Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

How was medieval English theatre performed? This book analyses dormant evidence of theatrical processes such as...  Read More >>

""This isn't the story of Icarus and Daedalus. It's Yasmin and Jack. And we won't fly too close to the sun. We'll...  Read More >>

""The version of The winter's tale and the corresponding footnotes that appear in this volume were originally published...  Read More >>

  Unrivalled School Shakespeare editions are ideal for use in class at Key Stages 3 and 4.  Read More >>

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

Shakespeare's sharp comedy about mistaken identities, false suspicions, and a very merry war between the lovers...  Read More >>

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's anarchic comedy.  Read More >>

Shakespeare's play about the assassination of Julius Caesar and its aftermath. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful...  Read More >>

For this second edition of The Tempest - one of Shakespeare's most elusive and suggestive plays - David Lindley...  Read More >>

For this second edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream R. A. Foakes has added a new account of important contemporary...  Read More >>

Combining reality and magic, Shakespeare creates an uncanny but morally coherent world through the The Tempest's...  Read More >>

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's controversial comedy of the war...  Read More >>

This edition of As You Like It reproduces the First Folio of the play but in modern type. As an aid to understanding,...  Read More >>

One Life Stand is a late-night search for intimacy across a hyperconnected, hypersexual city, exposing the loneliness...  Read More >>

An updated edition with new sections added to the Introduction.  Read More >>

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In the pure poetry and intoxication of words, Shakespeare never rose higher than he rises in this play. --G. K....  Read More >>

This edition of As You Like It reproduces the First Folio of the play but in modern type. As an aid to understanding,...  Read More >>

Explores parallels between William Shakespeare's second set of history plays (Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V)...  Read More >>

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In many Western countries, numerous instances of cases of historical and present-day sexual abuse of children (Child...  Read More >>

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Each volume of Short Stories for Students contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary...  Read More >>

William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the...  Read More >>