Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

Bassanio, a noble but impoverished Venetian, asks his friend the merchant Antonio for a loan to impress an heiress....  Read More >>

Carefully researched and energetically written by the pioneering editor of the plays, Nicholas Rowe, himself one...  Read More >>

An introduction to Shakespeare's life and work which focuses on what we know, assessing the differing theories and...  Read More >>

An introduction to Shakespeare's life and work which focuses on what we know, assessing the differing theories and...  Read More >>

A Streetcar Named Desire quickly became an international sensation when it premiered on """"Broadway"""" in 1947....  Read More >>

Between 1889 and 1995 in America, productions of Sophocles' Electra became the project of some of the most significant...  Read More >>

Features a symposium on women and the theater, including essays on constancy and gender in The Virtuous Octavia...  Read More >>

Shakespeare Soup is designed for students and audience to experience a performance of 3 classic literary stories...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's tragedy about two star-crossed lovers from warring families has stirred audiences and readers alike...  Read More >>

Deals with the political writings of Bernard Shaw, with special emphasis given to the years between 1884 and 1904....  Read More >>

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James E. Falen's verse translation consists of Boris Godunov, A Scene from Faust, the four Little Tragedies and...  Read More >>

Jacobean Tragedy explores the tensions between the disruptive energies of sex and seventeenth century social, cultural...  Read More >>

From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare’s magnificent tragedy of love,...  Read More >>

The highly performative categories of 'Irish culture' and 'Irishness' are in need of critical address, prompted...  Read More >>

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On a rainy day in Alice Springs in 2039 a fish falls like manna from heaven to bless the reunion of a father with...  Read More >>

A Student Edition of Brecht's series of inter-connected playlets that describes events which took place in German...  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

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An important study of one of the most controversial and talented playwrights.  Read More >>