Titres dans Drames et pièces de théâtre

An anthology of plays and original radio dramas from the prolific playwright Born and brought up in the East End of London, Bernard Kops came to fame in the late 1950s as part of British drama’s ‘New Wave’. A lyrical chronicler of Jewish family life, he is often compared to Arnold Wesker...

"L'Etourdi" : Lélie aime Célie, jeune esclave au pouvoir du vieillard Truffaldin. Son valet Mascarille imagine une douzaine de ruses pour l'enlever. Lélie, étourdi, fait tout échouer, mais Mascarille, tout aussi étourdi ne l'avait pas préalablement prévenu. "Le Dépit Amoureux" : Chassé-croisé amoureux entre plusieurs protagonistes, interventions des domestiques, rebondissements inattendus, telle est l'essence de cette cocasse comédie.

Four full-cast BBC Radio productions of Shakespeare's finest history plays Introduced by Sir Richard Eyre, these four iconic productions, featuring star casts, bring Shakespeare's gripping histories to life in all their rich complexity. Henry IV, Part One Young Prince Hal struggles with his...

Calamity Jane (1853-1903). Qualité : aventurière. Fonctions : éclaireuse, convoyeuse de bétail, joueuse de poker... Pseudonyme : la femme folle. Détail : s'habille en homme. Fait marquant : première femme blanche à pénétrer les territoires contrôlés par les Sioux. Séparée de sa fille qu'elle a confiée à l'âge d'un an à un couple d'aristocrates, Calamity lui écrit en lui contant sa vie de tous les jours, ses rencontres, sa solitude, son espérance de la voir bientôt, ses remords aussi.

La disgrâce de don Salluste est prononcée : il doit quitter la cour car il a fait un enfant illégitime à l'une des suivantes de la reine. Obsédé par sa vengeance, il rencontre son neveu César et lui demande de l'aider à l'accomplir, mais ce dernier refuse. Don Salluste va donc faire appel à son valet, Ruy Blas, amoureux de la reine, et lui ordonne de devenir son amant.

Ancien acteur shakespearien, nostalgique d'un grand théâtre perdu, le personnage de "Simplement compliqué" s'autorise une fois par mois à porter la couronne de Richard III, le rôle de sa vie. Souvenirs de théâtre, préoccupations matérielles et considérations misanthropes rythment le discours de celui qui s'est définitivement séparé de ses contemporains : seule lui rend visite une petite fille, qui vient lui apporter du lait tous les mardis et vendredis, et dont la présence perturbe à peine le flot de paroles du vieil homme.

Ce texte enregistré en lecture publique le 24 novembre 1991, au théâtre de La Métaphore à Lille, est paru dans la Bibliothèque des voix, dans une lecture à trois voix de Nicole Garcia, Christèle Wurmser et Daniel Mesguich.

In The Oresteia, Aeschylus dramatizes the myth of the curse on the royal house of Argos. The action begins when King Agamemnon returns victorious from the Trojan War, only to be treacherously slain by his own wife. It ends with the trial of their son, Orestes, who slew his mother to avenge her treachery - a trial with the goddess Athena as judge, the god Apollo as defense attorney, and, as prosecutors, relentless avenging demons called The Furies.

Tony Award winner Alan Cumming in his riveting solo interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Star of stage, film and television Alan Cumming delivers a virtuoso performance playing every role in the National Theatre of Scotland’s bold presentation of Shakespeare’s chilling tale of desire...

Le sujet de cette pièce est la délivrance des juifs qui étaient restés à Babylone, après la captivité. Esther, épouse du roi Assuérus, a même sauvé le roi en dévoilant un complot avec l'aide de son oncle Mardochée, chef des juifs. Or, Mardochée vient lui annoncer que le roi, conseillé par son ministre Aman, va publier un arrêt visant à mettre à mort, tous les Juifs du royaume perse, en raison du manque de respect de Mardochée qui refuse de le saluer à l'entrée du palais. Assuérus apprend comment Mardochée l'a autrefois sauvé et le fait porter en triomphe par Aman.

Fanny Burney's wickedly funny satire follows the trials and romantic adventures of the young and beautiful Evelina as she tries to make her way through 18th-century Britain handicapped by her three great problems: being poor, being illegitimate - and being a girl. Evelina was a raging best seller when it was first published in 1778 and is widely credited with being the first of the great British domestic novels. Burney was a direct influence on her immediate follower, Jane Austen.

The complete audio collection of Alan Bennett's celebrated monologues, published together for the first time and performed by some of Britain's best actors. The Talking Heads monologues are widely regarded as one of Alan Bennett's finest dramatic achievements. First broadcast on BBC TV and BBC Radio 4 in the 1980s and 1990s, they won a host of awards and huge popular acclaim, and remain among his most admired works today.

How can we look afresh at Shakespeare as a writer of sonnets? What new light might they shed on his career, personality, and sexuality? Shakespeare wrote sonnets for at least 30 years, not only for himself, for professional reasons, and for those he loved, but also in his plays, as prologues, as epilogues, and as part of their poetic texture.

It’s Christmas Eve, and Lara anxiously anticipates the arrival of her sister, Cleo, so she can reveal a shocking family secret that has been haunting Lara since their mother’s death. By confronting revelations about their grandfather’s shameful past, Lara is hopeful that she and Cleo can make reparations and exorcise this ghost from their lives. The ghost, however, won’t be appeased so easily....

Renowned for his wit, style and sophistication, Noël Coward was one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century. His plays, set in the glittering world of high society in which he lived, are much admired and have remained in the popular theatre repertoire to this day. This collection brings together the very best radio adaptation

The multi award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options. This is a full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play. Universally accepted as Shakespeare's finest play, we peel back the layers of Hamlet to discover how and why it deserves such a place of honour in world literature.

Aix en Provence Janvier 2023.Un jeune homme se réveille dans une pièce sombre. Il est seul et attaché à une chaise. Une voix maquillée lui pose de nombreuses questions au sujet de l’Affaire Louis Gaufridy. Une célèbre histoire de possession qui s’est terminée par un terrible procès en 1611 à Aix en Provence. Au travers de cet interrogatoire musclé, nous apprendrons tous les tenants et les aboutissants de cette affaire qui a enflammée la Provence dans une hystérie collective. Un sorcier, des démons, une possédée et un exorciste tels furent les protagonistes de cette sombre ...

In this horror/fantasy serial drama, Carpenter and Faulkner, two worshippers of an outlawed god, travel up the length of their deity’s great black river, searching for holy revelations. As their pilgrimage lengthens and the river’s mysteries deepen, the two acolytes find themselves under threat from a police manhunt, but also come into conflict with the weirder gods that have flourished in these forgotten rural territories.Next episode drops 3rd June. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The classic story of Jane Eyre reset in a steampunk world, complete with zephyr-ships, clockwork, and automatons in addition to the original romance and mystery! Written by Charlotte Brontë and originally published in 1847, these steampunk additions were imagined and added by R.A. Harding almost one hundred and seventy five years later. This speaks to the enduring quality of the book and the unmitigated moxie of one of its fans.Hear on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and Spotify.Preorder on publicworkssteampunk.com, Amazon or where ever you get your books! steampunk, audiobook, ...

Crime stories from the Indian Sub-Continent. A curated series of audio fiction podcasts from award-winning creators Ayeesha Menon, Nadir Khan and John Scott Dryden recorded in Mumbai, India. Each season is released in one drop and all episodes are ad-free. Season 1 is the Sony Award-winning ten-part thriller, "Q&A" starring Anand Tiwari based on the best-selling novel by Vikas Swarup. Mumbai Crime is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.