Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

An innovative book looking at how London influenced Shakespeare's drama and how it is so often the true city at...  Read More >>

This is the first critical edition of The God of Gods: A Canadian Play by Carroll Aikins. With an abundance of archival...  Read More >>

A quirky collection of true stories from the weird and wonderful world of Shakespearean theatre, featuring distinguished...  Read More >>

The first performance of with a Little Bit of Luck took place on 16 July 2015 in the Theatre at Latitude Festival....  Read More >>

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Essays on George F. Walker's brash, assertive, perceptive, genuinely perverse, often  wonky, and very, very funny...  Read More >>

Drawing material from a wide range of original sources, this book identifies a network of early modern Venetian...  Read More >>

Drawing material from a wide range of original sources, this book identifies a network of early modern Venetian...  Read More >>

A History of Modern Drama: Volume II explores a remarkable breadth of topics and analytical approaches to the dramatic...  Read More >>

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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and...  Read More >>

Presents Ken Stott stars as Macbeth and Phyllis Logan as Lady Macbeth in BBC Radio 4 production of Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

This study of Egyptian theatre and its narrative construction explores how representations of Egypt are created...  Read More >>

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

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Friendship, infidelity, love--sound like a Spanish soap opera?! Nope. It's Shakespeare! Of course you probably miss...  Read More >>

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Look, what I speak, my life shall prove it true; That Mowbray hath received eight thousand nobles In name of lendings...  Read More >>

While successful plays tend to share certain storytelling elements, there is no single blueprint for how a play...  Read More >>

In these collected lectures, Steiner throws new light on the Bard's work, describing the on-going life that flows...  Read More >>