Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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Racine’s Tragedies of Tyranny: Essays on Bajazet and Mithridate

Racine’s Tragedies of Tyranny: Essays on Bajazet and...

Author: Nicholas Hammond ,  Paul Hammond
ISBN: 9789004695139
Format: Hardback
$277.20

In his plays Bajazet and Mithridate Racine depicts the tragedies of characters who exercise tyranny or are the victims...  Read More >>

As You Like It

As You Like It

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9798880902156
Format: Hardback
$44.85

When forbidden romance enters their lives, two noblewomen assume disguises and flee to the Forest of Arden, where...  Read More >>

Coriolanus

Coriolanus

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9798880903450
Format: Hardback
$39.57

A military hero of ancient Rome attempts to shift from his career as a general to become a politician - a disastrous...  Read More >>

Cymbeline

Cymbeline

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9798880903603
Format: Hardback
$44.85

The King of Britain, enraged by his daughter's disobedience in marrying against his wishes, banishes his new son-in-law....  Read More >>

Hamlet

Hamlet

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9798880905249
Format: Hardback
$44.85

Hamlet, Shakespeare’s most famous play, is now available in an all-new, illustrated Norton Critical Edition.  Read More >>

Thunder on the Stage: The Dramatic Vision of Richard Wright

Thunder on the Stage: The Dramatic Vision of Richard...

Author: Bruce Allen Dick
ISBN: 9780252087790
Format: Paperback
$65.99

Richard Wright’s dramatic imagination guided the creation of his masterpieces Native Son and Black Boy and helped...  Read More >>

Aeschylus' Oresteia: Translation and Theatrical Commentary

Aeschylus' Oresteia: Translation and Theatrical Commentary...

Author: Michael Ewans
ISBN: 9781032646961
Format: Paperback
$58.99

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Comedy

Comedy

Author: L. J. Potts
ISBN: 9781032211367
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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Tragicomedy

Tragicomedy

Author: David L. Hirst
ISBN: 9781032217086
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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Greek Comedy

Greek Comedy

Author: Gilbert Norwood
ISBN: 9781032218076
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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Romeo and Juliet, Adaptation and the Arts: 'Cut Him Out in Little Stars'

Romeo and Juliet, Adaptation and the Arts: 'Cut Him...

Author: Julia Reinhard Lupton (University of California, Irvine, USA) ,  Ariane Helou (UCLA, USA)
ISBN: 9781350343429
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Romeo and Juliet is the most produced, translated and re-mixed of all of Shakespeare’s plays. This volume takes...  Read More >>

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky ,  Laurence Boswell (Author)
ISBN: 9781350500976
Format: Paperback
$21.99

Mad – Foolish – Ridiculous – I’ve been called many things. On an uneventful Wednesday in a drab Borough of East...  Read More >>

Don't. Make. Tea.

Don't. Make. Tea.

Author: Rob Drummond
ISBN: 9781350501911
Format: Paperback
$21.99

If you could press a button and one hundred thousand vulnerable citizens died instantly but the rest of the population...  Read More >>

Aeschylus' Oresteia: Translation and Theatrical Commentary

Aeschylus' Oresteia: Translation and Theatrical Commentary...

Author: Michael Ewans
ISBN: 9781032646985
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This is a fully revised new edition of Michael Ewans’ 1995 English translation of the Oresteia, taking into account...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's Rhetorical Figures: An Outline

Shakespeare's Rhetorical Figures: An Outline

Author: Gideon Rappaport
ISBN: 9798218278717
Format: Paperback
$73.92

An outline and glossary of Shakespeare's rhetorical figures  Read More >>

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The...

Author: Ryan Calais Cameron
ISBN: 9781350508576
Format: Paperback
$21.99

Nominated for Best New Play at the 2023 Olivier Awards I found a king in me and now I love you I found a king in...  Read More >>

Xueqin and Xakespeare: Reading The Story of the Stone through Hamlet

Xueqin and Xakespeare: Reading The Story of the Stone...

Author: Judith Forsyth
ISBN: 9781032635545
Format: Hardback
$347.00

This book offers a detailed consideration of the iconic five-volume novel written by Cao Xueqin, translated into...  Read More >>

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Author: Conrad Murray (Freelance Practitioner, UK)
ISBN: 9781350507555
Format: Paperback
$21.99

Two Postcodes, two streets apart In dear Merton where our story starts. Beef from the past creates new tension....  Read More >>

All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9798880901425
Format: Paperback
$25.05

The daughter of a renowned physician pursues her passion for an elusive bridegroom through a comic maze of mistaken...  Read More >>

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9798880901876
Format: Paperback
$25.05

A school guide to Shakespeare's ""Antony and Cleopatra"". Fully annotated, with the notes facing the text, there...  Read More >>

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