Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Life of Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
This is the full text of the five-act tragic play The Life of Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare including a list of characters.
Contemplator
Contemplator's Short History: John Gay and the Beggar's Opera
A biography of John Gay. This site also contains many related links including one of the the entire text of his play, "The Beggar's Opera."
Other
University of Delaware Library: Bernard Shaw Collection
Biographical details on the life and work of George Bernard Shaw.
Other
International Vegetarian Union: History of Vegetarianism: George Bernard Shaw
Information about Shaw as an adherent of vegetarianism, with excerpts on vegetarianism, vivisection, and animals from his writing.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Sheridan if a Daughter You Have
This site contains the poem, If a Daughter you have, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Poetry of j.m. Synge
This site contains 4 of Synge's poems: "The Curse", "Danny," "On an Anniversary," and "Queens," as well as definitions for any vocabulary you might not know.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
This is the full text of the four-act British play An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde including a list of characters and the scenes of the play.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Candida by George Bernard Shaw
This is the full text of the three-act British play Candida by George Bernard Shaw.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The First and Last by John Galsworthy
This is the full text of the three-act play The First and Last by John Galsworthy including a list of characters.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Text from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Given by dramatis personae and by act and scene.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: William Somerset Maugham
This collaboratively written encyclopedia article covers just the basic facts of Maugham's life and includes a brief bibliography of some of his work.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Synge, j.m. bartleby.com
Gives short biography on J.M. Synge, and includes information on his most famous play, "The Playboy of the Western World."
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: W(illiam) Somerset Maugham
This generous biographical note about the British novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and once the highest paid author in the world profiles his life and such novels as Of Human Bondage and The Razor's Edge.