Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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Shakespeare in Theory and Practice

Shakespeare in Theory and Practice

Author: Catherine Belsey (Professor Emeritus in English, University of Swansea)
ISBN: 9780748633012
Format: Hardback
$175.00

In these essays, brought together here for the first time, world-renowned critic Catherine Belsey puts theory to...  Read More >>

Charlie Kaufman and Hollywood's Merry Band of Pranksters, Fabulists and Dreamers: an excursion into the American New Wave

Charlie Kaufman and Hollywood's Merry Band of Pranksters,...

Author: Derek Hill
ISBN: 9781842432532
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Analyzes and traces the origins of the pivotal films and directors in an undeclared war on the mundane.  Read More >>

Ophelia and Victorian Visual Culture: Representing Body Politics in the Nineteenth Century

Ophelia and Victorian Visual Culture: Representing Body...

Author: Kimberly Rhodes
ISBN: 9780754658764
Format: Hardback
$315.00

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Shakespeare and the Cultures of Performance

Shakespeare and the Cultures of Performance

Author: Paul Yachnin ,  Patricia Badir
ISBN: 9780754655855
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Featuring chapters dealing with Shakespeare and performance culture in modernity, this collection intends to bring...  Read More >>

Shakspeare's Julius Caesar

Shakspeare's Julius Caesar

Author: William Allan Neilson ,  William Allan Neilson
ISBN: 9781409707899
Format: Paperback
$23.63

"This book contains William Shakespeare's 1599 play; ""The Tragedy of Julius Caesar"". Along with 'Coriolanus' and...  Read More >>

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Richard Dreyfuss
ISBN: 9781605147857
Format: Pre-recorded MP3 player
$92.37

The skies over ancient Rome blaze with terrifying portents, and soothsayers warn Julius Caesar of approaching doom....  Read More >>

Revenge Drama in European Renaissance and Japanese Theatre: From Hamlet to Madame Butterfly

Revenge Drama in European Renaissance and Japanese Theatre:...

Author: K. Wetmore
ISBN: 9780230602892
Format: Hardback
$237.60

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International Dramaturgy: Translation & Transformations in the Theatre of Timberlake Wertenbaker

International Dramaturgy: Translation & Transformations...

Author: Marc Maufort ,  Maya E. Roth
ISBN: 9789052013961
Format: Paperback
$176.75

The purpose of this series is to re-assess the relationship between textual studies, cultural and/or performance...  Read More >>

Shakespeare, the Earl, and the Jesuit

Shakespeare, the Earl, and the Jesuit

Author: John Klause
ISBN: 9780838641378
Format: Hardback
$191.40

The name of the Jesuit Robert Southwell has been linked with Shakespeare's, but vaguely and tentatively. The name...  Read More >>

Shakespeare as Children's Literature: Edwardian Retellings in Words and Pictures

Shakespeare as Children's Literature: Edwardian Retellings...

Author: Velma Bourgeois Richmond
ISBN: 9780786437818
Format: Paperback
$43.95

Examines the ways in which William Shakespeare's stories have been adapted for children, particularly in Mary and...  Read More >>

Alternative Worlds in Hollywood Cinema: Resonance Between Realms

Alternative Worlds in Hollywood Cinema: Resonance Between...

Author: James Walters
ISBN: 9786611776220
Format: Electronic book text
$41.18

The use of alternate realities in cinema has been brought to new heights by such recent films as Eternal Sunshine...  Read More >>

""Twelfth Night""

""Twelfth Night""

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Keir Elam
ISBN: 9781903436981
Format: Hardback
$264.00

Critically acclaimed as one of Shakespeare's most complex and intriguing plays, ""Twelfth Night"" is a classic romantic...  Read More >>

Twelfth Night: Third Series

Twelfth Night: Third Series

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Keir Elam (University of Bologna, Italy)
ISBN: 9781903436998
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Critically acclaimed as one of Shakespeare's most complex and intriguing plays, ""Twelfth Night"" is a classic romantic...  Read More >>

The Tragedies of Sophocles

The Tragedies of Sophocles

Author: James Morwood (Wadham College (United Kingdom))
ISBN: 9781904675723
Format: Paperback
$65.87

They are seven unique works, only alike in the fact that they are all major masterpieces.Focusing on the tragedies’...  Read More >>

A Woman Killed with Kindness and Other Domestic Plays

A Woman Killed with Kindness and Other Domestic Plays...

Author: Thomas Heywood ,  Thomas Dekker
ISBN: 9780192829504
Format: Paperback
$30.95

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Four Revenge Tragedies: (The Spanish Tragedy, The Revenger's Tragedy, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois, and The Atheist's Tragedy)

Four Revenge Tragedies: (The Spanish Tragedy, The Revenger's...

Author: Katharine Eisaman Maus (Associate Professor of English, Associate Professor of English, University of Virginia)
ISBN: 9780199540532
Format: Paperback
$23.95

The Revenge Tragedy flourished in Britain in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Each of the four...  Read More >>

Julius Caesar: The Oxford Shakespeare

Julius Caesar: The Oxford Shakespeare

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Arthur Humphreys (Emeritus Professor of English, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Leicester)
ISBN: 9780199536122
Format: Paperback
$28.91

Julius Caesar's exciting plot, brilliant rhetoric, and searching characterisation have made it one of Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

Henry IV, Part I: The Oxford Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part I: The Oxford Shakespeare

Author: William Shakespeare ,  David Bevington
ISBN: 9780199536139
Format: Paperback
$28.91

As Henry's throne is threatened by rebel forces, England is divided. The characters reflect these oppositions,...  Read More >>

The Tragedies of Sophocles

The Tragedies of Sophocles

Author: James Morwood (Wadham College (United Kingdom))
ISBN: 9781904675716
Format: Hardback
$198.00

They are seven unique works, only alike in the fact that they are all major masterpieces.Focusing on the tragedies’...  Read More >>

As You Like It: The Oxford Shakespeare

As You Like It: The Oxford Shakespeare

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Alan Brissenden (Reader in English, Reader in English, University of Adelaide)
ISBN: 9780199536153
Format: Paperback
$28.91

As You Like It is Shakespeare's most light-hearted comedy, and its witty heroine Rosalind has his longest female...  Read More >>

All God's Chillun Got Wings

All God's Chillun Got Wings

Author: Eugene Gladstone O'Neill
ISBN: 9780887349621
Format: Paperback
$18.48

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Manifesto for a New Theatre

Manifesto for a New Theatre

Author: Pier Paolo Paolini
ISBN: 9781550712827
Format: Paperback
$29.70

Offers insight into one man's disappointment with his own work while derisively attacking the uselessness and presumption...  Read More >>

The Pain and the Itch: A Play

The Pain and the Itch: A Play

Author: Bruce Norris
ISBN: 9780810124974
Format: Paperback
$39.47

In this brief but staggering two-act, playwright Norris demonstrates his skill at drawing out the dark truth that...  Read More >>

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