The Students of Salamanca
The Students of Salamanca is an 1813 comedy play by the British writer Robert Francis Jameson. It was first performed at the Covent Garden Theatre in London. The original cast included John Fawcett and Maria Theresa Kemble.
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Timmy Cleary returns home from his service during World War II. While he seems to vindicate himself in his father's eyes for surviving the war, his drinking and cursing disturb his mother. Though his parents, John and Nettie, seem to be happy, the peace proves to be a façade. Soon old emotional wounds and unresolved marital problems resurface. Caught in the middle, Timmy feels responsible for their squabbling, but can see no way to resolve their problems.
The Substance of Fire
Holocaust survivor and publisher Isaac Geldhart plans to issue a scholarly six-volume work on Nazi medical experiments despite his insolvent company. His three children, all shareholders, want a commercial bestseller to keep the business afloat, forcing a conflict between family and principle.
The Successful Pyrate
In the play, Avery goes under the name Arviragus, and has made himself a king in Madagascar. He captures the Indian princess Zaida and tries to force her to marry him, but she is in love with a young man named Aranes. There is an offstage fight and Aranes is reported killed; meanwhile, De Sale, who has confided to the audience that he plots to overthrow Arviragus and make himself king, ingratiates himself with Zaida. De Sale's fellow plotters are bumbling incompetents and their plans are easily thwarted, followed by a comic trial scene. It is revealed that Aranes is Arviragus' long lost son, whom he recognizes from a bracelet, and that he is still alive, his friend Alvarez having died in his place. The plotters are executed and Aranes and Zaida marry.
The Successful Strangers
The Successful Strangers is a 1690 tragicomedy by the English writer William Mountfort. The original Drury Lane cast included Joseph Williams as Don Carlos, George Powell as Antonio, William Mountfort as Silvio, James Nokes as Don Lopez, Anthony Leigh as Don Francisco, George Bright as Don Pedro, Cave Underhill as Guzman, William Bowen as Sancho, Frances Maria Knight as Dorothea, Susanna Mountfort as Feliciana and Anne Bracegirdle as Biancha.
The Sugar Syndrome
Seventeen-year-old Dani, recently returned from treatment for an eating disorder, poses online as an eleven-year-old boy and befriends Tim, a man in his thirties with a history of abusing boys. When lonely Lewis threatens to expose Tim, Dani discovers disturbing evidence on his laptop, forcing the characters toward a harrowing reckoning.
The Suicide
A young, unemployed man, Semyon, believes the answer to his problems is to learn to play the tuba. However, his plan fails and he contemplates suicide. Because he is committing suicide he is able to write anything in his suicide letter without fear of reprisal from the government. His neighbour: Alexander Petrovich, decides to make money from Semyon's misery by selling space in his intended suicide note to several bidders. These bidders plan to use Semyon's suicide note to further and advertise their own individual causes. The Intelligentsia, represented by Aristarkh, is the first to approach him and is followed by others representing the Proletariat, the business world, the arts, etc.
The Sullen Lovers
The Sullen Lovers; Or, The Impertinents is a 1668 comedy play by the English writer Thomas Shadwell, inspired by Molière's Les Fâcheux. It was staged by the Duke's Company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London. The cast included Henry Harris as Sir Positive At-All, James Nokes as Poet Ninny, William Smith as Standford and Edward Angel as Woodcock and Anne Shadwell as Emelia.
The Sultaness
The Sultaness is a 1717 tragedy by the British writer Charles Johnson. It is a reworking of the 1672 French play Bajazet by Jean Racine set in the Ottoman Empire. In common with early eighteenth century plays it places much greater emphasis on the emotional anguish of its female characters than Racine's original. Like other plays set in Ottoman courts there may have been subtle parallels with contemporary British politics, particularly the divisions between George I and his son George, Prince of Wales. More strongly the play references the ongoing Austro-Turkish War and the role of Prince Eugene of Savoy who later that year won a major victory at the Siege of Belgrade. The original cast included Barton Booth as Bajazet, Mary Porter as Roxana, Anne Oldfield as Atalida, John Mills as Acomat and Lacy Ryan as Osmyn. Johnson used the preface of the play to attack the recent comedy Three Hours After Marriage by John Gay and Alexander Pope, provoking a long-standing rivalry. In 1720 it was followed at Drury Lane by another oriental-set drama The Siege of Damascus by John Hughes, which took a more original approach.
The Sum of Us
Widower Harry and his gay son Jeff support each other in their searches for partners. Jeff's relationship with Greg is strained by Greg's homophobic father, while Harry pursues a woman he has met through video dating. After Harry suffers a stroke, Jeff cares for him and reconnects with Greg.
The Summerland Project
After newlywed Amelia Summerland suffers an aneurysm and becomes locked-in, a corporation asks her husband Carter to let it copy her memories and personality into an android body.
The Sun in Aries
A civic pageant celebrates the mercantile values of London through tableaux of Honour and the Drapers' patrons, a Tower of Virtue guarded by personified virtues, a figure whose fortunes were restored by English monarchs, and Phoebus Apollo among the zodiac and wool-bearing sheep. Aries prophesies that the sun will bring gladness to Barkham, and Fame concludes the event.
The Sun's Darling
Raybright, the Sun's child, is given a year to experience earthly pleasures across the four seasons. Led astray by Humor and Folly, he fails to find satisfaction until the Sun warns him to resist them and seek harmony.
The Sunken Bell
Heinrich, a bellfounder, loses his newly completed bell when sprites overturn its wagon and it sinks in a mountain lake. Nursed by the half-child, half-fairy Rautendelein, he falls in love with her, abandoning his old standards and bringing about his wife's death.
The Sunny South
After Matt Morley is swindled out of his inheritance, he leaves England for Australia and finds a gold nugget. Bushrangers led by Dick Duggan attempt to rob the bank where he stores it, but Morley foils them. Duggan later abducts Morley's adopted daughter Babs, who is rescued; Morley and Babs marry, and he regains his English estate.
The Sunset Limited
In Black's apartment, an evangelical ex-convict and an atheist professor debate God, human suffering, and the professor's attempted suicide after Black saves him from a train.
The Sunshine Boys
The play's protagonists are Al Lewis and Willie Clark. Lewis and Clark were once a successful vaudevillian comedy duo known as the Sunshine Boys. During the later years of their 43-year run, animosity between the partners grew to the point where they ceased to speak with each other. Eleven years prior to the events of the play, Al retired from show business, leaving Willie struggling to keep his career afloat. Willie, now an old man struggling with memory loss, reluctantly accepts an offer from his nephew Ben, a talent agent, to reunite with Al for a CBS special on the history of comedy. Willie and Al meet in Willie's apartment to rehearse their classic doctor and tax collector sketch. The reunion gets off to a bad start, with the two getting into heated arguments over various aspects of the performance. However, thanks to the urging of Al's daughter, the two decide to go through with the performance. Willie and Al's dress rehearsal at CBS' studio is derailed by Al's aggressive habit of poking Willie's chest with his index finger and spitting at him every time he says a word that has a "T" in it. One of the running gags in "The Sunshine Boys" involves Willie's resentment over having been constantly poked in the chest by his partner's all‐too‐emphatic forefinger in the course of their countless routines on stage. Willie cries, "I had a black and blue hole in my chest. He gave me the finger for 43 years!" As Al walks off the stage in regret, Willie has a heart attack as a result of his agitated state. Two weeks later, Willie is recovering under the care of a nurse. Upon Ben's recommendation, he decides to move into an actors' retirement home in New Jersey. Al, concerned about Willie's well-being, makes a visit. When the two talk, it is revealed that Al will be moving into the same home as Willie. Neil Simon was inspired by two venerable vaudeville teams. The longevity of "Lewis and Clark" was inspired by Smith and Dale who, unlike their theatrical counterparts, were inseparable lifelong friends. The undercurrent of backstage hostility between "Lewis and Clark" was inspired by the team of Gallagher and Shean, who were successful professionally but argumentative personally. Other sources say this is based on Weber and Fields.
