Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Moliere is considered the Shakespeare of France. Moliere's plays are enacted throughout the world in virtually every...  Read More >>

In this book, Hanna M. Roisman begins with an examination of the ancient preference for the implicit style, ad suggests...  Read More >>

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Newly revised, this edition of ""Hamlet"" features an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life and world; an editor's...  Read More >>

Anderegg reveals Orson Welles's position as an artist of high and popular culture. He illustrates how Welles tried...  Read More >>

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Contents: Bacon cryptogram in Love's Labour's Lost; Bacon cryptogram in Shake-speare Quartos; A suggestion as to...  Read More >>

Newly revised, this comic play by Shakespeare features a new Introduction by Sylvan Barnet, former Chairman of the...  Read More >>

Iago is bitter over the loss of an important job promotion. How can he get revenge? Aha! Nothing could hurt Othello...  Read More >>

This edition of a series of Shakespeare texts for schools contains new sections on classwork and examinations, plus...  Read More >>

Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of...  Read More >>

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Focusing on dramatic works by contemporary British and American playwrights, in conjunction with feminist political...  Read More >>

An edition of the play, with an introduction which considers it's relevance to Elizabethan political issues and...  Read More >>

One of Shakespeare's final works, Cymbeline uses virtuoso theatrical and poetic means to dramatize a story of a...  Read More >>

An illustrated edition of the work, with an introduction considering the relevance to the play of ideas of chivalry,...  Read More >>

This is the first complete verse translation of Aristophanes' comedies to appear for more than twenty-five years...  Read More >>

A new edition of the play, Coriolanus. The introduction considers Shakespeare's adaptation of his historical material...  Read More >>

African-American playwright August Wilsom is a dominant presence on Broadway and in regional theatres and college...  Read More >>

Contains in-depth discussions of the playwright's major works, critical perspectives and comparisons with other...  Read More >>

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

These essays on plays by African American female playwrights from the post-reconstruction period to the present...  Read More >>

A study of Romeo and Juliet which examines every aspect of the play, including texts and contexts, thematic and...  Read More >>

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This lively gathering of materials about Shakespeare's Julius Caesar will enrich students' understanding of the...  Read More >>