Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

All the world’s a stage. Have you ever been trapped in a bad relationship, playing a role that doesn’t suit you?...  Read More >>

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You may be a student, or just starting out in the theatre profession, or an actor contemplating a switch to directing,...  Read More >>

Without Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803), we simply would not understand Shakespeare in the way we do. In fact,...  Read More >>

Now collected into one stunning paperback! This story, structured like a traditional twelve bar blues song, with...  Read More >>

Terence MacSwiney is most famous as the central figure in one of the great hunger strikes in world history, which...  Read More >>

""This book shows Shakespeare confronting political, social, and philosophical issues: the motives of characters...  Read More >>

Tackling Romeo and Juliet? Easily understand every line and quickly master Shakespeare's classic tragedy of young...  Read More >>

""An astonishingly powerful play with a mesmeric performance from Bilal Hasna. He is an important young Palestinian...  Read More >>

Flann O'Brien: Acting out is the first full-length study to comprehensively address the themes of performance, masking...  Read More >>

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The story of a medieval king's disability traveling through time from Shakespeare's hands to today  Read More >>

Dramatizing Blindness: Disability Studies as Critical Creative Narrative engages with the cultural meanings and...  Read More >>

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These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume....  Read More >>

The flattering reputation of playwright Gresset relies primarily on a comedy announcing Dangerous Liaisons, on a...  Read More >>

Volume seven of a series of plays written by Pam Gems. The Odd Women, The Amiable Courtship, Darling Boy, My Warren...  Read More >>

Volume three of a series of plays written by Pam Gems. Go West Young Women, King Ludwig of Bavaria, Nelson and...  Read More >>

Volume two of a series of plays written by Pam Gems. Betty's Wonderful Christmas, The Socialists, Guinevere and...  Read More >>

Volume five of Pam Gems plays. The Blue Angel, Loving Women, Natalya and Ladybird, Ladybird.  Read More >>

Volume one of a series of plays written by Pam Gems. The Incorruptible, Garibaldi Si! and The Treat.  Read More >>

Volume nine of a series of plays written by Pam Gems. A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler and After Birthday.  Read More >>

Volume 6 of a series of plays written by Pam Gems. Deborah's Daughter, Finchie's War, At The Window and Stella Campbell....  Read More >>