The Suppliants
The Danaid sisters flee forced marriages to their Egyptian cousins and seek refuge at a sanctuary in Argos. King Pelasgus fears both offending Zeus by rejecting them and provoking war by protecting them, so he puts the question to the people, who vote to shelter them. An Egyptian herald arrives to reclaim the women, but Pelasgus drives him away and the Danaids end the play safely inside Argos.
The Suppliants
Mothers of Argive warriors killed outside Thebes seek burial for their sons, whose bodies Creon has forbidden them to recover. Theseus leads Athens against Thebes to reclaim the dead; after victory, the play ends with funeral rites, Evadne's suicide and Athena's prophecy of future vengeance.
The Surrender of Calais
The Surrender of Calais is a 1791 historical play by the British playwright George Colman the Younger with elements of tragedy and comedy. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on 30 July 1791. The original cast included James Brown Williamson as King Edward, George Bland as Harcourt, Howard Usher as Sir William Manny, John Bannister as La Gloire, John Powell as Arundel, James Aickin as John de Vienne, William Farren as Ribaumont, Robert Bensley as St. Pierre, John Henry Johnstone as O'Carroll, Henry Erskine Johnston as Old Man, Elizabeth Kemble as Julia, Maria Bland as Madelon and Charlotte Goodall as the Queen. It is set against the backdrop of the Siege of Calais (1346–47) by Edward III during the Hundred Years War. The music was composed by Samuel Arnold. It was the most popular work of the season at the Haymarket. It premiered in Ireland at Dublin's Crow Street Theatre on 23 November 1791. It was revived at various theatres on a number of occasions.
The Surrogate
As their surrogate is hospitalized with complications, Jake and Sameer face a night of uncertainty about their first child. Personal loyalties collide with questions about consent, privilege, and who defines a family.
The Survivors
After the American Civil War, two Missouri cattlemen return to a longstanding family feud over access to water. Suspicions of betrayal during the war push them toward a duel as relatives and friends try to prevent further bloodshed.
The Suspicious Husband
The Suspicious Husband is a 1747 comedy play by the British writer Benjamin Hoadly. It premiered at the Covent Garden Theatre in February 1747. The original cast included David Garrick as Ranger, Roger Bridgewater as Strictland, Lacy Ryan as Frankly, William Havard as Bellamy, Henry Woodward as Jack Meggot, Hannah Pritchard as Clarinda, Elizabeth Vincent as Jacintha and Jane Hippisley as Lucetta.
The Swan
The source for this synopsis is a translation of The Swan made by Benjamin Glazer and published in 1922, while the translation used for the Broadway production was by Melville Baker. One scholar has pointed out while both men adapted multiple Hungarian plays into English, that Baker had been known to work from a French translation, and that such French adaptations were often made from Molnár's own translations of the original Hungarian into German. Act I (Pavilion by the rose garden of Princess Beatrice's Castle. Afternoon.) Dr. Agi has finished a lesson on Napoleon for Princes George and Arsene, who remind their tutor of their mother's antipathy for the Usurper. Princess Beatrice and the boy's uncle, Father Hyacinth, speak with the tutor. Hyacinth is impressed with the tutor's knowledge and athleticism, as he also instructs the boys in rowing and fencing. Princess Alexandra comes in from her daily ride, and Father Hyancinth perceives Agi's suppressed feelings for her. Symphorosa continually updates Princess Beatrice about the castle's guest, Prince Albert, who is still sleeping. Beatrice tells Father Hyancinth about her plans for Alexandra and Albert, and how the Prince so far has seemed indifferent to her. Albert now appears, trailed by his attendants. He too is impressed with Dr. Agi, especially his knowledge of astronomy. While Agi leads the boys away to don their fencing gear, Beatrice suggests Albert may wish to inspect Alexandra's rose garden. But Albert is distracted by Col Wunderlich's talk of a modern dairy farm, and sets off with him and Count Luzen to inspect it. Beatrice is now anguished, for the Prince is scheduled to leave tomorrow. She determines to precipitate his jealousy by having Alexandra invite the tutor to attend that night's ball. Father Hyacinth is alarmed, thinking the scheme unwise and unfair to the tutor. Beatrice is adamant; nothing is more important than the family regaining influence. Alexandra is frozen-faced as she grasps what her mother is asking her to do. But she obeys, and the startled Agi is suffused with unexpected emotion as he realizes the Princess Alexandra is asking him personally to attend the ball. (Curtain) Act II (Reception room of the castle, that evening.) Caesar instructs Alfred on how to serve the private dinner following the public ball. Beatrice hears from Caesar that all courses will be cold, as Prince Albert prefers. Beatrice asks she be served hot tea instead of the cold consommé the others will get. Her nerves are stretched taut, both over the uncertainty of the scheme and the local notables seeing Alexandra associate with the tutor in the ballroom. Princess Alexandra enters, followed closely by Dr. Agi, talking to her of astronomy. She gently chides him for his constant attention, confusing him. Prince Albert and the others come in for the dinner party. Albert tells Beatrice that he has telegraphed his mother, Princess Maria Dominica, to come at once to the castle. Beatrice is overjoyed, for it means the Prince will propose to Alexandra through his formidable mother. It is clear Albert is now aware of Alexandra as a woman, for he begins to patronize the tutor in conversation. Agi, who has never tasted wine nor dined with aristocracy, empties his glass of Tokay in one gulp. To cover up the faux pas, Alexandra does the same. The effects of the heady vintage hit Agi hard, and he soon rises to the bait of Albert's patronizing tone, responding with words that verge on insult. Albert admires Agi's frankness, but his temper is clearly slipping. Beatrice, seeing victory vanishing, becomes overwrought and falls ill. Albert takes her to her room, followed by many others. Agi and Alexandra are left behind with Father Hyancinth, who tries to advise them. Agi knows his position has been lost, but felt intolerably put upon. Albert returns with his attendants; no longer in a mood for tolerance, he berates Agi. Alexandra, in sympathy with Agi's hopeless position, suddenly kisses him. At once, everyone's mood changes; Albert apologises to Agi and withdraws. (Curtain) Act III (Drawing room of the castle, the next morning.) Beatrice encounters Father Hyacinth. She is agitated, both by Alexandra's late night confession to her, and the imminent arrival of Albert's mother by motorcar. Hyacinth reminds her of his warning about trifling with the tutor's emotions. She sends for the tutor but learns he is already packing to go. She goes to greet Princess Maria, as Alexandra enters. When Agi arrives she confesses the scheme to him, but he has already guessed. He will still leave despite her plea to stay, for what was intolerable to him was her kiss, which was plainly from sympathy not affection. Her brothers now come to say good-bye to their tutor. He departs the room with them, as Maria and Beatrice enter. Maria has not yet spoken with her son, so Father Hyacinth informs her of the previous night's doing, in such a way as to secure her sympathy for Alexandra. But it proves unnecessary, for Albert too has interpreted the kiss as did Agi, and still wants to marry Alexandra. He assures Alexandra that their marriage will be one in which love will come in time. (Curtain)
The Sweepers
The Sweepers is a two-act play written by John C. Picardi. A dramatic comedy set in the Italian-American neighborhood of North End, Boston, the play centers around the lives of three women towards the end of World War II. The Sweepers premiered Off-Broadway at the Urban Stages theater in New York in 2002, where it was directed by Frances Hill. In his review of the original production, Lawrence Van Gelder of The New York Times complimented the cast, production values and Picardi's writing, which Van Gelder felt "renders his characters timeless." including a West Coast premiere at the International City Theater in 2008.
The Swisser
In seventh-century Lombardy, the mercenary Andrucho—actually the banished noble Aribert—comments on court politics as Arioldus returns to command the army. The king’s assault on captive Eurinia sparks a conflict over loyalty and justice, while a deception over a sleeping potion nearly destroys two secretly married young lovers; revelations and arranged marriages restore a tragicomic order.
The Sword Sung
Catherine Duncan's verse drama expresses resentment at war's horrors through a morally pointed antiwar treatment.
