Títulos em Dramaturgia e Peças

Richard Gärtner, 78, ein körperlich und geistig gesunder Mann, will seit dem Tod seiner Frau nicht mehr weiterleben. Er verlangt nach einem Medikament, das ihn tötet. Ärzte, Juristen, Pfarrer, Ethiker, der Staat und die Gesellschaft zweifeln, ob sie ihm bei seinem Suizid helfen dürfen. Die Ethikkommission diskutiert den Fall. Ferdinand von Schirach verhandelt in seinem neuen Theaterstück das Sterben des Menschen. Und wie schon in seinem ersten Drama Terror müssen wir am Ende selbst ein Urteil fällen. Wem gehört unser Leben? Wer entscheidet über unseren Tod?

A wonderfully charming recording available for the first time as a digital download.Jack Worthing lives in the country with his budding young ward Cecily Cardew and her fusspot governess, Miss Prism. To escape his situation, Jack invents a brother named Ernest who lives in London and frequently needs him. When in London, Jack then poses as Ernest. This elaborate fabrication proceeds smoothly until Jack/Ernest falls in love and his fiancee’s mother discovers there is more – or, rather, less – to him than meets the eye.“

It's a curious homecoming for Vince, the son nobody seems to remember. Violence is never far from the surface as his unexpected return uncovers a deep, dark secret that triggers catastrophe in Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Hale Appleman as Vince; Tom Bower as Dodge; John Getz as Father Dewis; Amy Madigan as Halie; Robert Parsons as Tilden; Jeff Perry as Bradley; and Madeline Zima as Shelly. Directed by Peter Levin.

Featuring Steve Carell and Amy Morton, Sin is a contemporary morality play about a helicopter traffic reporter who is trying to keep herself above life's messiness. Her soon-to-be-ex-husband is a charming alcoholic, her roommate is a glutton, she's trapped daily in a helicopter with an envious coworker, and her blind dates are disasters. It takes her dying brother to make her see that pride is the deadliest of sins, and it takes an Act of God to bring her back down to Earth.

Opera dedicata alla "morte accidentale" dell'anarchico Giuseppe Pinelli, avvenuta al commissariato di Polizia di Milano in circostanze inizialmente non chiare, poi archiviate da un'indagine della magistratura come un caso di malore attivo, il 15 dicembre 1969, cadendo dalla finestra del quarto piano durante il suo interrogatorio. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1970. La registrazione dalla quale è stato estratto l’audio è del 1987.

"Mistero Buffo" è il testo più celebre e significativo della ricerca di Dario Fo sulle radici del teatro popolare. Dario Fo, moderno giullare, ricorre a un linguaggio reinventato – il grammelot, gioco verbale e mimico con cui recitavano i giullari di un tempo per raccontare con ironia e sarcasmo la tacita, millenaria storia delle classi subalterne. anche a fini di protesta e di contestazione sociale. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1969. La registrazione dalla quale è stato estratto l'audio è del 1977.

La storia di un matrimonio "democratico" e "progressista" vissuto sulla scia di un Sessantotto interpretato in maniera discutibile, dove le spinte alla liberazione sessuale e al rifiuto dei tabù e delle convenzioni "borghesi" si scontrano con gli equivoci di una morale ipocrita. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1983. La registrazione dalla quale è stato estratto l’audio è del 1991.

Tre esilaranti monologhi scritti e interpretati da Dario Fo ispirandosi ai fabliaux francesi del XI-XII secolo: giullarate scurrili che, per indurre il pubblico all’ilarità più sfrenata, ricorrevano a situazioni grottesche o scabrose. Il tutto è impreziosito dalla mimica insuperabile di Fo e dall’uso del suo colorato ed espressivo dialetto padano. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1982. Le registrazioni dalle quali è stato estratto l’audio sono del 1991 e del 2002.

