Literary studies: plays and playwrights

The period following the Reformation saw a rapid increase in the production of funeral monuments in England.

Dickens says he concentrates on 'the romantic side of familiar things', and so highlights the visionary, non-realist, uncanny nature of his writing.

Dickens says he concentrates on 'the romantic side of familiar things', and so highlights the visionary, non-realist, uncanny nature of his writing.

When Regan in King Lear asks ‘Wherefore to Dover?

Julie Anne Naviaux examines the importance and influence of performance in African American literature during the first half of the twentieth century.

The first play collection of Rifco Theatre's work, this book is a celebration, a call to action, and an essential read for anyone interested in theatre, storytelling, and cultural representation.

The first play collection of Rifco Theatre's work, this book is a celebration, a call to action, and an essential read for anyone interested in theatre, storytelling, and cultural representation.

Shakespeare’s Hamlet insisted that ‘the play’s the thing’; Edmund Husserl’s philosophy advised us to (re)turn our attention ‘back to the things themselves!

Shakespeare’s Hamlet insisted that ‘the play’s the thing’; Edmund Husserl’s philosophy advised us to (re)turn our attention ‘back to the things themselves!

Sur le toit-terrasse d'un immeuble, Ninon est venue mettre fin a ses jours, mais elle est surprise par Hugo, un inconnu monte la pour photographier Paris.

Dans un village du Dahomey, entre heritages coloniaux et defis contemporains, Komi, Aisha, Mama Agossou, Baba Touko et Tevie s'interrogent sur l'avenir de l'Afrique.

Apres la naissance de son enfant, Emilie s'effondre.

'Excellent Fishamble.

'Excellent Fishamble.

If only you'd arrived at your-God-could-be-a-woman theory three hundred years earlier.

'Do you think the city's forgotten?

If only you'd arrived at your-God-could-be-a-woman theory three hundred years earlier.

National Theatre Connections 2026 draws together eight new plays for young people to perform, from some of the UK's most exciting and popular playwrights.