Category Archives: Books
Prologue to Joseph Rutter’s play The Shepherd’s Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy
The Earl of Roscommon’s prologue to performances of The Death of Pompey
Corneille’s Attila, King of the Huns
An excerpt from the first act of Corneille's Attila, King of Huns.
Cinna, the plot
In Act I, scene 3, of Corneille's Cinna or The Clemency of Augustus, Cinna speaks to his beloved Emilia about the plot to assassinate the emperor Augustus. I read from my translation of the play.
Don Diego, rage and despair
Items worth a look
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Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President, by Robert J. Rayback, was the most popular book with visitors to this website during 2017.
Interesting
State of siege
Diego : Mentir est toujours une sottise.
Nada : Non, c’est une politique.
Albert Camus , L’État de siège.