"Mistero Buffo" è il testo più celebre e significativo della ricerca di Dario Fo sulle radici del teatro popolare. Dario Fo, moderno giullare, ricorre a un linguaggio reinventato – il grammelot, gioco verbale e mimico con cui recitavano i giullari di un tempo per raccontare con ironia e sarcasmo la tacita, millenaria storia delle classi subalterne. anche a fini di protesta e di contestazione sociale. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1969. La registrazione dalla quale è stato estratto l'audio è del 1977.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia believed that the United States Constitution is the most reliable source for a fair interpretation of the law as it is applied today. He was, in other words, an "originalist". But aren't the laws written over 200 years ago subject to interpretation - or even guesswork? Edward Gero stars as the late Justice Scalia in John Strand's insightful look at Scalia's life and legal philosophy.

The CRT mini-series Beacon Hill is re-edited and compiled here as a continuous feature story, Beacon Hill - The Prescott Chronicles. Set in 1898 Boston, it's the upstairs/downstairs life of the Prescott's, their staff, and the power that patriarch Charles Prescott has over his family - and the city.

An enigmatic young woman. A manipulative sister. Their brilliant father. An unexpected suitor. One life-altering question. The search for the truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof is the perplexing problem in David Auburn's dynamic play. Starring Anne Heche and Jeremy Sisto, Proof is a winner of the 2001 Tony award for Best Play as well as the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for drama.

Pallavi is an aspiring writer living in California. Her mother, Usha, is thousands of miles away in Delhi - and obsessed with finding her daughter a husband. In Madhuri Shekar’s ingenious Evil Eye, hilarious back-and-forth via phone and social media takes a shocking, supernatural twist when Pallavi meets the perfect man - leading to a climactic showdown that will leave listeners on the edges of their seats.

A notorious author shares a train compartment with a long-time reader. But can they connect with each other through a silent tide of self-doubt and second-guessing? From the playwright of Art. Sir David Suchet and Dame Harriet Walter star in L.A. Theatre Works' performance of Yasmina Reza’s The Unexpected Man. Translated by Christopher Hampton. Directed by Gordon House.

This haunting drama of vengeance and forgiveness crowns the group of tragicomic romances that Shakespeare composed at the end of his career. Sometimes read as his farewell to the stage, the play contains some of Shakespeare's most lyrical verse. Prospero, wise Duke of Milan, has been deposed by Antonio, his wicked brother, and exiled with his daughter Miranda to a mysterious island. But Prospero possesses supernatural powers. Aided by the spirit Ariel, Prospero uses his magical art to bring his enemies under his control.

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Molière wrote some of the most durable and penetrating comedies of all time. The Imaginary Cuckold and The School for Husbands are two of his grand farces of marriage and misunderstanding, one set in Paris and the other in the provinces. In The School for Husbands, a tyrannical husband-to-be seeks to isolate his ward, while unwittingly carrying her messages of devotion to her lover. In The Imaginary Cuckold, an enraged husband imagines his wife is unfaithful, but is reluctant to defend his honor.

Avec le génial Louis de Funès dans le rôle de Géronte. Les fourberies de Scapin est une comédie de Molière en prose, créée en 1671 et fortement empreinte de comédie italienne. Du vivant de Molière, qui interprétait Scapin, elle ne connut qu'un faible succès ; à sa mort il devient immense, jusqu'à en faire une des pièces les plus jouées du répertoire français. En l'absence de leurs pères partis en voyage, Octave, fils d'Argante, s'est épris de Hyacinthe, jeune fille pauvre et de naissance inconnue qu'il vient d'épouser, ainsi que Léandre, fils de Géronte, de la "jeune Égyptienne" Zerbinette.

This epic of the booming 20's captures the relentless culture of American business. A classic novel about conformity in small town America - celebrated for its comic tone, statire, and vivid dialogue. L.A. Theatre Works, then a fledgling radio theatre company, completed Babbitt in 1989. This production was so well received that L.A. Theatre Works has since become the world's premiere radio theatre company.

Miller’s famous autobiographical drama takes place inside the tortured mind of a 40-year-old lawyer. Quentin is haunted by his disastrous affair with a needy sex symbol—a character rumored to be based on Marilyn Monroe, Miller’s second wife.