Literary studies: plays and playwrights

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

Wendy Wasserstein: A Casebook contains in-depth discussions of the playwright's major works, including her recent play 1 An American Daughter.

Wendy Wasserstein: A Casebook contains in-depth discussions of the playwright's major works, including her recent play 1 An American Daughter.

First published in 2002.

First published in 2002.

This study is the first general critical introduction to the writing of Horton Foote, recipient of two Academy Awards and the Pulitzer Prize.

This study is the first general critical introduction to the writing of Horton Foote, recipient of two Academy Awards and the Pulitzer Prize.

First Published in 1997.

First Published in 1997.

This collection of essays and interviews is the first book about the drama of American playwright Terrence McNally; it examines his career to date (30-plus years), focusing particularly on the two plays for which McNally won Tony Awards for Best Play of 1995, Love!

This collection of essays and interviews is the first book about the drama of American playwright Terrence McNally; it examines his career to date (30-plus years), focusing particularly on the two plays for which McNally won Tony Awards for Best Play of 1995, Love!

From the "e;angry young man"e; who wrote Who's Afraid ofVirginia Woolf in 1962, determined to expose the emptiness of American experience to Tiny Alice which reveals his indebtedness to Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco's Theatre of the Absurd, Edward Albee's varied work makes it difficult to label him precisely.

From the "e;angry young man"e; who wrote Who's Afraid ofVirginia Woolf in 1962, determined to expose the emptiness of American experience to Tiny Alice which reveals his indebtedness to Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco's Theatre of the Absurd, Edward Albee's varied work makes it difficult to label him precisely.

It is a generally accepted fact that in the first half of the nineteenth century, Catherine Gore became the most prolific, if not most popular writer of fashionable novels in England.

It is a generally accepted fact that in the first half of the nineteenth century, Catherine Gore became the most prolific, if not most popular writer of fashionable novels in England.

This collection of ten original (and one reprinted) essays provides an in-depth examination of one of America's foremost contemporary playwrights.

This collection of ten original (and one reprinted) essays provides an in-depth examination of one of America's foremost contemporary playwrights.

The only collection of essays on one of Britain's Angry Young Men, this book contains discussions of most of Wesker's published plays with an emphasis on the more recent works.

The only collection of essays on one of Britain's Angry Young Men, this book contains discussions of most of Wesker's published plays with an emphasis on the more recent works.

First published in 1996.

First published in 1996.

A study of Yury Lyubimov's tempestuous career and his style of theatre during his thirty years at the Taganka Theatre.

A study of Yury Lyubimov's tempestuous career and his style of theatre during his thirty years at the Taganka Theatre.

First published in 1999.

First published in 1999.

Country House, a 'comedy with corpses,' is a wicked subversion of all those realistic psychological dramas of jealousy, adultery, murder and suicide that ask to be taken seriously.

Country House, a 'comedy with corpses,' is a wicked subversion of all those realistic psychological dramas of jealousy, adultery, murder and suicide that ask to be taken seriously.

Olga Mukhina is one of the most talented, young playwrights in Russia.

Olga Mukhina is one of the most talented, young playwrights in Russia.

Dieses eBook: "Die Räuber" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

Samuel Beckett's work forever changed the concepts of literature and theatre.

Samuel Beckett's work forever changed the concepts of literature and theatre.

First published in 1951, The People of Aristophanes provides a sociological account of Athens in the period of its greatest glory.

First published in 1951, The People of Aristophanes provides a sociological account of Athens in the period of its greatest glory.

First published in 1971.

First published in 1971.

First published in 1983, this book focuses on the twentieth-century writer as both a product, and an interpreter, of his or her society.

First published in 1983, this book focuses on the twentieth-century writer as both a product, and an interpreter, of his or her society.

Now in a second edition, Theatre Studies: The Basics is a fully updated guide to the wonderful world of theatre.

Now in a second edition, Theatre Studies: The Basics is a fully updated guide to the wonderful world of theatre.

The comedies of the Athenian dramatist Menander (c.

The comedies of the Athenian dramatist Menander (c.

Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era.

Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era.

Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era.

Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era.

Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era.

Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era.

This volume is the only publication available of the fully annotated playscripts of Wells' W.

William D Howarth sets Le Mariage de Figaro and Beaumarchais's other dramatic works in the broad historical context of pre-revolutionary France, providing a unique and authoritative study of the dramatist and his plays.