Why this topic, why these plays
The plays gathered under "Revenge" share a recurring thematic preoccupation that, across 7 different scripts in our archive, has produced a remarkable variety of theatrical solutions. Reading them in proximity to one another is one of the more useful comparative exercises a student of dramatic writing can do, because the contrasts in tone, structure, and resolution show how much choice a playwright really has, even when the underlying subject is the same. The list below collects the works in our library that catalogue indexers identified with this subject; in some cases the connection is overt and in others oblique, but in every case the thematic affinity is real and worth pursuing.
All plays on this topic (7)
- Captain Brassbound's Conversion — by Bernard Shaw
- The Maids Tragedy — by Francis Beaumont
- Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller — by Marvin Dana
- The Duchess of Padua — by Oscar Wilde
- Hamlet — by William Shakespeare
- Hamlet The First ('Bad') Quarto — by William Shakespeare
- Hamlet A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 — by William Shakespeare