theatrical performances of Shakespeare s play; 20 essays on the play, including two written especially for this volume (by...... more

This is the first volume to focus specifically on Rabindranath Tagore s dramatic literature, visiting translations and...... more

plays. This collection aims to fill the gap by examining these texts, during what can be considered O Neill s formative...... more

One of Paul Green’s best plays, The House of Connelly, was the first play performed (on Broadway in 1931) by the...... more

incredibly hysterical, cutting-edge collection of monologues will give an actress the extra bang she needs to land the perfect...... more

Eugene O Neill s autobiographical play Long Day s Journey into Night is regarded as his masterpiece and a classic of...... more

understandings of mind and body in Shakespeare s world. Informed by The Body in Parts, the essays in this book respond also to the...... more

Beckett phenomenon. Among them are many of the artists who had a major role in bringing Beckett’s work to the stage and who...... more

mind. However, as The Oxford Handbook of American Drama shows, the U.S. has a deep and varied tradition that extends back...... more

This wide-ranging collection, consisting of 50 essays by leading international scholars in a variety... more

Described as one of Shakespeare’s most intriguing plays, All’s Well That Ends Well has only recently begun to receive...... more

In this book, Ghosh puts together thirteen new essays on Beckett’s most popular and widely read play, Waiting for Godot...... more

This volume illuminates one underexplored aspect of Plato’s Laws: its uniquely rich discussion of cultural matters...... more

, lyrical, witty, ironic and tragic by turns, The Beggar’s Opera and Polly--published together here for the first time--offer a...... more

these innovations have had on the writing of plays? Shakespeare’s Theatres and The Effects of Performance is a landmark...... more

HEROIN by Grace Dyas, Trade by Mark O’Halloran, The Art of Swimming by Lynda Radley, Pineapple by Ph... more

Essential for students of theatre studies, Methuen Drama’s Decades of Modern British Playwriting series provides a...... more

Modern British Playwriting: The 1980s equips readers with a fresh assessment of the theatre and principle playwrights...... more

common endeavor of sustaining the vitality of Shakespeare s characters....... more

Beckett phenomenon. Among them are many of the artists who had a major role in bringing Beckett’s work to the stage and who...... more

Essential for students of theatre studies, Methuen Drama’s Decades of Modern British Playwriting series provides a...... more

Essential for students of theatre studies, Methuen Drama’s Decades of Modern British Playwriting series provides a...... more

defining today s American theater, in conversation with director/producer Jason Loewith. A follow-up to the immensely popular...... more

plays. This collection aims to fill the gap by examining these texts, during what can be considered O’Neill’s formative...... more

plays. This collection aims to fill the gap by examining these texts, during what can be considered O Neill s formative...... more

In The Collected Drama of H. L. Mencken: Plays and Criticism, S. T. Joshi has assembled for the first time Mencken’s...... more

A fully modernised, annotated edition of ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Ford’s controversial tragedy of sibling incest and...... more

Great literature resonates with us not only because of well-developed characters and plots, but also... more

This volume examines the ways in which Shakespeare’s plays are designed for hearers as well as spectators and shows how...... more

This innovative volume testifies to the current revived interest in Shakespeare s language and style and opens up new...... more

Few individuals have positioned their work more controversially or consequently than Richard Schechn... more

Faust has been called the fundamental icon of Western culture, and Goethe s inexhaustible poetic drama is the...... more

’s leading theatre companies. The plays are ideal for young performers aged 13-25 and offer a diverse range of challenges...... more

Antigone has become a major figure in current cultural discourse thanks to the late twentieth-centur... more

, mapping their key preoccupations, and ends by considering Naturalism’s enduring legacy and resonance today....... more

An abridgement for performance by young people and amateur adults, "road tested" at the Folger Shakespeare Library’s...... more

One of Shakespeare’s later plays, best described as a tragic-comedy, the play falls into two distinct parts. In the...... more

"Nick Newlin’s work demonstrates exceptional enthusiasm and creativity, using drama to reach all ages and have them...... more

perspective on the theatre, culture, and politics of Japan in the 1960s. It contains translations of five plays representative of...... more

1990s. The thirteen featured writers--Albert Brooks, Jean-Claude Carrière, Nora Ephron, Ronald Harwood, John Hughes, David...... more

Masters; Michaelmas Term; A Trick to Catch the Old One; No Wit, No Help Like a Woman’s. About the Series: For over 100 years...... more

John Dover Wilson s New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge edition of...... more

John Dover Wilson s New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge edition of...... more

edition of Love s Labour Lost features a lively account of the play s performance history from 1632 to the present day. Stage...... more

Usually classified as a "problem comedy," All’s Well that Ends Well is a psychologically disturbing presentation of an...... more

to Synge’s role as one of the founders of the Abbey Theatre and his work alongside W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. About the...... more

simple shoemaker in order to win his true love, the grocer’s daughter Rose. The Shoemaker’s Holiday is one of the most...... more

women. Setting Ford’s earliest surviving independently written play, The Lover’s Melancholy, alongside his three best-known...... more

From 1997 Shakespeare s Globe flourished once more on London s South Bank after an absence of 400 years. The playhouse...... more

ONE ON ONE: THE BEST MEN’S MONOLOGUES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY...... more

Love’s Labour’s Lost, now recognized as one of the most delightful and stageworthy of Shakespeare’s comedies, came into...... more

of life in an increasingly fragile social hierarchy. This edition includes Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy, the...... more

The Winter’s Tale is Shakespeare’s most fully realized tragicomedy, noted for the richness and complexity of its poetry...... more

Examining the ways in which national theatres have formed and evolved over time, this new collection... more

This book looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Irela... more

From the writers, editors and compilers of the highly successful The Writer s Handbook comes the first edition of The...... more

This book looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Irela... more