Literary studies: plays and playwrights

First Published in 2000.

First Published in 2000.

New Playwriting Strategies has become a canonical text in the study and teaching of playwriting, offering a fresh and dynamic insight into the subject.

New Playwriting Strategies has become a canonical text in the study and teaching of playwriting, offering a fresh and dynamic insight into the subject.

This book shows that Shakespeare's dramatization of compassion, far from expressing a sense of universal empathy, stages a conflicted emotion available to be solicited, manipulated and at times even monopolized as a discursive vehicle for the exclusion of others.

August Wilson penned his first play after seeing a man shot to death.

August Wilson penned his first play after seeing a man shot to death.

The Theater of Tony Kushner is a comprehensive portrait of the life and work of one of America's most important contemporary playwrights.

The Theater of Tony Kushner is a comprehensive portrait of the life and work of one of America's most important contemporary playwrights.

In this book, McMahon considers Early Modern revenge plays from a political science perspective, paying particular attention to the construction of family and state institutions.

In this book, McMahon considers Early Modern revenge plays from a political science perspective, paying particular attention to the construction of family and state institutions.

First Published in 2002.

First Published in 2002.

Upon initial publication in 1956, this book was an attempt to re-state certain problems concerning the aesthetics and ethics of the tragic form; to examine these in relation to contemporary work in psychology and anthropology; to enquire into the significance of 'the fact or experience called tragedy' in the modern world; and to suggest a synthesis in terms of the Christian tradition.

Upon initial publication in 1956, this book was an attempt to re-state certain problems concerning the aesthetics and ethics of the tragic form; to examine these in relation to contemporary work in psychology and anthropology; to enquire into the significance of 'the fact or experience called tragedy' in the modern world; and to suggest a synthesis in terms of the Christian tradition.

This vibrant anthology of radio plays features works by one of Poland's 'angry young men' playwrights.

This vibrant anthology of radio plays features works by one of Poland's 'angry young men' playwrights.

Arguably the first play in a Shakespearean tetralogy, Richard II is a unique and compelling political drama whose themes still resonate today.

Arguably the first play in a Shakespearean tetralogy, Richard II is a unique and compelling political drama whose themes still resonate today.

Who's Who in Shakespeare presents a complete and handy guide to the men and women who throng Shakespeare's plays.

Who's Who in Shakespeare presents a complete and handy guide to the men and women who throng Shakespeare's plays.

The first collection of plays from Olivier-nominated playwright Isley Lynn, whose award-winning work uplifts their deeply human characters through stories that are unexpected, radically intimate, and profoundly theatrical.

Cixous' work as a playwright - working mainly with Theatre du Soleil and their director Ariane Mnouchkine - establishes her as a participant in some of the most adventurous European theatre making of the last 40 years.

Cixous' work as a playwright - working mainly with Theatre du Soleil and their director Ariane Mnouchkine - establishes her as a participant in some of the most adventurous European theatre making of the last 40 years.

This book considers the hundred years of re-writes of Anton Chekhov's work, presenting a wide geographical landscape of Chekhovian influences in drama.

This book considers the hundred years of re-writes of Anton Chekhov's work, presenting a wide geographical landscape of Chekhovian influences in drama.

This set comprises 40 volumes covering nineteenth and twentieth century European and American authors.

This set comprises 40 volumes covering nineteenth and twentieth century European and American authors.

This set comprises fory volumes covering nineteenth and twentieth century European and American authors.

This set comprises fory volumes covering nineteenth and twentieth century European and American authors.

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature.

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature.

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature.

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature.

Mae West, wise-cracking vaudeville performer, was one of the most controversial figures of her era.

Mae West, wise-cracking vaudeville performer, was one of the most controversial figures of her era.

This is the first full-length study devoted to the art of A.

This is the first full-length study devoted to the art of A.

This is the first full-length book to investigate Samuel Beckett's work through contemporary ecological thinking, offering a wide range of artistic and scholarly responses to the ecological crises provoked, mediated or challenged by Beckett's work.

A sensible and straightforward guide for students, teachers, and actors of Shakespeare.

A sensible and straightforward guide for students, teachers, and actors of Shakespeare.

Memory, Allegory, and Testimony in South American Theater traces the shaping of a resistant identity in memory, its direct expression in testimony, and its indirect elaboration in two different kinds of allegory.

Memory, Allegory, and Testimony in South American Theater traces the shaping of a resistant identity in memory, its direct expression in testimony, and its indirect elaboration in two different kinds of allegory.

This collection of essays and reviews represents the most significant and comprehensive writing on Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors .

This collection of essays and reviews represents the most significant and comprehensive writing on Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors .

This book represents the first collection of original critical material on Martin McDonagh, one of the most celebrated young playwrights of the last decade.

This book represents the first collection of original critical material on Martin McDonagh, one of the most celebrated young playwrights of the last decade.

Neil LaBute: A Casebook is the first book to examine one of the most successful and controversial contemporary American playwrights and filmmakers.

Neil LaBute: A Casebook is the first book to examine one of the most successful and controversial contemporary American playwrights and filmmakers.

This study examines the early dramatic works of Yeats, Synge, and Gregory in the context of late colonial Ireland's unique socio-political landscape.