The Sword of Peace
Two sisters Eliza and Louisa Moreton travel out to British India in search of husbands.
The Syringa Tree
Through the perspective of a young white girl, Elizabeth Grace, this solo memory play spans four generations of an apartheid-era South African community and the relationships between a white family and their Black nanny, Salamina.
The Tale of Fedot the Strelets
When the Tsar orders his royal hunter Fedot to bring impossible items to court, Fedot’s wife Marusya uses magic to save him. After the Tsar tries to take Marusya and gives Fedot an impossible final quest, the hunter finds a powerful spirit and returns to lead a popular uprising against the Tsar, General and Baba Yaga.
The Tale of a Tiger
During China's Long March, a wounded revolutionary soldier is abandoned by his comrades and hides in a cave, expecting to die. A tigress and her cub find him; she nurses him back to health, and the play recounts their comic domestic life together.
The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife
Upper West Side matron Marjorie Taub, dissatisfied with her cultural pursuits and stung by her mother’s criticism and her husband’s devotion to homeless people, retreats into a midlife crisis. Her flamboyant childhood friend Lee unexpectedly settles into the Taub home, drawing Marjorie out of depression while affecting her marriage.
The Talents
A Middle English cycle drama featuring a boastful speech by Pontius Pilate, who invokes his dominion and threatens those who oppose him. The passage uses macaronic English-Latin verse.
The Taming of the Shrew
In a play performed as a diversion for the drunken tinker Christopher Sly, Petruchio courts and marries Katherina, a headstrong woman, then uses deprivation and contradiction to compel her compliance. Meanwhile, Bianca's suitors pursue her through disguises and competing offers. At the end, Katherina is the only new wife to answer her husband's call, and Petruchio wins a wager on obedience.
The Tatty Hollow Story
Five men and a psychiatrist gather after seeing graffiti about Tatty Hollow, a former lover each had believed dead. Their clashing memories unfold in overlapping scenes as the glamorous, elusive Tatty appears in their stories and finally as a homeless woman beyond their fantasies.
The Teahouse of the August Moon
In the aftermath of World War II, the island of Okinawa was occupied by the American military. Captain Fisby, a young army officer, is transferred to a tiny Okinawa island town called Tobiki by his commanding officer, Colonel Purdy. Fisby is tasked with the job of implementing "Plan B". The plan calls for teaching the natives all things American and the first step for Capt. Fisby is to establish a democratically elected mayor, chief of agriculture, chief of police, and president of the Ladies League for Democratic Action. Plan "B" also calls for the building of a schoolhouse (Pentagon shaped), democracy lessons, and establishing capitalism through means left up to the good captain's judgment. A local Tobiki native, Sakini by name, is assigned to act as Fisby's interpreter. Sakini, a Puck-like character, attempts to acquaint Fisby with the local customs as well as guide the audiences through the play, providing both historical and cultural framework through his asides and monologues. After receiving many gifts from the villagers, including a geisha named Lotus Blossom, Fisby tries to find local products on which to build his capitalist endeavor. He is discouraged when the villagers can not find a market for their handmade products, items like geta (wooden sandals), lacquered bowls, cricket cages, and casas (straw hats). He is also frustrated when the newly elected democratic government votes to build a teahouse (ochaya) for Lotus Blossom with the building supplies designated for his Pentagon-shaped school. Through the villagers, Captain Fisby starts to see the beauty of preserving their culture and a slower way of life. He agrees to build the teahouse and even lands on a moneymaking product – sweet potato brandy. Soon the Cooperative Brewing Company of Tobiki is churning out liquor by the gallon and selling it to all the neighboring military bases. The gala opening of the teahouse is the moment when Colonel Purdy decides to make his progress inspection and finds Captain Fisby serenading the villagers in his bathrobe with a rendition of "Deep in the Heart of Texas". He is in danger of court martial and reprimanded for misusing government supplies, selling liquor and "not turning the villagers into Americans fast enough". Col. Purdy orders the destruction of all the stills and the teahouse. Sakini and the villagers outsmart the colonel and only pretend to destroy everything, instead hiding everything "quick as the dickens". Their foresight proves fortuitous when Purdy learns that Congress is about to use Tobiki as a model for the success of Plan B. The villagers rebuild the teahouse on stage, and even offer a cup to Col. Purdy in a gesture of goodwill. Like all great comedies, in the end, all is forgiven. The village returns to the rich life they once knew (plus a teahouse, export industry, and geishas), Fisby is touted a hero, and Purdy, we hope will get a brigadier general's star for his wife Grace after all. Set in the time-frame of the aftermath of World War II and U.S. occupation of the Japanese islands, Teahouse of the August Moon is a comedy whose laughs come from the inability of the American characters to understand Tobiki culture and tradition. However, it is not just a story of culture clash. Through the character of Fisby, we see acceptance and the beauty of making peace with oneself somewhere between ambition and limitations. We also learn, like Fisby, that sometimes the better life is had by taking a "step backward in the right direction".
The Temperamental Journey
The play was never published; this synopsis is compiled from contemporaneous newspaper and magazine reviews. Act I (Front patio of the Italian Inn, late afternoon.) Jacques Dupont is discouraged when Dorval, who has purchased some of his prior works at very low prices, decides not to buy any more. His supposed friend Vernon Neil urges him to paint in a more popular style, but Jacques refuses to compromise. Maria Tamburri momentarily lifts his spirits when she gives him $285 from "a gentleman in a motor car" who bought two of his paintings. But Billy Shepherd accidentally reveals there was no sale; Maria gave Jacques her savings and the two paintings are in her room. Jacques gives Maria her money back but tells her to keep the pictures. Hungry, he goes to eat his supper at the inn, but finds that Delphine has already eaten both dinners. She nags him about his inability to sell canvases, comparing him unfavorably to Neil. Depressed, with evening dark approaching, Jacques wanders down to the pier where he leaves his hat and coat, the latter with a suicide note in it. He walks off the pier into the water. (Curtain) Act II (The Greenwich Village studio shared by Dupont and Shepherd, two weeks later.) A body having been found, Delphine has identified it as her husband. Now that he is dead, public opinion on Jacques Dupont's work has reversed. His paintings are esteemed and command high prices. Dorval now regrets not buying the last two works offered him, but Maria refuses to sell them. Billy Shepherd is too sorrowful to attend the funeral, so Fanny Lamont will go instead. The funeral cortège includes an art museum director and other notables. A wreath with the message "Rest in Peace" is in the studio. Delphine asks Fanny to have the florist add a postscript: "Until I Come". Left alone in the studio at last, Billy is surprised to hear someone come in from the bath: It is Jacques! Dupont explains that once in the water he started swimming and couldn't stop. A passing yacht rescued him on its way to Halifax, Nova Scotia. It took Jacques two weeks to make his return to Manhattan. As Billy and Jacques watch the funeral from the studio window, Jacques wants to reveal himself. But when he sees his widow embracing Neil, he decides to stay "dead". He leaves for France instead. (Curtain) Act III (The drawing room of the Shepherd's new home, three years later.) Billy having made a success with composing music, he and Fanny have married and bought a house in Manhattan. Wearing a disguise and calling himself "M. Lenoire", an art collector, Jacques has brought thirty original Dupont canvases to America. He visits the Shepherds, who previously alerted, have assembled some wealthy art patrons to view them, and invited Maria. However, Delphine and her new husband Neil crash the private showing. She has six of Neil's paintings upon which she has forged Dupont's signature. Outraged, Jacques reveals himself, and chaos ensues. The practical Fanny and calm Billy broker a peace agreement: Jacques and Delphine will get a quiet divorce, he will give her some money, then he and Maria will marry and return to France. (Curtain)
The Temperamentals
The Temperamentals is a 2009 play by Jon Marans. It chronicles the founding of the Mattachine Society, the first sustained LGBT rights organization in the United States, and the love affair of two of its founding members, Harry Hay (Thomas Jay Ryan) and Rudi Gernreich (Michael Urie). The title is drawn from the early-20th Century usage of the word "temperamental" as slang for "homosexual". After premiering at The Barrow Group Studio Theater in April 2009, the play began previews off-Broadway at New World Stages on February 18, 2010 and premiered February 28. Producers Darryl Roth and Stacy Shane announced that The Temperamentals would close May 30.
