Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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The Birth of Comedy: Texts, Documents, and Art from Athenian Comic Competitions, 486–280

The Birth of Comedy: Texts, Documents, and Art from...

Author: Jeffrey Rusten (Cornell University) ,  Jeffrey Henderson (Boston University)
ISBN: 9781421421186
Format: Paperback
$113.00

A full index includes not only authors, play titles, and persons mentioned, but themes from the whole Greek comic...  Read More >>

Understanding John Guare

Understanding John Guare

Author: William W. Demastes
ISBN: 9781611177381
Format: Hardback
$65.97

In doing so, Guare has created plays about the best and worst of humanity, about lost souls, and about delusional...  Read More >>

The Student's Guide to Shakespeare

The Student's Guide to Shakespeare

Author: William McKenzie (Lecturer in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University)
ISBN: 9781474413534
Format: Paperback
$46.55

This book is a 'one-stop-shop' for the busy undergraduate studying Shakespeare. Offering detailed guidance to the...  Read More >>

The Truth Will Out: Unmasking the Real Shakespeare

The Truth Will Out: Unmasking the Real Shakespeare

Author: Brenda James ,  William Rubinstein
ISBN: 9781138164697
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Who wrote the works of William Shakespeare? This is the question at the heart of the Shakespeare Authorship debate,...  Read More >>

The Student's Guide to Shakespeare

The Student's Guide to Shakespeare

Author: William McKenzie (Lecturer in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University)
ISBN: 9781474413510
Format: Hardback
$232.88

This book is a 'one-stop-shop' for the busy undergraduate studying Shakespeare. Offering detailed guidance to the...  Read More >>

Ibsen: An Approach

Ibsen: An Approach

Author: Janko Lavrin
ISBN: 9781138941496
Format: Paperback
$79.99

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Hamlet - Prince of Denmark

Hamlet - Prince of Denmark

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Obehi Peter Ewanfoh
ISBN: 9781544910383
Format: Paperback
$18.48

Hamlet, which dates from 1600-1601, is the first in Shakespeare's great series of four tragedies, the others being...  Read More >>

Macbeth

Macbeth

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781544087573
Format: Paperback
$23.47

The text of ""Macbeth"" is reproduced and, in addition, five sections of primary documents and illustrations are...  Read More >>

La Letra Escarlata

La Letra Escarlata

Author: Andrea Gouveia ,  Andrea Gouveia
ISBN: 9781544914084
Format: Paperback
$25.19

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Prince Otto: A Romance

Prince Otto: A Romance

Author: Andrea Gouveia ,  Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN: 9781544926315
Format: Paperback
$22.41

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Tales from Shakespeare

Tales from Shakespeare

Author: Charles and Mary Lamb
ISBN: 9781537479729
Format: Paperback
$15.81

Part of the Everyman series, these tales serve as both an introduction to Shakespeare's plays and as stories in...  Read More >>

Shakespeare and the Awareness of Audience

Shakespeare and the Awareness of Audience

Author: Ralph Berry
ISBN: 9781138944756
Format: Paperback
$52.99

This book, first published in 1985, explores the consciousness and the experience of Shakespeare’s audience. First...  Read More >>

Poison's Dark Works in Renaissance England

Poison's Dark Works in Renaissance England

Author: Miranda Wilson
ISBN: 9781611488173
Format: Paperback
$74.95

Poison's Dark Works explores the ways English writings about poisoning prompted new ways of thinking. Placing medical,...  Read More >>

Oxford Literature Companions: A Streetcar Named Desire

Oxford Literature Companions: A Streetcar Named Desire...

Author: Annie Fox
ISBN: 9780198399001
Format: Paperback
$20.95

This guide is ideal for use in the classroom or for revision, providing insight into characterisation, contexts...  Read More >>

Oxford Literature Companions: Hamlet

Oxford Literature Companions: Hamlet

Author: Anna Beer
ISBN: 9780198399063
Format: Paperback
$20.95

This guide is ideal for use in the classroom or for revision, providing insight into characterisation, contexts...  Read More >>

Snow In Midsummer

Snow In Midsummer

Author: Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig ,  Guan Hanquing
ISBN: 9781350042773
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Taschenbuch für Freunde des Scherzes und der Satire

Taschenbuch für Freunde des Scherzes und der Satire...

Author: Johannes Daniel Falk
ISBN: 9783743615168
Format: Paperback
$113.26

Taschenbuch für Freunde des Scherzes und der Satire ist ein unveränderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe...  Read More >>

Essential Dramaturgy: The Mindset and Skillset

Essential Dramaturgy: The Mindset and Skillset

Author: Theresa Lang
ISBN: 9781138902152
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Essential Dramaturgy: The Mindset and Skillset provides a concrete way to approach the work of a dramaturg. It explores...  Read More >>

Edward II: A Critical Reader

Edward II: A Critical Reader

Author: Dr Kirk Melnikoff (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA) ,  Dr Kirk Melnikoff (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
ISBN: 9781472584038
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Edward II: A Critical Reader gives students, teachers and scholars alike an overview of the play’s reception both...  Read More >>

Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain: Staging Crisis

Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain:...

Author: Vicky Angelaki (Lecturer in Drama, University of Reading, Reading, UK) ,  Prof. Enoch Brater (University of Michigan, USA)
ISBN: 9781474213165
Format: Paperback
$52.99

In a context of financial crisis that has often produced a feeling of identity crisis for the individual, the theatre...  Read More >>

Gently Down The Stream

Gently Down The Stream

Author: Martin Sherman
ISBN: 9781350040625
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Beau, a pianist expat living in London, meets Rufus, an eccentric young lawyer, at the dawn of the internet dating...  Read More >>

The Fall of the House of Wilde: Oscar Wilde and His Family

The Fall of the House of Wilde: Oscar Wilde and His...

Author: Emer O'Sullivan
ISBN: 9781408863169
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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