Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

This Revels Plays edition of Christopher Marlowe's The Massacre at Paris opens up this powerful dramatisation of...  Read More >>

Shakespeare and Girls’ Studies argues that girls hold a central place in Shakespearean adaptation, taking as its...  Read More >>

Before 1800, the German word 'Wahn', today associated with 'Wahnsinn' (madness), was situated in a quite different...  Read More >>

This is the fifth volume of the new Theatre complet of Moliere, in which the texts are based on the original editions...  Read More >>

Much of the work in the field of African studies still relies on rigid distinctions of ‘tradition’ and ‘modernity’,...  Read More >>

This is the fifth volume of the new Theatre complet of Moliere, in which the texts are based on the original editions...  Read More >>

Shakespeare’s Sublime Pathos: Person, Audience, Language breaks new ground in providing a sustained, demystifying...  Read More >>

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Beyond The Borders of Fear brings together a selection of writings on film, TV and books, including the controversial...  Read More >>

""A fifth collection of plays by one of Britain's most prolific contemporary playwrights, Simon Stephens, charting...  Read More >>

Arden Early Modern Drama Guides offer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive treatment in English of the rich and varied afterlife of classical drama across Latin America,...  Read More >>

This book is an accessible guide through the many twists and turns of Euripides’ Children of Heracles, providing...  Read More >>

Samuel Beckett’s private writings and public work show his deep interest in the workings of the human mind. Samuel...  Read More >>

Eighteenth-century France is understood to have been the dominant cultural power on that era's international scene....  Read More >>

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In the face of attacks from moralists who saw theatre as a dishonest sport similar to games of chance, Shakespeare...  Read More >>

This book assembles the contributions to the international symposium Narrativity and Intermediality on the Contemporary...  Read More >>

In the face of attacks from moralists who saw theatre as a dishonest sport similar to games of chance, Shakespeare...  Read More >>

""The publication of Samuel Beckett's Theatrical Notebooks . . . is a major event which casts fascinating light...  Read More >>

Gillian Sargent’s Scotnote Study Guide provides a comprehensive overview to the characters and themes of Rona Munro’s...  Read More >>

Explores how women playwrights illuminate the contemporary world and contribute to its reshaping  Read More >>

The first general history, by the world expert, of Greek theatre from Hellenistic times to the foundation of Modern...  Read More >>