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The Alchemist

The Alchemist
Author: Ben Jonson , John Greenwood ISBN: 9781554813674 Format: Paperback	$41.58
A clear and accessible edition of Jonson’s renowned satirical comedy, including a helpful introduction, thorough... Read More >>

Theatre Scandals: Social Dynamics of Turbulent Theatrical Events

Theatre Scandals: Social Dynamics of Turbulent Theatrical...
Author: Vicki Ann Cremona , Peter Eversmann ISBN: 9789004433250 Format: Hardback	$419.76
Theatre scandals may cause dynamic changes within cultural systems. The case studies in this volume present a wide... Read More >>

Censura literaria: containing titles, abstracts, and opinions of old English books: with original disquisitions, articles of biography, and other literary antiquities (Volume III)

Censura literaria: containing titles, abstracts, and...
Author: Sir Egerton Brydges ISBN: 9789354022005 Format: Paperback	$85.27
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Shakespeare'S Moral Compass

Shakespeare'S Moral Compass
Author: Neema Parvini ISBN: 9781474432887 Format: Paperback	$57.99
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Shakespearean Melancholy: Philosophy, Form and the Transformation of Comedy

Shakespearean Melancholy: Philosophy, Form and the Transformation...
Author: J.F. Bernard ISBN: 9781474462716 Format: Paperback	$67.99
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Upstaged by Peacocks: Anecdotes of touring Shakespeare company.

Upstaged by Peacocks: Anecdotes of touring Shakespeare...
Author: Wendy Macfee ISBN: 9781912875719 Format: Paperback	$31.02
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Political Aesthetics in the Era of Shakespeare

Political Aesthetics in the Era of Shakespeare
Author: Christopher Pye , Julia Lupton ISBN: 9780810142176 Format: Paperback	$92.27
Examines the relationship between art and politics in the work of William Shakespeare and others in the early modern... Read More >>

Brecht and the Bible: A Study of Religious Nihilism and Human Weakness in Brecht's Drama of Morality and the City

Brecht and the Bible: A Study of Religious Nihilism...
Author: G. Ronald Murphy, S.J. ISBN: 9781469656748 Format: Paperback	$42.90
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Die Zweite Wirklichkeit: Studien Zum Roman Des Achtzehnten Jahrhunderts

Die Zweite Wirklichkeit: Studien Zum Roman Des Achtzehnten...
Author: Lieselotte E. Kurth ISBN: 9781469657752 Format: Paperback	$46.20
For eighteenth century readers, the contents of a novel were often perceived as part of reality. This book is concerned... Read More >>

Theater in the Planned Society: Contemporary Drama in the German Democratic Republic in Its Historical, Political, and Cultural Context

Theater in the Planned Society: Contemporary Drama in...
Author: H.G. Huettich ISBN: 9781469657578 Format: Paperback	$42.90
Presents the historical development of topical drama in the German Democratic Republic from 1945 to 1975. The author... Read More >>

Herod and Mariamne: A Tragedy in Five Acts by Friedrich Hebbel

Herod and Mariamne: A Tragedy in Five Acts by Friedrich...
Author: Paul H. Curts ISBN: 9781469657332 Format: Paperback	$39.60
Originally published in 1950, this volume contains a vivid English verse translation by Paul H. Curts of one of... Read More >>

The Intervention of Philology: Gender, Learning, and Power in Lohenstein's Roman Plays

The Intervention of Philology: Gender, Learning, and...
Author: Jane O. Newman ISBN: 9780807857465 Format: Paperback	$46.20
Examines the interplay of history, textuality, dramaturgy, and politics in the school dramas of Daniel Casper von... Read More >>

Political Aesthetics in the Era of Shakespeare

Political Aesthetics in the Era of Shakespeare
Author: Christopher Pye , Julia Lupton ISBN: 9780810142183 Format: Hardback	$263.87
Examines the relationship between art and politics in the work of William Shakespeare and others in the early modern... Read More >>