The Tempest
Twelve years after his brother Antonio usurped his dukedom, Prospero conjures a storm that strands Antonio, King Alonso and their companions on the island where he lives with Miranda, Ariel and Caliban. Prospero uses magic to test the shipwrecked group: Ferdinand falls in love with Miranda, while Antonio and Sebastian plot against Alonso and Caliban conspires with the drunken Stephano and jester Trinculo. Prospero abandons revenge, forgives his enemies, regains Milan, frees Ariel and prepares to leave the island with Miranda and Ferdinand.
The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island
Dryden and D'Avenant adapt Shakespeare's The Tempest, retaining much of its verse while changing its language and adding characters. Prospero's daughter Dorinda and Ariel's girlfriend Milcha expand the island's relationships, including a parallel romance between Dorinda and Hippolito.
The Temple Beau
Young law student Wilding abandons his studies for pleasure and courts Bellaria for her money. Other men also pursue her, while her aunts urge opposing views of propriety; the comedy exposes hypocrisy and ends with Veromil marrying Bellaria while Wilding remains unmarried.
The Tender Trap
Charlie Reader lives in a terrace apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side, overlooking the Queensboro Bridge. He is a bachelor, a transplant from the Midwest, who has no need to go out and find female companionship... they come to him. At 6pm on a Saturday evening he is necking with one Poppy Matson on his living room couch, when old buddy Joe McCall shows up unexpectedly. McCall is a chemist who has invented a pill to cure the common cold. He's come to visit Charlie to get ideas about testing and marketing it. Charlie welcomes him and introduces Poppy, and later his other girl friends. Joe is astonished at how the girls show up to clean Charlie's apartment, cook him meals, and bring him gifts like fish and cheese. Poppy, Jessica, and Sylvia have good careers but are feeling the urge to get married now that they are in their early thirties. The fourth and youngest girl friend, Julie Gillis, is equally in pursuit of Charlie but won't fall in line with his suggestions. The constant parade of femininity affects Joe, who up till now had entertained no stray thoughts about his marriage. He begins gravitating towards Sylvia, while Charlie finds himself more and more intrigued with Julie. Earl Lindquist finds Joe's pills are worthless, so there's no longer a reason for him to stay, but Charlie, under the press of unexpected competition blurts out a proposal to Sylvia. Aghast, he realizes the only thing to do is proposed to Julie as well. Joe, trying to stave off his return to wife and family, makes a half-hearted play for Sylvia. She forcefully reminds him about his wife, and decides Charlie isn't for her either, and so walks out on both men. Julie, however, has no intention of letting pride get between her and Charlie, and so the play ends with their engagement.
The Tenth Man
In a small Long Island synagogue, elderly Russian Jewish men gather the ten adults required for a minyan to exorcise a dybbuk possessing a member’s granddaughter. They enlist a hungover young man who falls in love with her as the progressive rabbi agrees to lead the ritual.
The Terror
The Terror is a 1927 mystery thriller play by the British writer Edgar Wallace. It is based on Wallace's 1926 novel The Black Abbot. It premiered at the Winter Gardens Theatre in New Brighton, before beginning a run of 246 performances at the Lyceum Theatre in the West End. The original cast included John Turnbull, Felix Aylmer, Franklyn Bellamy, Dennis Neilson-Terry, Carol Reed and Mary Glynne.
The Testament of Mary
Mary recounts her son’s crucifixion and questions the meaning of his death and divinity. The solo monologue presents her as a human mother trying to make sense of her son’s execution.
The Thanksgiving Play
Four well-meaning white theater artists try to create a culturally sensitive First Thanksgiving play for schools. Their rehearsal reveals the contradictions in seeking historical accuracy and respectful Native representation without consulting Native people, while exposing their own biases and performative activism.
The Thirteenth Chair
Act I (The Italian room of the Crosby mansion, New York City, evening.) The play opens just after dinner has finished and the guests are coming into the Italian room. Mrs. Crosby assures Will and Nell everyone is already aware of their impending marriage, but Edward Wales won't congratulate them. He has reason, he tells an upset Will. As the other guests stroll in, Pollock announces the arrival of Rosalie La Grange. Though baited by Miss Eastwood, Rosalie holds her own, disclosing how other mediums do their tricks, and promising tonight will be straight. Helen O'Neill and Rosalie have a brief aside, in which only the audience learns they are daughter and mother. Chairs are placed in a circle for the seance. Crosby has Pollock lock all the doors from the outside. As they sit, Miss Erskine observes they are thirteen. Rosalie is tied hands and ankles to her chair. The lights are turned out; Rosalie moans and speaks in the voice of a little girl. She says Spencer Lee wants Ned to ask who killed him. Edward Wales does, but before an answer comes he shrieks and collapses forward. The light is turned on, and the circle broken. Crosby orders Pollock, standing just outside the room, to phone the police and keep the doors locked until they arrive. (Curtain) Act II (Same, 10 minutes later.) Edward's body has been moved to a settee and covered with a drape. Rosalie is still tied in chair. Inspector Donohue and Sgt. Dunn arrive and are briefed by Mr. Crosby, with pointed interjections by both Miss Eastwood and Rosalie. The settee with the body is taken to another room. Rosalie helps rearrange the guests around the chairs in the order they were during the murder, but she tries to place her daughter Helen away from where Wales sat. Donohue traps Helen O'Neill into confessing her relationship to Rosalie. As no knife has been discovered, Donohue summons Mrs. MacPherson to search the ladies while Sgt. Dunn searches the men, to no avail. (Curtain) Act III (Same, 30 minutes later.) Inspector Donahue now reveals Helen O'Neill's fingerprints match those on items in Spencer Lee's room. Rosalie insists Nell is innocent, and persuades her to reveal who she is protecting. Nell says Helen Trent asked her to recover letters she wrote to Spencer. But Helen Trent flatly denies it, startling Helen O'Neill. Donohue is set to arrest Nell, but Rosalie asks him for time to expose the real murderer. Summoning everyone back to the room, Rosalie goes into a trance. Suddenly the voice of Edward Wales is heard, proclaiming the last to enter is the killer. As that person steps into the room, the knife falls at their feet from where it had been thrown into the ceiling. The murderer then confesses to both crimes. As Dunn removes them, Donohue shakes Rosalie's hand. (Curtain)
The Thracian Wonder
Princess Ariadne and her husband Radagon are cast adrift by her father Pheander, who falsely believes she is unchaste. Separated and living among shepherds under assumed identities, the couple and their grown son Eusanius fail to recognize one another as royal conflicts lead to battle. Their identities are revealed before father and son kill each other, restoring peace and uniting the three couples.
The Three Ladies of London
In an allegorical morality comedy, Lady Lucre and her allies of fraud and usury corrupt London, subduing Love and Conscience. The honest Jewish lender Gerontius contrasts with the Christian merchant who defaults, before Judge Nicholas Nemo attempts to restore order.
The Three Per Cents
The Three Per Cents is an 1803 comedy play by the British writer Frederick Reynolds. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 12 November 1803. The original cast included George Frederick Cooke as Sandy McTack, John Fawcett as George McTack, Joseph Shepherd Munden as Sir Peter Presser, Charles Kemble as Colonel Dorimant, Charles Murray as Major Seymour, Samuel Simmons as Pallet, Charles Farley as Witling, Maria Gibbs as Lady Delamere and Harriet Siddons as Rosalie. The title refers to consols, a form of financial investment in the British national debt which returned three percent interest.
