Edycja przygotowana przez Wydawnictwo Literackie na jubileusz czterechsetlecia śmierci Williama Shakespeare’a Arcydzieła światowej literatury i teatru leżące u podstaw świadomości nowożytnego Europejczyka. Zdumiewająca wyobraźnia, szaleństwa serc i zmysłów, skomplikowane koleje ludzkich uczuć i wynikających z nich czynów, żywioł zabawy i szczera wesołość oraz wnikliwa znajomość ludzkiej duszy w świecie Szekspirowskich komedii, w wybitnym przekładzie Macieja Słomczyńsk...
Opowieść o uzdrawiającej sile dobroci. Historię małego lorda znają dzieci na całym świecie. Siedmioletni Cedric, mieszkający z owdowiałą matką w Ameryce, niespodziewanie staje się spadkobiercą ogromnego majątku i tytułu szlacheckiego. Dziadek chłopca, hrabia Dorincourt, zgorzkniały i samolubny starzec, sprowadza wnuka do swego zamku w Anglii. Wrażliwość Cedrica, jego wiara w dobro i drugiego człowieka potrafią skruszyć najbardziej zatwardziałe serce... Mały lord, pierwsza...
Pierwsze, dwutomowe wydanie wybranych utworów scenicznych Agnieszki Osieckiej. Agnieszka Osiecka była związana ze sceną przez całe życie. Pisała wiersze, piosenki, powieści, opowiadania dla dorosłych i dla dzieci, ale także sztuki teatralne i widowiska telewizyjne. Pomysłowe, dowcipne, subtelne, bogate w piosenki i w muzykę, miały najlepsze cechy pisarstwa tej niezapomnianej Autorki. „Apetyt na czereśnie” czy „Niech no tylko zakwitną jabłonie” doczekały się wielu inscenizacj...
Agnieszka Osiecka była związana ze sceną przez całe życie. Pisała wiersze, piosenki, powieści, opowiadania dla dorosłych i dla dzieci, ale także sztuki teatralne i widowiska telewizyjne. Pomysłowe, dowcipne, subtelne, bogate w piosenki i w muzykę, miały najlepsze cechy pisarstwa tej niezapomnianej Autorki. Drugi po „Jabłoniach” tom dramatów Agnieszki Osieckiej nosi tytuł „Do dna”, jak przedostatni spektakl, przy którym Autorka pracowała w sopockim Teatrze Atelier. Podział ...
"(...) Polacy kradną samochody i brylanty, zawożą łup do swoich `półdzikich miast`. Niemcy robią wszystko, co im się każe. Chirurg rozmyśla nad tym, jak `dziwny jest świat, Wschód potrzebuje rzeczy a Zachód krwi`. (...) Jak na farsę przystało Stasiuk maluje obraz Wschodu i Zachodu grubą kreską (...). Jednak wyraźne kontrasty nie trywializują inscenizacji, lecz są częścią tego, co ma być pokazane, mianowicie pełnego uprzedzeń, wzajemnego niezrozumienia ludzi ze Wschodu i Z...
Tom zawiera sztuki: "Miłość na Krymie" (1993), "Wdowy" (1992), "Portret" (1997), "Kontrakt" (1986). Podobnie jak opowiadania, również dramaty publikowane są w "Dziełach zebranych" w ustalonej przez autora kolejności, tzn. poczynając od utworów najnowszych. Zamieszczone w "Teatrze 1" utwory pochodzą z lat 1986-1993 i tylko jeden z nich, "Portret", był wydany wcześniej w Polsce. Najbardziej znana jest "Miłość na Krymie", rodzaj pastiszu nawiązującego do różnych epok i real...
Na tom "Trzy tragedie i karnawał" składają się utwory "Ambasador", "Krawiec", "Kontrakt" i "Karnawał", czyli pierwsza żona Adama. Ponadczasowy charakter pierwszych trzech sztuk i przenikający je duch historii, władzy, polityki i porządku społecznego łączy się tutaj z typową dla Mrożka przenikliwą ironią, kiedy w Karnawale nawiązuje również do stosunków damsko-męskich. "Karnawał", ostatnią sztukę Sławomira Mrożka, publikujemy tu wraz z manuskryptem Autora, gdzie dociekliwy Czy...
Wenecja, XVI wiek. Żydowski kupiec Shylock udziela lichwiarskich kredytów, a jego konkurent, Antonio, pożycza pieniądze bez dodatkowych kosztów. Bassanio, przyjaciel Antonia, pragnie poślubić Porcję. Aby zrealizować swój plan, zmuszony jest do wzięcia od Shylocka pożyczki z nietypowym oprocentowaniem. Wkrótce Shylock staje się ofiarą własnej chciwości…
The poem in prose „Twenty-Six and One” is based on the writer’s impressions related to life in Kazan and work in Semenov’s bakery. Gorky considers the image of a tramp, revealing its negative qualities. The work tells about twenty-six bakers, attitude, feelings, the behavior of which is presented by the author as the attitude of one person. This is achieved by using Gorky a huge number of pronouns „we are all”
The stories, united under the name „Through Russia”, were originally printed by M. Gorky in various periodicals and collections. In the series of short stories „In Russia”. M. Gorky refers to the image of the „past in order to illuminate the paths to the future.” The writer reflected the harsh truth of the life of „little great people”, life-giving and decorating the earth with their labor.
