Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

The first play in Shakespeare's ""Henriad"" series depicts the overthrow of a king, offering a poignant exploration...  Read More >>

This is a beautifully designed original classic edition of William Shakespeare’s tragedy that is considered one...  Read More >>

Pagination not included in publisher information.  Read More >>

This comedic play, written by William Shakespeare in the middle of his career, and first published in 1623, is a...  Read More >>

Although this play ends like a comedy, with reconciliations, forgiveness and marriages, it has often been regarded...  Read More >>

""This translation of Shakespeare's exploration of militaristic might and political folly brings his language into...  Read More >>

""Shakespeare's comedy in updated language that maintains the humor at the heart of the play while making it accessible...  Read More >>

This comedic play, written by William Shakespeare in the middle of his career, and first published in 1623, is a...  Read More >>

Towering tragedy tells the story of a Moorish general who earns the enmity of his ensign Iago when he passes him...  Read More >>

New Kittredge Shakespeare editions combine performance issues in feature films with the clarity of Kittredge's notes...  Read More >>

Shakespeares 'Macbeth' (1606) - fur viele sein bestes Theaterstuck - ist immer wieder als Drama von Ehrgeiz und...  Read More >>

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""Son, that girl, she’s a nice girl, but she don’t study accounting. Her lips move when she read the horoscope –...  Read More >>

Biography of US playwright Arthur Miller.  Read More >>

This book explores Middle-Eastern adaptations of Greek tragedy in Europe and the Middle East from the turn of the...  Read More >>

Introducing the ""tragic imagination"" as a creative faculty with contemporary relevance, Andy Amato explores its...  Read More >>

By examining the book, the play and the film, Choose Life, Choose Leith both critically analyses the Trainspotting...  Read More >>

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This volume celebrates Thomas Middleton’s legacy as a dramatist, marking the 400th anniversary of Middleton’s most...  Read More >>

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Tells the hilarious and heartbreaking story of Michelle Ephraim’s quest to become a Shakespeare scholar and to find...  Read More >>

This is a beautifully designed original classic edition of William Shakespeare’s tragedy that is considered one...  Read More >>

This newly revised edition of one of the Bard's earliest comedies contains an extensive overview of Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

Defeat and Civil War--King Henry VI Part 3 opens with Henry and his queen on the run after losing the First Battle...  Read More >>

Heredity and Ability--Henry VI Part 1 opens at the funeral of Henry V who died unexceptedly in his prime. Henry's...  Read More >>