The Three Strangers
The Three Strangers is an 1825 stage melodrama by the British writer Harriet Lee. It was based on one of her own works, Kruitzner, co-written as part of The Canterbury Tales with her sister Sophia. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 10 December 1825. The cast included James Prescott Warde as Kruitzner, Daniel Egerton as Baron Stralenheim, Charles Kemble as Conrad, John Cooper as the Hungarian, George Bartley as Idenstein, William Blanchard as the Intendant, William Claremont as Weilberg, William Chapman as Herman, Louisa Chatterley as Josephine and Julia Glover as Mrs Weilberg. A relative disappointment, the play was performed four times and Lee retired after this.
The Three and the Deuce
The Three and the Deuce is a 1795 English afterpiece with libretto by Prince Hoare and music by Stephen Storace. It was first performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 2 September 1795. It was later revived at Drury Lane, and "with great success" by Robert William Elliston. Some sources suggest it was originally not very popular but grew into a very favorably received piece. The piece was known for having one actor play three different roles, the three "Singles". One song in the piece. "Little Taffline", is referenced in the Dickens' novel David Copperfield. The Memoirs of John Bannister published in 1839, provide this summary of the play: Toward the close of the season, (2nd September,) "The Three and the Deuce," a new comedy by Prince Hoare, called forth Bannister's versatile powers. The author has placed in the same inn at Cheltenham three brothers, Pertinax, Peregrine, and Percival Single, not less alike than the Menaechmi of Plautus, or the Antipholises of Shakspeare, but very different in their propensities. Pertinax is studious, grave, sententious; Peregrine volatile, active, enterprising; while poor Percival, a mere idiot, is only permitted to leave home under the protection of an Irish tutor (God save the mark!) named Mac Floggum. Bannister played the three brothers, and preserved, with admirable fidelity, their separate identity. The mistakes and confusion which arise from each being seen separately, and mistaken for one of the others, form an amusing, and sometimes interesting entanglement. Grizzle, a servant of Pertinax, is driven almost beyond his senses at the unexpected sallies of his master; and, at last, Percival is rescued from the stern dominion of Mac Floggum, to undergo a more gentle captivity with Taffline, an interesting little Welsh girl, admirably played by Mrs. Bland. The piece was very favourably received; and Bannister, and, after him, Elliston, acquired great applause in the three Singles. The story was said in contemporary British sources to directly derive from the Spanish comedy Los Tres Mellizos popular in Madrid, though remodeled and made English by Hoare. Italian playwright Antonio Collalto wrote Tre gemelli veneziani (Three Venetian Twins) in 1773, which was inspired by The Venetian Twins (1747) by Carlo Goldoni, but to which the twins were made into triplets., The Collalto play was translated into French by P.-A. Lefèvre de Marcouville as Les Trois Jumeaux Vénitiens, and the Spanish translation upon which Hoare is said to have relied was Los Tres Mellizos.
The Ticket-of-Leave Man
A young man is framed with a forged banknote and imprisoned. After his release, a blackmailer pressures him to join a robbery, but a detective helps him expose the criminals and restore his reputation.
The Tiger and the Horse
A university professor weighing a petition to ban nuclear weapons also faces a chance at promotion to vice chancellor. His refusal to commit himself strains his marriage and family, until a crisis moves him to support his wife’s position at the cost of his academic prospects.
The Tiger and the Moustache
In a solo performance, Saikat Ahamed traces his mother Hashi's life from childhood in the Sundarbans to Britain: born on the day India declared independence, she grows up amid the 1947 Partition and later settles in 1970s Glasgow. The production uses time-jumping storytelling, physical theatre, and song.
The Time Is Not Yet Ripe
During an Australian election campaign, Prime Minister Sir Joseph Quiverton objects to the romance between his daughter Doris and Socialist candidate Sydney Barrett. Doris is drawn into the contest as a “Good Woman” candidate while Liberal and Socialist supporters air competing views; the couple reunite, but the political conflict remains unresolved.
The Time of Your Life
The play is set in Nick's Pacific Street Saloon, Restaurant and Entertainment Palace, a run-down dive bar in San Francisco. Much of the action of the play centers around Joe, a young loafer with money who encourages each of the bar's patrons in their eccentricities. Joe helps out a would-be dancer, Harry, and sets up his flunky, Tom, with a prostitute, Kitty Duval. The bar is frequented by a number of colorful characters, including a frenetic young man in love, an old man who looks like Kit Carson, and a wealthy society couple. Nick's saloon is based on the café operated by Izzy Gomez in San Francisco, which Saroyan frequented.
The Time of the Cuckoo
Leona Samish, a single American secretary vacationing in Venice, meets Renato Di Rossi, a shopkeeper trapped in a loveless marriage. Though initially shocked by the possibility of an affair, she gradually succumbs to his pursuit.
The Tinker's Wedding
Sarah persuades Michael Byrne to marry her and secures a priest's promise to perform the ceremony for ten shillings and a tin can. After Michael's mother steals the can, the priest refuses to marry them; the tinkers tie him in a sack, free him after his promise not to call the police, and flee under his curse.
The Ton
The Ton is a 1788 comedy play by the Scottish writer Eglantine Wallace. The title is a reference to the Ton, the fashionable social elite. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 8 April 1788. The original cast included Ralph Wewitzer as Lord Bonton, William Farren as Lord Raymond, Alexander Pope as Lord Ormond, Charles Lee Lewes as Captain Daffodil, John Henry Johnstone as MacPharo, Francis Aickin as Villiers, James Fearon as Truffly, John Quick as Ben Levy, Isabella Mattocks as Lady Bonton, Jane Pope as Lady Raymond, Ann Brunton as Lady Clairville, Mary Wells as Clara and Charlotte Morton as Mademoiselle.
The Torch-Bearers
The Torch-Bearers is a 1922 stage play by George Kelly about a housewife who becomes an actress (the original actress became a widow and withdrew) while her husband is away on business, with Act I being the rehearsal at their home, Act II is the show, and Act III is afterwards. The play is in the style of, as is the play within the play, of the Little Theatre Movement.
The Torrents
In a former gold-mining town, a young engineer proposes irrigation-based agriculture as the gold runs out. A new newspaper recruit, Jenny, is revealed to be a woman, challenging the all-male office as the town debates its future.
The Touch of Silk
A French girl marries a former Australian soldier after the First World War. The play was inspired by Betty Roland’s childhood.
The Touchstone
The Touchstone is an 1817 comedy play by the British writer James Kenney. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 3 May 1817. The original cast included Charles Holland as Finesse, James William Wallack as Garnish, John Pritt Harley as Paragon, William Dowton as Probe, William Oxberry as Croply, Frances Maria Kelly as Dinah Croply, Sarah Harlowe as Mrs. Fairweather and Frances Alsop as Miss Becky. Its Irish debut was at Dublin's Crow Street Theatre on 16 February 1818. The play was reviewed by William Hazlitt in A View of the English Stage. He wrote it "has been acted here with great success. It possesses much liveliness and pleasantry in the incidents, and the dialogue is neat and pointed" and considered "the character of Dinah Croply, which is admirably sustained by Miss Kelly, is the chief attraction of the piece".
The Tower
In 1850s Hobart, Sir Rodney Haviland’s stepdaughter Amy resents his young new wife and carries on an affair with ex-convict Marcus Knight. As Rodney seeks a politically useful marriage for her, Amy discovers that his adopted son Edwin is Knight’s child, setting the family intrigue toward a violent end.
The Town Before You
Sir Robert Floyer arrives in London seeking a government post and becomes the target of swindlers Fancourt and Tippy, who exploit Tippy's resemblance to a peer. Their schemes intersect with the courtships of Floyer's daughter Georgina and Conway, and of the widowed Lady Horatia and Asgill, whose uncle invents a story of poverty to test her affection.
The Town Shifts
The Town Shifts; Or, The Suburb-Justice is a 1671 comedy play by Edward Revet. It was originally staged by the Duke's Company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London. It is part of the tradition of Restoration Comedy. The original cast included Philip Cademan as Lovewell, Matthew Medbourne as Friendly, Edward Angel as Leftwell, Henry Norris as Pett, Samuel Sandford as Frump, Joseph Williams as Moses, Mary Lee as Leticia, Elinor Leigh as Betty and Jane Long as Fickle.
