An ultra-Orthodox Jew, a couch surfing custodian, and a personal injury lawyer – risk everything to find their voices on the cutthroat New York comedy scene.

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly…

The bitter Trojan War drags on – the Greeks blame Achilles’ apathy for low morale, while Troy’s hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal duel. And after…

Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his “friends” refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit.

Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody’s much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won’t give Bianca away…

Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to…

Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick,…

Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, then most widely known for his…