<p>Based on a series of lectures by Leonard Peikoff and edited by Marlene Trollope <i>Discovering Great Plays</i> provides the ability to understand judge and savor the values offered by great drama. Listeners will discover plot-theme as the key to a play; see Antigone as a great heroine and Iago as the darkest villain in literature; learn about the Cornelian hero; see how Schiller’s “Grand Inquisitor” scene is the most dramatic and philosophic in all of theater; and discover Shaw’s brilliance in presenting the genius against society.</p><p>Plays discussed include: <i>Antigone</i> by Sophocles; <i>Othello</i> by Shakespeare; <i>Le Cid</i> by Corneille; <i>Don Carlos</i> by Schiller; <i>An Enemy of the People</i> by Ibsen; <i>Saint Joan</i> by Shaw; <i>Monna Vanna</i> by Maeterlinck and <i>Cyrano de Bergerac</i> by Rostand.</p>