Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
The Idiot
Prince Myshkin, a sort of holy fool, stumbles into a sordid love triangle when he returns from exile to Russia. Myskhin means well, but he's simply too good for this world, and his well-meaning intentions bring disaster on himself and those he loves. Based on the classic novel, The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
The Theater
None
The Jew of Venice
This forgotten masterpiece of French drama is a reworking of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice--from the point-of-view of Shylock. Ferdinand Dugue succeeds in making the Venetian money-lender entirely believable--embittered, mercenary, tragic, and ultimately Jewish. One of the best modern adaptations of the Bard ever written.
Isis
It's not often that a classical myth causes a major scandal and lands a librettist in trouble with his royal mistress, but such was the case with this retelling of Jupiter's love affair with the nymph Io. One of Quinault's greatest dramas.
The Marriage of Hamlet
In this fantasy play, the prophet Abraham prevails upon God Almighty to restore Hamlet and his friends to life, seventeen years after the events recorded in William Shakespeare's classic drama, Hamlet. Thus, the great tragic hero now has a chance to redeem himself, and to find some happiness (perhaps!). Charming, clever, and full of wit, this drama is perhaps the most original adaptation of Shakespeare's character in all of French theatre. First translation in English.
The Whites and the Blues
During the French Revolution, young Charles is sent to be tutored by Euloge Schneider. But Schneider has become the Public Prosecutor for the town, and is now known as a bloodthirsty monster. Only Saint Just, the Angel of Death, can save the day. The last of Dumas's plays to be performed during his lifetime, The Whites and the Blues is an undiscovered masterpiece of suspense.
