Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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The Drama and Theatre of Sarah Ruhl

The Drama and Theatre of Sarah Ruhl

Author: Amy Muse (University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA) ,  Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA)
ISBN: 9781350007819
Format: Hardback
$200.00

Sarah Ruhl is one of the most highly-acclaimed and frequently-produced American playwrights of the 21st century....  Read More >>

George Farquhar: A Migrant Life Reversed

George Farquhar: A Migrant Life Reversed

Author: David Roberts (Birmingham City University, UK)
ISBN: 9781350057067
Format: Hardback
$200.00

George Farquhar (1677–1707) is one of the most successful and enduringly popular Restoration playwrights. His two...  Read More >>

Shakespeare and the 'Live' Theatre Broadcast Experience

Shakespeare and the 'Live' Theatre Broadcast Experience...

Author: Professor Pascale Aebischer (University of Exeter, UK) ,  Susanne Greenhalgh (University of Roehampton, UK)
ISBN: 9781350030466
Format: Hardback
$200.00

This ground breaking collection of essays is the first to examine the phenomenon of how, in the twenty-first century,...  Read More >>

Beckett's Intuitive Spectator: Me to Play

Beckett's Intuitive Spectator: Me to Play

Author: Michelle Chiang
ISBN: 9783319915173
Format: Hardback
$237.57

Beckett’s Intuitive Spectator: Me to Play investigates how audience discomfort, instead of a side effect of a Beckett...  Read More >>

John Banks’s Female Tragic Heroes: Reimagining Tudor Queens in Restoration She-Tragedy

John Banks’s Female Tragic Heroes: Reimagining Tudor...

Author: Paula de Pando
ISBN: 9789004379336
Format: Hardback
$285.12

Paula de Pando analyses the engagement of historical she-tragedy with Restoration politics and culture, positioning...  Read More >>

Meet William Shakespeare: A superbly entertaining one-person play starring The Bard himself

Meet William Shakespeare: A superbly entertaining one-person...

Author: J Ajlouny
ISBN: 9781936442737
Format: Paperback
$16.66

Playwright J. Ajlouny's Meet William Shakespeare creates authentic and plausible explanations that answer centuries-old...  Read More >>

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781787246829
Format: Paperback
$66.00

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Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781787246775
Format: Paperback
$58.08

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Volpone

Volpone

Author: Ben Jonson
ISBN: 9781725823037
Format: Paperback
$20.33

Jonson's comic masterpiece whichh illustrates the manipulations and schemes people concoct out of greed.  Read More >>

Meet William Shakespeare: A superbly entertaining one-person play starring The Bard himself

Meet William Shakespeare: A superbly entertaining one-person...

Author: J Ajlouny
ISBN: 9781936442799
Format: Hardback
$27.35

Playwright J. Ajlouny's Meet William Shakespeare creates authentic and plausible explanations that answer centuries-old...  Read More >>

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781719812177
Format: Paperback
$34.98

New Kittredge Shakespeare editions combine performance issues in feature films with the clarity of Kittredge's notes...  Read More >>

Regard sur la littérature acadienne (1972-2012)

Regard sur la littérature acadienne (1972-2012)

Author: David Lonergan
ISBN: 9782894239476
Format: Paperback
$81.71

(This book is entirely in French.) A review of the most important works published in Acadia between 1972 and 2012....  Read More >>

"Capire e analizzare ""Il rosso e il nero""": Analisi dei passaggi importanti del romanzo di Stendhal

"Capire e analizzare ""Il rosso e il nero""": Analisi...

Author: Gloria Lauzanne
ISBN: 9781719810821
Format: Paperback
$17.67

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Northrop Frye's Writings on Shakespeare and the Renaissance

Northrop Frye's Writings on Shakespeare and the Renaissance...

Author: Northrop Frye ,  Troni Y. Grande
ISBN: 9781487523787
Format: Paperback
$270.00

This volume brings together Frye's extensive writings on Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers (excluding Milton,...  Read More >>

As You Like It

As You Like It

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781718193550
Format: Paperback
$26.37

One of the most entertaining of Shakespeare's comedies '' AS YOU LiKE IT'' (1599) is a tale of fraternal intrique...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's Will

Shakespeare's Will

Author: Meredith Whitford
ISBN: 9781925681888
Format: Paperback
$48.55

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Shakespeare and the Legacy of Loss

Shakespeare and the Legacy of Loss

Author: Emily Hodgson Anderson
ISBN: 9780472130931
Format: Hardback
$145.07

How Garrick and company resurrected Shakespeare, guaranteeing his immortality—and theirs  Read More >>

The Tragedy of King Richard III

The Tragedy of King Richard III

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781725658196
Format: Paperback
$17.69

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Shakespeare's Sonnets

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781725625716
Format: Paperback
$15.05

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The Life of King Henry the Fifth

The Life of King Henry the Fifth

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781725625761
Format: Paperback
$15.05

Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written near 1599. It tells the story of...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781725625723
Format: Paperback
$22.97

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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781725620704
Format: Paperback
$20.33

Adapted stories with contemporary illustrations to introduce classical literature to a wider audience.  Read More >>

The Tragedy of King Lear

The Tragedy of King Lear

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781725658189
Format: Paperback
$15.05

One of the classics in English literature.  Read More >>

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