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Luigi Lunari

    Maria di Nazareth
    The Cherry Orchard
    La Locandiera
    Dracula
    The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
    I vicerè
    • "Tecnicamente, è un romanzo "ben fatto", senza ingorghi e dispersioni. Una tecnica così sicura; un tempo, un ritmo tanto vigilato e costante... a lettura finita, e anche nel ricordo più lontano, i personaggi stanno tutti sullo stesso piano, nella stessa cruda luce, equamente indimenticabili così come equamente necessari ed importanti..." (Leonardo Sciascia)

      I vicerè
      4.3
    • Who would have thought a comedy of manners written more than a hundred years ago would still be so apt and so funny? Oscar Wilde was a genius of play-writing, and his deftness, wit and sharp eye for social satire keep audiences in thrall to this day. Alongside Earnest, discover a biblical tragedy retold, Lady Windermere and her infamous fan and Wilde's take on an ideal husband, in his selection of Wilde's most important plays.

      The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
      4.3
    • Told in journal fragments that cannot provide any reliable perspective, Dracula is at the same time Romantic and modern. It unfolds the story of a Transylvanian Don Juan, the aristocratic vampire Count Dracula, who preys on damsels, and of the mission launched from a lunatic asylum to destroy him.

      Dracula
      4.1
    • Messa per la prima volta in scena sul palcoscenico del Teatro Sant'Angelo a Venezia nel 1753, La locandiera piacque subito molto, anche se forse non riuscì ad affascinare del tutto il pubblico del tempo. Originale, spiazzante, giocata su una storia d'amore che non si sviluppa secondo gli schemi consueti, ma anzi li rovescia in un gioco di imprevisti, La locandiera era probabilmente troppo "moderna", troppo audace per la sua epoca. Più che una vicenda sentimentale, il commediografo veneziano aveva infatti scritto una storia sull'egoismo e sulla forza di carattere, magnificamente rappresentati nella seducente e sicura Mirandolina, civetta e donna d'affari, indimenticabile e luminoso esempio di un eterno femminino davanti al quale devono crollare tutte le difese degli uomini, anche (e soprattutto) di quelli che fanno sfoggio di un'esasperata misoginia.

      La Locandiera
      3.6
    • The Cherry Orchard

      • 102 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      The funny thing is the harder I work the more clearly I understand things. When I'm worn out after a day's work then it's like my brain relaxes. And sometimes then I get it. The meaning of my life. My purpose on this earth. How many people ever get to say that? And you know what? It doesn't matter. Doesn't change anything. It is not important. In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - arguably his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces deeply rooted in history and the society in which they live. Their estate is hopelessly in debt. Urged to cut down their beautiful cherry orchard and sell the land for holiday cottages, the family struggles to act decisively. Vigorous and profound, this new version of Chekhov's classic play by Olivier award-winner Simon Stephens, from a literal translation by Helen Rappaport, is an anguished and heartbreaking love letter to a society in violent transition. It received its world premiere at the Young Vic, London, on 10 October 2014.

      The Cherry Orchard
      3.5