Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Based on a close examination of all Racine's plays and on evidence of their performance from the 17th century to...  Read More >>

This study uses conventions of performance criticism - staging and theatrical presentation - to analyze seven major...  Read More >>

This is a concise critical history of the era in which American dramatists developed a style of their own, distinct...  Read More >>

""First published clothbound and as New Directions paperbook 714 in 1991""--[T.p. verso].  Read More >>

""Measure for Measure""'s exploration of moral and ethical issues has ensured its popularity among modern readers...  Read More >>

Never achieving the acclaim of Eugene O'Neill, who came before, or Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, who followed,...  Read More >>

English translation of Euripides' tragedy of the former queen, Hecuba's grief over the death of her children at...  Read More >>

A taut, vivid drama of a voluptuous child-bridge who refuses to consummate her marriage to an older, down-on-his-luck...  Read More >>

This study attempts to balance the achievements of Vanbrugh's dual career as an architect and dramatist, and to...  Read More >>

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This critical study of Samuel Beckett's plays analyzes the use of disjointed body imagery, masks, abstract monologue...  Read More >>

Brechts episches Theater war von Anfang an als ein musikalisches Theater konzipiert; und als solches hatte es musikalische...  Read More >>

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Attempts to demystify Shakespeare and his company by providing a clear vision of the dynamics of play production...  Read More >>

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This book discusses the narrative form of the Euripidean messenger-speech, its style of presentation, and its place...  Read More >>

Explores the history and nature of women in British dramatic comedy  Read More >>

Analysis of both Wagner and Brecht's use of leitmotivic networks. The author contends that both use the device to...  Read More >>

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A new edition of Williams' 1954 work, which pioneered a method of dramaturgical rather than literary-critical analysis...  Read More >>

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A concise introduction to Greek Tragedy.  Read More >>

In this sensitive critical examination of James Reaney’s plays, Gerald Parker places Reaney’s work in a national...  Read More >>

Euripides was noted for his sensitive portrayals of women and for finding a sympathetic side to those whom the stock...  Read More >>