Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 4-8 dramatists by providing full-text or excerpted...  Read More >>

One of the most famous dramas of all time, Hamlet is the story of a young prince torn between his dual roles of...  Read More >>

Dramatizing the political battles in Rome during the height of the Pax Romanum, Shakespeare pits Caesar against...  Read More >>

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Preserves the cadence and intensity of Pushkin's work while aligning it with today's poetic practices and freer...  Read More >>

Volume one of Edward Bond's notebooks charts the progress of his work, from 1959, when his plays were first produced...  Read More >>

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Covering dramatic works by Shakespeare, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, and others-and reflecting upon subjects...  Read More >>

This tragedy opens with the sight of witches finishing a cabal and moves deeper into chaos, ""fog and filthy air,""...  Read More >>

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

One of the most staged of all Shakespeare's plays, Othello is a tale of love and betrayal, secrets, passions and...  Read More >>

This study examines the profound changes that twentieth-century performance has wrought on Shakespeare's complex...  Read More >>

A fresh look at a play usually regarded as the first component of a three-part historical epic, this edition argues...  Read More >>

Aimed at students needing to understand a subject with a minimum of fuss, ""Cliffs Notes"" cover a range of topics...  Read More >>

Thema der Arbeit ist das dramatische Werk Botho Strauß' (geb. 1944), das hier zum erstenmal im Gesamtüberblick (bis...  Read More >>

In der Zeit der Weimarer Klassik hat Goethe nicht nur eine Reihe bis heute zum allgemeinen >Bildungsgutästhetischen...  Read More >>

This edition celebrates ""King Henry VI Part 2"" as one of the most exciting and dynamic plays of the English Renaissance...  Read More >>

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This is the first fully annotated modern-spelling edition of ""Henry VIII"" to appear for over a decade and includes...  Read More >>

""Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres"" is about the plays as they were first staged. It explains how the layout...  Read More >>

This account explores Shakespeare's impact across Eastern Europe. It describes his influence on Russian literature...  Read More >>

Danson's guide to the kinds of Shakespearian drama provides a history of genre-theory in Shakespeare's day, an...  Read More >>

This book explores the pattern and significance of biblical references in relation to a selection of Shakespeare's...  Read More >>