Literary studies: plays and playwrights

One of our earliest surviving Greek tragedies, Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes is an extraordinarily rich poetic text.

These five short plays date from Brenton's early involvement in such 'shoestring' groups as Portable Theatre.

These five short plays date from Brenton's early involvement in such 'shoestring' groups as Portable Theatre.

With an A-Z of over 300 entries, Music in Shakespeare is the most comprehensive study of all the musical terms found in Shakespeare's complete works.

"Mr McDonagh is destined to be one of the theatrical luminaries of the 21st century" (The New Republic)

In 1934, the people of Inishmaan learn that the Hollywood director Robert Flaherty is coming to the neighbouring island to film his documentary Man of Aran.

"Mr McDonagh is destined to be one of the theatrical luminaries of the 21st century" (The New Republic)

In 1934, the people of Inishmaan learn that the Hollywood director Robert Flaherty is coming to the neighbouring island to film his documentary Man of Aran.

Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally.

Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally.

One of Shakespeare's later plays, best described as a tragi-comedy, the play falls into two distinct parts.

Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally.

Hamlet is the most often produced play in the western literary canon, and a fertile global source for film adaptation.

"An impressively complete survey of the play in its cultural, theatrical, historical and political contexts.

A reissue in hardback of critic John Lahr's famous 1982 study of Noël Coward's plays"Noël Coward," said Terence Rattigan, "is simply a phenomenon, and one that is unlikely to occur ever again in theatre history.

Women playwrights speak about their art and the theatre in this collection of interviews about a key decade of British drama.

The Victorian classical burlesque was a popular theatrical genre of the mid-19th century.

The Victorian classical burlesque was a popular theatrical genre of the mid-19th century.

Mother Courage and Her Children is widely regarded as Brecht's best work, a theatrical landmark and one of the most powerful anti-war plays in history.

Mother Courage and Her Children is widely regarded as Brecht's best work, a theatrical landmark and one of the most powerful anti-war plays in history.

Brecht's series of twenty-four interconnected playlets describe events which took place in ordinary German households in the 1930s.

Brecht's series of twenty-four interconnected playlets describe events which took place in ordinary German households in the 1930s.

This Student Edition of Brecht's anti-war masterpiece features an extensiveintroduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion ofthe context, themes, characters, style and language as well asquestions for further study and notes on words and phrases in the text.

'Brecht's dark, dazzling world-view.

'Brecht's dark, dazzling world-view.

This Student Edition of Brecht's classic satire on the rise of Hitler features an extensiveintroduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion ofthe context, themes, characters, style and language as well asquestions for further study and notes on words and phrases in the text.

Published by Methuen Drama, the collected dramatic works of Bertolt Brecht are presented in the most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht's plays in the English language.

Tom Murphy shot to fame with the London production of A Whistle in the Dark in 1961, establishing him as the outstanding Irish playwright of his generation.

Statues coming to life and lively portraits ready to breathe in Shakespeare?

Readers and acolytes of the vital early 1950s-mid 1960s writers known as the Beat Generation tend to be familiar with the prose and poetry by the seminal authors of this period: Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Diane Di Prima, and many others.

Readers and acolytes of the vital early 1950s-mid 1960s writers known as the Beat Generation tend to be familiar with the prose and poetry by the seminal authors of this period: Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Diane Di Prima, and many others.

Are Shakespeare's plays dramatizations of patriarchy or representations of assertive and eloquent women?

Are Shakespeare's plays dramatizations of patriarchy or representations of assertive and eloquent women?

Brecht on Theatre is a seminal work that has remained the classic text for readers and students wanting a rich appreciation of the development of Brecht's thinking on theatre and aesthetics.

Brecht on Theatre is a seminal work that has remained the classic text for readers and students wanting a rich appreciation of the development of Brecht's thinking on theatre and aesthetics.

Shakespeare lived when knowledge of plants and their uses was a given, but also at a time of unique interest in plants and gardens.

Shakespeare lived when knowledge of plants and their uses was a given, but also at a time of unique interest in plants and gardens.

Numerous books have been written about Greek tragedy, but almost all of them are concerned with the 32 plays that still survive.

In this first volume of notebooks, Edward Bond reveals himself to be one of the finest and most creative minds to have emerged in the twentieth century.

In this first volume of notebooks, Edward Bond reveals himself to be one of the finest and most creative minds to have emerged in the twentieth century.

Shopping and F***ing is.

The ground-breaking debut from one of the most important playwrights of the last decade, now in a student edition"e;Shopping and Fucking is a darkly humorous play for today's twenty-somethings .

David Mamet is widely considered to be the voice of contemporary American Theatre.

An introductory critical study for first year undergraduates which bridges the gap between A Level and university study.

What makes tragedy tragic?

The Arden Shakespeare Dictionary on Shakespeare and National Identity makes a timely and valuable contribution to the discipline.

Paul Cefalu argues that Shakespearean characters raise timely questions about the relationship between cognition and consciousness and often defy our assumptions about “normal” cognition.

In 1934, the people of Inishmaan learn that the Hollywood director Robert Flaherty is coming to the neighbouring island to film his documentary Man of Aran.

Sulayman Al Bassam is one of the world's leading contemporary dramatists.

The Austrian composer Hanns Eisler was Bertolt Brecht's closest friend and most politically committed collaborator.

The Austrian composer Hanns Eisler was Bertolt Brecht's closest friend and most politically committed collaborator.