Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Cornered into a flooding toilet cubicle and determined not to be rescued again, Rosie distracts herself with memories...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1900, this book was the first investigation of the devil and the Vice as dramatic figures....  Read More >>

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Published in 1993: The first modern scholarly edition of the author's  play, not published until 1778. Sebastian...  Read More >>

Published in 1985: The main plot portrays the bachelor Octavio, Marquis of Siena, and his establishment of his ""Bower...  Read More >>

Published in 1987: This thesis presents an edition of the author’s play, Monsieur Thomas, with a substantial introduction...  Read More >>

The papers of the present volume investigate the potential of the metaphor of life as theater for literary, philosophical,...  Read More >>

Published in 1987: The author translated the Ignoramous which is a Latin play into English.  Read More >>

Analyzing paradigmatic examples from Antiquity to the 19th century, this thirteen-essay collection explores the...  Read More >>

Intentions By Oscar Wilde was published in 1891 when Wilde was at the height of his form, these brilliant essays...  Read More >>

Intentions By Oscar Wilde was published in 1891 when Wilde was at the height of his form, these brilliant essays...  Read More >>

DUNCAN. What bloody man is that? He can report, As seemeth by his plight, of the revoltThe newest state.MALCOLM....  Read More >>

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Good evening, I’m Inspector Carter. Take my case. This must be Charles Haversham! I’m sorry, this must’ve given...  Read More >>

The First Folio is an important collection of plays published in 1623 as Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories,...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's First Folio is a collection of plays by William Shakespeare, published in 1623 as Mr. William Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

In this volume the author offers in modern typography, with explanatory notes and an extensive introduction, an...  Read More >>

This study reveals that Shakespeare's plays embody an empathy for the Irish Other. As she investigates Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

The author recuperates the richness of these prefaces and connects them to the practice of patronage. The prefatory...  Read More >>

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Collections XVIII brings together the earliest texts of the first and last pre-Civil War plays to deal with Boccaccio’s...  Read More >>

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's journey into the Forest of Arden....  Read More >>

Intentions By Oscar Wilde was published in 1891 when Wilde was at the height of his form, these brilliant essays...  Read More >>