Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Siobhan Keenan's comprehensive survey of the key acting companies of the early modern period offers undergraduates...  Read More >>

As a convenient source of wide-ranging critical opinion on early literature, this series contains excerpts from...  Read More >>

First published in 1987. This study removes some of the critical puzzles that Shakespeare's comedies of love have...  Read More >>

First published in 1972. The imagery of field sports - of hawking, hunting, shooting and fishing - and the associated...  Read More >>

Este livro faz uma leitura critica a luz dos aspectos historicos e dos problemas psicologicos apresentados na obra...  Read More >>

Adapted stories with contemporary illustrations to introduce classical literature to a wider audience.  Read More >>

One century after the death of Anton Chekhov (18601904), his plays are celebrated throughout the world as a major...  Read More >>

Many people today first encounter staged Shakespeare in an open-air setting. This book traces the history of open-air...  Read More >>

Foregrounding critical questions about the tension between the study of drama as literature versus the study of...  Read More >>

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The idea of the tragic has permeated Western culture for millennia, and has been expressed theatrically since the...  Read More >>

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During their short theatrical reign, Lord Strange's Men helped to define the dramaturgy of the era, performing the...  Read More >>

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Outlining methods and techniques for reading Shakespeare's plays, Roland Frye explores and develops a comprehensive...  Read More >>

In this study, Shakespeare's own life story and the development of English theatrical history are placed in the...  Read More >>

Recognized as one of the leading books in its field, The English History Play in the Age of Shakespeare presents...  Read More >>

You just know it's going to be one of those nights. She's on the change. I'm on my period. Hormonal teenager and...  Read More >>

South African Essays on 'Universal' Shakespeare addresses certain nuances of Shakespearean production and reception...  Read More >>

A critical study of the theatre produced in the 1990s with an in-depth analysis of the work of four key playwrights...  Read More >>

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William D. Howarth sets Le Mariage de Figaro and Beaumarchais' other dramatic works in the broad context of pre-Revolutionary...  Read More >>

In this volume, the author argues that blood was, crucially, a means by which dramatists negotiated shifting contours...  Read More >>

A Critical Companion to the theatre of Ireland's foremost living playwright, whose work spans fifty years and has...  Read More >>