Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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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: Michelle Lee
ISBN: 9780787652401
Format: Hardback
$823.68

The plays, theme or focus of this volume includes: < ul>< i>< li> Measure For Measure< li> Romeo and Juliet< /i><...  Read More >>

Midlife

Midlife

Author: Eugene Stickland
ISBN: 9781551114989
Format: Paperback
$57.42

“In a word: intoxicating.” — Lori Montgomery, FFWD Magazine  Read More >>

Understanding Neil Simon

Understanding Neil Simon

Author: Susan Koprince
ISBN: 9781570034268
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Widely known as Broadway's king of comedy, Neil Simon has written such plays as """"Barefoot in the Park"""", """"The...  Read More >>

Bell in Campo and The Sociable Companions

Bell in Campo and The Sociable Companions

Author: Margaret Cavendish ,  Alexandra G. Bennett
ISBN: 9781551112879
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Written during the English Civil War, Bell in Campo and The Sociable Companions are scathing satires that speak...  Read More >>

Masks and Masking in Medieval and Early Tudor England

Masks and Masking in Medieval and Early Tudor England...

Author: Meg Twycross ,  Sarah Carpenter
ISBN: 9780754602309
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Elegy for a Lady

Elegy for a Lady

Author: Miller
ISBN: 9780822203568
Format: Paperback
$15.84

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Peering Behind the Curtain: Disability, Illness, and the Extraordinary Body in Contemporary Theatre

Peering Behind the Curtain: Disability, Illness, and...

Author: Kimball King ,  Tom Fahy
ISBN: 9780415929974
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This volume addresses disability in theatre, and features critical essays, interviews, personal essays, and an original...  Read More >>

The Collected Plays

The Collected Plays

Author: Graham Greene
ISBN: 9780099286257
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The Great Jowett. For Whom the Bell ChimesIn these eight plays Graham Greene, one of the great writers of the twentieth...  Read More >>

Bernard Shaw's Remarkable Religion: A Faith That Fits the Facts

Bernard Shaw's Remarkable Religion: A Faith That Fits...

Author: Stuart E. Baker ,  R. F. Dietrich
ISBN: 9780813024325
Format: Hardback
$158.27

In this text on George Bernard Shaw's philosophy of religion, Stuart Baker examines Shaw's insistence that a religion...  Read More >>

Susan Glaspell: Essays on Her Theater and Fiction

Susan Glaspell: Essays on Her Theater and Fiction

Author: Linda Ben-Zvi
ISBN: 9780472084388
Format: Paperback
$76.43

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Memorias cronológicas sobre el origen de la representación de comedias en España (año de 1785)

Memorias cronológicas sobre el origen de la representación...

Author: José Antonio de Armona ,  Charles Davis
ISBN: 9781855660458
Format: Paperback
$250.80

Una nueva edición de la primera historia sistemática del teatro en España.  Read More >>

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Roma Gill, OBE
ISBN: 9780198320173
Format: Paperback
$13.95

Presents a play that is part of the ""Oxford School Shakespeare"". This text includes explanations of difficult...  Read More >>

Shakespeare Among the Animals: Nature and Society in the Drama of Early Modern England.

Shakespeare Among the Animals: Nature and Society in...

Author: Bruce Thomas Boehrer
ISBN: 9786611361594
Format: Electronic book text
$554.40

This title examines the role of animal metaphor in the Shakespeare stage, particularly as such metaphor serves to...  Read More >>

Acting the Right Part: Political Theater and Popular Drama in Contemporary China, 1966-1996

Acting the Right Part: Political Theater and Popular...

Author: Xiaomei Chen
ISBN: 9780824824839
Format: Paperback
$84.48

This title provides a cultural history of """"huaju"""" (modern Chinese drama) from 1966 to 1996. It is situated...  Read More >>

Reading Shakespeare's Will: The Theology of Figure from Augustine to the Sonnets

Reading Shakespeare's Will: The Theology of Figure from...

Author: Lisa Freinkel
ISBN: 9780231123259
Format: Paperback
$59.95

This text offers a systematic account of the theology behind Shakespeare's poetry. Investigating the poetic stakes...  Read More >>

Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare's Hamlet

Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare's Hamlet

Author: Bernice W. Kliman
ISBN: 9780873527682
Format: Paperback
$85.99

This Approaches volume culls from thousands of works on Hamlet those editions, anthologies, reference materials,...  Read More >>

Reading Shakespeare's Will: The Theology of Figure from Augustine to the Sonnets

Reading Shakespeare's Will: The Theology of Figure from...

Author: Lisa Freinkel
ISBN: 9780231123242
Format: Hardback
$198.95

This text offers a systematic account of the theology behind Shakespeare's poetry. Investigating the poetic stakes...  Read More >>

Denis Johnston: A Life

Denis Johnston: A Life

Author: Bernard Adams
ISBN: 9781901866674
Format: Hardback
$64.69

In this masterly biography, Adams draws upon Johnston’s copious and intimate diaries, letters and uncompleted autobiography...  Read More >>

Abe Kobo: An Exploration of His Prose, Drama and Theatre

Abe Kobo: An Exploration of His Prose, Drama and Theatre...

Author: Timothy Iles
ISBN: 9788883980039
Format: Paperback
$71.28

This work provides a comprehensive, English-langauge study of the literature, plays and theatre work of the important...  Read More >>

Mditiragatso Tsa Zakes MDA

Mditiragatso Tsa Zakes MDA

Author: D.J. Risenga
ISBN: 9781868882441
Format: Paperback
$32.00

This volume comprises five one-act-plays, namely: 'The dead end' (1979), 'We shall sing for the fatherland' (1979),...  Read More >>

Rhetoric and Kairos: Essays in History, Theory, and Praxis

Rhetoric and Kairos: Essays in History, Theory, and...

Author: Phillip Sipiora ,  James S. Baumlin
ISBN: 9780791452332
Format: Hardback
$261.36

The first comprehensive discussion of the history, theory, and practice of kairos: that is of the role “timeliness”...  Read More >>

Pericles

Pericles

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Stephen Orgel
ISBN: 9780140714692
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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Schiller's ""Wallenstein,"" ""Maria Stuart,"" and ""Die Jungfrau von Orleans"": The Critical Legacy

Schiller's ""Wallenstein,"" ""Maria Stuart,"" and ""Die...

Author: Kathy Saranpa
ISBN: 9781571131553
Format: Hardback
$198.00

An overview of the reception of Schiller's late dramas in the context of radical shifts in historical thought.  Read More >>

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