The Town-Fopp: or, Sir Timothy Tawdrey
Bellmour loves Celinda but is forced by his guardian to marry Diana. He refuses to consummate the marriage, and it is eventually dissolved so that Bellmour and Diana can marry their desired partners. In a subplot, Sir Timothy Tawdrey attempts to trick Phillis through a mock marriage that proves legally binding.
The Toy
The Toy is a 1789 comedy play by the Irish writer John O'Keeffe. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 3 February 1789. The Irish premiere was at the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin on 13 January 1791.
The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus
Tony Harrison combines a modern dramatization of archaeologists Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt discovering Sophocles' lost satyr-play fragments with a retelling of the satyrs' search for Apollo's cattle. The satyrs' dispute over high art and popular culture erupts into a rebellion against Apollo and the modern world that has neglected them.
The Tragedy of Chabot, Admiral of France
Admiral Chabot refuses to enforce an unjust law despite the King's order. A jealous minister engineers an investigation that finds no wrongdoing, yet the court pressures judges to convict him; when offered a pardon, Chabot refuses because he is innocent and dies of wounded honor.
The Tragedy of Donohoe
A verse tragedy based on the life of New South Wales bushranger Jack Donahue. The source describes the early drama as a romantic, Gothic five-act work of brigands, haunted forests and pastoral figures, with colonial realities partly obscured by its Shakespearean style.
The Tragedy of Man
In this verse drama, Lucifer leads Adam through successive historical and imagined eras, where each ideal of human progress fails; Eve repeatedly renews his hope, and her pregnancy prevents Adam from ending humanity before it begins.
The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry
Mariam is torn between grief for Herod and resentment over his murders of her family. While he is believed dead, his sister Salome schemes for divorce and power; when Herod returns, false accusations of poisoning and infidelity turn his suspicion against Mariam, whose frankness helps seal her fate.
The Tragedy of Mister Morn
In an unnamed future European country, masked king Morn's rule brings peace. He falls in love with Midia, wife of revolutionary Ganus; when Ganus returns from a labor camp and challenges Morn to a card-settled duel, Morn loses, refuses to kill himself, and flees with Midia as revolutionaries replace the monarchy with dictatorship.
The Tragedy of Pompey the Great
The play follows Pompey from his decision to oppose Caesar in 50 BCE through the civil war, defeat at Pharsalus and flight to Egypt, where he is assassinated after seeking help from Ptolemy XIII.
The Tragedy of Richard the Third
Richard of Gloucester manipulates England's court, eliminates rivals and family members, and takes the crown after his brother Edward IV's death. His rule collapses as he becomes increasingly isolated and faces Henry Tudor's forces; Richard is killed at Bosworth Field, and Richmond claims the throne as Henry VII.
The Tragedy of Sertorius
The Tragedy Of Sertorius is a 1679 tragedy by the English writer John Bancroft. It was first performed by the King's Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The original cast are unknown. It is based on the life of Quintus Sertorius who led a rebellion against the Roman Republic.
The Tragedy of Sir John van Olden Barnavelt
A political tragedy depicting the aging Dutch statesman Barnavelt's conspiracy against the Prince of Orange, the failed rebellion, his trial, and execution.
The Tragedy of Superstition; or, the Fanatic Father
In a Puritan New England village, Reverend Ravensworth accuses Charles and his mother Isabella of witchcraft. Though Charles saves Mary and later tries to flee with her, Ravensworth's false accusations lead to their trial and Charles's execution.
The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great
Tom Thumb, a hero small in stature but granted a princess’s hand, becomes the focus of competing courtly affections. Queen Dollallolla and Lord Grizzle oppose the marriage, while the play’s burlesque plot and elaborate deaths satirize theatrical tragedy and abuses of language.
The Tragical History of Guy Earl of Warwick
A five-act English history play follows Guy of Warwick on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, where he converts the Sultan, then back in England as he fights the Danish giant Colbrand and faces the consequences of his vow. The final act turns to Guy’s son Rainborne and the aftermath of Guy’s death.
The Train Driver
White train driver Roelf Visagie is haunted by having struck and killed a Black woman and her baby. He travels through a South African shantytown searching for their identities, while confronting the guilt and damage caused by the incident.
The Trainer
At a gym in a London gentlemen’s club, fitness trainer Taghreed and her British Jewish fiancé Josh are at the center of a story about their relationship and conflict. Their plot runs alongside a fictionalized account of composer Keith Burstein’s bankruptcy after a libel case, told by the gym’s clientele, who are Court of Appeal judges.
The Traitor
In Florence, Lorenzo seeks to supplant Duke Alessandro by plotting against his rival Cosmo and manipulating the violent nobleman Sciarrha. Sciarrha’s sister Amidea tries to avert a murder, but Lorenzo’s schemes drive the characters toward betrayal and reciprocal killings. The tragedy is based in part on the historical Lorenzino de’ Medici.
The Traitor
The Traitor (often spelt as The Traytor) is a tragedy published anonymously in 1718 and commonly attributed to the British writer and actor Christopher Bullock. It is a revised version of the 1631 play of the same title by James Shirley. It was Bullock's only effort to write tragedy, as his other works were all farces. It was staged at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre with a cast that included John Leigh as the Duke, Lacy Ryan as Sciarrah, James Quin as Lorenzo, Christopher Bullock as Cosmo, John Egleton as Florio, Thomas Smith as Pisano, William Bullock as Depazzi, Thomas Smith as Pisano, John Ogden as Petruchio, Jane Rogers as Amidea, Anna Maria Seymour as Oriana and Mary Kent as Orian's Mother. Lasting six performances on its original run, it was revived again in 1719 and 1720, with much the same cast. No further attempts were made to stage either this play or Shirley's original for more than a century.
The Traitors: Acts of Betrayal
The Traitors: Acts of Betrayal is an upcoming play cycle by John Finnemore based on the TV reality gameshow The Traitors.
The Travels of the Three English Brothers
An adventure drama based on the travels of brothers Thomas, Anthony and Robert Shirley, contrasting Christian England and Muslim Persia while following the brothers through violence, intrigue and encounters with the Persian shah.
The Treacherous Brothers
The Treacherous Brothers is a 1690 tragedy by the English writer George Powell. The original Drury Lane cast included George Powell as the King of Cyprus, John Verbruggen as Meleander, Joseph Williams as Ithocles, William Mountfort as Menaphon, John Hodgson as Orgillus, Elizabeth Boutell as Semanthe, Charlotte Butler as Statilia and Anne Bracegirdle as Marcelia.
The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
In this 11-act bunraku puppet drama, Lord En’ya is sentenced to commit seppuku after attacking Moronao, and his retainers become rōnin. Under Yuranosuke’s leadership, the retainers sustain their loyalty through tests, losses and disguises before mounting a final assault on Moronao and offering his head at En’ya’s memorial.
The Tree
After fifteen years away, a daughter returns to her New Zealand home. Her mother, frustrated by her own unfulfilled ambitions, faces the contrast with the daughter's wider experience of travel and the new strain this brings to their relationship.
The Trial of Davros
Removed from time by the Time Lords, Davros is put on trial for his crimes, with testimony and evidence of Dalek atrocities. The trial proves to be his scheme to create a portal to Gallifrey so his new Daleks can attack the Time Lords.
The Trial of Dedan Kimathi
Captured by colonial authorities, Dedan Kimathi faces a series of trials where a banker, priest, businessman and politician try to persuade him to surrender or plead for his life; he refuses to betray his fellow revolutionaries.
The Trial of God (as it was held on February 25, 1649, in Shamgorod)
After a pogrom devastates the fictional village of Shamgorod, three wandering minstrels arrive at the inn of Berish, one of the few survivors. The characters decide to hold a Purim trial accusing God of permitting the massacre, while Berish's daughter Hanna bears its trauma. The play presents the trial as a tragic farce and asks whether suffering can be reconciled with divine justice.
The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen, 1431
Brecht’s epic, non-Aristotelian drama adapts a radio play into a stage treatment of Joan of Arc’s trial, with historical proceedings and a broad cast of judges, soldiers, townspeople and witnesses.
