Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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Stage of Emergency: Theater and Public Performance under the Greek Military Dictatorship of 1967-1974

Stage of Emergency: Theater and Public Performance under...

Author: Gonda Van Steen (Cassas Chair in Greek Studies, Cassas Chair in Greek Studies, University of Florida)
ISBN: 9780198718321
Format: Hardback
$227.00

This volume focuses on the development of theatre in Greece during the dictatorship of 1967-1974, shedding light...  Read More >>

The Shakespearean Stage 1574–1642

The Shakespearean Stage 1574–1642

Author: Andrew Gurr (University of Reading)
ISBN: 9780511819520
Format: Undefined
$620.40

For almost forty years The Shakespearean Stage has been considered the liveliest, most reliable and most entertaining...  Read More >>

Theology and Existentialism in Aeschylus: Written in the Cosmos

Theology and Existentialism in Aeschylus: Written in...

Author: Richard Rader (Montgomery Bell Academy, USA)
ISBN: 9781138796737
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Theology and Existentialism in Aeschylus revivifies the complex question of fate and freedom in the tragedies of...  Read More >>

Caryl Churchill

Caryl Churchill

Author: Mary Luckhurst (University of York, UK)
ISBN: 9780415345781
Format: Paperback
$90.99

This new critical introduction to Churchill examines her political agendas, her collaborations with other practitioners,...  Read More >>

Shakespeare: The Tragedies

Shakespeare: The Tragedies

Author: Nicolas Tredell
ISBN: 9781137404886
Format: Paperback
$57.95

This Guide offers a comprehensive survey of the key criticism on Shakespeare's tragedies, from the seventeenth century...  Read More >>

The Sonnets of Shakespeare Solved: And the Mystery of His Friendship, Love, and Rivalry Revealed

The Sonnets of Shakespeare Solved: And the Mystery of...

Author: Henry Brown, Dip of Dip (Consultant Quantity Surveyor at the College of Estate Management, Reading)
ISBN: 9781506191201
Format: Paperback
$26.37

From the author's PRELIMINARY REMARKS. There are many objections made to the Sonnets of Shakespeare, but they arise...  Read More >>

Ancient Greek and Contemporary Performance: Collected Essays

Ancient Greek and Contemporary Performance: Collected...

Author: Prof. Graham Ley
ISBN: 9780859898911
Format: Hardback
$194.06

This collection of essays connects antiquity with the present by debating the current conceptions of performance...  Read More >>

Shakespeare: The Tragedies

Shakespeare: The Tragedies

Author: Nicolas Tredell
ISBN: 9781137404893
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This Guide offers a comprehensive survey of the key criticism on Shakespeare's tragedies, from the seventeenth century...  Read More >>

Shakespeare on the University Stage

Shakespeare on the University Stage

Author: Andrew James Hartley (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
ISBN: 9781107048553
Format: Hardback
$335.28

Featuring sixteen new essays written by an international team of contributors, this is the first study exploring...  Read More >>

Fifty Modern and Contemporary Dramatists

Fifty Modern and Contemporary Dramatists

Author: Maggie Gale ,  John Deeney
ISBN: 9780415630368
Format: Hardback
$242.00

Fifty Contemporary and Modern Dramatists presents a critical introduction to the work of some of the most important...  Read More >>

Three Notelets on Shakespeare

Three Notelets on Shakespeare

Author: William John Thoms
ISBN: 9781108077743
Format: Paperback
$49.14

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Shakespeare's Henry VI and Richard III

Shakespeare's Henry VI and Richard III

Author: Peter Alexander
ISBN: 9781107450790
Format: Paperback
$64.69

Originally published in 1929, this book contains an examination of Shakespeare's three-part Henry VI and its 'sequel',...  Read More >>

Modern and Contemporary Black British Drama

Modern and Contemporary Black British Drama

Author: Mary Brewer ,  Lynette Goddard (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
ISBN: 9780230303195
Format: Hardback
$190.00

Interweaving social and cultural context with close critical analysis of key dramatists' plays, leading scholars...  Read More >>

Reading What's There: Essays on Shakespeare in Honor of Stephen Booth

Reading What's There: Essays on Shakespeare in Honor...

Author: Michael J. Collins ,  Thomas L. Berger
ISBN: 9781611495072
Format: Hardback
$209.59

This collection reflects the distinct methods and insights Stephen Booth has brought to the reading of Shakespeare...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's Cats: The Complete Sonnets for the Literary Cat-Lover

Shakespeare's Cats: The Complete Sonnets for the Literary...

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Maria Llorens
ISBN: 9781633530270
Format: Paperback
$42.11

Join a band of curious cats for an adorable reading of William Shakespeare's 154 sonnets.  Read More >>

Ben Jonson's Walk to Scotland: An Annotated Edition of the 'Foot Voyage'

Ben Jonson's Walk to Scotland: An Annotated Edition...

Author: James Loxley (University of Edinburgh) ,  Anna Groundwater (University of Edinburgh)
ISBN: 9781107003330
Format: Hardback
$245.52

This is the first publication of a recently discovered account of Ben Jonson's walk to Scotland in 1618. Supported...  Read More >>

The Structure and Performance of Euripides' Helen

The Structure and Performance of Euripides' Helen

Author: C. W. Marshall (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
ISBN: 9781107073753
Format: Hardback
$316.80

Using Euripides' play Helen as the main point of reference, C. W. Marshall expands our understanding of Athenian...  Read More >>

Eugene O’Neill’s One-Act Plays: New Critical Perspectives

Eugene O’Neill’s One-Act Plays: New Critical Perspectives...

Author: M. Bennett ,  B. Carson
ISBN: 9781137471772
Format: Paperback
$116.41

Eugene O'Neill, Nobel Laureate in Literature and Pulitzer Prize winner, is widely known for his full length plays....  Read More >>

Women Dramatists, Humor, and the French Stage: 1802 to 1855

Women Dramatists, Humor, and the French Stage: 1802...

Author: J. Johnston
ISBN: 9781137456717
Format: Hardback
$145.17

Filling a critical void, this book examines French women dramatists of the nineteenth-century who staged works prior...  Read More >>

William Shakespeare's Sonnets

William Shakespeare's Sonnets

Author: Kambiz Mostofizadeh ,  William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9780991028559
Format: Paperback
$21.09

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A Bone to Pick: Feasting on Shakespeare's Remains

A Bone to Pick: Feasting on Shakespeare's Remains

Author: Sidney Wade Stout
ISBN: 9780978448363
Format: Paperback
$29.57

In this third volume the author continues to expose us to the philosophical underpinnings of Shakespeare's plays....  Read More >>

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