Plays
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Aubrey Tanqueray marries a woman with a past which he believes will not matter in society. "I know you think me a fool, Cayley—you need…
Aladdin, Or, The Wonderful Lamp (A Dramatic Poem, in Two Parts)
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Adam Oehlenschläger
This retelling of Aladdin in dramatic verse begins in the humble home of a tailor, whose son spends his days in idleness and brings his pare…
Every Man Out of His Humour
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Ben Jonson
Every Man Out of His Humour followed Jonson's play Every Man In His Humour. "This play as a fabric of plot is a very slight affair; but…
A Man's World
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Rachel Crothers
The mysterious Frank Ware is a woman writer forced to write under a masculine pseudonym in order to win literary respect. Adding to her enig…
The Impromptu of Versailles
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Molière
The setup here is that Moliere and his troupe have been sent for by the King to come perform at Versailles. But instead of the piece they ha…
One-Act Play Collection 011
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Various
Here are 10 one act plays offered by various groups of Librivox readers. From Ancient India to the Far Future, from the palaces of royalty t…
The Magnificent Lovers
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Molière
"The King [Louis XIV], who will have nothing but what is magnificent in all he undertakes, wished to give his court an entertainment wh…
Inheritors
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Susan Glaspell
Inheritors, (1921) by American dramatist Susan Glaspell concerns the legacy of an idealistic farmer who wills his highly coveted midwest far…
The Recruiting Officer
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George Farquhar
The author was himself a recruiting officer, and possibly gathered all the materials for this play on the very spot where he has placed his …
One-Act Play Collection 013
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Various
Here, in our 13th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from tales of ancient Greek sailors to a story about early…
The Benefit of the Doubt
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Arthur Wing Pinero
The plot resolves around a young woman being cited in court as "The Other Woman" in a divorce case, and how her family reacts to i…
The Captives
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Titus Maccius Plautus
Though with some of Plautus's usual comic elements (including people in disguise, clever servant, etc), this is a rare serious play by him …
The Marrying of Ann Leete
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Harley Granville-Barker
A comedy with a serious vein running through it about the Leete family who are British rural gentry in 1799. Mr Carnaby Leete is a politicia…
One-Act Play Collection 020
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Various
Here, in our 20th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from pure fantasy, historical, farces, and dramas. All sho…
The Big Drum
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Another Pinero play. Biting satire this time, ironic comedy - not a farce. The Big Drum, a novel being written by Phil, one of the main char…
Androcles and the Lion
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George Bernard Shaw
A dramatic version of the classic fable of a kind man who comes across a lion with a thorn in its paw, his compassion for the injured lion p…
Fanny's First Play
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George Bernard Shaw
Fanny who is the daughter of a Count has written a play. Having hired professional actors and invited some major critics. She is keeping her…
Mercator; The Merchant
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Titus Maccius Plautus
Unaware that the woman Pasicompsa is his son's mistress, since the son says that he has brought her home to be his mother's attendant, an ag…
Hänsel and Gretel: A Fairy Opera in Three Acts
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Adelheid Wette
Adelheid Wette asked that her older brother, Engelbert Humperdinck, compose music for some children's song lyrics she had written. That simp…
One-Act Play Collection 021
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Various
Here, in our 21st collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. There are two plays from the 1700s, Congreve's "Judgement of Par…