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This set of three short plays stages personal and political conflicts through concentrated scenes and dialogue. The opening drama follows a determined woman who dons armor and assumes leadership when male authorities falter, moving between battlefield, palace, and intimate counsel. A subsequent play probes a woman’s ambitions, relationships, and moral choices amid social pressure. The final piece focuses on an artist’s inner life, tracing creative struggle, devotion, and the costs of poetic vocation. Across the plays, recurring themes include courage, duty, sacrifice, and the tension between public responsibility and private longing.

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Title: Semiramis, and Other Plays

Author: Olive Tilford Dargan

Release date: October 29, 2007 [eBook #23234]
Most recently updated: July 5, 2020

Language: English

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