Literary studies: plays and playwrights

Free Will: Art and power on Shakespeare's stage is a study of theatre and sovereignty that situates Shakespeare's plays in the contraflow between two absolutisms of early modern England: the aesthetic and the political.

Metatheater and Modernity: Baroque and Neobaroque is the first work to link the study of metatheater with the concepts of baroque and neobaroque.

Andrew Hiscock locates Shakespeare''s history plays within debates over the status and function of violence in a nation''s culture.

Shakespeare and the Politics of Commoners is a highly original contribution to our understanding of Shakespeare's plays.

Who said "e; Neither a lender nor a borrower be"e;?

A revealing examination of an under-explored area of Shakespeare studies, this work looks at the evidence for the author's deep and evolving response to the loss of his only son, Hamnet.

At least I am my own boss.

A revised edition of this intriguing and complex play, updated to cover recent critical thinking and stage history.

At Work in the Early Modern English Theater: Valuing Labor explores the economics of the theater by examining how drama seeks to make sense of changing conceptions of labor.

A series of bizarre disappearances filled the citizens of early nineteenth-century Scotland with terror.

Greek and Roman epic poetry has always provided creative artists in the modern world with a rich storehouse of themes.

Shakespeare and Emotion gives sustained attention to emotional life as a central feature of Shakespeare''s plays and poems.

He wants me to fuck about with paper clips in some office with a smile on my face, fuck him .

Opening up a new window to see Shakespeare's words in a different light and gathering his intentions in a simple, clear way, this book presents the Cue Scripts from the Comedies in Shakespeare's First Folio.

Figures of Play explores the reflexive aspects of ancient theatrical culture across genres.

The turbulent decade of the 60s CE brought Rome to the brink of collapse.

Galey explores the entwined histories of Shakespearean texts and archival technologies over the past four centuries.

Comprehensive edition of this classic play aimed at second-year students and above.

David Crystal provides a lively and original introduction to Shakespeare''s language, making his plays easily accessible to modern-day audiences.

This book demonstrates the artful means by which Shakespeare responded to the competing claims of acting and writing in the Elizabethan era.

This comprehensive, accessible introduction to one of Britain's leading contemporary playwrights and filmmakers outlines Martin McDonagh's body of work, the key critical contexts for understanding and exploring his career, analysis of productions, and includes an exclusive interview with the director of his most recent stage work.

Andrew Hiscock locates Shakespeare''s history plays within debates over the status and function of violence in a nation''s culture.

In Hamlet in Purgatory, renowned literary scholar Stephen Greenblatt delves into his longtime fascination with the ghost of Hamlet's father, and his daring and ultimately gratifying journey takes him through surprising intellectual territory.

The Politics of Tragicomedy: Shakespeare and After offers a series of sophisticated and powerful readings of tragicomedy from Shakespeare's late plays to the drama of the Interregnum.

The Duchess of Malfi is generally regarded as John Webster's finest play, a masterpiece of tragic depth and emotional complexity.

Wendy Wasserstein: A Casebook contains in-depth discussions of the playwright's major works, including her recent play 1 An American Daughter.

The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing.

Since 1995 The 24 Hour Plays have been responding to theatre in the moment.

Ten years after the publication of Shinn Plays: One comes this second volume of his plays, bringing together some of the playwright's most acclaimed work to date.

First published in 2004, David George's majestic compendium of criticism relating to Shakespeare's Coriolanus was recognised as a major contribution to teaching and scholarship on the play.

Satire reconsiders the entertainment, political dissent and comic social commentary created by innovative writers and directors since this theatrical form took the stage in ancient Athens.

John Russell Brown is arguably the most influential scholar in the field of Shakespeare in performance.

Marathons through Shakespeare''s history plays are feats of endurance for the repertory companies performing them and the audiences attending them.

You don't tell an American to switch off her light; you build her a better light bulb.

In Canada, adaptation is a national mode of survival, but it is also a way to create radical change.

William Storm delivers a wide-ranging investigation of character in drama from ancient beginnings to the present day.

Bond Plays: 10 brings together recent work by the writer of the classic stage plays Saved, Lear, The Pope's Wedding and Early Morning.

Garrett Sullivan offers a new approach to cinematic adaptation and appropriation of Shakespeare at a watershed moment in British history.

This book examines the child on Shakespeare's stage.

Leading Faust scholars consider the striking modern relevance and the operatic character and structure of Goethe''s pivotal theatrical work.

If you're not interested in earning a new pair of Nikes by the end of the day complete designer wardrobe by the end of the week all the beers you can drink if you don't want to meet Uma Thurman then okay, stay here, as King of the Slackers, that's fine by me.

Departing from a refreshing look at the ideas of Antonin Artaud, this book provides a thorough analysis of how both Sarah Kane and Samuel Beckett are indebted to his legacy.