Literary studies: plays and playwrights

The essential 1997 guide to one of the theatre''s most important characters, with an opening essay by Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde''s grandson.

A collection of essays on film adaptations of Shakespeare''s plays.

This book offers a collection of essays on Shakespeare''s life and works in popular forms and media.

This Companion is devoted to the life and works of Shakespeare and contemporary playwrights in early modern London.

This collection of thirteen original essays covers Williams''s work from the early apprenticeship years in the 1930s to his last play before his death in 1983.

The essential 1997 guide to one of the theatre''s most important characters, with an opening essay by Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde''s grandson.

This updated Companion has been fully revised and includes an extensively overhauled bibliography and four new chapters by leading scholars.

This updated Companion has been fully revised and includes an extensively overhauled bibliography and four new chapters by leading scholars.

What does it mean to perform Shakespeare in languages other than English and how do audiences respond?

What does it mean to perform Shakespeare in languages other than English and how do audiences respond?

Did Shakespeare write Shakespeare?

Did Shakespeare write Shakespeare?

 The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A.

This unique volume includes eight early dramas that mirror American literary, social, and cultural history: Royall Tylers The Contrast (1789); William Dunlap''sAndre (1798); James Nelson Barker''s The Indian Princess (1808); Robert Montgomery Bird''s The Gladiator (1831); William Henry Smith''s The Drunkard(1844); Anna Cora Mowatt''s Fashion (1845); George Aiken''s Uncle Tom''s Cabin(1852); and Dion Boucicault''s The Octoroon (1859).

It's time to change the game.

The Professor: A Tale - Charlotte Bronte - The Professor, A Tale.

The theme for Volume 75 is ''Othello''.

The theme for Volume 75 is ''Othello''.

In his compelling new book Ian Smith addresses the pernicious influence of systemic whiteness on our interpretation of Shakespeare''s plays.

In his compelling new book Ian Smith addresses the pernicious influence of systemic whiteness on our interpretation of Shakespeare''s plays.

A detailed treatment of Switzerland in British literature, the book shows how a republican myth contributed to Romanticism and liberalism.

A detailed treatment of Switzerland in British literature, the book shows how a republican myth contributed to Romanticism and liberalism.

This innovative study draws on theatre history and present-day performance to re-appraise the remarkable skills of early modern boy actors.

This innovative study draws on theatre history and present-day performance to re-appraise the remarkable skills of early modern boy actors.

Shakespeare / Nature sets new agendas for the study of nature in Shakespeare's work.

Uses embedded letters to illuminate two vexed questions, the origins of Plautine comedy and the mode of Plautus'' translation.

Uses embedded letters to illuminate two vexed questions, the origins of Plautine comedy and the mode of Plautus'' translation.

Helps the student to read the Latin text with understanding while appreciating it as a play.

This Element reveals the importance of ideas of cultural nationalism in Beckett''s writing throughout his writing life.

This Element reveals the importance of ideas of cultural nationalism in Beckett''s writing throughout his writing life.

The theme for Volume 74 is ''Shakespeare and Education''.

The theme for Volume 74 is ''Shakespeare and Education''.

Yeats on Theatre presents, for the first time, a view of Yeats as a key thinker of the modern theatre.

Yeats on Theatre presents, for the first time, a view of Yeats as a key thinker of the modern theatre.

This Element considers the intersection between Shakespearean drama and the exciting new medium of virtual reality.

This Element considers the intersection between Shakespearean drama and the exciting new medium of virtual reality.

This bold and compelling revisionist history tells the remarkable story of the forgotten lives and labours of Shakespeare''s women editors.