The Political Dramaturgy of Nicodemus Frischlin: Essays on Humanist Drama in Germany

The Political Dramaturgy of Nicodemus Frischlin: Essays...
Author: David Price ISBN: 9781469656649 Format: Paperback	$42.90
The first comprehensive study of the dramas of Nicodemus Frischlin (1547-1590), one of the most versatile and complex... Read More >>

Goethe's Faust: Seven Essays

Goethe's Faust: Seven Essays
Author: Alan P. Cottrell , Ernst Behler ISBN: 9781469657219 Format: Paperback	$42.90
These essays range from close textual analysis to discussions of larger problems such as Goethe's relation to Christianity... Read More >>

Greek Antiquity in Schiller's Wallenstein

Greek Antiquity in Schiller's Wallenstein
Author: Gisela N. Berns ISBN: 9781469656687 Format: Paperback	$42.90
An exploration of the poetic function of Greek archetypes in Schiller's Wallenstein, this study claims Homer's Iliad... Read More >>

Essays on Brecht: Theater and Politics

Essays on Brecht: Theater and Politics
Author: Siegfried Mews , Herbert Knust ISBN: 9781469657950 Format: Paperback	$46.20
These essays represent the push to provide interdisciplinary Brecht research to English-speaking audiences following... Read More >>

Studies in the German Drama: A Festschrift in Honor of Walter Silz

Studies in the German Drama: A Festschrift in Honor...
Author: Donald H. Crosby , George C. Schoolfield ISBN: 9781469657318 Format: Paperback	$46.20
Concentrating on a single theme-the German drama, this volume contains essays and interpretations of plays ranging... Read More >>

Shakespeare in Montana: Big Sky Country's Love Affair with the World's Most Famous Writer

Shakespeare in Montana: Big Sky Country's Love Affair...
Author: Gretchen E. Minton ISBN: 9780826361561 Format: Paperback	$40.70
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Portraying Elizabeth: Elizabeth I on stage & screen and the actresses who have played her

Portraying Elizabeth: Elizabeth I on stage & screen...
Author: Anton Burge ISBN: 9781789018615 Format: Hardback	$51.75
The role of Elizabeth I on stage and screen has been deciphered, unravelled and decoded in a variety of forms: villainess,... Read More >>

Shakespeare in the Theatre: The National Theatre, 1963–1975: Olivier and Hall

Shakespeare in the Theatre: The National Theatre, 1963–1975:...
Author: Robert Shaughnessy (University of Surrey, UK) ISBN: 9781474241038 Format: Paperback	$49.99
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Chartist Drama

Chartist Drama
Author: Gregory Vargo ISBN: 9781526142061 Format: Hardback	$185.00
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The Life of Texts: Evidence in Textual Production, Transmission and Reception

The Life of Texts: Evidence in Textual Production, Transmission...
Author: Carlo Caruso (Professor of Italian, University of Siena, Italy) ISBN: 9781350166011 Format: Paperback	$66.99
The textual foundations of works of great cultural significance are often less stable than one would wish them to... Read More >>

The Methuen Drama Anthology of American Women Playwrights: 1970 - 2020: Gun, Spell #7, The Jacksonian, The Baltimore Waltz, In the Blood, Intimate Apparel

The Methuen Drama Anthology of American Women Playwrights:...
Author: Professor Emeritus Wesley Brown (Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University USA) , Associate Professor Aimée K. Michel (Associate Professor of Theater, Bard College at Simon's Rock, USA) ISBN: 9781350068728 Format: Paperback	$54.99
""In this exciting new anthology, Wesley Brown and Aimée K. Michel bring together six wonderfully teachable plays... Read More >>

Shakespeare in the Theatre: Trevor Nunn

Shakespeare in the Theatre: Trevor Nunn
Author: Professor Russell Jackson (University of Birmingham, UK) ISBN: 9781350164574 Format: Paperback	$64.99
Sir Trevor Nunn is one of the most versatile and accomplished directors in the English-speaking theatre. This book... Read More >>

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