Short English Drama Scripts

English Drama Script Recommendations: The Merchant of Venice, Oedipus Rex, The Twelfth Night, Prometheus Bound, The Birds.

1. The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice is a satirical comedy, a play written by the English dramatist Shakespeare. It was written around 1596~1597. The plot of the play unfolds through three threads: one is Portia's choice of a bride; one is Jessica's love and elopement with Lorenzo; and the other is the contractual dispute over "a pound of flesh".

2. Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex is a play written by the ancient Greek writer Sophocles and performed around 431 BC. The play Oedipus Rex, based on the Greek myth and legend about Oedipus killing his father and marrying his mother, demonstrates a typical Greek tragic conflict - the conflict between man and his destiny.

3, "Twelfth Night"

"Twelfth Night" is the English playwright Shakespeare's drama, written between 1600 and 1602, registered in 1623 in the book industry public office, and included in the first folio in the same year. This work, in a lyrical tone and in the form of romantic comedy, once again eulogizes humanism's beautiful ideals of love and friendship, and expresses the beauty of life and the beauty of love.

4, "Bound Prometheus"

"Bound Prometheus" is an ancient Greek tragedian Aeschylus's a drama work, the play mainly portrays the Prometheus this love of mankind, do not succumb to the violence of the glorious image. The play has a simple plot and an uncomplicated structure, but it has always been valued as a classical masterpiece.

5. The Birds

The Birds is one of the masterpieces of Aristophanes (414 B.C.E.), and it is the only surviving comedy based on mythological fantasy. In the play, two Athenians and a flock of birds work together to establish a "cloud-pidgeon country" between the sky and the earth. This country is an ideal society where there is no rich or poor, no exploitation, and where labor is the only condition for survival.