Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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Shakespeare's Theatre: A Dictionary of His Stage Context. Athlone Shakespeare Dictionary Series.

Shakespeare's Theatre: A Dictionary of His Stage Context....

Author: Hugh MacRae Richmond
ISBN: 9781281298416
Format: Electronic book text
$633.60

Under an alphabetical list of relevant terms, names and concepts, this text reviews knowledge of the character and...  Read More >>

Hernani: Coleccion de Clasicos de La Literatura Europea  Carrascalejo de La Jara

Hernani: Coleccion de Clasicos de La Literatura Europea...

Author: Victor Hugo
ISBN: 9781282175891
Format: Electronic book text
$39.55

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Me and Shakespeare: My Late Life Adventure with the Bard

Me and Shakespeare: My Late Life Adventure with the...

Author: Herman Gollob
ISBN: 9781299259539
Format: Electronic book text
$118.80

On the eve of retiring from a successful publishing career, Herman Gollob attends a wonderful Broadway production...  Read More >>

The Routledge Anthology of Renaissance Drama

The Routledge Anthology of Renaissance Drama

Author: Professor Simon Barker, (Dr ,  Hilary Hinds
ISBN: 9781299726772
Format: Electronic book text
$448.80

The Renaissance saw a dramatic explosion of such force that, 400 years later, its plays are amongst the most frequently...  Read More >>

Black Dionysus: Greek Tragedy and African American Theatre

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

Author: Kevin J Wetmore, Jr.
ISBN: 9781306298742
Format: Electronic book text
$92.40

Many playwrights, authors, poets and historians have used images, metaphors and references to and from Greek tragedy,...  Read More >>

Drama for Students

Drama for Students

Author: David M Galens ,  David Galens
ISBN: 9780787660314
Format: Hardback
$311.52

Each volume of ""Drama for Students"" features coverage of 15 to 20 plays that are frequently studied in literature...  Read More >>

King Henry IV Part 1: Third Series

King Henry IV Part 1: Third Series

Author: William Shakespeare ,  David Scott Kastan (Yale University, USA)
ISBN: 9781904271352
Format: Paperback
$19.99

David Scott Kastan's lucid exploration of the remarkable richness and ambitious design of ""King Henry IV Part I""...  Read More >>

""King Henry IV""

""King Henry IV""

Author: William Shakespeare ,  David Scott Kastan
ISBN: 9781904271345
Format: Hardback
$264.00

David Scott Kastan's lucid exploration of the remarkable richness and ambitious design of ""King Henry IV Part I""...  Read More >>

The Complete Pelican Shakespeare

The Complete Pelican Shakespeare

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Alfred Harbage
ISBN: 9780141000589
Format: Hardback
$176.88

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Death and Drama in Renaissance England: Shades of Memory

Death and Drama in Renaissance England: Shades of Memory...

Author: William Engel (, Independent Scholar)
ISBN: 9780199257621
Format: Hardback
$352.00

Focusing on the classical Memory Arts, William Engel explores issues of death and decline in exemplary dramas, dictionaries,...  Read More >>

Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays & Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations

Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism...

Author: Michael L Lablanc
ISBN: 9780787660000
Format: Hardback
$823.68

The plays, theme or focus of this volume includes: < ul>< i>< li> Hamlet< li> The Merry Wives of Windsor< li> The...  Read More >>

The Secret of Shakespeare: His Greatest Plays Seen in the Light of Sacred Art

The Secret of Shakespeare: His Greatest Plays Seen in...

Author: Martin Lings ,  HRH Prince of Wales
ISBN: 9781870196147
Format: Paperback
$25.75

Contends that Shakespeare's essential greatness is evident when focusing on the impact his best plays make when...  Read More >>

The Tempest

The Tempest

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9780764120879
Format: Paperback
$23.73

The story of the Tempest, the magical storm that brings a royal party to justice on a savage island, is beautifully...  Read More >>

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9780764120893
Format: Paperback
$15.99

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Theatremachine

Theatremachine

Author: Heiner Muller ,  Marc Von Henning
ISBN: 9780571175284
Format: Paperback
$25.88

The playwright Heiner Müller was born in East Germany in 1929. This book contains an introduction to Müller's work...  Read More >>

Euripides: ""Medea""

Euripides: ""Medea""

Author: Colonel William Allan
ISBN: 9780715631874
Format: Paperback
$68.64

Euripides' ""Medea"" is one of the greatest and most influential Greek tragedies. This book outlines the development...  Read More >>

The BBC Shakespeare Plays: Making the Televised Canon

The BBC Shakespeare Plays: Making the Televised Canon...

Author: Susan Willis
ISBN: 9780807843178
Format: Paperback
$89.10

Between 1978 and 1985 the BBC televised the entire Shakespeare canon of thirty-seven plays, a remarkable technical...  Read More >>

An Introduction to Shakespeare's Poems

An Introduction to Shakespeare's Poems

Author: Peter Hyland
ISBN: 9780333725931
Format: Paperback
$102.96

An Introduction to Shakespeare's Poems provides an examination of Shakespeare's non-dramatic poetry: the narrative...  Read More >>

All Things Shakespeare [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's World

All Things Shakespeare [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia...

Author: Kirstin Olsen
ISBN: 9780313315039
Format: Hardback
$416.99

Each term notes in which works the item can be found, and a chronology of historical events referenced in Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

An Introduction to Shakespeare's Poems

An Introduction to Shakespeare's Poems

Author: Peter Hyland
ISBN: 9780333725924
Format: Hardback
$343.20

An Introduction to Shakespeare's Poems provides an examination of Shakespeare's non-dramatic poetry: the narrative...  Read More >>

Synge and Irish Nationalism: The Precursor to Revolution

Synge and Irish Nationalism: The Precursor to Revolution...

Author: Nelson Ritschel
ISBN: 9780313324246
Format: Hardback
$110.00

A reassessment of the dramatic canon of Irish Renaissance poet, John Millington Synge. It argues that his plays,...  Read More >>

Joe Orton: A Casebook

Joe Orton: A Casebook

Author: Francesca Coppa
ISBN: 9780815336273
Format: Hardback
$194.00

This collection of Orton scholarship includes essays from most of the prominent voices in the field. The book, divided...  Read More >>

Seneca: Phaedra

Seneca: Phaedra

Author: Professor Roland Mayer (King's College London, UK)
ISBN: 9780715631652
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Phaedra is one of Seneca's most successful tragedies. This book introduces the reader to the complex dramatic and...  Read More >>

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