Literary studies: plays and playwrights

First published in 1971, Ionesco is a study of the plays written by the absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco.

First published in 1971, Ionesco is a study of the plays written by the absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco.

Tricky things, memories.

t was then that I decided to write you these letters.

I came to New York when I was seventeen.

I don't know what's beyond this minute.

A deep dive into the rich resources available for teaching Shakespeares plays, Bring on the Bard is for every high school teacherearly career to veteranlooking for new, hands-on activities to draw students of all ability levels into the work and world of Shakespeare.

Shakespeare and Cultural Appropriation pushes back against two intertwined binaries: the idea that appropriation can only be either theft or gift, and the idea that cultural appropriation should be narrowly defined as an appropriative contest between a hegemonic and marginalized power.

The definitive guide to the historical tumult and complex intellectual worlds that Chekhov both inhabited and influenced.

A showcase of innovative, global, collaborative Shakespeare education projects between institutions, educators, practitioners and students.

First thing I'm a need you to do is keep my secret.

There was a cliff on the horizon.

Dieses eBook: "Philosophische Werke" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

During the whole of his writing career August Strindberg was a restless canon-maker.

Macbeth, a story of ambition, terror, and conscience, speaks to our students and our era.

Examines the discourses around the role of bloodlines and kinship in the social hierarchies of early modern Europe "e;Blood is thicker than water,"e; goes the old proverb.

Nominated for Best New Play at the 2023 Olivier Awards

I found a king in me and now I love you
I found a king in you and now I love me

Father figures and fashion tips.

Walking in Shakespeares Shoesproposes and explores a practical, historical, and culturally-relevant approach to teaching Shakespeare, situating the plays and sonnets in a tumultuous early modern world.

This book uses the social transformation that has taken place in Ireland from the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993 to the repeal of the 8th amendment in 2018 as backdrop to examine relationships between activism and contemporary Irish theatre and performance.

This book uses the social transformation that has taken place in Ireland from the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993 to the repeal of the 8th amendment in 2018 as backdrop to examine relationships between activism and contemporary Irish theatre and performance.

Grenfell: System Failure asks further vital questions raised by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry since the critically acclaimed 2021 play Grenfell: Value Engineering.

Nominated for Outstanding Drama Education Resource at the 2024 Music & Drama Education AwardsA first-of-its-kind anthology, Beyond The Canon's Plays for Young Activists combines plays, toolkits, and an online guide to empower young people into activism.

The first to focus on the (re-)presentations of oil in dramatic literature, theatre, and performance, Oil and Modern World Dramas is a pioneering volume in the emerging field of Oil Literatures and Cultures, and the more established field of World Literatures.

Looks at the lives, challenges and contributions of African women from across the continent to making and participating in theatre in the 21st century.

What distinguishes modern tragedy from other forms of drama?

Sometimes you surprise people into being better than they are.

Essays on the post-modern reception and interpretation of the Middle Ages, with a particular focus on its relationship with business and finance.

Multiple award-winning Mark O'Halloran is one of Ireland's most celebrated writers.

Here is a witty and learned literary excursion into the world of humour and comic literature as revealed inter alia by the works of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Oliver Goldsmith and Henry Fielding - leading in the second half to some glorious insights and observations provided by author's life experience in the world of diplomacy.

A showcase of innovative, global, collaborative Shakespeare education projects between institutions, educators, practitioners and students.

The definitive guide to the historical tumult and complex intellectual worlds that Chekhov both inhabited and influenced.

Studying Shakespeare in the high school classroom can and sometimes should begin with images and film.

'Witty and scholarly'JONATHAN BATE, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'Thrilling'GUARDIAN'Illuminating .

First published in 1974, Investigating Drama offers a holistic understanding of drama.

First published in 1974, Investigating Drama offers a holistic understanding of drama.

I'm his mother.

Lauren Robertson shows how the commercial theater transformed early modernity''s crisis of uncertainty into spectacular onstage display.

From the author of Into the Forest, a moving novel about memory, Shakespeare's green worlds, and the power of reconciliation.

Staging Violence Against Women and Girls brings together three contemporary plays that denounce gendered violence, along with interviews with their creators and the practitioners who have staged them in different national contexts.

Esther and Schmuli are Orthodox Jews embarking on an arranged marriage, despite barely knowing each other.

The first book on Restoration Shakespeare in performance, drawing on theatre history, musicology and literary criticism.

Shakespeare and Happiness is a study of attitudes to happiness in the early modern period and in Shakespeare's plays.

Shakespeare and Happiness is a study of attitudes to happiness in the early modern period and in Shakespeare's plays.

This book lays bare the dialogue between Shakespeare and critics of the stage and positions it as part of an ongoing cultural, ethical, and psychological debate about the effects of performance on actors and on spectators.