因為害怕凱撒與日俱增的人氣,一群擁有權力的羅馬政治人物開始策畫謀殺凱撒。一個人可以同時效忠凱撒又效忠羅馬嗎?擁有高尚情操且身為凱撒好友的布魯圖斯被迫面臨做出一個可怕的抉擇……。“They are the plotters. Oh, Conspiracy! Are you ashamed to show your face by night, when evils are most free? Ho
當三名女巫預言馬克白將成為下任蘇格蘭國王時,馬克白詫異不已。但馬克白夫人毫無耐心,在完全沒有考慮到悲慘後果的狀況下,她用血淋淋的雙手策畫了一切……“I heard a voice cry, ‘Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep!’” 我聽見有個聲音大喊:「別再睡了!馬克白已謀殺了睡眠!」(Act II, Scene I)Life’s but a wal
1900年,《綠野仙蹤》(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)在芝加哥出版問世,獲得廣大迴響。兩年後,被改編成百老匯舞台劇,亦大獲成功。作家鮑姆(L. Frank Baum, 1856–1919)遂於隔年開始陸續出版續作,在二十年間,一共創作了十四本系列故事。鮑姆辭世之後,由女作家Ruth P. Thompson接棒創作,另外也有其他作家的個別創作,於是講述奧茲國故事的創作,至少
愛真的能勝過一切的險阻嗎?這真是個難題──而在許多人都喬裝假扮成他人的狀況下又更艱難了。幸好,所有這些令人困擾的假身分,最後都成為令人發噱的笑點。“Do not be afraid of greatness! Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”莫要害怕地位之崇
Peter Pan, produced for the stage in 1904 but appeared as a narrative story in 1911, is a fantasy work by Scottish playwright and novelist James Matthew Barrie (1860–1937). Barrie is best remembered f
《仲夏夜之夢》描述希臘時期的雅典,淘氣的精靈對上毫無戒備之心的人類。一場陰錯陽差的惡作劇,兩對愛侶將接受考驗,而真愛是否能夠突破重重難關?充滿魔法與奇異幻想的仲夏之夜,浪漫的愛情喜劇即將上演,愛情的諸多面相也將揭露呈現……“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind. That’s why Cupid is always painted blin
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