Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Featuring sixteen new essays written by an international team of contributors, this is the first study exploring...  Read More >>

On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, this collection of fifteen new essays written by leading scholars...  Read More >>

Constructing the Canon of Early Modern Drama provides the first ever history of the canon of Renaissance drama as...  Read More >>

This volume offers up-to-date coverage of screen versions of Othello as well as original critical reviews of older,...  Read More >>

Re-evaluating the relationship between Renaissance dramatists and literary posterity, this book centres on the question...  Read More >>

This book provides a fresh perspective on texts by Marlowe, Nashe, Shakespeare, Dekker and Milton by situating them...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's Stage Traffic re-visions and re-situates Shakespeare's dramaturgy within the flourishing theatrical...  Read More >>

Looking at Shakespeare's depictions of moral deliberation and individual choice in light of Renaissance debates...  Read More >>

How were early modern playgoers emotionally moved by theatre performances, and how did their reactions in turn influence...  Read More >>

Pascale Aebischer's accessible and groundbreaking study examines film adaptations of early modern plays that challenge...  Read More >>

This book combines the insights of thirteen Shavian scholars as they examine the themes of marriage, relationships...  Read More >>

The ""Shakespeare and the Stars"" series celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death and offer fresh...  Read More >>

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This book explores the drama of John B. Keane and focuses on his best-known play, The Field, in an examination of...  Read More >>

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"""This clear, compelling contemporary verse translation retains the power of the original iambic pentameter while...  Read More >>

This revised and expanded edition of Othello provides a detailed history of the play in production, both on stage...  Read More >>

This book examines British playwrights' responses to the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries since 1945,...  Read More >>

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This is the first full-length study to focus on Samuel Beckett’s drama as it has been staged in Ireland and Northern...  Read More >>