Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

""The Shakespeare Story-Book"" offers accessible adaptations of William Shakespeare's timeless plays. Carefully...  Read More >>

Delve into the world that shaped William Shakespeare in Charlotte Carmichael Stopes's ""Shakespeare's Environment.""...  Read More >>

Explore the vibrant world of Elizabethan theatre with ""Robert Greene: Six Plays,"" a collection showcasing the...  Read More >>

Delve into the complex and enduring debate surrounding the authorship of ""The Two Noble Kinsmen"" with William...  Read More >>

Delve into the captivating world of 16th-century Scotland with Robert Greene's ""The Scottish History of James the...  Read More >>

""The Chinese Lantern: A Play"" by Laurence Housman offers a captivating glimpse into early 20th-century English...  Read More >>

This book shows that Shakespeare’s dramatization of compassion, far from expressing a sense of universal empathy,...  Read More >>

In this bold, original study Hedrick proposes an early modern ‘entertainment value’ revolution, to which Shakespeare...  Read More >>

Based on the texts of traditional Chinese dramas such as The Orphan of Zhao, Liang Shangbo and Zhu Yingtai, The...  Read More >>

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million...  Read More >>

A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration  Read More >>

About Sweet Cherry Easy Classics:Sweet Cherry Easy Classics adapts classic literature into stories for children,...  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

A new adaptation - by David Hare - of one of Henrik Ibsen's most complex autobiographical masterpieces.  Read More >>

Delve into the dramatic world of 19th-century English literature with Benjamin Disraeli's ""Count Alarcos."" This...  Read More >>

Delve into the tumultuous Tudor period with ""The Life and Death of the Lord Cromwell,"" a compelling historical...  Read More >>

Set in a rural Russian house, the plot focuses on the romantic and artistic conflicts among an eclectic group of...  Read More >>

Since the death of her husband, Helene Alving has been treading water in a sea of empty days. She believes that...  Read More >>

Explore the formative years of the world's greatest playwright in ""Shakespeare the Boy,"" by William James Rolfe....  Read More >>

Originally published in 1921 this volume consists of the first of Croce’s literary criticisms to be published in...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

Explore the intriguing origins of one of Shakespeare's most enduring tragedies in ""A Probable Italian Source of...  Read More >>

""The Shakespeare Story-Book"" offers accessible adaptations of William Shakespeare's timeless plays. Carefully...  Read More >>

[...] SHAKESPEARE AND MUSIC ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA There is a long list of operas under the names Cleopatre and Kleopatra...  Read More >>

Explore the vibrant world of Elizabethan theatre with ""Robert Greene: Six Plays,"" a collection showcasing the...  Read More >>