Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

The author makes use of scripts and scholarship about original stagings of Shakespeare and suggests how those productions...  Read More >>

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From Longman's 'Cultural Editions' series, 'The Merchant of Venice' consists of the complete play, reliably edited,...  Read More >>

The first study to demonstrate connections between the meanings attached to the material body in early modern Protestantism,...  Read More >>

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What is the nature of power in Racinian tragedy? Few questions have generated such widespread critical disagreement....  Read More >>

"""This clear, compelling contemporary verse translation retains the power of the original iambic pentameter while...  Read More >>

This is the first full-length study of John McGrath's work, and illuminates the importance of his role in the development...  Read More >>

This is the first full-length study of John McGrath's work, and illuminates the importance of his role in the development...  Read More >>

The woman thinks of her life, her loves and friendships in the full knowledge that the man she is facing is the...  Read More >>

Each chapter offers a cultural biography of ten of Shakespeares most famous characters. John O'Connor provides an...  Read More >>

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Downey uses Oscar Wilde's Salome and Andre Gide's Saul to discuss censorship of biblical drama from the sixteenth...  Read More >>

Oscar Wilde's Salome and Andre Gide's Saul have been considered critically in the traditional contexts of authorial...  Read More >>

RIDICULOUS! THE THEATRICAL LIFE AND TIMES OF CHARLES LUDLAM  Read More >>

Edward IV' was one of the most popular plays of the early modern period, making a vital contribution to the genres...  Read More >>

This volume is the extraordinary story of the impact Shakespeare had on France.  Read More >>

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it...  Read More >>

Approaching Shakespeare's plays in a graphic-novel style, this series supplements the stories with excerpts from...  Read More >>

The Duke of Illyria hosts a wedding party in his palace garden. But which fair maiden is destined to become his...  Read More >>

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Using a carefully edited text and a unique cartoon-strip format to link important passages, the Shakespeare Graphics...  Read More >>

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it...  Read More >>