Literary studies: plays and playwrights

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.

We need to start at the start.

We need to start at the start.

All my life they looked down on me, always cursing and abusing.

All my life they looked down on me, always cursing and abusing.

I can do it.

I can do it.

Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, and The Tempest.

Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, and The Tempest.

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First published in 1967 The Theatre of Commitment presents miscellaneous collection of seven essays written over fifteen years.

Shakespeare, With Introductory Matter on Poetry, The Drama, and The Stage gathers Samuel Taylor Coleridge's influential reflections on Shakespeare within a broader theory of poetic imagination, dramatic form, and theatrical representation.

Finalist for Best Performance Piece at the Offies Awards 2024There's this unspoken thing right?

In 'COLERIDGE: Essays & Lectures on Shakespeare, Old Poets & Dramatists,' Samuel Taylor Coleridge delves into the world of literature with deep insights and critical analysis.

This book offers a captivating exploration of the evolving dynamics of language, dialogue and identity in modern theatre, highlighting the pioneering contributions of European playwrights Martin Crimp, Jon Fosse, Sarah Kane, Elfriede Jelinek and Roland Schimmelpfennig.

In the modern world, references to Shakespeare frequently mark moments of catastrophe and of the accompanying longing for restoring social order, remedying injuries, and building strong communities.

In the modern world, references to Shakespeare frequently mark moments of catastrophe and of the accompanying longing for restoring social order, remedying injuries, and building strong communities.

I love my estate.

The Boffs were outsiders, not local like, even though we were born there.

Nobody dies in football matches in fires.

Iphigenia in Splott is a one-woman play, first seen in 2015, loosely adapted from the ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis.

Northern bloody soul it's been my life.

Do you struggle to find the perfect monologue for your audition or exam?

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.

The story of modern drama is a tale of extremes, testing both audiences and actors to their limits through hostility and contrarianism.

The Routledge Anthology of Women's Theatre Theory and Dramatic Criticism is the first wide-ranging anthology of theatre theory and dramatic criticism by women writers.

Human Insufficiency argues that early modern writers depict the human political subject as physically vulnerable in order to naturalize slavery.

Chekhov often said that 'I am a doctor by trade and sometimes I do literary work in my free time', a surprising claim, given his status as a giant of 20th century drama.

It's time you realised that your show is a thing of the past.

The Word in the World is a collection of essays and lectures by H S Shivaprakash, a well-known poet, playwright, and translator.

There's power in that fingerprint of yours.

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.

There's power in that fingerprint of yours.

You have to see things from all angles.

Look at it Carly, look at our dream.

The Routledge Anthology of Women's Theatre Theory and Dramatic Criticism is the first wide-ranging anthology of theatre theory and dramatic criticism by women writers.

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.

Early Modern Others highlights instances of challenges to misogyny, racism, atheism, and antisemitism in the early modern period.

Early Modern Others highlights instances of challenges to misogyny, racism, atheism, and antisemitism in the early modern period.

This book maps South Asian theatre productions that have contextualised Ibsen's plays to underscore the emergent challenges of postcolonial nation formation.

Maybe we shouldn't always stay here.

The title is a thorough introduction to ethical literary criticism, a critical methodology designed to interpret literature from the perspective of ethics, including a whole set of concepts, theories, and working mechanisms.

You have to see things from all angles.

It's time you realised that your show is a thing of the past.