Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

This book examines the work of acclaimed director Tina Packer, founder of Shakespeare & Company, whose ground-breaking...  Read More >>

This behind-the-scenes account analyzes the evolution of the premier classical theatre company in the U.S. against...  Read More >>

This wide-ranging collection reflects on the various motivations that caused the Folio to come into being in 1623,...  Read More >>

Primavera: Poems by Four Authors, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered...  Read More >>

Volume III of the Theatre italien brings together eight plays written by regular contributors to the Comedie-Italienne...  Read More >>

Shakespeare and the Senses explores how audiences of Shakespeare’s time would have understood the sensual world...  Read More >>

Volume III of the Theatre italien brings together eight plays written by regular contributors to the Comedie-Italienne...  Read More >>

A vivid portrait of Madrid--ideal for the cultured tourist or armchair traveler. Hugh Thomas, best known for his...  Read More >>

As Alpha navigates through the labyrinth of his own making, each song reveals a piece of his soul-his fears, his...  Read More >>

Shortlisted for the Popcorn Writing Award 2024 Grieving is weird and expensive. Jamie can’t swim. Fuelled by guilt...  Read More >>

One morning, as I was writing, I suddenly understood that as a species, through incredible stubbornness, we were...  Read More >>

A touching and soaring new musical love story from Oliver Emanuel musical about a man and a woman and the little...  Read More >>

Argues for the social and ethical importance of judgment in politics, law, art and everyday life, taking Shakespeare...  Read More >>

I’ve always been known for my timing. It’s what makes me a great batsman... Today, I’ve got the worst timing known...  Read More >>

Protagonist Bea is over-worked and under-paid in this riotous and sobering comedy which critiques modern-day freelancing...  Read More >>

An Analysis of all the Plays and Fragmentary Works in Jean-Paul Sartre’s Théâtre complet is the first volume to...  Read More >>

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Practice Book, Leland Powers School, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered...  Read More >>

Explores how seventeenth-century French theatre represents queer desire. In this first queer theoretical treatment...  Read More >>

Emerging amid the turbulent rise of market finance and wider socioeconomic changes, modern drama enacted vital critiques...  Read More >>

Alpha, a historian haunted by past regrets, discovers a clockwork amulet that allows him to alter history. His attempts...  Read More >>

With its thirteen essays, spanning different types of Italian ‘resources’, from novellas to dramas, scenarios and...  Read More >>

Sir Sidney Lee (1859–1926) was a lifelong scholar and enthusiast of Shakespeare. This biography, first published...  Read More >>

Alpha and Gamma's silent love story unfolds through three acts. Their relationship, marked by unspoken emotions...  Read More >>

Following Alpha's death, Gamma is left to navigate her grief and the lingering silence of their love. The story...  Read More >>