Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

23713 books were found.

The Asking Mystery: A Philosophical Inquiry

The Asking Mystery: A Philosophical Inquiry

Author: Michael Gelven (Northern Illinois University)
ISBN: 9780271019857
Format: Hardback
$126.59

A phenomenological study of the activity of questioning, showing how asking is more fundamental than the answers...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's Legal Language: A Dictionary

Shakespeare's Legal Language: A Dictionary

Author: B. J. Sokol ,  Mary Sokol
ISBN: 9780485115499
Format: Hardback
$950.40

Explores a range of formal, technical, historical, rhetorical and artistic issues, while maintaining regard for...  Read More >>

Forbidden Matter: Religion in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries

Forbidden Matter: Religion in the Drama of Shakespeare...

Author: G.M. Pinciss
ISBN: 9780874137064
Format: Hardback
$65.98

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Les Belles-Soeurs

Les Belles-Soeurs

Author: Michel Tremblay ,  Rachel Killick
ISBN: 9781853995507
Format: Paperback
$60.72

Michael Tremblay's 1968 play, Les Belles-Soeurs, takes a crate of gift stamps, a Montreal kitchen, and fifteen women...  Read More >>

Murder Among Friends: Violation of Philia in Greek Tragedy

Murder Among Friends: Violation of Philia in Greek Tragedy...

Author: Elizabeth S. Belfiore (Professor, Classical and Near Eastern Studies Department and Classical Civilization Program, University of Minnesota)
ISBN: 9780195131499
Format: Hardback
$227.95

This book argues that Greek tragedy as a genre is characterized by plots centering on kin killing. It contains a...  Read More >>

The Great Shakespeare Hoax

The Great Shakespeare Hoax

Author: Randall Barron
ISBN: 9781585006137
Format: Paperback
$39.47

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A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre

A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre

Author: Christopher Innes
ISBN: 9780415152297
Format: Paperback
$81.99

A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre provides an overview of modern theatre. Innes has selected three writers, Ibsen,...  Read More >>

Shakespeare in the Theatre: An Anthology of Criticism

Shakespeare in the Theatre: An Anthology of Criticism...

Author: Stanley Wells (Honorary President, Honorary President, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon)
ISBN: 9780198711766
Format: Paperback
$38.95

""Shakespeare in the Theatre"" offers a collection of reviews of Shakespeare in performance from early times to...  Read More >>

Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres

Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres

Author: Gurr ,  Ichikawa
ISBN: 9780198711582
Format: Paperback
$61.95

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Shakespeare and Eastern Europe

Shakespeare and Eastern Europe

Author: Stríbrny
ISBN: 9780198711643
Format: Paperback
$53.95

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Shakespeare's Dramatic Genres

Shakespeare's Dramatic Genres

Author: Danson
ISBN: 9780198711728
Format: Paperback
$61.95

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Shakespeare and the Bible

Shakespeare and the Bible

Author: Marx
ISBN: 9780198184393
Format: Paperback
$63.95

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

Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida and the Inns of Court Revels

Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida and the Inns of Court...

Author: W.R. Elton
ISBN: 9781859282144
Format: Hardback
$305.00

’No one of Shakespeare’s plays is harder to characterize’, said Coleridge of Troilus and Cressida. Over the centuries,...  Read More >>

A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre

A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre

Author: Christopher Innes
ISBN: 9780415152280
Format: Hardback
$305.00

A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre provides an overview of naturalist theatre. Innes has selected three writers,...  Read More >>

Brecht On Film & Radio

Brecht On Film & Radio

Author: Bertolt Brecht ,  Marc Silberman (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)
ISBN: 9780413725004
Format: Hardback
$90.00

Gathered together in English, this volume contains all of Brecht's theoretical writing about film, radio, broadcasting...  Read More >>

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9780618031481
Format: Hardback
$48.76

These updated editions of classic plays feature new cover art along with the complete text of each work, full explanatory...  Read More >>

Time Sharing on Stage: Drama Translation in Theatre and Society

Time Sharing on Stage: Drama Translation in Theatre...

Author: Sirkku Aaltonen
ISBN: 9781853594694
Format: Paperback
$92.27

This text compares theatre texts to apartments where tenants may make considerable changes. Translated texts should...  Read More >>

1745-1747

1745-1747

Author: Reinhart Meyer
ISBN: 9783484107823
Format: Hardback
$686.40

This annotated bibliography of dramas of the 18th century covers all dramas performed and/or published between 1700...  Read More >>

The Tempest

The Tempest

Author: Edmund Dulac ,  William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9780486406589
Format: Paperback
$5.28

The bewitching tale of Prospero, an old magician, and his daughter, who live on an enchanted island. A shipwreck...  Read More >>

The Leper in Blue: Coercive Performance and the Contemporary Latin American Theater

The Leper in Blue: Coercive Performance and the Contemporary...

Author: Amalia Gladhart
ISBN: 9780807892701
Format: Paperback
$53.90

Drawing on contemporary debates surrounding performance, gender and latin American studies, this book examines representations...  Read More >>

Del Escenario a La Pantalla: La Adaptación Cinematográfica Del Teatro Español

Del Escenario a La Pantalla: La Adaptación Cinematográfica...

Author: María Asunción Gómez
ISBN: 9780807892695
Format: Paperback
$53.90

Written in Spanish, this book explores the relationship between dramatic texts and their cinematic adaptations....  Read More >>

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