Discover the powerful and universal lessons from the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, the genius behind such musica......more

Discover the powerful and universal lessons from the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, the genius behind such musica......more

A groundbreaking new account of the author of The Spanish Tragedy that establishes him as a major Elizabethan dramatist ......more

Essays exploring the lasting impact of Habib Tanvir’s pioneering theatre which blended tradition with modernity in the p......more

"What we do now becomes history by which our grandchildren will judge us." August Wilson’s words, delivered in a speech ......more

Renaissance Papers collects the best scholarly essays submitted each year to the Southeastern Renaissance Conference. Th......more

Four years on from George Floyd’s murder, this volume asks if and how Shakespeare might be relevant--whether in performa......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

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

How did the popular drama of Shakespeare’s age become literature? Every work that has survived from the theater of past ......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

Volpone, Or, The Fox is Ben Jonson’s great parable of greed, self-interest and inheritance. Using animal fable to satiri......more

Volpone, Or, The Fox is Ben Jonson’s great parable of greed, self-interest and inheritance. Using animal fable to satiri......more

In uncovering the origin of the designation ’University Wits’, Bob Logan examines the characteristics of the Wits and th......more

Framed by the publication of Leviathan and the 1713 Licensing Act, this collection provides analysis of both canonical a......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

The Principles of Language-Study, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so t......more

Flann O’Brien and the Nonhuman is the first book to explore in detail the author’s interest in the agency, materiality, ......more

First published in 1971, Poison, Play and Duel explores the dominant symbols of the language and action of Hamlet. The G......more

This book is envisaged as an intervention in the ongoing explorations in social and cultural history, into questions of ......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

This book explores how humorous depictions of the Great War worked to familiarise, domesticate, and tame the conflict. W......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

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

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

Defining class broadly as an identity categorization based on status, wealth, family, bloodlines, and occupation, Inters......more

Lauded as one of the most important poets and playwrights of the 20th Century, Federico Garcia Lorca was also an accompl......more

Lauded as one of the most important poets and playwrights of the twentieth century, Federico García Lorca was also an ac......more

Thomas Dekker’s singular comic drama, The Shoemakers’ Holiday moves through the urban landscape of 16th century apprenti......more

"What distinguishes documentary theatre from other forms of drama? How has it integrated different media across the year......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

This book explores how productions of Shakespearean plays create meaning in specific communities, with special attention......more

Voices of Time: Unveiling Shakespearean Echoes is a compelling anthology that revisits the ever-resonant works of Willia......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

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

A comprehensive account of the works of eighteenth-century English writer Matthew Gregory Lewis, identifying him as an i......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

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

’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

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

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

’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

This book explores shifting representations and receptions of the arms-bearing woman on the British stage during a perio......more

The opening of the first theatre in 1579 created an interplay between the innovations of producers and the perceptions o......more

The Infinite Monkey Theorem is an idea frequently encountered in mass market science books, discourse on Intelligent Des......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