Tragedy is one of the oldest and most resilient forms of cultural narrative. Debated from Aristotle to the present day, ......more
Over 50 years after his first appearance on the theatre scene, Edward Bond remains a hugely significant figure in the hi......more
The Victorian classical burlesque was a popular theatrical genre of the mid-19th century. It parodied ancient tragedies ......more
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Creative Involution: Bergson, Beckett Deleuze focuses on a force, on a philosophical trajectory that not only had a prof......more
Philadelphia is one of America’s most interesting and innovative cities for theatre, rich in new theatres, new plays, an......more
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Arthur Miller was one of the most important American playwrights and political and cultural figures of the 20th century.......more
Arthur Miller was one of the most important American playwrights and political and cultural figures of the twentieth cen......more
Neill s edit of the play is very well done. ... If there s a more knowledgeable or erudite unraveling of the play, I hav......more
From around 1800, particularly in Germany, Greek tragedy has been privileged in popular and scholarly discourse for its ......more
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Laughing Awry offers a comprehensive overview of key themes in the interpretation of the plays of Plautus, and explores ......more
This collection of essays offers a major reassessment of the meaning and significance of emotional experience in the wor......more
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This book explores the threat of Christian conversion to Islam in twelve early modern English plays. In works by Shakesp......more
In this unique and engaging collection, twelve essays celebrate the legacy of one of America’s most important playwright......more
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This book is the first full-length study to examine Moliere s evolving (and at times contradictory) authorial strategies......more
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This is the fifth volume of a detailed play-by-play catalogue of drama written by English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish au......more
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In The Eating of the Gods the distinguished Polish critic Jan Kott reexamines Greek tragedy from the modern perspective.......more
In The Eating of the Gods the distinguished Polish critic Jan Kott reexamines Greek tragedy from the modern perspective.......more
A short literary guide to one of this country’s greatest African American dramatists, August Wilson’s Twentieth-Century ......more
This volume collects three savage plays from the man André Breton designated as one of the only "true Dadas" (alongside ......more
Replay: Classic Modern Drama Reimagined spans over a century of great theatre to explore how iconic plays have been adap......more
Brecht on Performance: Messingkauf and Modelbooks presents a selection of Brecht s principal writings for directors and ......more
This indispensable overview of modern black British drama spans seven decades of distinctive playwriting from the 1950s ......more
Born in Belfast during World War II, raised in a working-class Protestant family, and educated on scholarship at Queen’s......more
Series of essays celebrating the work of Irish playwright, Thomas Kilroy....more
This indispensable overview of modern black British drama spans seven decades of distinctive playwriting from the 1950s ......more
Using Euripides’ play Helen as the main point of reference, C. W. Marshall’s detailed study expands our understanding of......more
This volume is a reassessment of contemporary Spanish cinema from 1992 to 2012, bringing leading academics from a broad ......more
Offers the fullest available textual analysis, together with a discussion of significant differences between the first a......more
Aristotle’s Poetics literally translated, with explanatory notes and an analysis This book, "Poetics", by Aristotle, is ......more
Arguably the first play in a Shakespearean tetralogy, Richard II is a unique and compelling political drama whose themes......more
Argues for new relationships between Chaucer’s poetry and works by others...more
Passion, Love, and Qing examines the vitality of Peony Pavilion, the most famous drama in Ming China (1368-1644), throug......more
Neuer came Reformation in a Flood, / With such a heady currance, exclaims the Archbishop of Canterbury in Shakespeare’s ......more
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This is the fourth volume of a detailed play-by-play catalogue of drama written by English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish a......more
Mother Bombie is unique among Lyly’s comedies in its urban setting and focus upon middle and lower class concerns. The p......more
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Dramatically compressing the reign of Edward II and enlivening the historical narrative with humour, romance, and horrif......more
The Duchess of Malfi is generally regarded as John Webster s finest play, a masterpiece of tragic depth and emotional co......more
Each volume of this resource covers four to eight significant dramatists or plays. For each play or playwright featured,......more
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The First World War (1914-1918) marked a turning point in modern history and culture and its literary legacy is vast: po......more
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What were Shakespeare’s politics? As this study demonstrates, contained in Shakespeare’s plays is an astonishingly power......more
Calder n, the great dramatist of Spain s Golden Age, was a skilled writer of comedy. His serious dramas have long been h......more
This volume is a sequel to Four Comedies of Calder n (1980), which was hailed by reviewers as superb, faithful, and acta......more
Francis Bacon described revenge as a kind of wild justice . Then as now, early modern playwrights and their theatre-goi......more
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This Guide offers a comprehensive introduction to the key criticism on the genre of Tragedy, ranging from Aristotle to d......more
This Guide offers a comprehensive introduction to the key criticism on the genre of Tragedy, ranging from Aristotle to d......more
The first collection on this important topic, Captive Audience examines the social, gendered, ethnic, and cultural probl......more
Dr Faustus, first published in 1604 long after Christopher Marlowe had died (in 1593) and then published in an expanded ......more
William Inge s popular plays of the 1950s received Tony nominations (Bus Stop 1956], and Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1......more
Is King Lear an autonomous text, or a rewrite of the earlier and anonymous play King Leir? Should we refer to Shakespear......more
Each volume of Drama for Students features coverage of 14 to 15 plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Eac......more
Eugene O’Neill’s autobiographical play Long Day’s Journey into Night is regarded as his masterpiece and a classic of Ame......more
This anthology is the sister volume to The Oxford Handbook of Tudor Drama. It contains sixteen of the most important, in......more
Situated on the borderline between literary and cultural studies, this work is based on the analysis of more than 500 ni......more
Julius Caesar presents a performance history of a controversial play, moving from its 1599 opening all the way into the ......more
The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre 1737-1832 provides an essential guide to theatre in Britain between the pass......more
Each volume of this resource covers four to eight significant dramatists or plays. For each play or playwright featured,......more
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Performance uses the alphabet as an organizational device to present a series of short pieces that approach performance ......more
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Why are early modern English dramatists preoccupied with unfinished processes of ’making’ and ’unmaking’? And what did t......more
The 35 new and original chapters in this Companion capture the continued vitality of Beckett studies in drama, music and......more
The powerful exchanges between stage, stake, and scaffold - the theatre, the bear garden and the spectacle of public exe......more
What is it about Hamlet that has made it such a compelling and vital work? Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through the Ages is ......more
Strindberg on International Stages and Strindberg in Translation is a collection of scholarly and critical articles look......more
A wide-ranging collection of essays addressing the work of contemporary international women playwrights. Contributions f......more