Like Byron’s passionate sayings „sounding on the tones of a wild and completely unsophisticated melody”, this is Gorky’s crazy, unbridled, powerful voice when he sings about the „madness of the brave,” barefoot dreamers who are proud of their idleness, who have nothing and fear nothing who is cheerful in his suffering, but unhappy in his joy.
The novel „Mother”, one of Gorky’s most popular works, was based on the mass demonstration of 1902 in the city of Sormovo. Hence, an exciting plot based on real events, with a sharp political struggle, secret gatherings, searches, arrests, and the selfless heroism of the main revolutionary hero Pavel Vlasov. However, the central image in the novel is Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova, the mother of the hero, one of the most striking and exciting characters in Russian literature, symbo...
A collection of short stories by a popular and influential Russian author, the founder of the literary method of socialist realism and, possibly, the greatest Russian literary figure of the 20th century. He wrote short stories, plays, memoirs and novels that touched the imagination of the Russian people, and was the first Russian author to sympathize sympathetically with characters such as tramps and thieves, emphasizing their daily struggle with insurmountable difficulties....
The play is about a petty official Khlestakov, who does not stand out for anything special. He is traveling from St. Petersburg on business with his servant, they stop in one county town, where there was a rumor that the inspector will visit the city soon. Khlestakov, by chance and human imprudence, is mistaken for an auditor who decided to remain incognito. From that moment, all city officials are looking for an opportunity to stay in good standing, give him a bribe so that ...
The book describes the events that took place in the first half of the 17th century, when the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks defended their rights. Taras Bulba is a grown man, a Cossack colonel meets his sons. She finished her studies and returned home, her mother is glad of their arrival, Taras makes fun of them and rejoices at how strong sons he grew up with. However, Taras wants his children to know what struggle, courage and honor are. And he decides to send them to the Zaporizhzh...
A short story about an unhappy involuntary marriage. Family quarrels, like bad weather in the Russian wilderness: there is nothing worse than becoming an involuntary captive of a blizzard of someone else’s spousal abuse. The main character of the story is an ordinary woman with an unfortunate fate. All its features consist only in youth and attractive appearance, and in the still alive soul, which writhes under the weight of the cargo that has landed on it and stubbornly does...
The story of a boy Egor, who goes from his home to a gymnasium located in another city. This trip is the last event before the start of a new life away from mother and familiar places. Nothing unexpected happens on the way, but at the same time, there is a constant change of landscapes and moons of Egor, meetings with new people, both ordinary and of noble origin. The boy is a witness to the life of people whose path also lies through the steppe.
The theme of the „little man”, which appeared in many of Chekhov’s short stories, was also touched on in the novel „My Life”. The main character, Misail Poloznev, a nobleman by birth, becomes a simple worker. In order to live the way he wants, he breaks with his father. He is opposed to lies and hypocrisy, namely they, in his opinion, reign among the intelligentsia. The quote of the old house painter Radish: „Aphids eat grass, rust – iron, and lies – the soul”. According to t...
Aristophanes, nicknamed the „father of comedy”, wrote in a different way than the first tragedies. He was troubled by everyday problems, rarely associated with the past. Gods also rarely appeared in his works, like the heroes of antiquity: the main role was given to contemporaries. If certain events of Aristophanes did not suit him, he made fun of them, or offered original recipes to change the situation for the better.
Old Philokleon was so addicted to attending court hearings that his son Bdelikleon locked him in the house and stretched a net around the house. He wants to ensure a quiet life for his father, but Philokleon does not at all want peace. He’s a cocky, like a choir made up of his old friends, judges, and he likes to convict. The choir appears on the stage in wasp costumes and tries to help Philokleon slip away, but Bdelikleon prevents this.
This bold statement by Euripides is an absurd premise on which the whole game depends. Women are outraged by the image of the female as crazy, murderous and sexually depraved, and they use the Thesmophoria festival as an opportunity to discuss a suitable choice of revenge, Fearing their abilities, Euripides seeks out his tragic friend Agathon in the hope of convincing him to spy on him and become his protector at the festival – a role that, of course, would require him to dis...
Knighs are not just equestrians: the whole estate was called in Athens – those who had enough money to keep a war horse. These were wealthy people, had small estates outside the city, lived on their income, and wanted Athens to be a peaceful, closed agricultural state. The poet Aristophanes wanted peace; therefore, he made the riders the chorus of his comedy.
Aristophanes is revered as the „father of comedy.” He wrote over forty works, of which eleven reached us. Centuries have passed, but the comedies of Aristophanes continue to live. The political events that Aristophanes criticized in his works have long faded into the past, but the author enjoys the inexhaustible comic ingenuity of the author, his wit and ingenious courage with which he derives the funny from everything that he touches.
