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Arcade Publishing, January 2006. Hardcover. More
Arcade Publishing, January 2006. Hardcover. More
The Norton Library. Trade Paperback. More
Cambridge University Press, October 1998. Paper Back. The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw is an indispensable guide to one of the most influential and important dramatists of the theater. The volume offers a broad-ranging study of Shaw with essays by a team of leading scholars. The Companion covers all..... More
Cambridge University Press, March 2012. Trade Paperback. In the history of modern theater Ibsen is one of the dominating figures. The sixteen chapters of this Companion explore his life and work. The plays are grouped and discussed chronologically; among the thematic topics are discussions of Ibsen's comedy, realism, lyric poetry..... More
Cambridge University Press, January 1998. Trade Paperback. This is a collection of thirteen original essays from a team of leading Williams scholars. This wide-ranging volume covers Williams' works, from the early apprenticeship years through to his last play before his death in 1983. In addition to essays on the major..... More
Cambridge University Press, November 2009. Trade Paperback. The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Theatre is a concise reference work with 2,826 entries on playwrights, actors, directors, critics and entertainers; on theaters, organizations and companies; on traditions, styles and genres of performance. Entries reach back to Sanskrit drama and the theater of..... More
Ashgate Pub Ltd, January 1999. Paper Back. This collection of essays looks at Marlowe in the context of the cultural history of the period. It discusses Marlowe's childhood and youth, looks at the incidence of atheism, magic and homosexuality in his plays and poetry, and traces his engagement with other..... More
The Heritage Press, January 1958. Hardcover. 3 Volume Set. Decorative boars with beige cloth back, all in individual slipcases. Spine titles a bit rubbed, especially on The Comedies; else, a clean, very good set. More
New York Review Books, January 2005. Trade Paperback. Tom Stoppard considers ways of controlling how an audience gets information while watching a play and Charles Rosen reflects on the very physical relationship between the musician and the instrument. More
New Amsterdam Books, April 1998. Trade Paperback. The purpose of this absorbing collection is to illuminate the world of the theatre by setting it squarely in its historical context. To that end, Professor Evans draws on the whole spectrum of Elizabethan-Jacobean writing, from official documents to diaries and letters. Part..... More
Henry Holt & Co, August 1988. Hardcover. More
Grove Press, January 1994. Trade Paperback. Tom Stoppers's play "Jumpers" is both a high-spirited comedy and a serious attempt to debate the existence of a moral absolute, of metaphysical reality, of God. Michael Billington in "The Guardian" described the play succinctly: "The new Radical Liberal Party has made the ex-Minister..... More
Modern Library, June 1955. Hardcover. Pages toned; remainder mark on bottom edge; jacket clipped. More
Oxford University Press, USA, November 1995. First Edition. Cloth. Reaching back in time and across the world, The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre, an authoritative and lavishly illustrated new history, celebrates the stage's greatest achievements over 4,500 years, from festival performances in ancient Egypt to international, multicultural drama in the..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, May 1973. Trade Paperback. More
Princeton University Press, October 2019. Trade Paperback. An international collection of the traditional tales that inspired some of Shakespeare's greatest plays Shakespeare knew a good story when he heard one, and he wasn't afraid to borrow from what he heard or read, especially traditional folktales. The Merchant of Venice, for..... More
Oxford University Press, April 1996. Hardcover. Four hundred years ago, Hamlet urged his players, Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue. But in expressing the passions of the play, he advised, Let discretion be your guide. Ever since, the tensions between..... More
Columbia University Press, April 1999. Trade Paperback. This Critical Guide helps students sift through and make sense of nearly three centuries of Lear criticism, providing insight into different assessments of the play's merit and its place within Shakespeare's work and the canon of English literature. Highlights include excerpts from the..... More
Columbia University Press, September 1999. Trade Paperback. This Columbia Critical Guide steers a clear path through the huge body of critical material on Richard II that has accrued over the past three centuries, elucidating the play's reception by audiences, critics, and scholars since its first production. Beginning with a discussion..... More
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. Paper Back. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
Alfred A. Knopf, March 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. A legendary acting teacher offers insights on the work of Ibsen, Stringberg, and Chekhov. Through the plays of these masters, she discusses play writing and script interpretation, and looks into aspects of society and class, our cultural past, and the evolution of..... More
Prentice Hall, September 1970. Paper Back. Some marginal markings. Damp stained. Curl from moisture. More
Hill and Wang / a Dramabook, January 1958. Mass Market PaperBack. More
University of Ottawa Press, April 2016. Trade Paperback. Carroll Aikins's play The God of Gods (1919) has been out of print since its first and only edition in 1927. This critical edition not only revives the work for readers and scholars alike, it also provides historical context for Aikins's often..... More
Pocket Books, January 1966. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Slight fraying of the front cover. More