Plays & playscripts books

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing...  Read More >>

This is a true story of events that transpired after a tragic traffic accident that left one woman dead and the...  Read More >>

Exploring whether the impulse to adapt Shakespeare has changed over time, Lynne Bradley argues for restoring a sense...  Read More >>

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Demonstrating and defending a method of close reading and historical contextualisation of Shakespeare and his contemporaries,...  Read More >>

Robert leaves Ibsen's A Doll's House outraged by its attack on the sanctity of marriage; What she chooses to do...  Read More >>

Emma Dante's passionate and brutal plays stem from a need to confront important familial and societal realities...  Read More >>

Originally collated and published in 1980, this volume contains the plays of Colley Cibber, edited and with an introduction...  Read More >>

Published in 1993: The first modern scholarly edition of the author's play, not published until 1778. Sebastian...  Read More >>

Published in 1987: The author translated the Ignoramous which is a Latin play into English.  Read More >>

Published in 1987: This thesis presents an edition of the author's play, Monsieur Thomas, with a substantial introduction...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1984, this book contains the full text of I, Sir John Oldcastle, alongside critical and...  Read More >>

First published in 1999, this volume re-examines narrative design in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Faerie...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1979, this volume includes the full text of James Marston's The Wonder of Women, alongside...  Read More >>

First published in 1982, this volume responds to the attribution of numerous plays to Shakespeare which were not...  Read More >>

This compilation of Isaac Bickerstaff's plays was originally compiled and published in 1981, and the plays written...  Read More >>

First published in 1987, this 23rd volume in the Renaissance Imagination series had the objective of establishing...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1982, this book contains the Thomas Middleton and Williiam Rowley's full play, The Old Law,...  Read More >>

Published in 1979: This is a play based on the reign of King John with notes.  Read More >>

The motto N rod sobe -- From the Nation to Itself --inscribed over the proscenium arch of Prague's National Theatre...  Read More >>

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In How and Why We Teach Shakespeare, 19 distinguished college teachers and directors draw from their personal experiences...  Read More >>

The essays included in this volume attempt to explain Shakespeare's continued popularity worldwide. How is it possible...  Read More >>

Playwriting is a skill under-explored in the classroom, despite the strong evidence that it's an engaging and rewarding...  Read More >>