Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew has succeeded in surviving in contemporary culture, and has even managed...  Read More >>

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Once so much to each other! Now nothing! Ann Elliot has only one regret: that she listened to her family and broke...  Read More >>

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A new edition of Shakespeare's late romantic tragicomedy, Cymbeline.  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

Slapstick comedy landed like a pie in the face of twentieth-century culture. Pratfalls percolated alongside literary...  Read More >>

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Famed playwright Israel Horovitz has written more than 70 produced plays, which have been translated in more than...  Read More >>

A contemporary retelling of the compelling relationship between Katherine Parr and Henry VIII, the first part of...  Read More >>

A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama offers a series of original essays that represent a comprehensive overview...  Read More >>

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Set in Rome, the poem tells a tragic tale of lust, conquest, violence and politics. Collatine expresses his love...  Read More >>

An expertly annotated edition of Joe Penhall's compelling drama: a dark, exhilarating tale of race, madness and...  Read More >>

""Originally published in French as Le crime de Jean Genet""--Colophon.  Read More >>

A revised and expanded edition of A Ben Jonson Companion, this resource encapsulates the life, times, and work of...  Read More >>

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This book examines Yeats's writing about Shakespeare in the contexts of his work on behalf of the Irish Literary...  Read More >>

Separated from her twin brother Sebastian after a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a boy to serve the Duke...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

Extensive historical documents provide a rich framework for this new edition of the first English revenge tragedy....  Read More >>

Concentrating on performance, Thomson reviews the commercial and artistic priorities of Shakespeare and the brilliant...  Read More >>