Category Archives: Tragedy
Audiobook: Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, normally known simply as Doctor Faustus, is a play
Audiobook: Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus may be Shakespeare’s earliest tragedy; it is believed to have been written in
Audiobook: Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1
Tamburlaine the Great is the name of a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe.
Audiobook: Tamburlaine the Great, Part 2
Tamburlaine the Great is the name of a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe.
Audiobook: Life and Death of King John
The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the
Audiobook: Maid’s Tragedy
Beaumont and Fletcher’s The Maid’s Tragedy (first published 1619) is a sensational Jacobean sex tragedy.
Audiobook: Beyond the Horizon
Beyond the Horizon is a 1920 play written by American playwright Eugene O’Neill. It was
Audiobook: Hamlet (version 2)
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in
Audiobook: Hamlet (version 3)
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in
Audiobook: Romeo and Juliet (version 4)
Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From
Audiobook: Tragedy of Macbeth (Version 2)
Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is considered one of his darkest
Audiobook: Bill of Divorcement
A Bill of Divorcement describes a day in the lives of a middle-aged British woman
Audiobook: Yorkshire Tragedy
A Yorkshire Tragedy: Not So New as Lamentable and True (1619) tells the gruesome tale
Audiobook: Marion de Lorme
Marion de Lorme is a play about a famous French courtesan with the same name,
Audiobook: Seven Against Thebes (Way Translation)
Seven against Thebes is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in
Audiobook: Brand
Inflamed by what he saw as his Norwegian homeland’s shocking betrayal of Denmark after the
Audiobook: Hedda Gabler (version 2)
Hedda Gabler has just returned from her honeymoon. She has married out of ennui, and
Audiobook: Julius Caesar (version 2)
When Julius Caesar returns to Rome from conquering the Gauls, Cassius and his friends are
Audiobook: Master Builder (Gosse & Archer Translation)
Halvard Solness is a master architect who has ruthlessly forged a preëminent career without regard
Audiobook: All for Love; or, The World Well Lost
All for Love is widely considered to be John Dryden’s finest work, dramatic or otherwise.
Audiobook: Orra
Considered by her contemporaries a playwright “second only to Shakespeare,” Joanna Baillie was one of
Audiobook: Gamester
The Gamester is Edward Moore’s most famous work, and while it has fallen into relative
Audiobook: Tragedy of King Lear (version 3)
Known for its heartrending emotion and shocking violence, The Tragedy of King Lear is seen
Audiobook: Dream
The Dream is Joanna Baillie’s gothic, proto-Lynchian meditation on fear, guilt, and the prophetic power
Audiobook: Adelgitha; or, The Fruits of a Single Error
The second original tragedy written by Gothic writer Matthew Lewis, Adelgitha; or, The Fruits of
Audiobook: History of Troilus and Cressida (version 2)
The History of Troilus and Cressida has long baffled critics and audiences alike for its
Audiobook: Tragedy of King Richard II (version 2)
Billed by scholars as the first part of the all-encompassing Henriad, Richard II is a
Audiobook: Thebaid, or The Brothers at War
“The reign of Louis XIV. in France, like the age of Pericles at ancient Athens,
Audiobook: Gretchen
About as far from a rollicking Gilbert and Sullivan musical as you can get: this
Audiobook: Britannicus
Britannicus is son and heir of the Roman emperor Claudius. However, this does not please