Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

This study gives a detailed approach to Hölderlin's writings on Greek tragedy, especially Sophocles, whom he translated...  Read More >>

The different versions of Hamlet constitute one of the most vexing puzzles in Shakespeare studies. In this groundbreaking...  Read More >>

Ver, begin by Ricardo Mena will be recognized as a milestone on the path toward understanding the Elizabethan age...  Read More >>

Irish women dramatists have long faced an uphill challenge in getting the recognition and audience of their male...  Read More >>

... an infectiously readable and practical guide to one of Shakespeare's very greatest plays. -David Bevington (The...  Read More >>

The play, set in Verona, begins with a street brawl between Montague and Capulet servants who, like their masters,...  Read More >>

Establishes a conceptual link between early modern English drama and twentieth-century political theology, both...  Read More >>

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The field of performance studies analyses the production and impact of on-stage performance, such as in a theatre...  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary project draws on a wealth of sources (visual, material, literary and theatrical) to examine...  Read More >>

This book investigates the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries in the European Renaissance, in the context...  Read More >>

The field of performance studies analyses the production and impact of on-stage performance, such as in a theatre...  Read More >>

A selection of previously published articles, with a new Introduction, exploring the interaction between English...  Read More >>

At the turn of the seventeenth century, Hristomir Stanev argues, ideas about the senses became part of a dramatic...  Read More >>

One of the world's most revered theatre directors reflects on the world’s most revered playwright.  Read More >>

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Dylan Thomas: A Literary Life offers an account of the poet's life, along with a critical reading of his work, that...  Read More >>

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

En tres capitulos del libro se trata de los principios semioticos del estudio teatral y, a traves de varias escuelas...  Read More >>

This collection brings together essays on the topics of Shakespeare, theater history, and early English drama in...  Read More >>

From one of the country s foremost experts on Shakespeare and theatre arts, actor, director, and master teacher...  Read More >>

""A study of the many reworkings and adaptations of classic plays on the modern stage which illuminates how each...  Read More >>

Directors and collaborators assess and comment on the production of plays by West Africa's Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka...  Read More >>

Greek tragedy is widely read and performed, but outside the commentary tradition detailed study of the poetic style...  Read More >>