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
A fictionalized trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
The Trial of Love
The Trial of Love is an 1852 play by the British writer George William Lovell. It premiered at the Princess's Theatre in London on 7 June 1852. It was his final play, and ran for 23 nights. The cast featured Charles Kean and Ellen Kean.
The Trial of Mary Dugan
The Trial of Mary Dugan is a play written by Bayard Veiller. The 1927 melodrama concerns a sensational courtroom trial of a showgirl accused of killing her millionaire lover. Her defense attorney is her brother, Jimmy Dugan. It was first presented on Broadway in 1927, with Ann Harding in the title role, and in London in 1928 with Genevieve Tobin. Two American films were based on the play, one in 1929 directed by Bayard Veiller and starring Norma Shearer, and one in 1941 directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Laraine Day. The play was performed at the Savoy Theatre, Strand, London, during 1958. Presented by Peter Saunders, it featured Betsy Blair, David Knight, Cec Linder and Patricia Burke. During the action, the audience was addressed as if it were the jury. The Broadway production premiered at the National Theatre on September 19, 1927, moved to the Sam H. Harris Theatre on June 11, 1928, and then to the Century Theatre from September 3–19, 1928, for a total of 437 performances. A novelization of the play, by William Almon Wolff, was published in 1929. Ayn Rand’s Night of January 16th is reported to have been modeled on this play.
The Trial of the Soul
Maria struggles to reconcile her love for Johannes with his freedom. Their spiritual trials reach into earlier incarnations in a medieval community.
The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest
Don Juan, a nobleman who repeatedly seduces women by promising marriage, escapes consequences through deception until he kills Don Gonzalo. When Gonzalo's statue returns to invite him to supper, Don Juan accepts and is dragged to his death; the people he wronged then learn of his fate and resolve their marriages.
The Tricolour Cockade
A veteran faces execution during the Bourbon Restoration for wearing a tricolour cockade given to him by Napoleon, but the July Revolution saves him. His unit later fights in Algeria. The play also features Nicolas Chauvin, a young soldier who continues to idolize Napoleon.
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful is a play by American playwright Horton Foote. It was first performed on March 1, 1953, on NBC television before premiering on the Broadway stage in November 1953. The play depicts an elderly woman, Carrie Watts, "who has to live with a daughter-in-law who hates her and a son who does not dare take her side." While residing with this unhappy family in a Houston apartment, Watts dreams of returning to the tiny town of Bountiful, Texas where she was raised. She manages to escape the apartment and embarks by bus to her destination. She meets several people along the way. Her stay in Bountiful is brief as she is whisked back to Houston by her son and daughter-in-law. The play was adapted into a film of the same name, released in 1985.
The Triumph of Beauty
At Mount Ida, Paris judges the beauty of Juno, Venus and Pallas, while a comic anti-masque of seven shepherds recalls the rustic comic figures of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The masque ends with Venus winning the contest.
The Triumph of Love
Léonide, Princess of Sparta, disguises herself as a man to enter the home of her enemy Hermocrates, where she has fallen in love with Agis, the rightful heir she plans to restore to the throne. To remain there, she invents shifting identities and entangles Hermocrates and his sister Hesione in her scheme before revealing herself and asking Agis to marry her.
The Triumph of Peace
A lavish court masque sponsored by the Inns of Court begins with a torchlit cavalcade to Whitehall. Personifications of Peace, Law and Justice honor the English monarchs amid seven scene changes, multiple anti-masques, allegorical characters, dances and a mock combat evoking Don Quixote.
The Triumphs of Love and Honour
The Triumphs of Love and Honour is a 1731 tragedy by the British writer Thomas Cooke. The original Drury Lane cast included William Mills as Aristarchus, Theophilus Cibber as Philander, Kitty Clive as Urania and Charlotte Charke as Thalia.
The Triumphs of Truth
A civic pageant honoring a British Lord Mayor.
The Trojan War Will Not Take Place
The play takes place the day before the outbreak of the Trojan War inside the gates of the city of Troy. It follows the struggle of the disillusioned Trojan military commander Hector, supported by the women of Troy, as he tries to avoid war with the Greeks. Hector's wife Andromache is pregnant, and this reinforces his desire for peace. Along with his worldly-wise mother Hecuba, Hector leads the anti-war argument and tries to persuade his brother Paris to return Paris's beautiful but vapid captive Helen to Greece. Giraudoux presents Helen as not only an object of desire, but the epitome of destiny itself. She claims that she can see the future by seeing what is coloured in her mind, and she sees war. For Hector, Helen means only war and destruction. But for the other Trojan men, led by the poet Demokos, she represents an opportunity for glory; and they are eager to have others fight a war in her name. The peace agreement Hector negotiates with the visiting Greek commander Ulysses, is no match for Demokos' deliberate lies, and at the end of the play, the seer Cassandra's cynical prediction that war cannot be avoided has been proven right.
The Trojan Women
After Troy falls, Queen Hecuba and the other captive Trojan women learn their fates: Cassandra and Andromache are assigned to Greek victors, Polyxena and Astyanax are killed, and Helen faces Menelaus. The women mourn their losses as they are taken into slavery.
The Troublesome Reign of King John
An Elizabethan history play dramatizing the reign of John, King of England.
The True Tragedy of Richard III
An Elizabethan history tragedy recounting Richard III’s rise and the deaths of Edward IV and the young princes in the Tower, alongside the lamentable end of Jane Shore.
The Truth
Society matron Eve Lindon suspects her husband Fred of an affair with her friend Becky and hires a detective to follow him. As Eve confronts Becky and the Warders, Becky's habitual lying makes it difficult to tell truth from deception.
The Truth About Blayds
At his house in Portman Square, London, the famous poet Oliver Blayds is celebrating his 90th birthday. The literary critic A. L. Royce has come to present an address on behalf of his fellow writers to Blayds, who is regarded as "a very great poet, a very great philosopher and a very great man … simple as Wordsworth, sensuous as Tennyson, passionate as Swinburne". Royce has lingering feelings for Isobel Blayds, whom he met 18 years earlier when they were both about 20. She declined his offer of marriage then because she felt she must look after her father. The poet's grandchildren are cheerfully indifferent to his literary reputation, and treat him with affectionate irreverence, to Royce's disapproval. The family gathers, and after his health is toasted Blayds graciously accepts the address from Royce. He reminisces about his earlier days in Victorian times with anecdotes about Browning, Whistler, Queen Victoria and Meredith. After the celebrations, Blayds is left alone with Isobel, who has looked after him all her adult life. He says at ninety there is no going back: "Only forward – into the grave that's waiting for you". In the second act the family returns from Blayds's funeral at Westminster Abbey. Isobel reveals that on his deathbed Blayds confessed to her that none of the poems for which he is famous were written by him. They were the work of Willoughby Jenkins, a close friend with whom he shared rooms in Islington in the 1850s. Jenkins, a young poetic genius, knew he was dying and wrote a prodigious amount of poetry while he had time. After he died, Blayds yielded to the temptation to publish a small amount of Jenkins's verse under his own name. It was so well received that he continued the deception and published further batches over the years, gaining a tremendous literary reputation and making a large fortune. The one volume he published of his own verse had been badly reviewed and otherwise his entire poetic oeuvre was the work of his dead friend. Isobel is bitter at having given up any independent life to look after her fraudulent father. William, who hero-worshipped his father-in-law, is incredulous, and agrees with Oliver that Blayds must have been hallucinating on his deathbed. The family agonise about whether the confession is true, and if so whether to reveal the truth publicly, and whether the old man's fortune properly belongs to Jenkins's heirs. Royce, to whom Isobel has turned for help, finds documentary proof that Jenkins left everything he had to Blayds. The family is legally in the clear, but the moral issue remains. William continues to maintain Blayds's innocence, and Isobel eventually gives way and agrees to say nothing publicly about her father's confession. At the end of the play she accepts a proposal of marriage from Royce.
