Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Philippe Brunet, Lettre a Paul Claudel sur la tragedie grecque et le No - Philippe Forest, La proie de l'ombre...  Read More >>

This book is the first edited collection to explore Shakespeare’s life as depicted on the modern stage and screen....  Read More >>

The studies presented in this book examine the theatrical works of Alphonse Daudet, which are somewhat forgotten...  Read More >>

Because European theatre from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries appealed to characters, each of whom was...  Read More >>

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An African-American family is united in love and pride as they struggle to overcome poverty and harsh living conditions,...  Read More >>

This book charts the broad cultural impact of the medieval and early modern female performer: how she engages with...  Read More >>

A verse play. Two characters. Ardrake, the king of the known world, has set out to conquer the unknown bits, but...  Read More >>

The first full-length study of early modern contentment, this book examines the intersection of this guiding principle...  Read More >>

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Playwriting with Purpose: A Guide and Workbook for New Playwrights Second Edition provides a revised and expanded...  Read More >>

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In the aftermath of loss, two siblings come together to share their story of risk, reward, rivalry, and destiny....  Read More >>

Receiving the Stranger in Shakespeare provides critical analysis of the most important moments of hospitality or...  Read More >>

Discover how the image of the mummy evolved from comic and romantic stories to the terrifying, wandering monsters...  Read More >>

Inspired by true events in Black British history, LIBERATION is a powerful new play from Ntombizodwa Nyoni tracing...  Read More >>

Die vorliegende Studie beschäftigt sich mit den vielfältigen Geistererscheinungen in Andreas Gryphius' Trauerspielen...  Read More >>

""You are not just the reader. You are the knife."" The Gospel of Knives is not a retelling of Julius Caesar. It...  Read More >>

Static is a lyrical, searching play by Jimmy McAleavey about isolation and the painful contradictions that surface...  Read More >>

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A play about Black pride and defiance of systemic racism. Juan de Mérida, an Afro-Spanish soldier, aspires to social...  Read More >>

First published in 1986, Drama in the English Classroom demonstrates the contribution of drama in an English classroom....  Read More >>

The book discusses the demarcation of secular and sacred territory in early modern English drama. It focuses primarily...  Read More >>

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