Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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British Nautical Melodramas, 1820–1850: Volume I

British Nautical Melodramas, 1820–1850: Volume I

Author: Arnold Schmidt ,  Joshua Commander
ISBN: 9781138751026
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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Contemporary Indian English Poetry and Drama: Changing Canons and Responses

Contemporary Indian English Poetry and Drama: Changing...

Author: Sajalkumar Bhattacharya ,  Himadri Lahiri
ISBN: 9781527533226
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This anthology of essays maps the divergent issues that have become relevant in contemporary Indian English poetry...  Read More >>

Treasure Island: A Play

Treasure Island: A Play

Author: Mary Zimmerman
ISBN: 9780810140301
Format: Paperback
$42.24

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Una Marson

Una Marson

Author: Lisa Tomlinson
ISBN: 9789766406974
Format: Paperback
$27.50

Una Marson's work embodied anti-colonialism, anti-racism, feminism, class politics and pan-Africanism in the first...  Read More >>

The Origins of English Revenge Tragedy

The Origins of English Revenge Tragedy

Author: George Oppitz-Trotman
ISBN: 9781474441711
Format: Hardback
$219.00

Charting a new course between performance studies and literary criticism, this book explores how recognition of...  Read More >>

Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays & Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations

Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9781410384386
Format: Hardback
$1275.12

""This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare....  Read More >>

The age of Shakespeare (1579-1631) (Volume I) Poetry and Prose

The age of Shakespeare (1579-1631) (Volume I) Poetry...

Author: Thomas Seccombe
ISBN: 9789389247572
Format: Paperback
$73.60

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms...  Read More >>

Sacred and Secular Transactions in the Age of Shakespeare

Sacred and Secular Transactions in the Age of Shakespeare...

Author: Katherine Steele Brokaw ,  Jason Zysk
ISBN: 9780810140493
Format: Hardback
$263.87

Argues that Shakespeare's plays present """"secularization"""" not only as a historical narrative of progress but...  Read More >>

The Fourth Estate at the Fourth Wall: Newspapers on Stage in July Monarchy France

The Fourth Estate at the Fourth Wall: Newspapers on...

Author: Cary Hollinshead-Strick
ISBN: 9780810140363
Format: Hardback
$316.80

New media are often greeted with suspicion by older media. The Fourth Estate at the Fourth Wall explores how, when...  Read More >>

Una Marson

Una Marson

Author: Lisa Tomlinson
ISBN: 9789766406967
Format: Hardback
$45.10

Una Marson's work embodied anti-colonialism, anti-racism, feminism, class politics and pan-Africanism in the first...  Read More >>

As You Like It

As You Like It

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Cynthia Marshall (Rhodes College, Memphis)
ISBN: 9781139164573
Format: Undefined
$1372.80

This edition provides a detailed history of the play in production, both on stage and on screen. The commentary,...  Read More >>

Contagion and the Shakespearean Stage

Contagion and the Shakespearean Stage

Author: Darryl Chalk ,  Mary Floyd-Wilson
ISBN: 9783030144272
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This collection of essays considers what constituted contagion in the minds of early moderns in the absence of modern...  Read More >>

The Tragedy Of Titus Andronicus

The Tragedy Of Titus Andronicus

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9789353440251
Format: Paperback
$26.40

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Stage Directions and Shakespearean Theatre

Stage Directions and Shakespearean Theatre

Author: Gillian Woods (Department of English and Humanities, London) ,  Sarah Dustagheer (University of Kent, UK)
ISBN: 9781350118812
Format: Paperback
$69.99

What do ‘stage directions’ do in early modern drama? Who or what are they directing: action on the stage, or imagination...  Read More >>

The Art of Law in Shakespeare

The Art of Law in Shakespeare

Author: Paul Raffield (University of Warwick, UK)
ISBN: 9781509930074
Format: Paperback
$89.99

Through an examination of five plays by Shakespeare, Paul Raffield analyses the contiguous development of common...  Read More >>

Broadcast your Shakespeare: Continuity and Change Across Media

Broadcast your Shakespeare: Continuity and Change Across...

Author: Dr Stephen O'Neill (Maynooth University, Ireland)
ISBN: 9781350118829
Format: Paperback
$69.99

This volume of essays contributes to current debates about Shakespeare in new media. It importantly develops the...  Read More >>

New Playwriting at Shakespeare’s Globe

New Playwriting at Shakespeare’s Globe

Author: Vera Cantoni (University of Pavia, Italy)
ISBN: 9781350118836
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is recognised worldwide as both a monument to and significant producer of the dramatic...  Read More >>

GREY

GREY

Author: Koko Brown (Author)
ISBN: 9781786827944
Format: Paperback
$19.99

The second instalment of Koko Brown's Colour Trilogy, GREY is an innovative, candid show exploring depression and...  Read More >>

Ibsen and Chekov on the Irish Stage

Ibsen and Chekov on the Irish Stage

Author: Ros Dixon ,  Irina Ruppo Malone
ISBN: 9781788747561
Format: Paperback
$65.72

This work connects productions of plays by Ibsen and Chekhov with adaptations made by contemporary Irish playwrights,...  Read More >>

Screening the Royal Shakespeare Company: A Critical History

Screening the Royal Shakespeare Company: A Critical...

Author: John Wyver (Independent Scholar, UK)
ISBN: 9781350006584
Format: Hardback
$190.00

No theatre company has been involved in such a broad range of adaptations for television and cinema as the Royal...  Read More >>

Nostalgia in Print and Performance, 1510–1613: Merry Worlds

Nostalgia in Print and Performance, 1510–1613: Merry...

Author: Harriet Phillips (Queen Mary University of London)
ISBN: 9781108482271
Format: Hardback
$335.28

Explores nostalgia for the medieval past in early modern popular entertainment, bringing together plays by Shakespeare,...  Read More >>

Theatres of Feeling: Affect, Performance, and the Eighteenth-Century Stage

Theatres of Feeling: Affect, Performance, and the Eighteenth-Century...

Author: Jean I. Marsden (University of Connecticut)
ISBN: 9781108476133
Format: Hardback
$243.23

This engaging account of theatregoing in the later eighteenth century explores the playhouse as a source of emotion...  Read More >>

None of Us is Yet a Robot: Five Performances on Gender Identity and the Politics of Transition

None of Us is Yet a Robot: Five Performances on Gender...

Author: Emma Frankland (Author)
ISBN: 9781786826459
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Through a series of five performances, None of Us is Yet a Robot charts artist and performer Emma Frankland’s gender...  Read More >>

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