Grove Press, October 2006. Trade Paperback. Harold Pinter is one of our most profound poets and playwrights, with work ranging from his plays The Caretaker, The Homecoming, and Betrayal to such poems as The Bombs and Death. A writer known for his searing exploration of power, Pinter gives us an..... More

Dutton & Company, January 1962. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with marginally darkened interior pages. Previous owner's name inked to right of half title page and verso of back cover. [198 pages]. More

Penguin Books, May 1964. Mass Market PaperBack. Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, the sublime comedies of Plautus (c. 254-184 BC) are the earliest surviving complete works of Latin literature. The four plays collected here reveal a playwright in his prime, exploring classic themes and developing standard characters..... More

Red Globe Press, July 2009. Trade Paperback. Shakespeare's late plays are a 'mixed bag' with a common theme: from the fiendishly jealous Leontes to the saintly Pericles; from the ineffectual Cymbeline to the omnipotent Propspero; from the 'sprites and goblins' of The Tempest to the famous bear of The Winter's..... More

Colin Smythe/Barnes & Noble, December 1988. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. In dustjacket with edgewear and small tears. Front flap is clipped., Navy blue cloth with gold lettering along spine. Unmarked interiors.[309 pp.]. More

Harcourt, September 1987. Trade Paperback. A brilliant translation of one of the most influential works of French theater, Phaedra is rendered into movingly expressive verse by the Pulitzer Prize-winning translator Richard Wilbur. Jean Racine's last and greatest tragedy is based on a legend that has intrigued dramatists as far back..... More

Palgrave Macmillan, July 2009. Trade Paperback. Act of violence or show of strength? In a world of spectacular suffering and power plays - large and small - what is theatre's role in protecting human dignity? With its impassioned plays, inspired activism and outspoken artists, the theatre has long provided a...... More

Red Globe Press, July 2009. Trade Paperback. What is globalization? What role is there for the theatre in a globalizing world? This original and provocative book explores the contribution that theatre has made to our slowly evolving consciousness of our world as a whole. Drawing on sources from Aeschylus to..... More

Methuen Drama, June 2009. Trade Paperback. What is ethics and what has it got to do with theatre? Drawing on both theoretical material and practical examples, Ridout makes a clear and compelling critical intervention, raising fundamental questions about what theatre is for and how audiences interact with it. One of..... More

Bloomsbury Academic, June 2001. Trade Paperback. In the same winning formula as The New Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie (more than 300,000 copies sold) and The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes (1999), this all-new companion to Shakespeare will present The Bard in a new..... More

The Modern Library, 1929. Reprint. Cloth. {4' x 7 & 1/2'} Reprint of early Modern Library edition with brown balloon cloth covered with stamped gold torchbearer front and all but completely faded with age gold lettering upon spine. Dustjacket is missing. Brown tinted textblock top edge. salmon colored Kent end..... More

Cambridge University Press, August 2017. Paper Back. Edward Albee (1928-2016) was a central figure in modern American theatre, and his bold and often experimental theatrical style won him wide acclaim. This book explores the issues, public and private, that so influenced Albee's vision over five decades, from his first great..... More

Dramatist's Play Service, January 1998. Trade Paperback. Some yellow highlighting. More