Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

23857 books were found.

Picturing Shakespeare

Picturing Shakespeare

Author: Jean-Louis CLARET
ISBN: 9781839990601
Format: Paperback
$50.00

This study investigates the capacity of Shakespeare’s texts – obviously destined for stage performances – to generate...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's Once and Future Child: Speculations on Sovereignty

Shakespeare's Once and Future Child: Speculations on...

Author: Professor Joseph Campana
ISBN: 9780226832548
Format: Paperback
$49.95

"A study of Shakespeare's child figures in relation to their own political moment, as well as our own. Politicians...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's Once and Future Child: Speculations on Sovereignty

Shakespeare's Once and Future Child: Speculations on...

Author: Professor Joseph Campana
ISBN: 9780226832531
Format: Hardback
$163.95

"A study of Shakespeare's child figures in relation to their own political moment, as well as our own. Politicians...  Read More >>

Thunder on the Stage: The Dramatic Vision of Richard Wright

Thunder on the Stage: The Dramatic Vision of Richard...

Author: Bruce Allen Dick
ISBN: 9780252045684
Format: Hardback
$260.00

Richard Wright’s dramatic imagination guided the creation of his masterpieces Native Son and Black Boy and helped...  Read More >>

Tro�lus et Cressida

Tro�lus et Cressida

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Fran�ois Guizot
ISBN: 9789357934602
Format: Paperback
$46.49

L'Histoire de Troilus et Cressida est une piece de theatre de William Shakespeare.  Read More >>

Jean Racine: A Critical Biography

Jean Racine: A Critical Biography

Author: Geoffrey Brereton
ISBN: 9781032253176
Format: Paperback
$62.99

In this critical study of the man and his work, first published in 1951 and revised in 1973, Dr Brereton’s guiding...  Read More >>

Antony and Cleopatra: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition

Antony and Cleopatra: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition...

Author: Marga Munkelt (University of Munster, Germany) ,  Professor Brian Vickers
ISBN: 9781474257008
Format: Hardback
$260.00

This new volume in the Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition series increases our knowledge of how Antony and Cleopatra...  Read More >>

Female Parts: Art and Politics of Women Playwrights

Female Parts: Art and Politics of Women Playwrights...

Author: Yvonne Hodkinson
ISBN: 9781895431063
Format: Paperback
$50.13

"This book analyzes the work of women playwrights who are in the process of creating a new vision in drama. ""Hodkinson...  Read More >>

The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version: A Critical Edition

The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version: A Critical...

Author: Bisi Adigun ,  Roddy Doyle
ISBN: 9780815638346
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Features the full text of the play, published for the first time, along with a collection of essays exploring the...  Read More >>

The Theatrical Legacy of Thomas Middleton, 1624–2024

The Theatrical Legacy of Thomas Middleton, 1624–2024...

Author: William David Green ,  Anna L. Hegland
ISBN: 9781032556093
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This volume celebrates Thomas Middleton’s legacy as a dramatist, marking the 400th anniversary of Middleton’s most...  Read More >>

Love's Cure, or the Martial Maid: By John Fletcher and Philip Massinger

Love's Cure, or the Martial Maid: By John Fletcher and...

Author: José A. Pérez Díez
ISBN: 9781526178800
Format: Paperback
$45.99

A fully annotated critical edition of John Fletcher and Philip Massinger’s ground-breaking comedy Love’s Cure, or...  Read More >>

Hyde Park: By James Shirley

Hyde Park: By James Shirley

Author: Eugene Giddens
ISBN: 9781526178794
Format: Paperback
$45.99

Hyde Park is a striking Caroline example of London city comedy. This critical edition unpicks its valuable insights...  Read More >>

Gesten Der Entscheidung: Spielarten Von Souver�nit�t Im Theater Pierre Corneilles (1636-1643)

Gesten Der Entscheidung: Spielarten Von Souver�nit�t...

Author: Christian Reidenbach
ISBN: 9783111284729
Format: Hardback
$348.45

Inwiefern ist Corneilles Theater Theater der Entscheidung? In sechs Fallanalysen untersucht Christian Reidenbachs...  Read More >>

The Playboy of the Western World - A New Version: A Critical Edition

The Playboy of the Western World - A New Version: A...

Author: Bisi Adigun ,  Roddy Doyle
ISBN: 9780815638339
Format: Hardback
$184.80

Features the full text of the play, published for the first time, along with a collection of essays exploring the...  Read More >>

Shakespeare, Elizabeth and Ivan: The Role of English-Russian Relations in Love's Labours Lost

Shakespeare, Elizabeth and Ivan: The Role of English-Russian...

Author: Rima Greenhill
ISBN: 9781476684826
Format: Paperback
$110.00

Argues that Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost’s French surface conceals a Russian core. The book outlines a comprehensive...  Read More >>

Text & Presentation, 2021

Text & Presentation, 2021

Author: Amy Muse
ISBN: 9781476682891
Format: Paperback
$110.00

The seventeenth in a series dedicated to presenting the latest findings in the fields of comparative drama and performance....  Read More >>

Beckett: A Study of his Plays

Beckett: A Study of his Plays

Author: John Fletcher ,  John Spurling
ISBN: 9781032746715
Format: Hardback
$179.00

First published in 1978, Beckett examines the plays of Beckett in the order in which they were written. The book...  Read More >>

Shakespeare through Islamic Worlds

Shakespeare through Islamic Worlds

Author: Ambereen Dadabhoy
ISBN: 9781032100845
Format: Paperback
$52.99

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