Drama
- Classic Western Dramas
- Satirical Dramas of Society
- Classic Love and Heartbreak
- Victorian Social Critiques
- Humorous Dramas and Comedies
- Classic Radio Horror Dramas
- Dramatic Tales of History
- Gothic Drama and Dark Tales
Pushing Leaves Towards the Sun
When Oso gets yanked off his motorcycle and killed by a closed parking lot chain, Billy feels guilty for having taught him to hop curbs and …
Five Little Plays
In this engaging collection, British playwright Alfred Sutro presents five distinct one-act plays that explore the complexities of human rel…
The Whistler
Enjoy the intriguing tales of suspense and mystery in The Whistler, a classic old time radio series from 1948. Each episode features a uniqu…
The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith
Lucas Cleeve is living in Venice with a widow, Mrs. Ebbsmith. His relatives do not accept this arrangement and come to intervene. Note that …
The Whistler
Experience the intriguing tales of The Whistler, a classic old time radio series from 1946. Each episode features suspenseful stories that k…
Magna Carta
A one-act play which describes the setting and writing of the Magna Carta, including the famous line "now is justice bought and sold&qu…
The Verge
This play is Glaspell’s recognition of the way in which Victorian society left some women feeling trapped in roles for which they were unsui…
One Fall
With one kick, Joey Hamilton has sent the world of professional wrestling into chaos. In his first World Title match, on national television…
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
Aubrey Tanqueray marries a woman with a past which he believes will not matter in society. "I know you think me a fool, Cayley—you need…
Queen of Swords
“These hills…in late afternoon, they turn a hundred different shades of gold. When I was a little girl, papa would take me riding here. We u…
Ghosts
Ghosts is a powerful three-act play by Henrik Ibsen that delves into the complexities of family, societal expectations, and the haunting leg…
The Magnificent Lovers
"The King [Louis XIV], who will have nothing but what is magnificent in all he undertakes, wished to give his court an entertainment wh…
The Submerged Nobleman
Holmes seeks to prove that an accidental drowning, that he and Watson apparently witnessed, was in fact, murder.
MIT21M.621S04
This course explores contemporary American theatrical expression as it may be organized around issues of gender and cultural identity. This …
Fat City Blues
In 1971, Paul Hornung lost his Superbowl ring in a poker game in the section of the suburbs of New Orleans called Fat City. Three generatio…
Love and a Bottle
This play was produced in 1698 at Drury Lane Theatre. From the bustle of its plot, the variety of its incidents, and the sustained humour of…
At The Sign of The Greedy Pig
"Sometimes, in a mood of Spanish castles, there flits across my fancy the vision of an ancient city on a hill-top, with lofty battlemen…
The Thirteenth Chair
Your best friend has been murdered, stabbed in the back, and the police haven't been able to solve the case. You have consulted with the be…
The Priest and His Disciples
At the age of twenty-six (at the height of the Great War in Europe), the religious pilgrim and maverick Kurata Hyakuzō wrote a profoundly ph…
A Yorkshire Tragedy
A Yorkshire Tragedy: Not So New as Lamentable and True (1619) tells the gruesome tale of Walter Calverly who stabbed his wife and killed his…