THE STORY: On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician.

This is the first scholarly edition of Othello to give full attention to the play's bold treatment of racial themes.

FOLGER Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text ...

A triumph from the moment of its 1897 premiere, Cyrano de Bergerac has become one of the most frequently produced plays in the world. Its perennial popularity is a tribute to the universal appeal of its themes and characters.

A celebrated translation of this masterpiece of Chinese literature, in an updated edition

An easy going drama critic discovers that his kind and gentle aunts have a bizarre habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar.

As well as an authoritative text, this edition boasts an introduction that explores multiple facets of the play.

A serious play about two women who run a school for girls.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning play tells of a group of men and women in the 1980s who are affected by the AIDS epidemic.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) adopted the story of the wandering conjuror who accepts Mephistopheles's offer of a pact, selling his soul for the devil's greaterknowledge; over a period of 60 years he produced one of the greatest ...