Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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‘Untold Stories’, Alan Bennett’s first major collection of prose since his bestselling ‘Writing Home’, brings together...  Read More >>

A readable introduction containing chapters on each of seven surviving tragedies of Sophocles  Read More >>

'Untold Stories', Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his bestselling 'Writing Home', brings together...  Read More >>

Sarah Bay-Cheng offers an examination of Gertrude Stein's drama within the history of the theatrical and cinematic...  Read More >>

Presents a collection of 27 contributed introductory essays on individual plays. These essays address not only a...  Read More >>

David Gordon studies the changing conception of one's own death by examining the work of some of the most important...  Read More >>

Chapters list works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. Each chapter...  Read More >>

Part of the New Penguin Shakespeare series, this book offers a complete edition of Much Ado About Nothing . It...  Read More >>

Comedy was at the centre of a critical storm that raged throughout the early modern period. Shakespeare's plays...  Read More >>

Examines how music affects Shakespeare's plays and addresses the ways in which audiences respond to it. This book...  Read More >>

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Comedy was at the centre of a critical storm that raged throughout the early modern period. Shakespeare's plays...  Read More >>

Examines how music affects Shakespeare's plays, and addresses the ways in which audiences responded to it. This...  Read More >>

Much Ado About Nothing boasts one of Shakespeare's most delightful heroines, most dancing wordplay, and the endearing...  Read More >>

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No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of The Comedy of Errors on the left-hand page, side-by-side with...  Read More >>

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Henry IV Part One and Two on the left-hand page, side-by-side...  Read More >>

Unlike any other book on Shakespeare, this richly detailed biography takes a single year and from the events of...  Read More >>

Unlike any other book on Shakespeare, this richly detailed biography takes a single year and from the events of...  Read More >>

A detailed study of the classic play examining it in its historical context.  Read More >>

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A facsimile edition of John Fletcher and William Shakespeare's ""The Two Noble Kinsmen"" (1634), taken from the...  Read More >>

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