The Truth Game
The Truth Game is a comedy play by the British writer Ivor Novello, first staged in 1928.
The Tsar's Bride
A four-act historical verse drama by Lev Mei set during the reign of Ivan the Terrible.
The Tumult of Bologna
A historical monologue turns a Bolognese revolt against papal authority into a scatological tale of popular resistance.
The Tunnel of Love
The play opens in Augie's studio with a brief prologue, in which Isolde is furious with Augie over some unknown transgression. She is also unhappy about living in a bedroom community, and wants to return to Manhattan. Alice and Dick Pepper offer unwanted support. Isolde storms out, followed shortly by the Peppers. Augie delivers a self-pitying speech to the empty set, trying to explain to the absent Isolde just how this all started a year ago... (Blackout) An afternoon in June. Alice and Dick bring champagne to Augie's studio for the Poole's 5th anniversary. Augie returns from Manhattan, having failed to sell cartoons to The New Yorker. He calls Dr. Vancouver's office trying to find Isolde. Dick admires Augie's latest cartoon idea, but not the drawing. He tries to get Augie to sell his ideas, but Augie dislikes being a "gagman". He asks the Peppers to leave and Alice does, but Dick stays behind. Dick phones the Westport Arms and makes a date with Terry McBain, a young libretist he knows. Augie and Dick argue about Dick's playing around. Isolde returns from shopping in the city. Alice comes back to congratulate Isolde on the anniversary. Isolde announces they are going to apply for adoption at the Rock-a-bye agency, using the Peppers as references. Dick is alarmed at being checked on by a case worker and decides to cancel his date. Alice and Isolde return from the bedroom, and the Peppers leave the studio. Isolde and Augie argue about the precise timing of lovemaking that Dr Vancouver's fertility program requires. Augie pleads for natural methods. Isolde pouts but changes into an enticing outfit. They reconcile, and Augie mentions giving up drawing and just selling his ideas. Isolde forbids it, and the couple embraces. (Curtain) The next day. Augie is in his studio battling a mouse. Dick comes in, and Augie chides him again for playing around. Dick leaves in a huff then Isolde comes in. Isolde reveals she is aware of Dick's philandering. She expresses relief that Augie is "normal", upsetting Augie who feels he has neuroses like other artists. He goes to take a shower; Alice rushes in to say Estelle Novick, the investigator from Rock-a-bye has just interviewed her. Alice hides bottles from the bar and the two women rush into the bedroom. Augie emerges from the bathroom, sans pants, furiously trying to hit a mouse with his slipper. Noticing the empty bar counter, he finds a hidden Scotch bottle and picks it up. Hearing the doorbell, he wraps a towel around him and answers it, still holding the bottle. It is the caseworker, Estelle Novick, but Augie doesn't recognize the name. His partially-clothed state and the bottle in his hand make a poor impression on her, as does his reference, Dick Pepper, who comes back in and immediately suggests a get together. Miss Novick reveals she is from Rock-a-bye. Both men plead with her as she starts to leave. Isolde and Alice return to the studio, and greet Miss Novick. They are surprised at her quick departure and interrogate their spouses. Isolde is furious with Augie; she and Alice leave for the Pepper's house. Dick explains to Augie the complicated balance between his cheating and his guilt feelings. He suggests Augie's inhibitions are preventing Isolde from conceiving and recommends his friend have an affair himself to "loosen up". Augie throws hims out then tries to call Isolde at the Pepper's. Alice and Isolde's' voices are heard through the speaker phone. Isolde rejects his suggestion that the two of them go out alone and hangs up. There is a knock on the front door; Estelle Novick has returned on a personal visit. Her dissertation is on sexual mores of New England, and she has decided Augie would make a good test subject. They share a few double scotch drinks; Augie is delighted when she picks up one of his drawings and laughs. They embrace and kiss. (Curtain) Three months later (Late September). On a Sunday morning, Isolde and Augie read the papers. Isolde wonders why they haven't heard from any of the adoption agencies to which they applied. After she leaves, Dick comes in, having been summoned by Augie. Augie confesses to having had a single encounter with Miss Novick three months back, from which she has become pregnant. He tells Dick he'll sign the "ideas" only contract with The Townsman for a $1000 advance. Dick reluctantly agrees and writes the check which Augie takes. Alice and Isolde come into the studio. Augie leaves to meet Miss Novick, however they have missed connections and she turns up at the studio. Dick is alarmed, but the two wives are delighted. Miss Novick assures them a baby may become available in six months, but doesn't reveal her own condition or Augie's slip. Augie returns to the studio, and is under great stress finding Miss Novick there. She asks to speak with Augie privately so the others leave. Augie gives her the check and she assures him they won't meet again, as she will leave for New Zealand after the birth. Miss Novick then tells him a folk-saying from Poland, without translating then leaves. (Curtain) Six months later (March). Isolde confronts Augie and Dick separately about a tax slip from The Townsman that shows Augie earned a $1000 more than expected. They offer conflicting explanations which Isolde plainly doesn't believe. Isolde tells Augie and Dick about an adoption prospect mentioned by Dr. Vancouver. After she leaves however, Augie reveals himself obsessed with adopting his own child. Alice, having had delivered the Pepper's latest baby sometime ago, fetches Dick back home to help care for it. Isolde returns to a tender scene with Augie, where he admires her understanding and forgiveness. Dick has slipped away from Alice again and returned to the studio. Isolde leaves him alone with Augie. Augie phones Dr. Vancouver, who is heard over the speaker phone saying the adoption prospect he knew of is no longer available. Miss McCracken knocks at the door. After meeting Augie and Dick, the former fetches Isolde, and Alice wanders in as well. All four of them sit and listen as Miss McCracken announces the Pooles have been selected to receive a baby boy. She says the mother is a doctoral candidate and the father a weak figure married to someone else. The act ends as both couples exit with Miss McCracken to pick up the infant. (Curtain) One month later (April). The two couples are in the studio, where a bassinet now resides. Isolde hold up a baby photo and asks everyone what they think of it. Told it is a good likeness of Augie Jr, Isolde announces its actually an old baby photo of Augie Sr, sent by his mother through the mail. Isolde confronts Augie, accusing him of being the father of the baby. Abashed, Augie can only hold his hands out in supplication. Isolde will have none of it, and we see the four characters assuming their starting positions from Act One, Scene 1 and the dialogue is repeated up to the point where Isolde leaves the studio. (Blackout) When the lights come up, Augie is alone. Miss McCracken appears at the door, to remind Augie that the Poole's are on probation and will be checked on regularly for a year. She leaves and Isolde comes in, determined to leave. She insists she'll bicycle away and leaves; off stage a crashing noise is heard. Augie rushes out and returns carrying Isolde, who has a sprained ankle. They argue about calling a doctor, while Augie fetches a first-aid kit. While he tapes the ankle he expounds his devotion to her. She tries to push him away, but injury and reluctance for throwing away six years of marriage causes her to reconsider. They reconcile; when Isolde suddenly asks Augie to run out and buy some Chinese food, he realises she must be pregnant. Augie declares they will move back to Manhattan to raise their children. They embrace and play ends.
The Turk
Florence’s governor, Borgias, spreads a false report that the young Duchess Julia is dead to remove rivals and secure power. Mulleasses and Borgias manipulate staged ghosts and false deaths in their rival plots; when Julia refuses Mulleasses, he threatens her, and the revenge ends in their mutual deaths.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw is a theatrical adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher of the 1898 novella of the same name by Henry James. Hatcher developed the adaptation with the Portland Stage Company as part of its Little Festival of the Unexpected program in 1995, and it debuted at the company's home theater in Portland, Maine on January 11, 1996. In 1999, the play was staged Off-Broadway by the Primary Stages company. Director Melia Bensussen won an Obie Award for the Primary Stages production.
The Turning
In the Western Australian town of Angelus, corrupt policing and drug trafficking shape Vic Lang’s increasingly paranoid life and his connection with Jackie Martin. The story follows the Lang family and Jackie from 1970 into 2000, as Vic’s past threatens his marriage.
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