Discover the powerful and universal lessons from the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, the genius behind such musica......more
Renaissance Papers collects the best scholarly essays submitted each year to the Southeastern Renaissance Conference. Th......more
While British drama of the long eighteenth century remains largely unexamined as registering ecological fears, its visua......more
It is a fact that today’s British stages resound with powerfully innovative voices and that, very often, these voices ha......more
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Shakespeare: The Basics is a lively and accessible introduction to reading and studying Shakespeare. Exploring all aspec......more
Despite the popularity of plays about the East, the representation of the East in early modern drama has been either ove......more
We are living in times when populism, war and climate change are all sources of anxiety caused by overlapping crises. An......more
Though notorious for his visceral, affective, and politically incendiary writing, Jean Genet also had a surprising pench......more
There is nothing funny about comedy in Renaissance France. Comic theatre in the sixteenth century was employed, primaril......more
Much literature and scholarship has been devoted to the works by Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), one of the greatest ......more
The Glass Door is an adaptation of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. In this version (in three acts), the play has been shor......more
The book proposes a new reading of Molière’s classical comedies, focused on a reassessment of his woman figures, who wer......more
A new account of Shakespearean tragedy as a response to life in an uncertain world In Shakespeare’s Tragic Art, Rhodri L......more
The Principles of Language-Study, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so t......more
Originally published in 1992, Music in English Children’s Drama of the Later Renaissance is the first book-length study ......more
A vivid portrait of Madrid--ideal for the cultured tourist or armchair traveler. Hugh Thomas, best known for his authori......more
The Universal Reciter; 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems, a classical book, has been considered important throughou......more
The Tree That Saved Connecticut, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so th......more
Under the Holly: Christmas-Tide in Song and Story, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human ......more
Eugene O’Neill wrote his most enduring and important plays after he won international acclaim as the first and only Amer......more
The Steel Flea, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is n......more
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First published in 1977, the third edition of Pinter is an excellent analysis of Harold Pinter and his works....more
First published in 1980, Mediations supplements, extends, and deepens Martin Esslin’s earlier writings on Samuel Beckett......more
Stage Confidences: Talks About Players and Play Acting, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the h......more
The Spy: The Story of a Superfluous Man, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, a......more
Stage-Land, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never......more
A Treatise of Daunses, Wherin It is Shewed, That They Are as It Were Accessories and Dependants (Or Thynges Annexed) to ......more
Lauded as one of the most important poets and playwrights of the 20th Century, Federico Garcia Lorca was also an accompl......more
What distinguishes documentary theatre from other forms of drama? How has it integrated different media across the years......more
Translations from Lucretius, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that t......more
A Translation of Octavia, a Latin Tragedy, with Notes and Introduction, a classical book, has been considered important ......more
Through an historical and philological lens, this book explores passages from Dante’s Commedia which reveal elements ins......more
In Shakespeare and Science Fiction Sarah Annes Brown investigates why so many science fiction writers have turned to Sha......more
An Analysis of all the Plays and Fragmentary Works in Jean-Paul Sartre’s Théâtre complet is the first volume to propose ......more
In "Entangled Desires: A Tale of Love and Betrayal," Tyree Whitworth masterfully weaves a gripping narrative that delves......more
In "Entangled Desires: A Tale of Love and Betrayal," Tyree Whitworth masterfully weaves a gripping narrative that delves......more
Beckett’s afterlives is the first book-length study dedicated to posthumous adaptations of Beckett’s oeuvre. This collec......more
This book explores how literature, theatre and music revive the dead to explore the dynamics of grief and mourning. Comb......more
In this groundbreaking book, Matsuoka Shinpei--a leading scholar of noh theater--provides a detailed account of the birt......more
This interdisciplinary collection discusses how Shakespeare’s Hamlet has been translated into different languages and cu......more
German literature from roughly 1750 to 1850 has a tradition of tragic drama unmatched by any other literature in that pe......more
Traits of American Humour, Vol. 2, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered impor......more
Traits of American Humour, Vol. 3, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered impor......more
Traits of American Humour, Vol. 1, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered impor......more
The Training of a Public Speaker, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered import......more
’We that are true lovers run into strange capers.’ Four centuries after its publication in the Folio, As You Like It’s c......more
’What is honour? A word. What is in that word ’honour’? What is that ’honour’? Air.’ A history play that combines a comi......more
’How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world That has such people in’t!’ Performed variously as escapist fantasy, celebr......more
’A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life’ This edition provides a clear and accessible introduction to Shakespeare......more
’Here will be an old abusing of God’s patience and the King’s English.’ The Merry Wives of Windsor is the only Shakespea......more
The tragical acts, or comical tragedies of Punch and Judy, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and h......more
Commonly used as a rallying cry for general approaches to literary studies, the imagination has until recently been over......more
This book is the first full-length study of apes and monkeys on the early modern stage. It broadens the scope of existin......more
Primavera: Poems by Four Authors, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered import......more
Dramatic texts come with a natural structure of acts, scenes and speech clearly assigned to characters that lends itself......more
Practice Book, Leland Powers School, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered imp......more
The Spirit of Aristophanes is a wide-ranging collection of new studies of ancient literature and culture from fifth-cent......more
"F*ck the Army! resurrects the history of the FTA, an antiwar variety show led by Jane Fonda in 1971, building a new the......more
"F*ck the Army! resurrects the history of the FTA, an antiwar variety show led by Jane Fonda in 1971, building a new the......more
The volume uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine how 21st-century British theatre increasingly intercuts dystopi......more
’No matter which way you look at us, you’ll find that we’re in all respects; Remarkably wasp-like in our habits, in ever......more
The opening of the first theatre in 1579 created an interplay between the innovations of producers and the perceptions o......more
Enthusiastically praised by Charles Lamb and A. C. Swinburne but unjustly neglected since the early twentieth century, T......more
Whilst Shakespearean drama provides eloquent calls to war, more often than not these are undercut or outweighed by compe......more
Shortlisted for The TaPRA David Bradby Monograph Prize 2023 As the first full-length study to analyse utopian plays in W......more
To interrupt, both on stage and off, is to wrest power. From the Ghost’s appearance in Hamlet to Celia’s frightful speec......more
This book shows how early drama traditions were transformed, re-used and reformed across time to form new relationships ......more