Category Archives: Tragedy
Audiobook: When We Dead Awaken
When We Dead Awaken (1899) is the last play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. Dreamlike
Audiobook: Trojan Women (Coleridge Translation)
Described by modern playwright Ellen McLaughlin as “perhaps the greatest antiwar play ever written,” “The
Audiobook: Antigone (Plumptre Translation)
A powerful artistic protest against tyranny, “Antigone” has been translated and adapted dozens of times,
Audiobook: Oedipus at Colonus (Jebb Translation)
“Oedipus at Colonus” (also Oedipus Coloneus, Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ, Oidipous epi Kolōnō) is
Audiobook: Libation-Bearers (Morshead Translation)
The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of
Audiobook: Ajax (Campbell Translation)
Ajax is a Greek tragedy written in the 5th century BC. The date of Ajax’s
Audiobook: Alcestis (Way Translation)
Alcestis, queen of Pherae, is one of the noblest heroines in all of Greek drama.
Audiobook: Oedipus Rex (Murray Translation)
“Oedipus Rex” (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, Oidipous Tyrannos), also known as “Oedipus the King” or
Audiobook: King Leir and His Three Daughters
King Leir is an anonymous Elizabethan play about the life of the ancient Celtic king
Audiobook: Agamemnon (Browning Translation)
The play Agamemnon details the homecoming of Agamemnon, King of Argos, from the Trojan War.
Audiobook: Revenger’s Tragedy
“When the bad bleeds, then is the tragedy good.” The Revenger’s Tragedy is a bloody
Audiobook: Furies (Morshead Translation)
The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of
Audiobook: Agamemnon (Morshead Translation)
The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of
Audiobook: Büchse der Pandora
Die Büchse der Pandora ist eine Tragödie in drei Aufzügen von Frank Wedekind. Sie ist
Audiobook: Philoctetes (Campbell Translation)
Philoctetes is a play by Sophocles (Aeschylus and Euripides also each wrote a Philoctetes but
Audiobook: Medea (Way Translation)
Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason
Audiobook: Iphigenia in Aulis (Way translation)
Iphigenia in Aulis (Ancient Greek: Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Αὐλίδι) is the last extant work of the
Audiobook: Electra (Storr Translation)
Electra or Elektra is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Its date is not known, but
Audiobook: Electra (Murray Translation)
Electra (the Unmated One) is eaten up with hatred of her mother Clytemnestra and stepfather
Audiobook: Prometheus Bound (Thoreau Translation)
Whether or not it was actually written by Aeschylus, as is much disputed, “Prometheus Bound”
Audiobook: Romeo and Juliet (version 2)
Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare’s famous tragedy of two “star-crossed lovers” from rival houses. Romeo
Audiobook: King Lear
King Lear is widely held as the greatest of Shakespeare’s tragedies; to some, it is
Audiobook: Faust I
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also
Audiobook: Jew of Malta
Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist,
Audiobook: Romeo and Juliet (version 3)
Romeo and Juliet is an early tragedy by William Shakespeare about two teenage “star-cross’d lovers”
Audiobook: Tragedy of Macbeth
Murder and madness, witches and war: Librivox presents a recording of Macbeth, perhaps Shakespeare’s best
Audiobook: Florentine Tragedy and La Sainte Courtisane
Two short fragments: an unfinished and a lost play. A Florentine Tragedy, left in a
Audiobook: Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, based on true events, concerns the conspiracy against
Audiobook: Samson Agonistes
“The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the
Audiobook: Richard III
Richard III is an early history play probably written and performed around 1592-93. It is