Tragedy - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 4
Mithridates - Jean Racine
Mithridates - Jean Racine
- Author: Jean Racine
- Genre: Tragedy
Another tragedy by Racine, based on the historical character and career of Mithridates circa 63 BCE. Closing with sorrow and lamentation and promises of a "search for vengeance". - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Mithridates, King of Pontus and of many...
The Cenci - Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Cenci - Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Genre: Tragedy
Written in 1819, but not first staged for over hundred years after it was written due to controversial themes of incest and parricide, it was not considered stageable. This tragedy is a true story, set in Rome, 1599, centred around the murder of the...
Britannicus - Jean Racine
Britannicus - Jean Racine
- Author: Jean Racine
- Genre: Tragedy
Britannicus is son and heir of the Roman emperor Claudius. However, this does not please Nero, who wants both throne and Britannicus's fiancee Junia. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Nero, emperor, son of Agrippina: Dale Burgess Britannicus, son of...
Othello (Version 2) - William Shakespeare
Othello (Version 2) - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Tragedy
Othello is a tragedy about the downfall of the titular hero, Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice. His cunning ensign, Iago, plots to goad his jealousy and thus manipulate his relationship with his wife, Desdemona, a noble and...
Iphigenia - Jean Racine
Iphigenia - Jean Racine
- Author: Jean Racine
- Genre: Tragedy
Racine's version of the time-honored story of Iphigenia was acted for the first time in 1674. The model upon which it is shaped is the "Iphigenia in Aulis" of his favorite Euripides, but the French poet has heightened the romantic interest and...
A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen
A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen
- Author: Henrik Ibsen
- Genre: Tragedy
Published in 1879, this play was a bombshell, exposing the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian like middle class marriage. The play is significant for the way it deals with the fate of a married woman, who at the time in Norway lacked reasonable...
Adrienne Lecouvreur - Ernest Legouve
Adrienne Lecouvreur - Ernest Legouve
- Author: Ernest Legouve
- Genre: Tragedy
This drama was written in 1848 for the great French tragedienne, Rachel, by Eugene Scribe and his writing partner, Ernest Legouve. Scribe is remembered for devising the compositional technique now known as the βwell-made playβ that dominated...
