Shakespeare was a master of language, his sayings have become part of everyday speech, and his plays endure, in part, because of the beauty of his verse.
The volume uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine how 21st-century British theatre increasingly intercuts dystopian and utopian elements to create innovative strategies for addressing current social and political concerns.
Published alongside The Japan Foundation, this collection features five creative and bold plays by some of Japan's most prolific writers of contemporary theatre.
Cet ouvrage invite à découvrir le travail que le metteur en scène et réalisateur, Patrice Chéreau, engage au Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers entre 1981 et 1990.
The first anthology of youth plays from Gaza and the wider Palestinian region, this timely collection ties together nineteen plays produced by Theatre Day Productions, one of the foremost community theatres in the Middle East.
From one of our most eminent and accessible literary critics, a groundbreaking account of how the Greek and Roman classics forged Shakespeare's imaginationBen Jonson famously accused Shakespeare of having "e;small Latin and less Greek.
Explores the challenges of maintaining bonds, living up to ideals, and fulfilling desire in Shakespeare s plays In Thinking About Shakespeare, Kay Stockholder reveals the rich inner lives of some of Shakespeare s most enigmatic characters and the ways in which their emotions and actions shape and are shaped by the social and political world around them.
In Late Shakespeare, 1608–1613, leading international Shakespeare scholars provide a contextually informed approach to Shakespeare''s last seven plays.
This book examines early modern drama's depiction of non-standard forms of masculinity grounded in superficiality, inauthenticity, affectation, and the display of the extravagantly clothed body.
Nominated for the 2022 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate TheatreYou see we are prisoners of a corrupt country that is our own making.
In this second, fully revised edition of his acclaimed study of Barker's work, Charles Lamb sets out to make emotional sense of the characters and their interactions.
The Continuum Shakespeare Dictionaries provide authoritative yet accessible guides to the principal subject-areas covered by the plays and poetry of Shakespeare.
In The Theory of the Modern Stage, leading drama critic, Eric Bentley, brings together landmark writings by dramatists, directors and thinkers who have had a profound effect on the theatre since the mid nineteenth century, from Adolphe Appia to mile Zola.
Im Jahr 1996 prophezeit die Pariser Zeitung Libération nach dem Besuch der Performance Le Cri du Chaméléon eine dritte Ära des Zirkus: den Zeitgenössischen Zirkus.
The Routledge Companion to Actors' Shakespeare is a window onto how today's actors contribute to the continuing life and relevance of Shakespeare's plays.
Black Nikki doesn't think her dad is a racist He just cares deeply about his community But when a Zimbabwean family move in over the road, the dog won't stop barking The local kids start lobbing stones And her dad starts laying down the law.
