Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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King Lear: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition

King Lear: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition

Author: Kevin J. Donovan (Middle Tennessee State University, USA) ,  Professor Brian Vickers (School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK)
ISBN: 9781350128415
Format: Hardback
$300.00

This volume documents the reception and interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear by critics, editors and...  Read More >>

Recontextualizing Indian Shakespeare Cinema in the West: Familiar Strangers

Recontextualizing Indian Shakespeare Cinema in the West:...

Author: Varsha Panjwani (New York University, London, UK) ,  Koel Chatterjee (Trinity Laban, UK)
ISBN: 9781350168657
Format: Hardback
$150.00

Featuring case studies, essays, and conversation pieces by scholars and practitioners, this volume explores how...  Read More >>

American Dramatists in the 21st Century: Opening Doors

American Dramatists in the 21st Century: Opening Doors...

Author: Christopher Bigsby (University of East Anglia, UK)
ISBN: 9781350340480
Format: Hardback
$190.00

In American Dramatists in the 21st Century: Opening Doors, Christopher Bigsby examines the careers of seven award-winning...  Read More >>

Women, Beware the Devil

Women, Beware the Devil

Author: Lulu Raczka (Author)
ISBN: 9781350414020
Format: Paperback
$26.99

This may be the biggest But it is far from the first sacrifice I’ve made for this house And I’m sure it won’t be...  Read More >>

Shakespeare and the Strategies of an Opening

Shakespeare and the Strategies of an Opening

Author: Joel Benabu
ISBN: 9781433187834
Format: Hardback
$237.47

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Touching at a Distance: Shakespeare'S Theatre

Touching at a Distance: Shakespeare'S Theatre

Author: Johannes Ungelenk
ISBN: 9781474497824
Format: Hardback
$200.00

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The Life of King Henry the Fifth

The Life of King Henry the Fifth

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9789356900080
Format: Paperback
$54.75

Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written near 1599. It tells the story of...  Read More >>

Song from Far Away

Song from Far Away

Author: Simon Stephens (Author) ,  Mark Eitzel
ISBN: 9781350414341
Format: Paperback
$21.99

""First performed by Toneelgroep Amsterdam at Mostra Internacional de Teatro de Saao Paulo, Brazil, on 10 March...  Read More >>

Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays & Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations

Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9780028673905
Format: Hardback
$1356.96

""This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare....  Read More >>

Engaging with Brecht: Making Theatre in the Twenty-first Century

Engaging with Brecht: Making Theatre in the Twenty-first...

Author: Bill Gelber
ISBN: 9783031203930
Format: Hardback
$310.47

This book makes the case for Bertolt Brecht’s continued importance at a time when events of the 21st century cry...  Read More >>

Sassy Mamas and Other Plays

Sassy Mamas and Other Plays

Author: Celeste Bedford Walker
ISBN: 9781648431210
Format: Paperback
$53.90

Celeste Bedford Walker, one of the most accomplished contemporary playwrights in Texas, crafts dramas from history...  Read More >>

Ionesco: A Study of His Plays

Ionesco: A Study of His Plays

Author: Richard Coe
ISBN: 9781032363783
Format: Hardback
$194.00

First published in 1971, Ionesco is a study of the plays written by the absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco.  Read More >>

Surfacing and The Silence and the Noise

Surfacing and The Silence and the Noise

Author: Tom Powell
ISBN: 9781350410671
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Two plays by the 2021 Papatango Prize-winning playwright Tom Powell. Surfacing NHS therapist Luc is fine. Honest....  Read More >>

A Specimen of a Commentary on Shakspeare: Being the Text of the First (1794) Edition Revised by the Author and Never Previously Published

A Specimen of a Commentary on Shakspeare: Being the...

Author: Walter Whiter ,  Alan Over
ISBN: 9780367696108
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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Reflections From Shakespeare: A Series of Lectures

Reflections From Shakespeare: A Series of Lectures

Author: Lena Ashwell ,  Roger Pocock
ISBN: 9780367681203
Format: Paperback
$62.99

First published in 1926, this title was edited from a series of lectures the author gave to raise money for her...  Read More >>

Public and Private Man in Shakespeare

Public and Private Man in Shakespeare

Author: J. M. Gregson
ISBN: 9780367684310
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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The Politics of Tragicomedy: Shakespeare and After

The Politics of Tragicomedy: Shakespeare and After

Author: Gordon McMullan (King's College London, UK) ,  Jonathan Hope
ISBN: 9780367680275
Format: Paperback
$62.99

First published in 1992, this title provides nine readings of tragicomedy from Shakespeare’s late plays to the Interregnum....  Read More >>

Shakespeare’s Roman Worlds

Shakespeare’s Roman Worlds

Author: Vivian Thomas
ISBN: 9780367693121
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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What's in Shakespeare's Names

What's in Shakespeare's Names

Author: Murray J. Levith
ISBN: 9780367682293
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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Returning to Shakespeare

Returning to Shakespeare

Author: Brian Vickers
ISBN: 9780367682415
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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""Fanned and Winnowed Opinions"": Shakespearean Essays Presented to Harold Jenkins

""Fanned and Winnowed Opinions"": Shakespearean Essays...

Author: John W. Mahon ,  Thomas A. Pendleton
ISBN: 9780367682279
Format: Paperback
$69.99

First published in 1987, this title celebrates the scholarship of Professor Harold Jenkins, one of this century’s...  Read More >>

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