Literary studies: plays and playwrights

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By the time of his death in 2018, Tom Murphy was widely recognised as one of Ireland's most important modern playwrights.

York Notes Companions: Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

York Notes Companions: Renaissance Poetry and Prose

One of the greatest playwrights of his time, Wilde was also a novelist, poet, essayist and celebrated wit, noted for his involvement in the art movement Aestheticism.

This book is an intervention in Hamlet scholarship.

This book establishes the significance of actresses, female playgoers and women critics in shaping Shakespeare''s burgeoning reputation in the eighteenth century.

This collection covers the whole range of Irish drama from the late nineteenth-century melodramas to contemporary Dublin theatre festivals.

This second edition of The Sonnets features a new introduction by Stephen Orgel.

Includes all the narrative poems that can confidently be assigned to Shakespeare.

This second edition of The Sonnets features a new introduction by Stephen Orgel.

Includes all the narrative poems that can confidently be assigned to Shakespeare.

This second edition of Romeo and Juliet features a new introductory section by Thomas Moisan.

A comprehensive, readable and authoritative introduction to the study of Shakespeare.

Companion to the work of playwright Tom Stoppard who also co-authored screenplay of Shakespeare in Love.

An accessible, up-to-date introduction to the life and works of poet and dramatist Ben Jonson.

This Companion, first published in 2000, addresses the work of women playwrights in Britain throughout the twentieth century.

Fourteen specially commissioned essays provide essential information about staging, playwrights, themes and genres in the drama of the Restoration.

This volume, first published in 2000, is an accessible Companion on one of the most important dramatists in the repertoire.

Newly commissioned essays explore the work of women playwrights throughout the history of the American theatre.

The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw is an indispensable guide to one of the most influential and important dramatists of the theatre.

Specially commissioned essays explore the life and work of Eugene O''Neill from his earliest writings to Long Day''s Journey Into Night.

This book, first published in 1994, provides thirteen essays on every aspect of the work of Samuel Beckett.

In this 1994 book sixteen chapters explore Ibsen''s life and work and his influence on the modern theatre, with supporting reference material.

Updated edition of this popular Companion examining the wide range of Pinter''s work, and his continuing impact and influence.

A vivid portrait of this extraordinary thinker, assessing his place in Western thought since the Renaissance.

Updated edition of this popular Companion examining the wide range of Pinter''s work, and his continuing impact and influence.

Presents new scholarship on the innovative playwright Caryl Churchill, discussing her major plays alongside topics including sexual politics and terror.

This second edition of Romeo and Juliet features a new introductory section by Thomas Moisan.

Introducing the reader to important topics in English Renaissance tragedy, this Companion presents fresh readings of key texts.

A vivid portrait of this extraordinary thinker, assessing his place in Western thought since the Renaissance.

A comprehensive, readable and authoritative introduction to the study of Shakespeare.

An accessible, up-to-date introduction to the life and works of poet and dramatist Ben Jonson.

This Companion, first published in 2000, addresses the work of women playwrights in Britain throughout the twentieth century.

Fourteen specially commissioned essays provide essential information about staging, playwrights, themes and genres in the drama of the Restoration.

This volume, first published in 2000, is an accessible Companion on one of the most important dramatists in the repertoire.

The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw is an indispensable guide to one of the most influential and important dramatists of the theatre.

In this 1994 book sixteen chapters explore Ibsen''s life and work and his influence on the modern theatre, with supporting reference material.

Presents new scholarship on the innovative playwright Caryl Churchill, discussing her major plays alongside topics including sexual politics and terror.

This book establishes the significance of actresses, female playgoers and women critics in shaping Shakespeare''s burgeoning reputation in the eighteenth century.

When actors perform Shakespeare, what do they do with their bodies?

An approachable guide to Shakespeare on film, this book establishes the differences between stage and screen.

This essential guide provides a deeply informed survey of the criticism of all the plays and major stories authored by Brian Friel.

Cross-gender performance was an integral part of Shakespearean theatre: from boys portraying his female characters, to those characters disguising themselves as men within the story.

This introductory guide to one of Marlowe's most widely-studied plays offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key performances and productions, a survey of screen adaptations, and a wide sampling of critical opinion and further reading.

What do audiences do as they watch a Shakespearean play?

Writing for theatre is a unique art form, different even from other kinds of scriptwriting.

When directors approach Shakespeare, is the play always the thing or might something else sometimes be the thing?

This guide surveys the truly essential criticism of the play over the last four centuries, from 16th-century responses to the present day.

A highly engaging text that approaches Shakespeare as a maker of theatre, as well as a writer of literature.