Literary studies: plays and playwrights

Kabuki A Pocket Guide introduces readers to the foundations of Kabukiits history and its actors, its acting styles and its performance, its color and musicto the sheer beauty and joy of Kabuki.

As a major source of debate on theological topics such as the resurrection of body and soul, justification by faith, and predestination, the New Testament epistles of Saint Paul played a central role in the development of religious thought and practice across Reformation Europe.

Quand Moliere ausculte la medecine, le rire devient une arme de precision.

This book explores the under-theorized intersections between Shakespeare and drag in contemporary American culture and performances of and around what it terms ShaxDrag.

'A brilliant book with absolutely everything you'd want to know about all of Shakespeare's plays, from someone who really knows their stuff.

Traversing 400 years of drama, this book examines the history play as a distinctive form that has its origins in the Early Modern period and which evolves in each subsequent period according to the segment of history being dramatized and the changing conceptions of the state.

All cats are alike in the dark.

Traversing 400 years of drama, this book examines the history play as a distinctive form that has its origins in the Early Modern period and which evolves in each subsequent period according to the segment of history being dramatized and the changing conceptions of the state.

Un jour, mon cousin m'a dit : tout est fini.

'A brilliant book with absolutely everything you'd want to know about all of Shakespeare's plays, from someone who really knows their stuff.

Nobody is a nobody.

Librement inspire de La Mort d'Ivan Ilitch de Leon Tolstoi, RIP est un fantasme delirant sur le sens de la mort, et donc de la vie.

The best contemporary plays from other countries can bring a strikingly fresh point of view to our English-language stages.

Disorder est une uvre performance qui compile toutes ces choses que je n'ai jamais eu le courage de raconter.

Shakespeare's Second Tetralogy explores the profound and multifaceted relationship between William Shakespeare's historical dramas and biblical intertextuality.

All cats are alike in the dark.

I reckon, believe in yourself needs to have some, what d'you call it, caveats attached, you know what I mean?

I reckon, believe in yourself needs to have some, what d'you call it, caveats attached, you know what I mean?

Shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award 2025.

Shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award 2025.

Shortlisted for the "e;Outstanding Drama Education Resource"e; with Music & Drama Education Awards (2023)Do you struggle to find appropriate scenes and monologues for young performers?

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Literaturgeschichte, Epochen, Note: 1,3, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich sowohl mit Friedrich Schillers Drama "Kabale und Liebe", der Theaterinszenierung sowie der Verfilmung.

Academic Paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, University of Mosul (University of Mosul/ Iraq), language: English, abstract: This is a pragmatic study that explores the relationship between language and society.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, Note: 1,0, Freie Universität Berlin (Institute für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie), Veranstaltung: Einführung in die Textanalyse, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Kampf um die absolute Macht, um den englischen Thron, die dadurch resultierende ständige gegenseitige Bedrohung und die Repräsentation zweier unterschiedlicher Staatsformen lässt Königin Elisabeth und Maria Stuart im gleichnamigen Drama Friedrich Schillers, uraufgeführt im Jahre 1800, als zwei perfekte Kontrastfiguren erscheinen.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, Note: 1,3, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Hausarbeit zeigt verschiedene Liebeskonzeptionen in Gotthold Ephraim Lessings bürgerlichem Trauerspiel "Emilia Galotti".

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Französische Philologie - Literatur, Note: 1,7, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Mittelpunkt dieser Arbeit soll die Frage nach der neuen Konzeption von Identität im modernen pirandellesken Drama stehen.

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Passau, course: Elizabethan Tragedies, language: English, abstract: This essay is dedicated to the influence of witchcraft and the power of prophecy of the witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 1,0, University of Wurzburg, language: English, abstract: The aim of this scholarly exposition is to give a brief introduction into how the various places of performances affected the use of properties on the Early Modern Stage.

Premodern critical race studies, long intertwined with Shakespeare studies, has broadened our understanding of the definitions and discourse of race and racism to include not only phenotype, but also religious and political identity, regional, national, and linguistic difference, and systems of differentiation based upon culture and custom.

Premodern critical race studies, long intertwined with Shakespeare studies, has broadened our understanding of the definitions and discourse of race and racism to include not only phenotype, but also religious and political identity, regional, national, and linguistic difference, and systems of differentiation based upon culture and custom.

The best contemporary plays from other countries can bring a strikingly fresh point of view to our English-language stages.

Volume IV of the Collected Works of John Ford is the first of two volumes in the series to contain his sole-authored plays.

Volume IV of the Collected Works of John Ford is the first of two volumes in the series to contain his sole-authored plays.

Shortlisted for the "e;Outstanding Drama Education Resource"e; with Music & Drama Education Awards (2023)Do you struggle to find appropriate scenes and monologues for young performers?

The Pleasures of Memory in Shakespeare's Sonnets uses Shakespeare's poetry as a case study for the mutually formative relationship between desire and recollection.

The Pleasures of Memory in Shakespeare's Sonnets uses Shakespeare's poetry as a case study for the mutually formative relationship between desire and recollection.

This study explores the way Calvinist experientialism provided both a theology and an epistemology in the poetry of five early modern English poets: William Shakespeare, Robert Herrick, John Donne, Fulke Greville, and John Milton.

This study explores the way Calvinist experientialism provided both a theology and an epistemology in the poetry of five early modern English poets: William Shakespeare, Robert Herrick, John Donne, Fulke Greville, and John Milton.

Anthropocene Theater and the Shakespearean Stage revises the anthropocentric narrative of early globalization from the perspective of the non-human world in order to demonstrate Nature's agency in determining ecological, economic, and colonial outcomes.

Anthropocene Theater and the Shakespearean Stage revises the anthropocentric narrative of early globalization from the perspective of the non-human world in order to demonstrate Nature's agency in determining ecological, economic, and colonial outcomes.

The Drama of Complaint: Ethical Provocations in Shakespeare's Tragedy is the first book-length study of complaint in Shakespearean drama.

The Drama of Complaint: Ethical Provocations in Shakespeare's Tragedy is the first book-length study of complaint in Shakespearean drama.

Unpicking the ecopolitics of Shakespeare's plays at the Stuart court, Shakespeare Beyond the Green World establishes that the playwright was remarkably attentive to the environmental issues of his era.

Unpicking the ecopolitics of Shakespeare's plays at the Stuart court, Shakespeare Beyond the Green World establishes that the playwright was remarkably attentive to the environmental issues of his era.

Shakespeare Unlearned dances along the borderline of sense and nonsense in early modern texts, revealing overlooked opportunities for understanding and shared community in words and ideas that might in the past have been considered too silly to matter much for serious scholarship.

Shakespeare Unlearned dances along the borderline of sense and nonsense in early modern texts, revealing overlooked opportunities for understanding and shared community in words and ideas that might in the past have been considered too silly to matter much for serious scholarship.

'O mother, mother!

Shakespeare and the Royal Actor argues that members of the royal family have identified with Shakespearean figures at various times in modern history to assert the continuity, legitimacy, and national identity of the royal line.

Despite the crucial roles they often play, no study yet compares the off-stage assemblies, armies, and populations found in surviving Athenian dramatic works.

Despite the crucial roles they often play, no study yet compares the off-stage assemblies, armies, and populations found in surviving Athenian dramatic works.