Literary studies: plays and playwrights

The textual foundations of works of great cultural significance are often less stable than one would wish them to be.

The textual foundations of works of great cultural significance are often less stable than one would wish them to be.

Bond Plays: 10 brings together recent work by the writer of the classic stage plays Saved, Lear, The Pope's Wedding and Early Morning.

Bond Plays: 10 brings together recent work by the writer of the classic stage plays Saved, Lear, The Pope's Wedding and Early Morning.

How unbelievably dull my life was.

How unbelievably dull my life was.

I just think you shouldn't put people on pedestals that's all.

I just think you shouldn't put people on pedestals that's all.

Contemporary adaptations of Shakespeare's plays have brought into sharp focus the legacies of slavery, racism and colonial dispossession that still haunt the global South.

Contemporary adaptations of Shakespeare's plays have brought into sharp focus the legacies of slavery, racism and colonial dispossession that still haunt the global South.

Eating Shakespeare provides a constructive critical analysis of the issue of Shakespeare and globalization and revisits understandings of interculturalism, otherness, hybridity and cultural (in)authenticity.

Eating Shakespeare provides a constructive critical analysis of the issue of Shakespeare and globalization and revisits understandings of interculturalism, otherness, hybridity and cultural (in)authenticity.

Why do the Capulets bite their thumbs at the Montagues?

Why do the Capulets bite their thumbs at the Montagues?

This volume uniquely draws together seven contemporary plays by a selection of the finest African women writers and practitioners from across the continent, offering a rich and diverse portrait of identity, politics, culture, gender issues and society in contemporary Africa.

This volume uniquely draws together seven contemporary plays by a selection of the finest African women writers and practitioners from across the continent, offering a rich and diverse portrait of identity, politics, culture, gender issues and society in contemporary Africa.

I became what I am today at the age of twelve.

Oh, Misha, it's terrible to be an educated woman.

Oh, Misha, it's terrible to be an educated woman.

Hamlet is arguably the most famous play on the planet, and the greatest of all Shakespeare's works.

Hamlet is arguably the most famous play on the planet, and the greatest of all Shakespeare's works.

It's summer.

It's summer.

Shakespeare's and Peele's Titus Andronicus has had a theatrical and a critical revival in the last fifteen years; the critical revival was perhaps prompted by Jonathan Bate's Arden edition of the play and its revision of the traditional critical account that it is an immature work and overly sensationalistic with its emphasis on non-essential violence.

Shakespeare's and Peele's Titus Andronicus has had a theatrical and a critical revival in the last fifteen years; the critical revival was perhaps prompted by Jonathan Bate's Arden edition of the play and its revision of the traditional critical account that it is an immature work and overly sensationalistic with its emphasis on non-essential violence.

Woza Albert!

Woza Albert!

Twelve years ago, from the mouth of a great sacrifice, a child was born.

Twelve years ago, from the mouth of a great sacrifice, a child was born.

Marlene thinks the eighties are going to be stupendous.

Marlene thinks the eighties are going to be stupendous.

There's gossip going around that we're all like him.

There's gossip going around that we're all like him.

Launching a much-needed new series discussing each comedy that survives from the ancient world, this volume is a vital companion to Terence's earliest comedy, Andria, highlighting its context, themes, staging and legacy.

Launching a much-needed new series discussing each comedy that survives from the ancient world, this volume is a vital companion to Terence's earliest comedy, Andria, highlighting its context, themes, staging and legacy.

This is the first volume dedicated to Plautus' perennially popular comedy Casina that analyses the play for a student audience and assumes no knowledge of Latin.

This is the first volume dedicated to Plautus' perennially popular comedy Casina that analyses the play for a student audience and assumes no knowledge of Latin.

This is the first volume dedicated to Aristophanes' comedy Peace that analyses the play for a student audience and assumes no knowledge of Greek.

This is the first volume dedicated to Aristophanes' comedy Peace that analyses the play for a student audience and assumes no knowledge of Greek.

Apparently, back in the day us McClouds used to be the Thanes of Queensferry, before all that shit got stamped out by the English .

I was born with a bomb in my head.

I told her that it wouldn't be appropriate for us to meet in person.

I told her that it wouldn't be appropriate for us to meet in person.

The second collection of plays from eminent playwright James Graham, bringing together four of his state-of-the-nation plays.

The second collection of plays from eminent playwright James Graham, bringing together four of his state-of-the-nation plays.

Nothing like being attacked by a slug then held captive by a dragon to put you off your jelly and ice-cream.

Nothing like being attacked by a slug then held captive by a dragon to put you off your jelly and ice-cream.

The first in-depth look at Peter Sellars, the avant-garde director whose Shakespeare productions have polarized communities and critics.

The first in-depth look at Peter Sellars, the avant-garde director whose Shakespeare productions have polarized communities and critics.

This study of the many poets, musicians and visual artists portrayed or described in Shakespeare's plays and poems reveals a fascination with art and its makers that continued to influence Shakespeare's work throughout his career.