Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

With its engaging alteration between past and present ""Arcadia"" offers a comedic and entertaining exploration...  Read More >>

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David Mamet is widely considered the voice of contemporary American Theatre. His use of what is taken to be realistic...  Read More >>

Offers an introduction to the political and historical context to Shakespeare's tragedy and history plays. This...  Read More >>

Tom Stoppard is widely regarded as one of the leading contemporary British playwrights. ""Arcadia"" is considered...  Read More >>

""Waiting for Godot"", one of the most commonly studied modern plays, first amazed and appalled Parisian theatre-goers...  Read More >>

A literary celebration of Samuel Beckett's influence on postmodernism.  Read More >>

A la base de cette etude se trouvent des questions tres simples, mais tellement fondamentales qu'on oublie souvent...  Read More >>

While referring to Johnson’s notes on all the Shakespearean dramas, Tomarken focuses on eight plays—Henry IV, Troilus...  Read More >>

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While differences among the 3 early texts of Hamlet have often been considered in terms of interpretive consequences...  Read More >>

Offers an exploration of Bertolt Brecht's life and work. This book includes essays on Ruth Berlau, one of Brecht's...  Read More >>

Over the course of more than two hundred and fifty years, from the fourteenth century until well after the Reformation...  Read More >>

Discusses eight of Shakespeare's plays and the relationships between the main characters with them. This book is...  Read More >>

Based on events that began in Saint-Domingue on August 21, 1791, The Saint-Domingue Plantation; or, The Insurrection...  Read More >>

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

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each...  Read More >>

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

From the star-crossed romance of Romeo and Juliet to Othello's misguided murder of Desdemona to the betrayal of...  Read More >>

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

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each...  Read More >>

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more...  Read More >>

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