Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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Simon Evans and Debris Stevenson bring new life to Edmond Rostand's...  Read More >>

Prefaces to Terence's Comedies and Plautus's Comedies presents Lawrence Echard's early modern introductions to the...  Read More >>

A high camp cocktail of comedy and cabaret, written & performed by Temi Wilkey, that's a perfect send up of the...  Read More >>

50 Kapitel: Die Komödie der Irrungen: Shakespeares Sitcom avant la lettre Verlorene Liebesmüh: Shakespeares Dissertation...  Read More >>

An accessible introduction to Plautus' Cistellaria, highlighting the performative, literary and socio-cultural aspects...  Read More >>

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""How Shakespeare became Shakespeare: a riveting tale of London's first playhouse and the people--actors, writers,...  Read More >>

This book is a collection of essays by playwrights, directors, devisers, scholars, and educators whose praxis involves...  Read More >>

This book explores the development of Sinhala stylistic drama from its earliest manifestations to the post-independence...  Read More >>

When pregnant Bec enters early labour, she finds herself leaning on ex-boyfriend and father of her baby Alex literally...  Read More >>

A billion years in the future, humanity is extinct. But Shakespeare remains. A machine civilization, so far advanced...  Read More >>

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This volume celebrates Thomas Middleton’s legacy as a dramatist, marking the 400th anniversary of Middleton’s most...  Read More >>

The literary critic defends the importance of Western literature from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Kafka and Beckett...  Read More >>

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In his new book, Gyles Brandreth both explores - and explains - the phenomenon of Winnie-the-Pooh and tells the...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1973, Dukore discusses the theory of drama that is the basis of Shaw’s comedies, which present...  Read More >>

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This Dyslexia friendly edition has been specially adapted for easy reading. This version now has improved ease...  Read More >>

A fast-paced and quick-witted one-person show exploring the impact of language, identity and their intersections...  Read More >>

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Combining spoken word, lyrical storytelling and a pulsating electronic live score, this is the thrilling story of...  Read More >>

The second collection of plays from one of Britain's most important playwrights, featuring plays on the theme of...  Read More >>