Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd: Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, and Pinter

Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd: Camus, Beckett,...

Author: M. Bennett
ISBN: 9781137378767
Format: Paperback
$137.11

Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd , which suggests that 'absurd' plays...  Read More >>

Renaissance Shakespeare/Shakespeare Renaissances: Proceedings of the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress

Renaissance Shakespeare/Shakespeare Renaissances: Proceedings...

Author: Martin Procházka ,  Andreas Hoefele
ISBN: 9781644530580
Format: Paperback
$168.96

Selected contributions to the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress, which took place in July 2011 in Prague, represent...  Read More >>

Menander in Contexts

Menander in Contexts

Author: Alan H. Sommerstein (University of Nottingham, UK)
ISBN: 9780415843713
Format: Hardback
$315.00

The comedies of the Athenian dramatist Menander (c. 342-291 BC) were the ultimate source of a Western tradition...  Read More >>

Stagecraft in Euripides (Routledge Revivals)

Stagecraft in Euripides (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Michael Halleran
ISBN: 9780415744409
Format: Hardback
$242.00

In Stagecraft in Euripides, first published in 1985, Professor Michael Halleran examines certain aspects of the...  Read More >>

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781494963187
Format: Paperback
$15.81

From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare’s most loved comedy. This edition...  Read More >>

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

Author: Ravell ,  William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781494963439
Format: Paperback
$15.81

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Performing American Identity in Anti-Mormon Melodrama

Performing American Identity in Anti-Mormon Melodrama...

Author: Megan Sanborn Jones (Brigham Young University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415849876
Format: Paperback
$50.99

In the late nineteenth century, melodramas were spectacular entertainment for Americans. They were also a key forum...  Read More >>

Greek Tragedy and the Emotions (Routledge Revivals): An Introductory Study

Greek Tragedy and the Emotions (Routledge Revivals):...

Author: W. Stanford
ISBN: 9781138019027
Format: Hardback
$315.00

According to Aristotle the main purpose of tragedy is the manipulation of emotions, and yet there are relatively...  Read More >>

Mapping Irish Theatre: Theories of Space and Place

Mapping Irish Theatre: Theories of Space and Place

Author: Chris Morash (National University of Ireland, Maynooth) ,  Shaun Richards (St Mary's University College, London)
ISBN: 9781107039421
Format: Hardback
$152.66

Irish culture is often said to have a powerful 'sense of place'. This book considers how the theatre has produced...  Read More >>

Contemporary Women Playwrights: Into the 21st Century

Contemporary Women Playwrights: Into the 21st Century...

Author: Penny Farfan (University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada) ,  Lesley Ferris (The Ohio State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781137270788
Format: Paperback
$66.99

A wide-ranging collection of essays addressing the work of contemporary international women playwrights. Contributions...  Read More >>

Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781494965105
Format: Paperback
$29.88

"This edition of the play, based upon the quarto of 1598, offers a detailed introduction, a number of new readings...  Read More >>

Shakespeare Adaptations from the Early Eighteenth Century: Five Plays

Shakespeare Adaptations from the Early Eighteenth Century:...

Author: Kristine Johanson
ISBN: 9781611476477
Format: Hardback
$323.44

This book provides, for the first time, a scholarly edition of five adaptations of Shakespeare from the early eighteenth...  Read More >>

Giorgio Strehler Directs Carlo Goldoni

Giorgio Strehler Directs Carlo Goldoni

Author: Scott Malia
ISBN: 9780739181911
Format: Hardback
$134.95

Giorgio Strehler Directs Carlo Goldoni explores the relationship between directorial aesthetic and the dramatic...  Read More >>

The Awakening of Man Hamlet

The Awakening of Man Hamlet

Author: John Stubbs ,  Kevin Watts
ISBN: 9780976973287
Format: Paperback
$23.49

With stunningly original illustrations by Kevin Watts, The Awakening of Man Hamlet is psychological commentary at...  Read More >>

Cuba Inside Out: Revolution and Contemporary Theatre

Cuba Inside Out: Revolution and Contemporary Theatre...

Author: Yael Prizant
ISBN: 9780809333080
Format: Paperback
$118.80

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Shakespeare's Histories: Ten Epic Plays at a Breakneck Pace

Shakespeare's Histories: Ten Epic Plays at a Breakneck...

Author: Timothy Mooney
ISBN: 9780983181248
Format: Paperback
$52.67

"""Recklessly sliced from the Historical Plays of William Shakespeare."""  Read More >>

From Shakespeare to Obama: A Study in Language, Slavery and Place

From Shakespeare to Obama: A Study in Language, Slavery...

Author: J. Hart
ISBN: 9781137375810
Format: Hardback
$145.17

From Shakespeare to Obama discusses language, slavery, and place from the Portuguese enslavement of African people,...  Read More >>

Henry VIII

Henry VIII

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781494828189
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Synopsis coming soon.......  Read More >>

As You Like It

As You Like It

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781494828028
Format: Paperback
$26.37

An improved, larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays, extensively rewritten, expanded and...  Read More >>

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781494828066
Format: Paperback
$26.37

This edition of Shakespeare's play examines how theatre directors and performers have explored the complexities...  Read More >>

The Republic

The Republic

Author: Plato
ISBN: 9781494790639
Format: Paperback
$34.29

"Part of the ""Everyman"" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781494917883
Format: Paperback
$24.39

A collector's edition of Shakespeare's wonderful Sonnets, based on the Arden Shakespeare edition. All 154 sonnets...  Read More >>

Fault Lines

Fault Lines

Author: Ali Taylor
ISBN: 9781848423763
Format: Paperback
$25.85

A razor-sharp new comedy that exposes the dilemmas of working in charity today and asks whether doing good is always...  Read More >>

Suzan-Lori Parks in Person: Interviews and Commentaries

Suzan-Lori Parks in Person: Interviews and Commentaries...

Author: Philip Kolin (University of Southern Mississippi, USA) ,  Harvey Young (Northwestern University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415624916
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This collection of interviews offers unprecedented insight into the plays and creative works of Suzan-Lori Parks,...  Read More >>

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