Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

A new dramatic comedy from the internationally successful writer Richard Bean that looks at the shipping community...  Read More >>

There is nothing funny about comedy in Renaissance France. Comic theatre in the sixteenth century was employed,...  Read More >>

Much literature and scholarship has been devoted to the works by Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), one of the greatest...  Read More >>

Though notorious for his visceral, affective, and politically incendiary writing, Jean Genet also had a surprising...  Read More >>

Volpone, Or, The Fox is Ben Jonson’s great parable of greed, self-interest and inheritance. Using animal fable to...  Read More >>

The first collection of plays from Olivier-nominated playwright Isley Lynn, whose award-winning work uplifts their...  Read More >>

Volpone, Or, The Fox is Ben Jonson’s great parable of greed, self-interest and inheritance. Using animal fable to...  Read More >>

New parts for thirty of Shakespeare's women, letting them speak their minds, written by famed stage and screen actress,...  Read More >>

Silly Shakespeare for Students edition of the famous play, Hamlet, simplifies the language of the play without sacrificing...  Read More >>

This book offers a theoretical rationale for the emerging presentist movement in Shakespeare studies and goes on...  Read More >>

By tracing the evolution of farce from Pantagruel and Gargantua through the Tiers and Quart livres, Bruce Hayes...  Read More >>

Should we assume that people who lived some time ago were quite similar to us or should we assume that they need...  Read More >>

Framed by the publication of Leviathan and the 1713 Licensing Act, this collection provides analysis of both canonical...  Read More >>

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Christopher Marlowe’s reputation is seen here in the context of the six University Wits. Bringing together the most...  Read More >>

Shakespeare Studies is an annual peer-reviewed volume featuring the work of performance scholars, literary critics,...  Read More >>

Renaissance Papers collects the best scholarly essays submitted each year to the Southeastern Renaissance Conference....  Read More >>

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Discover the powerful and universal lessons from the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, the genius behind such...  Read More >>

Surprising experiences with performers with intellectual disabilities can raise awareness of subliminal negative...  Read More >>

What Shakespeare's plays can teach us about modern-day politics William Shakespeare understood power: what it is,...  Read More >>

What Shakespeare's plays can teach us about modern-day politics William Shakespeare understood power: what it is,...  Read More >>

In The Glass Door, Ibsen's Hedda Gabler has been adapted to make it easier for modern theaters to produce and for...  Read More >>

This volume offers an innovative contribution to the field of Cultural Studies. It addresses the intersection between...  Read More >>