Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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A New Mimesis: Shakespeare and the Representation of Reality

A New Mimesis: Shakespeare and the Representation of...

Author: A. D. Nuttall
ISBN: 9780300118650
Format: Paperback
$39.95

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Performance Histories

Performance Histories

Author: Bonnie Marranca
ISBN: 9781555540777
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Why Shakespeare?

Why Shakespeare?

Author: Catherine Belsey
ISBN: 9781403993199
Format: Hardback
$211.20

Provides an introduction to Shakespeare by taking traditional tales as a starting point to argue against the cultural...  Read More >>

100 Shakespeare Films

100 Shakespeare Films

Author: Daniel Rosenthal
ISBN: 9781844571703
Format: Paperback
$52.67

From Oscar-winning British classics to Hollywood musicals and Westerns, from Soviet epics to Bollywood thrillers,...  Read More >>

Student Guide to Antonin Artaud: From Theory to Practice

Student Guide to Antonin Artaud: From Theory to Practice...

Author: Lee Jamieson
ISBN: 9781871551983
Format: Paperback
$31.02

Discusses Artaud's influence over theatre and investigates why his theories and the questions he asked still reverberate...  Read More >>

Back to Methuselah

Back to Methuselah

Author: George Bernard Shaw ,  1stworld Library
ISBN: 9781421838557
Format: Hardback
$89.63

Contains a series of five plays including, In the Beginning: BC 4004 (In the Garden of Eden); The Gospel of the...  Read More >>

The Bard in the Bluegrass: Two Centuries of Shakespearean Performance in Lexington, Kentucky

The Bard in the Bluegrass: Two Centuries of Shakespearean...

Author: Kevin Lane Dearinger
ISBN: 9780786428953
Format: Paperback
$82.50

Lexington's theatrical history provides a template for what so many mid-American towns experienced.  Read More >>

Confusions

Confusions

Author: Russell Whiteley ,  Alan Ayckbourn (Playwright, UK)
ISBN: 9780713685510
Format: Paperback
$24.95

Five one-act plays from 1976 by Britain's most popular playwright, Ayckbourn's classic series of plays are presented...  Read More >>

The Gothic and the Rule of the Law, 1764-1820

The Gothic and the Rule of the Law, 1764-1820

Author: Sue Chaplin
ISBN: 9780230507555
Format: Hardback
$237.60

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The Politics of Romantic Theatricality, 1787-1832: The Road to the Stage

The Politics of Romantic Theatricality, 1787-1832: The...

Author: D. Worrall
ISBN: 9780230518025
Format: Hardback
$250.80

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Staging Black Feminisms: Identity, Politics, Performance

Staging Black Feminisms: Identity, Politics, Performance...

Author: Lynette Goddard
ISBN: 9781403986405
Format: Hardback
$250.80

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The Plays of Thomas Kilroy: A Critical Study

The Plays of Thomas Kilroy: A Critical Study

Author: Thierry Dubost
ISBN: 9780786427970
Format: Paperback
$65.95

Presents an appraisal of the works of Thomas Kilroy which focuses on the common themes and methodology of his plays,...  Read More >>

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Poetry

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Poetry

Author: Patrick Cheney (Pennsylvania State University)
ISBN: 9781139001274
Format: Undefined
$620.40

This Companion seeks to bridge the current gap between Shakespeare's poems and plays, as well as between his 'theatrical'...  Read More >>

Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language

Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and...

Author: Janet Brennan Croft ,  Donald E. Palumbo
ISBN: 9780786428274
Format: Paperback
$43.95

Focus on the broad themes and motifs, which concerned both Tolkien and Shakespeare. This collection of essays seeks...  Read More >>

Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

Author: Michael Billington
ISBN: 9780571234769
Format: Paperback
$39.99

An updated edition now including Pinter's life after 1996 - 2006.  Read More >>

A Voyage Round My Father

A Voyage Round My Father

Author: Sir John Mortimer
ISBN: 9781840026573
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Growing up in the shadow of the brilliant barrister, who adored his garden and hated visitors, and whose blindness...  Read More >>

Gaudeamus

Gaudeamus

Author: Peter Morris
ISBN: 9781840026672
Format: Paperback
$50.03

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Every Breath

Every Breath

Author: Judith Johnson (Theatre Company)
ISBN: 9781840026689
Format: Paperback
$50.03

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Finding the Jewish Shakespeare: The Life and Legacy of Jacob Gordin

Finding the Jewish Shakespeare: The Life and Legacy...

Author: Beth Kaplan
ISBN: 9780815608844
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Sets out to explore the true character and creative achievements of the author's great-grandfather Jacob Gordin,...  Read More >>

The Contrast: Manners, Morals, and Authority in the Early American Republic

The Contrast: Manners, Morals, and Authority in the...

Author: Cynthia A. Kierner
ISBN: 9780814747933
Format: Paperback
$54.99

With annotated footnotes, this work explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades...  Read More >>

Gormenghast

Gormenghast

Author: Mervyn Peake ,  John Constable (Author)
ISBN: 9781840026733
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Adapted from Mervyn Peake's gothic trilogy. In one evening of physical theatre you enter a world of ritual and drama....  Read More >>

Shakespeares Last Plays

Shakespeares Last Plays

Author: Frances Yates
ISBN: 9780415436878
Format: Paperback
$96.99

First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

The Contrast: Manners, Morals, and Authority in the Early American Republic

The Contrast: Manners, Morals, and Authority in the...

Author: Cynthia A. Kierner
ISBN: 9780814747926
Format: Hardback
$171.00

With annotated footnotes, this work explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades...  Read More >>

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