is one of the best plays of Tagore, the myriadminded and multifaceted genius; understandably ‘meanings’ hav...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureMeasure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. Originally published in the Firs...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureHenry IV, Part One is a history play, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second play in Shakespeare's tetral...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureCollection of (1) Macbeth; The Tragedy of Macbeth, or Macbeth, is one of his Shakespeare's shorter tragedies, and was probably writte...

• Author(s): George Bernard Shaw • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureMajor Barbara, a social satire in three acts, written in 1905 and published in 1907, is the most controversial of Shaw’s works which ...

• Author(s): George Bernard Shaw • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureA great dramatist, a literary critic, an eminent showman, an intellectual and a satirist, George Bernard Shaw was a leading theatre p...

• Author(s): George Bernard Shaw • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureThe George Bernard Shaw Collection (Peacock Classics) is a remarkable compilation of seven of Shaw’s most influential plays. Known fo...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Bloomsbury • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury • Subject: English LiteratureThe Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice, or simply Othello, is a tragedy written in approximately 1603. One of Shakespeare's ...

• Author(s): William Shakespeare • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Peacock • Subject: English LiteratureLove’s Labour’s Lost, in five-acts, was written sometime between 1588 and 1597, and published in a quarto edition in 1598, with a tit...