In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that...... more

interest in all things Scottish, and Shakespeare turned to Scottish history for material. He found a spectacle of violence and...... more

Shakespeare series for students and general readers.In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young...... more

notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play s famous...... more

conveniently linked to the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases -An...... more

text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play s famous lines and phrases -An introduction to reading...... more

series for both students and general readers. Putting romance onstage, The Tempest gives us a magician, Prospero, a former...... more

. The Countess Olivia, a woman with her own household, attracts Duke (or Count) Orsino. Two other would-be suitors are her...... more

turned to a key event in Roman history: Caesar s death at the hands of friends and fellow politicians. Renaissance writers...... more

interest in all things Scottish, and Shakespeare turned to Scottish history for material. He found a spectacle of violence and...... more

for students and general readers.Hamlet is Shakespeare’s most popular, and most puzzling, play. It follows the form of a...... more

The authoritative edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used...... more

Shakespeare creates powerful drama from a marriage between the exotic Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona that begins...... more

and unabridged text, detailed and clear explanations of difficult words and passages, a synopsis of the plot, summaries of...... more

night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays with love and power. The Countess Olivia, a...... more

, including producers, theatre managers, choreographers, directors, designers, and critics. This ambitious Companion includes: A...... more

conveniently linked to the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases -An...... more

series for students and general readers.In Richard III, Shakespeare invites us on a moral holiday. The play draws us to...... more

characters enter and exit marriages and misalliances. While providing a wealth of new analysis, this collection of essays also...... more

Contemporary Plays from Iraq is a ground-breaking collection of Middle Eastern drama translated into English for the...... more

Contemporary Plays from Iraq is a ground-breaking collection of Middle Eastern drama translated into English for the...... more

series for students and general readers.Shakespeare’s Richard II presents a momentous struggle between Richard II and his...... more

When Theatre for Youth: Twelve Plays with Mature Themes was published in 1986, it met a need for plays that could help...... more

Putting romance onstage, The Tempest gives us a magician, Prospero, a former duke of Milan who was displaced by his...... more

play -Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key...... more

. Engaging with a variety of critical strands that have emerged from the so-called turn to the body, the contributors to this...... more

Sexuality is a difficult topic for all educators. Dance teachers and educators are not immune to these educational...... more

Originally published in 1988. Arranged by play, the essays presented here focus first on production and then on a range...... more

There has never been a retrospective on Christopher Marlowe as comprehensive, complete and up-to-date in appraising the...... more

This collection of 171 letters, most never before published, finally makes the fascinating Shaw/Murr... more

from the writings of William Shakespeare and applies them to contemporary politics. Original chapters covering over a dozen...... more

arts can help provide needed insight and understanding into this looming societal challenge. Chosen by a juried panel from...... more

a useful hands-on overview of how the contemporary practitioner might utilise and develop Chekhov’s ideas. Chekhov was...... more

from the writings of William Shakespeare and applies them to contemporary politics. Original chapters covering over a dozen...... more

his alienation in a degenerate Christian culture? Can the play be categorized as a darkly cynical tragedy or, conversely...... more

"A worthy successor to Fabian Feminist. Shaw’s influence on the self-image and public standing of women has been...... more

tales and legends from a variety of cultures, including Greek, West African, North American, Japanese, and various parts of...... more

This book offers new essays and interviews addressing Wilson’s work, ranging from examinations of th... more

The first African American woman to have a play professionally produced in New York City (Gold Through the Trees, in...... more

at the Globe, in 1599. For it, he turned to a key event in Roman history: Caesar’s death at the hands of friends and...... more

A renewed interest in nature, the ancient Greeks, and the freedom of the body was to transform dance and physical...... more

In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by...... more

areas - the book sets the agenda for future work, helping to map the emergence of this new approach. Following a...... more

Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair--represents the full range and complexity of Jonson’s art as a playwright. About the Series: For...... more

A number of the most influential thinkers of the past two hundred and fifty years, Herder, Goethe, Hegel, Benjamin...... more

This volume assembles for the first time writings from the past two hundred years by philosophers en... more

that period number about sixty and the three in this edition were among the first ten. Mankind is a plain, honest farming...... more

Focusing upon Marlowe the playwright as opposed to Marlowe the man, the essays in this collection po... more

The Prometheus Unbound is a four-act play by Percy Bysshe Shelley originally published in 1820. This work is inspired...... more

late-twentieth-century critics. Together they contribute to the critical effort to construct a fuller understanding of the poet and...... more

between 1800 and the 1940s, a theme that has received inadequate attention in the European historiography thus far. The...... more

imagination as it entertains. With complete scripts for twenty plays plus a biographical sketch of each playwright, Theatre for...... more

This book offers new essays and interviews addressing Wilson s work, ranging from examinations of th... more

Rehearsing the Play, a booklist of rehearsal helps, and a list of additional scripts by the anthology playwrights....... more

A new section of the Introduction to this updated edition considers important professional theater productions and the...... more

A new section of the Introduction to this updated edition considers important professional theater productions and the...... more

her debate with the publisher John Blackwood about the suitability of the subject-matter for a family audience....... more

, unpublished in his lifetime. He also wrote a subsequent unpublished play titled Willie Stark: His Rise and Fall and a later...... more