Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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Learning to Kneel: Noh, Modernism, and Journeys in Teaching

Learning to Kneel: Noh, Modernism, and Journeys in Teaching...

Author: Carrie J. Preston
ISBN: 9780231166508
Format: Hardback
$61.95

Learning to Kneel locates noh drama’s influence on American and European writers, dancers, and composers. Carrie...  Read More >>

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781539118930
Format: Paperback
$19.11

The theatrical history of A Midsummer Night's Dream, from the 1590s to the 1990s, forms the introduction to the...  Read More >>

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781539119968
Format: Paperback
$23.31

What could be worse than falling in love with your enemy?  Read More >>

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781539100829
Format: Paperback
$21.09

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.  Read More >>

Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes: Dead Body Politics

Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes: Dead Body...

Author: Andrew Moore
ISBN: 9781498514071
Format: Hardback
$131.95

Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes explores Shakespeare's political outlook by comparing some of the playwright's...  Read More >>

Terrence McNally: A Casebook

Terrence McNally: A Casebook

Author: Toby Silverman Zinman
ISBN: 9781138988675
Format: Paperback
$101.00

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On Hamlet

On Hamlet

Author: Salvador Madariaga
ISBN: 9781138977495
Format: Paperback
$46.99

Published in the year 1964, On Hamlet is a valuable contribution to the field of Performance.  Read More >>

Shakespeare and Gesture in Practice: Shakespeare in Practice

Shakespeare and Gesture in Practice: Shakespeare in...

Author: Professor or Dr. Darren Tunstall (Guilford School of Acting, University of Surrey, UK)
ISBN: 9780230276420
Format: Paperback
$56.99

When actors perform Shakespeare, what do they do with their bodies? Tunstall draws upon social, cognitive and moral...  Read More >>

Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus

Author: Christopher Marlowe ,  John D. Jump
ISBN: 9781138143883
Format: Hardback
$315.00

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Author: Oscar Wilde ,  Kenneth Duran
ISBN: 9781539057123
Format: Paperback
$22.94

The editor locates the text both in relation to elements in the mainstream culture of the day (such as the aesthetes);...  Read More >>

Mastering the Shakespeare Audition: A Quick Guide to Performance Success

Mastering the Shakespeare Audition: A Quick Guide to...

Author: Donna Soto-Morettini (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
ISBN: 9781474266857
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Mastering the Shakespeare Audition is a handbook for actors of all ages and experience, whether auditioning for...  Read More >>

Shakespeare and Costume

Shakespeare and Costume

Author: Patricia Lennox (New York University, USA) ,  Bella Mirabella (NYU Gallatin, USA)
ISBN: 9781350004474
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Inspired by new approaches in performance studies, theatre history, research in material culture and dress history,...  Read More >>

Sophocles: Antigone

Sophocles: Antigone

Author: Prof. Douglas Cairns (University of Edinburgh, UK)
ISBN: 9781472505095
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Antigone is Sophocles’ masterpiece, a seminal influence on a wide range of theatrical, literary, and intellectual...  Read More >>

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781539005056
Format: Paperback
$23.73

A young woman flees Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by her would-be husband and by her best friend. Unwittingly,...  Read More >>

Travels with Tom Crean

Travels with Tom Crean

Author: Aidan Dooley
ISBN: 9781848892835
Format: Paperback
$28.44

Aidan Dooley tells the story of his journey with Tom Crean; how his one-man play was written, and how it grew from...  Read More >>

Sophocles: Antigone

Sophocles: Antigone

Author: Prof. Douglas Cairns (University of Edinburgh, UK)
ISBN: 9781472514332
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Antigone is Sophocles’ masterpiece, a seminal influence on a wide range of theatrical, literary, and intellectual...  Read More >>

The Story of Drama: Tragedy, Comedy and Sacrifice from the Greeks to the Present

The Story of Drama: Tragedy, Comedy and Sacrifice from...

Author: Dr Gary Day (De Montfort University, UK)
ISBN: 9781408184158
Format: Hardback
$240.00

Tracing the history of tragedy and comedy from their earliest beginnings to the present, this book offers readers...  Read More >>

Tales from Shakespeare: William Shakespeare

Tales from Shakespeare: William Shakespeare

Author: Mary Lamb ,  Arthur Rackham
ISBN: 9781539022077
Format: Paperback
$28.91

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William Shakespeare: An Intimate Look Into The Life Of The Most Brilliant Writer In The History Of The English Language

William Shakespeare: An Intimate Look Into The Life...

Author: Michael W Simmons
ISBN: 9781539011507
Format: Paperback
$44.85

"William Shakespeare was the most brilliant writer in the history of the English language. But his life is a complete...  Read More >>

Finding Shakespeare's New Place: An Archaeological Biography

Finding Shakespeare's New Place: An Archaeological Biography...

Author: Head of Research Paul Edmonson (The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust) ,  Archaeological Project Manager Kevin Colls (Centre of Archaeology, Staffordshire University)
ISBN: 9781526106483
Format: Hardback
$264.00

This ground-breaking book provides an abundance of fresh insights into Shakespeare's life in relation to his lost...  Read More >>

Hamlet: Prince of Denmark

Hamlet: Prince of Denmark

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781537761923
Format: Paperback
$23.63

Using the New Cambridge text, as used by the Royal Shakespeare...  Read More >>

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Author: Wolf Heinrich Von Baudissin ,  William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9783946571308
Format: Paperback
$18.45

König Lear - Shakespeares düsterstes Drama, eine der erschütterndsten Tragödien der Weltliteratur Lear teilt sein...  Read More >>

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