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Mildred Tresham has secretly been seduced by Henry Mertoun, who seeks to repair the wrong by asking to marry her. Her brother Thorold consents without knowing their history, then discovers the affair and, in a fatal chain of misjudgments and remorse, duels Mertoun and takes poison.
Chiappino offers to take the blame after his friend Luitolfo strikes the ruler of Faenza. When the townspeople acclaim him as their liberator instead of condemning him, he accepts the credit. The prospect of power tests his professed principles as the papal legate Ogniben draws out his self-deception.
On the anniversary of her coronation, Duchess Colombe faces Prince Berthold’s claim to her throne. When Berthold’s claim proves stronger, he proposes a loveless marriage; Colombe chooses her advocate Valence’s love and gives up political power.
During a royal banquet celebrating his political service, Norbert plans to ask the Queen for her cousin Constance’s hand. Constance urges him to approach the Queen indirectly; the Queen mistakes his words for a declaration of love, forcing Norbert to choose between his ambition and the woman he loves.
After Victor Amadeus II abdicates in favor of his son Charles Emmanuel III, Charles refuses to believe that his father intends to reclaim the crown. Victor eventually demands it back; Charles's loyalty leads to a final reconciliation before Victor's death.
A blank-verse tragedy centered on Luria, a Moorish commander of Florence's forces, among his friend, the former Florentine commander, the republic's commissary, the opposing Pisan commander and a noble Florentine lady.
On her one day off, the silk-winding girl Pippa walks through Asolo, passing four groups of people whose private crises include murder, deception, political conspiracy, and religious intrigue. Her songs prompt them to confront their actions and the possibility of a moral order.
Strafford is an 1837 tragedy by the British writer Robert Browning. It portrays the downfall and execution of Lord Strafford, the advisor to Charles I shortly before the English Civil War. The play was first staged at the Covent Garden Theatre in London's West End. The original cast included William Macready as Strafford, William Harries Tilbury as Lord Savile, John Vandenhoff as John Pym, George John Bennett as Denzil Hollis, John Langford Pritchard as Benjamin Rudyard and Helena Faucit as Lucy Percy, Countess of Carlisle. It was one of the last plays to premiere in the pre-Victorian era when William IV was still on the throne.
Djabal returns to an oppressed Druse community intent on avenging his murdered family and leading his people back to Lebanon. To unite them he has encouraged the belief that he is the divine Hakeem. As the revolt approaches, his desire for liberation conflicts with his awareness that he has won their faith through deception.
Mildred Tresham has secretly been seduced by Henry Mertoun, who seeks to repair the wrong by asking to marry her. Her brother Thorold consents without knowing their history, then discovers the affair and, in a fatal chain of misjudgments and remorse, duels Mertoun and takes poison.
Chiappino offers to take the blame after his friend Luitolfo strikes the ruler of Faenza. When the townspeople acclaim him as their liberator instead of condemning him, he accepts the credit. The prospect of power tests his professed principles as the papal legate Ogniben draws out his self-deception.
On the anniversary of her coronation, Duchess Colombe faces Prince Berthold’s claim to her throne. When Berthold’s claim proves stronger, he proposes a loveless marriage; Colombe chooses her advocate Valence’s love and gives up political power.
During a royal banquet celebrating his political service, Norbert plans to ask the Queen for her cousin Constance’s hand. Constance urges him to approach the Queen indirectly; the Queen mistakes his words for a declaration of love, forcing Norbert to choose between his ambition and the woman he loves.
After Victor Amadeus II abdicates in favor of his son Charles Emmanuel III, Charles refuses to believe that his father intends to reclaim the crown. Victor eventually demands it back; Charles's loyalty leads to a final reconciliation before Victor's death.
A blank-verse tragedy centered on Luria, a Moorish commander of Florence's forces, among his friend, the former Florentine commander, the republic's commissary, the opposing Pisan commander and a noble Florentine lady.
On her one day off, the silk-winding girl Pippa walks through Asolo, passing four groups of people whose private crises include murder, deception, political conspiracy, and religious intrigue. Her songs prompt them to confront their actions and the possibility of a moral order.
Strafford is an 1837 tragedy by the British writer Robert Browning. It portrays the downfall and execution of Lord Strafford, the advisor to Charles I shortly before the English Civil War. The play was first staged at the Covent Garden Theatre in London's West End. The original cast included William Macready as Strafford, William Harries Tilbury as Lord Savile, John Vandenhoff as John Pym, George John Bennett as Denzil Hollis, John Langford Pritchard as Benjamin Rudyard and Helena Faucit as Lucy Percy, Countess of Carlisle. It was one of the last plays to premiere in the pre-Victorian era when William IV was still on the throne.
Djabal returns to an oppressed Druse community intent on avenging his murdered family and leading his people back to Lebanon. To unite them he has encouraged the belief that he is the divine Hakeem. As the revolt approaches, his desire for liberation conflicts with his awareness that he has won their faith through deception.