Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

23713 books were found.

Marriage A-La-Mode

Marriage A-La-Mode

Author: John Dryden ,  David Crane
ISBN: 9780713666663
Format: Paperback
$19.99

In this play, the author deploys verbal and theatrical wit in his combination of two plots - a complex exploration...  Read More >>

The Bard on the Brain: Understanding the Mind Through the Art of Shakespeare and the Science of Brain Imaging

The Bard on the Brain: Understanding the Mind Through...

Author: Paul M. Matthews ,  Jeffrey McQuain
ISBN: 9780972383028
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Paul Matthews describes the center-stage role of the brain in famous scenes from Shakespeare's plays with the use...  Read More >>

A Woman Killed With Kindness

A Woman Killed With Kindness

Author: Thomas Heywood ,  Brian Scobie
ISBN: 9780713666908
Format: Paperback
$21.99

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William Shakespeare's Plays

William Shakespeare's Plays

Author: Pierre Arthur Laure ,  William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9780792730095
Format: Audio
$2098.80

For the first time in audio publishing history, all of Shakespeare's plays are available in one extraordinary, definitive...  Read More >>

Technology in American Drama, 1920-1950: Soul and Society in the Age of the Machine

Technology in American Drama, 1920-1950: Soul and Society...

Author: Dennis G. Jerz
ISBN: 9780313321726
Format: Hardback
$80.00

American drama between 1920 and 1950 explores the relationship between human and machines during an age when technology...  Read More >>

The Tamer Tamed

The Tamer Tamed

Author: John Fletcher
ISBN: 9781854597397
Format: Paperback
$52.67

An irreverent and hugely entertaining 'sequel' to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.  Read More >>

World Drama: v. 2

World Drama: v. 2

Author: Barrett H. Clark
ISBN: 9780486200590
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Volume 2 of this two-volume set contains 20 plays including Cervantes ""The Cave of Salamanca""; Lope de Vega ""The...  Read More >>

Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary, Vol. 1

Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary, Vol. 1...

Author: Alexander Schmidt ,  Jeff A. Menges
ISBN: 9780486227269
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Volume 1 of massive work by a leading Shakespeare scholar and lexicographer, a standard in the field, provides full...  Read More >>

Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary, Vol. 2

Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary, Vol. 2...

Author: Alexander Schmidt
ISBN: 9780486227276
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Volume 2 of massive work by a leading Shakespeare scholar and lexicographer, a standard in the field, provides full...  Read More >>

Black Dionysus: Greek Tragedy and African American Theatre

Black Dionysus: Greek Tragedy and African American Theatre...

Author: Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
ISBN: 9780786415458
Format: Paperback
$60.50

This volume explores the different ways in which Greek tragedy has been used by playwrights, directors and others...  Read More >>

Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare)

Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare)

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Sparknotes Editors
ISBN: 9780606362092
Format: Hardback
$48.05

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Macbeth

Macbeth

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Sparknotes Editors
ISBN: 9780606380058
Format: Hardback
$48.05

For use in schools and libraries only. Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern...  Read More >>

Drama Criticism

Drama Criticism

Author: Janet Witalec
ISBN: 9780787659486
Format: Hardback
$559.68

Each volume of this series covers four to eight significant dramatists or plays. For each play or playwright featured...  Read More >>

The Poetry of Greek Tragedy

The Poetry of Greek Tragedy

Author: Richmond Lattimore
ISBN: 9780801872600
Format: Paperback
$64.99

While acknowledging the difficulty of separating poetry-especially in translation-from other aspects of language,...  Read More >>

Five Comedies

Five Comedies

Author: George Sand ,  E. H. Blackmore
ISBN: 9780791457115
Format: Hardback
$172.92

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Converging Truths: Euripides' Ion and the Athenian Quest for Self-Definition

Converging Truths: Euripides' Ion and the Athenian Quest...

Author: Katerina Zacharia
ISBN: 9789004130005
Format: Hardback
$422.40

In this work, through careful analysis of the political, psychological, religious and poetic aspects of Euripides'...  Read More >>

Shakespeare Quarterly

Shakespeare Quarterly

Author: James et al Sandoe
ISBN: 9780766151352
Format: Paperback
$108.11

This volume includes editions of The Shakespeare Quarterly magazine from January 1950 to July 1951. This magazine...  Read More >>

Three Sisters

Three Sisters

Author: Michael Frayn ,  Anton Chekhov
ISBN: 9780413771407
Format: Paperback
$21.99

The play tells the story of three sisters and their brother who live in a provincial Russian town. Michael Frayn...  Read More >>

Henry V: York Notes GCSE - for 2026, 2027 exams

Henry V: York Notes GCSE - for 2026, 2027 exams

Author: William Shakespeare ,  David Langston
ISBN: 9780582772687
Format: Paperback
$15.50

'York Notes' offer an approach to English literature that aims to fully reflect student needs. They are filled with...  Read More >>

Theatre of the Book 1480-1880: Print, Text, and Performance in Europe

Theatre of the Book 1480-1880: Print, Text, and Performance...

Author: Julie Stone Peters (, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, NY)
ISBN: 9780199262168
Format: Paperback
$164.95

Theatre of the Book explores the impact of printing on the European theatre, 1480-1880. Looking at playtexts, engravings,...  Read More >>

Shakespeare by Stages: An Historical Introduction

Shakespeare by Stages: An Historical Introduction

Author: Arthur F. Kinney (University of Massachusetts)
ISBN: 9780631224693
Format: Paperback
$68.95

In this engaging text, Arthur Kinney introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan and...  Read More >>

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