Lope De Vega: Five Plays
Hill & Wang / Mermaid Dramabook, June 1961. Mass Market PaperBack. Tanned, slightly cocked spine. Textblock top edge is foxed & dust stained. Previous owner's name in ink verso of front cover top edge. [278 pages]. More
Hill & Wang / Mermaid Dramabook, June 1961. Mass Market PaperBack. Tanned, slightly cocked spine. Textblock top edge is foxed & dust stained. Previous owner's name in ink verso of front cover top edge. [278 pages]. More
Harlan Davidson, 1986. Reprint. Paper Back. MATT. We retrench the Superfluities of Mankind. The World is avaritious, and I hate Avarice. A covetous fellow, like a Jackdaw, steals what he was never made to enjoy, for the sake of hiding it. These are the Robbers of Mankind, for Money was..... More
Penguin Books, May 1964. Mass Market PaperBack. Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, the sublime comedies of Plautus (c. 254-184 BC) are the earliest surviving complete works of Latin literature. The four plays collected here reveal a playwright in his prime, exploring classic themes and developing standard characters..... More
Penguin Books, May 1964. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, the sublime comedies of Plautus (c. 254-184 BC) are the earliest surviving complete works of Latin literature. The four plays collected here reveal a playwright in his prime, exploring classic themes and developing standard..... More
Grove / Evergreen Original, 1961. First Thus. Trade Paperback. First U.S. paperback edition. Edgewear. Foxing, especially heavily to cover verso front and rear and likewise heavy foxing to first & last pages of textblock. [94 pp.]. More
W W Norton & Co Inc, July 1970. First Thus. Paper Back. This new translation is for the contemporary reader. Specifically commissioned for stage production, it rings easily on the modern ear and yet retains fidelity to Sophocles' original, avoiding the archaisms of other translations. Octavo. Complete number line. Sunned..... More
Penguin, 1975. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. 'O Light! May I never look on you again, Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting, Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood!' The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496-406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy of mankind's..... More
Penguin, 1975. Mass Market PaperBack. 'O Light! May I never look on you again, Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting, Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood!' The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496-406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy of mankind's struggle..... More
Penguin Classics, February 1964. Mass Market PaperBack. Three plays by Racine For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and..... More