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L'éducation sentimentale
Par Gustave Flaubert. 1992
"Le héros de ce livre, un matin d'octobre, arriva à Paris avec un coeur de dix-huit ans et un diplôme…
de bachelier des lettres. Il fit son entrée dans cette capitale du monde civilisé par la porte Saint-Denis, dont il put admirer la belle architecture ; il vit dans les rues des voitures de fumier traînées par un cheval et un âne, des charrettes de boulanger tirées à bras d'homme, des laitières qui vendaient leur lait, des portières qui balayaient le ruisseau."The American dream ; The zoo story: two plays
Par Edward Albee. 1997
Two early works by an award-winning playwright. One is a satire of American family life. In The Zoo Story, Albee's…
first performed play, a confrontation between two widely dissimilar men leads to some wrenching personal revelations by both. 1959Le chant du dire-dire: théâtre (Théâtre)
Par Daniel Danis. 2006
"Trois frères et une soeur, deux fois orphélins après la disparition de leurs parents adoptifs, ont hérité d'une cabane branlante…
et d'une étrange machine - le Dire-Dire, sorte de cornet en cuivre où chacun déverse ses peines et ses joies. Organisés en tribu, ils refusent toute intrusion sur leurs terres. Partie à la conquête des villes en chantant, leur soeur revient bientôt, défaite, la voix perdue, les membres sans mouvements. Commence une course aussi vaine qu'affolée pour lui redonner vie". -- 4e de couvCésar: théâtre
Par Marcel Pagnol. 1976
Les gens adorent les guerres: et autres inédits : textes dramatiques
Par Denys Arcand. 2007
"Vers 1976, Denys Arcand a écrit, pour une série qui s'appellerait Empire Inc., un épisode qui se passait à l'époque…
de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Dix ans plus tôt, il s'était déjà intéressé au rôle qu'avaient joué les communistes canadiens et américains pendant la guerre. Dans bien des cas, les alliances objectives entre le grand capital et la hiérarchie communiste s'étaient faites sur le dos des gauchistes naïfs. Arcand avait aussi envie de parler de l'abîme infranchissable qui séparait à cette époque ces presbytériens richissimes anglophones et les masses laborieuses catholiques francophones. L'épisode n'a jamais été tourné, mais nous pouvons en lire le texte ici, accompagné de trois autres inédits. Chacun de ces textes peut se lire comme une nouvelle ou un court roman dialogué. Les personnages, les thèmes, la composition, la tonalité à la fois légère et grave, toute leur écriture, en somme, compose un univers qui annonce directement Jésus de Montréal, Les Invasions barbares et L'Âge des ténèbres et illustre à merveille ce style et ce regard si particuliers qui caractérisent toute l'œuvre de Denys Arcand". -- 4e de couv"Le génie des autres s'attaque à l'éthique sous des angles étranges. Il éprouve les choses qu'on pense et qu'on fait,…
celles qui sont manifestement douteuses ou inadmissibles mais qu'on pense et fait quand même. Des choses qui rendent la vie intolérable et qui en même temps font qu'elle vaut la peine d'être vécue. Pathétiques, incisives, candides et acharnées, les proses du Génie des autres tirent parti de leurs contradictions inhérentes. Elles prennent le monde pour ce qu'il est : un lieu où reconnaître sa paranoïa, où l'angoisse politique, l'autodérision et la lucidité viennent en lots désordonnés d'expériences et d'idées". -- 4e de couvLouis-José Houde: mets-le au 3!
