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The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
In The Second Mrs. Tanqueray by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, Aubrey Tanqueray shocks society when he marr...
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Semele
Semele’s father, the King of Thebes, has arranged a marriage for her with Athamas, a Prince of Boeot...
La serva padrona
Considered by many to be the first example of opera buffa, Pergolesi’s short opera La serva padrona...
Sexual Perversity in Chicago
One of Mamet's earliest plays, Sexual Perversity in Chicago follows four acquaintances, two of whom...
The Shadow of a Gunman
The first of Sean O’Casey’s Dublin plays, The Shadow of a Gunman takes place in May of 1920 during t...
Siegfried
In the third installment of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen we meet our hero Siegfried, the son of...
Six Degrees of Separation
When a young and effortlessly charismatic black con man claiming to be the son of Sidney Poitier him...
Skeleton Crew
The third play in Dominique Morisseau’s cycle of plays called The Detroit Projects, Morisseau’s unde...
Slay It With Music
SLAY IT WITH MUSIC is an original musical in the “Grande Dame Guignol” tradition of WHAT EVER HAPPEN...
The Slipper and the Rose
In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are most anxious to get Prince Edward wed....
Small Island
Small Island tells the story of the Windrush generation, Caribbean immigrants who traveled to Englan...
Speed-the-Plow
Speed-the-Plow is one of Mamet's business plays, this one exploring the relationship between busines...
