Sentence examples for of some plays from inspiring English sources

The titles of some plays (e.g., Ephialtes and Connus, named for politicians of the time) indicate political invective.

But Buck was also criticized for anticipating the outcome of some plays that did not turn out as he expected.

From the 5th 4th centuries BCE, fragments of two tragedies (one a satyr play by Aeschylus); of five plays by Sophocles; of ten by Euripides; of one by Ion; and of some plays not assignable.

The season's financial gains despite audience losses can be explained partly by the success of some plays and musicals that sold a portion of their best seats at a premium, for $300 or more, while other shows struggled to fill seats.

None of Shakespeare's plays has survived in his handwritten manuscript, and, in the printed texts of some plays, notably King Lear and Richard III, there are passages that are manifestly corrupt, with only an uncertain relationship to the words Shakespeare once wrote.

Greek tragedy was not itself intended as an immediate contribution to political debate, though in its exploration of issues, sometimes by means of rapid question-and-answer dialogue, its debt to rhetoric is obvious (this is particularly true of some plays by Euripides, such as the Phoenician Women or the Suppliants, but also of some by Sophocles, such as Oedipus the King and Philoctetes).

"It was never like part of some play for my 'brand,'" Mr. Oakley said.

Of course, some plays are more reasonable, if not dirt cheap.

"There could be some relief," she said, "some plays of scale, some setbacks".

Of some 90 plays attributed to him, only seven have survived.

Guan Hanqing, the author of some 60 plays, was the first to achieve distinction.