Par Louis-José Houde. 2007
"Le premier spectacle Louis-José Houde : le texte intégral 2- Les inédites : des pensées "houdiennes" jamais présentées sur scène…
3- Les chroniques La Presse : l'ensemble des textes proposés par Louis-Jose Houde de juillet 2003 à avril 2006". -- 4e de couvMurder in the cathedral
Par T. S Eliot. 1963
A verse play by Nobel Prize-winner T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) about the 1170 murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket,…
at the royal behest of Henry II. Concerns issues of faith, politics, and the common good. 1935A groundbreaking, freshly-researched examination of one of the most dramatic and consequential marriages in history: Henry VIII's long courtship, short…
union, and brutal execution of Anne Boleyn. Hunting the Falcon is the story of how Henry VIII's obsessive desire for Anne Boleyn changed him and his country forever. John Guy and Julia Fox, two of the most acclaimed and distinguished historians of this period, have joined forces to present Anne and Henry in startlingly new ways. By closely examining the most recent archival discoveries, and peeling back layers of historical myth and misinterpretation and distortion, Guy and Fox are able to set Anne and Henry's tragic relationship against the major international events of the time, and integrate and reinterpret sources hidden in plain sight or simply misunderstood. Among other things, they dispel lingering and latently misogynistic assumptions about Anne which anachronistically presumed that a sixteenth-century woman, even a queen, could exert little to no influence on the politics and beliefs of a patriarchal society. They reveal how, in fact, Anne was a shrewd, if ruthless, politician in her own right, a woman who steered Henry and his policies, often against the advice he received from his male advisers—and whom Henry seriously contemplated making joint sovereign. Hunting the Falcon sets the facts–and some completely new finds–into a far wider frame, providing an appreciation of this misunderstood and underestimated woman. It explores how Anne organized her "side" of the royal court on novel and (in male eyes) subversive lines compared to her queenly predecessors, adopting instead French protocol by which the sexes mingled freely in her private chambers. Men could share in the women's often sexually charged courtly "pastimes" and had liberal access to Anne, and she to them—encounters from which she gained much of her political intelligence and extended her authority, and which also sowed the seeds of her own downfall. An exhilarating feat of historical research and analysis, Hunting the Falcon is also a thrilling and tragic story of a marriage that has proved of enduring fascination over the centuries. But in the hands of John Guy and Julia Fox, even the most knowledgeable reader will encounter this story as if for the first timeMuch ado about nothing
Par William Shakespeare. 1995
A comic drama concerning two pairs of lovers--Hero and Claudio, Beatrice and Benedick--and the complications that arise when a jealous…
troublemaker slyly casts a shadow on the honor of one of the women. First performed in 1598 and published in 1600. 1995The glass menagerie
Par Tennessee Williams. 1972
Drama written in 1945 about a southern family with pretensions to gentility. Centers around the crippled daughter, Laura, who lives…
in a dream world so full of illusions that she becomes like the pieces in her own glass collection--too fragile to move from the shelfAs you like it
Par William Shakespeare. 1997
A pastoral comedy in five acts, set in the court usurped by Duke Frederick and in the forest of Arden,…
where the rightful duke and his followers live. Based on the First Folio text printed in 1623. Contains explanatory notes and an essay on modern perspectiveSummer and smoke: a play in two parts
Par Tennessee Williams. 1978
The history of Henry IV, part 1
Par William Shakespeare. 1994
First published in 1598. Depicts the early years of the reign of England's Henry IV. The Earl of Northumberland's son,…
Hotspur, becomes Henry's opponent. Eventually Henry's son, Prince Hal, leaves the merrymaker Falstaff to join the battle at Shrewsbury against Hotspur. Annotated version with historical background and essay on literary perspectiveWit: a play
Par Margaret Edson. 1999
A fifty-year-old professor, Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., specializing in John Donne's sonnets, is diagnosed with late-stage ovarian cancer. She undergoes an…
aggressive treatment for the benefit of research and in the process discovers her repressed need for human kindness. Some strong language. Pulitzer Prize. 1999Sweet bird of youth
Par Tennessee Williams. 1959
Moonlight
Par Harold Pinter. 1993
Psychological drama about a dysfunctional family. A father, Andy, is on his deathbed, trying to justify his past as his…
wife, Bel, looks after him. Of his three offspring only the youngest, daughter Bridget, is in attendance, while sons Fred and Jake seem to prefer their estrangement. Strong language. 1993The ride down Mt. Morgan
Par Arthur Miller. 1992
A two-act play wherein a middle-aged man confronts the decisions he has made and their effect on others. Hospitalized after…
a car accident, Lyman Felt admits being a bigamist and realizes the hurt and humiliation he has caused both of the women and his children. Some strong languageThe miracle worker: a play for television
Par William Gibson. 1957
Depicts the beginning of the lifelong relationship between deaf and blind Helen Keller and her tutor, Annie Sullivan. When Annie…
arrives at the Keller household, she finds a spoiled, fractious child who cannot communicate. Annie teaches Helen to finger spell and searches for a way to show her what different words mean. 1956The tragedy of Richard III
Par William Shakespeare. 1996
New edition of this historical drama first published in 1594. Richard, duke of Gloucester, is a deceitful, deformed villain who…
treacherously plots to gain the throne. Includes explanatory notes and an interpretive essay