Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

A gripping, funny, joyful account of how the books you read shape your own life in surprising and profound ways....  Read More >>

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This new edition of Shakespeare's gripping political and personal tragedy, developed by and for the RSC, includes...  Read More >>

This new edition of Shakespeare's Cymbeline foregrounds the elements of romance, tragicomedy and Jacobean stagecraft...  Read More >>

So we’ve been cast in a post-war English Nationalist Anti-Fascist Kebab Shop reimagining of Henry V set in the future?...  Read More >>

An improved, larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays, extensively rewritten, expanded and...  Read More >>

Based on myths of an early Celtic ruler of Britain, this fairy tale-like drama involves duels, kidnappings, disguised...  Read More >>

This new edition of Shakespeare's gripping political and personal tragedy, developed by and for the RSC, includes...  Read More >>

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This book is a collection of essays by playwrights, directors, devisers, scholars, and educators whose praxis involves...  Read More >>

Your country, sir. Your people. Your responsibility. It rather does fall to you to make things right. Clean up your...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1931, this book surveys the origin and development of Greek Comic Drama, with full discussion...  Read More >>

The volume uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine how 21st-century British theatre increasingly intercuts...  Read More >>

"These two electric pieces of work originated from Brixton House's Housemates Festival in summer 2023, back to grace...  Read More >>

The Provincetown Players created a revolution in American theatre, making room for truly modern approaches to playwriting,...  Read More >>

An improved, larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays, extensively rewritten, expanded and...  Read More >>

A fascinating new take on the world of Shakespeare.  Read More >>

I’m a monster. You can’t marry me. Jay and Paul are both serving life sentences for homophobic murders. Incredibly,...  Read More >>

Provides a comprehensive and systematic treatment of the life and work of Aristophanes A Companion to Aristophanes...  Read More >>

The Shakespearean International Yearbook surveys the present state of Shakespeare studies in global contexts, addressing...  Read More >>

Chin up, now. Got to have thick skin down here. In 1974 London, three musicians and their manager seal themselves...  Read More >>

New Kittredge Shakespeare editions combine performance issues in feature films with the clarity of Kittredge's notes...  Read More >>

New Kittredge Shakespeare editions combine performance issues in feature films with the clarity of Kittredge's notes...  Read More >>

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Literature’s Critique, Subversion, and Transformation of Justice explores two of the fundamental institutions in...  Read More >>