Salome: A Tragedy in One Act by Oscar Wilde is a one-act play reimagining the biblical story of Salome, King Herod's stepdaughter, and her seductive dance of the seven veils.
If the mere mention of Shakespeare fills you with dread, evoking memories of arduous afternoons spent in stuffy classrooms with eccentric English teachers, it is time to reconsider that far from being three-hour marathons of unintelligible boring rubbish, Shakespeare's plays are in fact exciting, tragic, funny and often downright rude - full of memorable plots, great insults, filthy jokes and eccentric characters.
La forêt enchantée vit sans doute ses dernières heures : un parc d’attractions va voir le jour et il est prévu que des arbres millénaires soient déracinés !
In 'COLERIDGE: Essays & Lectures on Shakespeare, Old Poets & Dramatists,' Samuel Taylor Coleridge delves into the world of literature with deep insights and critical analysis.
Originally performed by its creators, this 1987 Edinburgh Fringe hit remains the second longest-running West End comedy in history and has been translated into over thirty languages.
Inspired by Joanne's experiences of her mother's bipolar diagnosis, and informed by a series of workshops with other affected families and individuals, thisplay presents a compelling and very human insight into the charms and challenges of a fascinating and commonly misunderstood condition.
Shakespeare and Indian Nationalism aims to articulate the reception of Shakespeare by the 19th-century Indian intelligentsia from Bengal and their ambivalent approach to the Indian Renaissance and consequent nationalist project.
This book maps South Asian theatre productions that have contextualised Ibsen's plays to underscore the emergent challenges of postcolonial nation formation.
This book maps South Asian theatre productions that have contextualised Ibsen's plays to underscore the emergent challenges of postcolonial nation formation.
Shakespeare and Indian Nationalism aims to articulate the reception of Shakespeare by the 19th-century Indian intelligentsia from Bengal and their ambivalent approach to the Indian Renaissance and consequent nationalist project.
Originally performed by its creators, this 1987 Edinburgh Fringe hit remains the second longest-running West End comedy in history and has been translated into over thirty languages.
LAUGHTER IS THEIR ONLY WEAPONBrace yourself for hilarious mayhem and a not-so-secret mission with Mischief's newest action-packed adventure The Comedy About Spies.
In reshaping Lodge's Rosalynde into As You Like It, Shakespeare not only undermines the Petrarchan and pastoral traditions of the romance, but also refutes the implicit gender structures upon which such Petrarchanisms are based.
In the late nineteenth century, Asian American drama made its debut with the spotlight firmly on the lives and struggles of Asians in North America, rather than on the cultures and traditions of the Asian homeland.
This critical introduction to Arthur Miller provides an indispensable aid for students and general readers to understand the depth and complexity of some of America's most important dramatic works.
The West has a long and rich dramatic tradition, and its dramatic works typically reflect the social and political concerns of playwrights and spectators.