Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

An indispensable guide to the oeuvre of Samuel Beckett, spanning sixty years  Read More >>

Werner demonstrates how actor training, company management and gender politics fundamentally affect how a production...  Read More >>

The third volume in Soyinka's series of memoirs, the sequel to ""Ake and Isara"". In a mixture of fact and fiction...  Read More >>

Werner demonstrates how actor training, company management and gender politics fundamentally affect how a production...  Read More >>

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By guiding readers through the difficulties of plot and language, this handbook leave them free to enjoy the depth,...  Read More >>

Leoniv's beliefs and values were incompatible with the Soviet version of Marxism but he tried to affirm them indirectly...  Read More >>

"This ""Complete Works"" of Shakespeare contains the texts of all Shakespeare's plays, as edited by leading Shakespeare...  Read More >>

In this magnum opus, Britain's most distinguished scholar of 16th-century and 17th-century literature restores Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

"Between 1995 and 1996, three celebrated versions of Shakespeare's ""Hamlet"" were produced: ""Qui Est La"", directed...  Read More >>

Expressionism has been a dominant force in painting, film, graphics, theatre, literature, and music throughout the...  Read More >>

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This very readable biography paints a vivid portrait of a man who was as famous for his cantankerous grumbling and...  Read More >>

For Shakespeare, tyranny is a perpetual political and human problem. This work locates Shakespeare's expansive definition...  Read More >>

A comprehensive survey of the history of kabuki - how it is written, produced, staged and performed, and its place...  Read More >>

Founder of the Theatre of Cruelty and a strong influence on Peter Brook, Artaud dedicated his life and sanity to...  Read More >>

Antonin Artaud's theatre of cruelty is a frequently misunderstood concept. This study looks closely Artaud's work...  Read More >>

Das Interesse am Stellenwert der Stimme im Inszenierungsereignis wächst gegenwärtig rapide. Die Erforschung der...  Read More >>

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A full life exploration of the crash-and-burn bard whose wayward life-style and bad-boy reputation led to his death...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's sexuality has always been an ambiguous concept. Keevak examines sources such as anecdotes, imitations,...  Read More >>

Are you searching for an overview of the most significant plays? puts each play into historical and theatrical context;...  Read More >>

A volume of Shakespeare's narrative poems - ""Venus and Adonis"", ""The Rape of Lucrece"", ""The Phoenix and the...  Read More >>

The plays, theme or focus of this volume includes: < ul>< i>< li> Antony and Cleopatra< li> A Midsummer Night's...  Read More >>

More than just a book of definitions, the dictionary provides a comprehensive account of Shakespeare's portrayal...  Read More >>