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No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher.  \nPrinted and bound in the United States of America.  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nBloom, Harold.  \nDramatists and dramas / Harold Bloom.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Bloom’s 20th anniversary collection) ISBN 0-7910-8226-1 (alk. paper)  \n1. Drama—History and criticism. I. Title.  \nPN1721 .B66 2005  \n809.2—dc22  \n2005003094  \nCover designed by Takeshi Takahashi  \nCover illustration by © Al Hirschfeld/Margo Feiden Galleries Ltd., New York. [www.alhirschfeld.com](www.alhirschfeld.com)  \nLayout by EJB Publishing Services  \nB20A(Drama) 3/15/05 6:19 PM Page v  \nTable of Contents  \nPREFACE  \nHarold Bloom  \nxiii  \nINTRODUCTION  \nHarold Bloom  \nAeschylus (c. 525–455 B.C.E.)  \nThe Oresteia  \n1  \nSophocles (c. 496–406 B.C.E.)  \nElectra / Oedipus Rex / Oedipus Plays  \n4  \nEuripides (c. 484–406 B.C.E.)  \nBacchae  \n12  \nAristophanes (450–388 B.C.E.)  \nThe Birds  \n16  \nChristopher Marlowe (c. 1564–1593)  \nDoctor Faustus  \n19  \nWilliam Shakespeare (1564–1616)  \nTHE COMEDIES  \nTaming of the Shrew / A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Merchant of Venice / Much Ado About Nothing As You Like It / Twelfth Night / Measure for Measure  \n30  \nTHE TRAGEDIES  \nRomeo and Juliet / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / Othello Macbeth / King Lear / Antony and Cleopatra / Coriolanus  \n60  \nD R A M A T I S T S A N D D R A M A S  \nTHE HISTORIES  \nHenry IV, Parts 1 and 2 / Richard III / Richard II  \n98  \nTHE ROMANCES  \nThe Tempest / The Winter’s Tale  \n113  \nBen Jonson (1572–1637)  \nVolpone  \n125  \nJohn Webster (c. 1580–1632)  \nThe Duchess of Malfi  \n132  \nMolière (1622–1673)  \nDon Juan/ Le Misanthrope  \n136  \nJohn Gay (1685–1732)  \nThe Beggar’s Opera  \n139  \nHenrik Ibsen (1828–1906)  \nBrand / Hedda Gabler  \n142  \nOscar Wilde (1854–1900)  \nThe Importance of Being Earnest  \n146  \nGeorge Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Man and Superman / Major Barbara / Pygmalion / Saint Joan  \n155  \nAnton Chekhov (1860–1904)  \nThe Seagull / Uncle Vanya / Three Sisters  \n179  \nLuigi Pirandello (1867–1936)  \nSix Characters in Search of an Author  \nJohn Millington Synge (1871–1909)  \nThe Playboy of the Western World  \n190  \nSean O’Casey (1884–1964)  \nJuno and the Paycock / The Plough and the Stars  \n195  \nEugene O’Neill (1888–1953) Long Day’s Journey Into Night / The Iceman Cometh  \n206  \nT.S. 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