Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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Controversy in French Drama: Molière’s Tartuffe and the Struggle for Influence

Controversy in French Drama: Molière’s Tartuffe and...

Author: J. Prest
ISBN: 9781137343994
Format: Hardback
$145.17

In 1664, Molière's Tartuffe was banned from public performance. This book provides a detailed, in-depth account...  Read More >>

The Life of Henry, Third Earl of Southampton, Shakespeare's Patron

The Life of Henry, Third Earl of Southampton, Shakespeare's...

Author: Charlotte Carmichael Stopes
ISBN: 9781107632776
Format: Paperback
$87.98

Originally published in 1922, this book provides a biographical account of the life of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl...  Read More >>

Othello

Othello

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781494795771
Format: Paperback
$26.37

This revised and expanded edition of Othello provides a detailed history of the play in production, both on stage...  Read More >>

Much Ado about Nothing

Much Ado about Nothing

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781494827953
Format: Paperback
$26.37

This edition of Much Ado About Nothing focuses on the play in performance.  Read More >>

The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights

The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights...

Author: Prof. Martin Middeke (University of Augsburg, Germany) ,  Prof. Martin Middeke (University of Augsburg, Germany)
ISBN: 9781408134795
Format: Paperback
$64.99

This is an authoritative single-volume guide to the work of twenty-five American playwrights from the 1960s to the...  Read More >>

Correspondence with Aaron Hill and the Hill Family

Correspondence with Aaron Hill and the Hill Family

Author: Samuel Richardson ,  Christine Gerrard (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9780521872737
Format: Hardback
$393.36

The first full edition of Samuel Richardson's correspondence with the poet and dramatist Aaron Hill and the Hill...  Read More >>

The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights

The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights...

Author: Prof. Martin Middeke (University of Augsburg, Germany) ,  Dr. Peter Paul Schnierer (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
ISBN: 9781472520074
Format: Hardback
$240.00

This is an authoritative single-volume guide to the work of twenty-five American playwrights from the 1960s to the...  Read More >>

The Theatre of Naomi Wallace: Embodied Dialogues

The Theatre of Naomi Wallace: Embodied Dialogues

Author: Scott T. Cummings ,  E. Stevens Abbitt
ISBN: 9781137017918
Format: Hardback
$118.77

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Time and Truth: Reconciling the Moral and Religious World to Shakespeare

Time and Truth: Reconciling the Moral and Religious...

Author: B S Naylor
ISBN: 9781495239984
Format: Paperback
$29.01

From the author's introductory: Bones for Shakespeare's Depreciaters to Pick THE name of Shakespeare is the greatest...  Read More >>

Audrey Wood and the Playwrights

Audrey Wood and the Playwrights

Author: M. Barranger
ISBN: 9781137385475
Format: Paperback
$51.72

From Tennessee Williams and Carson McCullers to Arthur Kopit and Brian Friel, agent Audrey Wood encouraged and guided...  Read More >>

Shakespeare’s Surrogates: Rewriting Renaissance Drama

Shakespeare’s Surrogates: Rewriting Renaissance Drama...

Author: S. Loftis
ISBN: 9781137352538
Format: Hardback
$263.97

Shakespeare's Surrogates contends that adapting Renaissance drama played a key role in the development of modern...  Read More >>

Brian Friel

Brian Friel

Author: Anna McMullan
ISBN: 9780415482646
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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William Shakespeare - The Sonnets: Shakespeare's majestic works that live forever

William Shakespeare - The Sonnets: Shakespeare's majestic...

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781783947539
Format: Paperback
$27.03

William Shakespeare is rightly regarded as English Literature's supreme talent. His plays are renowned and admired...  Read More >>

Brian Friel

Brian Friel

Author: Anna McMullan
ISBN: 9780415482639
Format: Hardback
$290.40

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Shakespeare and Political Theatre in Practice

Shakespeare and Political Theatre in Practice

Author: Andrew James Hartley (University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA)
ISBN: 9780230370074
Format: Paperback
$54.99

Can Shakespeare's plays ever be truly radical? Revealing the unspoken politics of Shakespeare's plays on stage,...  Read More >>

Sweet William: A User's Guide to Shakespeare

Sweet William: A User's Guide to Shakespeare

Author: Michael Pennington
ISBN: 9781848423442
Format: Paperback
$27.99

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Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781494981266
Format: Paperback
$27.22

The work of the world's greatest dramatist edited by outstanding scholars. This is the revised edition.  Read More >>

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Author: William Shakespeare ,  William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781494985288
Format: Paperback
$27.03

An edition of the play with an introduction discussing it's probable occasion (the Garter Feast of 1597 at court),...  Read More >>

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

Author: Ravell ,  William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781494982973
Format: Paperback
$26.82

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.  Read More >>

Joanna Baillie, Romantic Dramatist: Critical Essays

Joanna Baillie, Romantic Dramatist: Critical Essays...

Author: Thomas C. Crochunis
ISBN: 9780415859844
Format: Paperback
$105.00

This unique collection includes contributions from leading scholars of women's dramatic writing of the Romantic...  Read More >>

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