Literary studies: plays and playwrights

Eugene O'Neill is the only American dramatist ever to have received the Nobel Prize for Literature.

This book provides a critical overview of the cultural impact of the Murder, She Wrote TV series and its paratextual elements, including board and video games, podcasts, fan conventions, collectible figures, and ghostwritten novels.

This study is the first general critical introduction to the writing of Horton Foote, recipient of two Academy Awards and the Pulitzer Prize.

Shakespeare / Space explores new approaches to the enactment of 'space' in and through Shakespeare's plays, as well as to the material, cognitive and virtual spaces in which they are enacted.

John Fletcher's Rome is the first book to explore John Fletcher's engagement with classical antiquity.

The persona of Edward de Vere represents a contrast to the canonical, Stratfordian image of Shakespeare.

In the course of the sixth century AD a remarkable change takes place in the form of Western literary narrative.

This anthology, first published in 1939, aimed to present the English ideal in its various aspects as expressed by representative Englishmen.

Shakespeare Closely Read is a collection of essays by Shakespearean scholars, all of which were originally papers presented at the 2008 International Shakespeare Conference at Stratford-upon-Avon.

This ebook is now available from Bloomsbury Academic.

Jean Toomer (1894-1967) was a modernist writer, a member of the Harlem Renaissance, and briefly part of the literary and artistic community that grew up around Mabel Dodge Luhan in Taos, New Mexico.

This volume is a major, ground-breaking study of the modernist E.

Sarah Kane was one of the landmark playwrights of 1990s Britain, her influence being felt across UK and European theatre.

This volume is the seventeenth in a series dedicated to presenting the latest findings in the fields of comparative drama and performance.

Volker Lösch ist mit Theaterarbeiten bekannt geworden, die das seit den 1990er Jahren beliebte Mittel des Chorischen einsetzen, um Realitäten der zeitgenössischen Wirklichkeit in das Stadttheater zu integrieren - ein "Detektivunternehmen zur Erforschung der wirklichen Verhältnisse".

An acclaimed new interpretation of Shakespeare's HamletHamlet and the Vision of Darkness is a radical new interpretation of the most famous play in the English language.

A housing crisis, a hung D il and an unlikely alliance.

The Parable of the Prodigal Son is one of the best-known stories in the Bible.

This is an invaluable introduction to ancient Greek tragedy which discusses every surviving play in detail and provides all the background information necessary for understanding the context and content of the plays.

Laurence likes pizza.

Shakespeare in London offers a lively and engaging new reading of some of Shakespeare's major work, informed by close attention to the language of his drama.

Twelve years ago, from the mouth of a great sacrifice, a child was born.

In Performing Autobiography, Jenn Stephenson presents an innovative new approach to autobiography studies that links the growing field of research to drama.

What does the keyword "e;continence"e; in Love's Labor's Lost reveal about geopolitical boundaries and their breaching?

Virtue, as a Renaissance ideal, was largely conceived as a rational governing of unruly passions.

Fifteen years of disconnected sparks to do the damage.

An accessible edition of a recently discovered account of Ben Jonson''s walk to Edinburgh with full annotation and contextual essays.

A groundbreaking new account of the author of The Spanish Tragedy that establishes him as a major Elizabethan dramatistThomas Kyd (15581594) was a highly regarded dramatist and the author of The Spanish Tragedy, the first revenge tragedy and the most influential Elizabethan play.

Winner of the London Hellenic Prize 2020The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro gathers together for the first time the three 'Greek' plays of the MacArthur Genius Award-winning Chicanx playwright and performance artist.

Colbert explores the history and reception of black performance traditions, including preaching, dancing, blues and gospel, and theatre itself.

Karl Klein introduces Shakespeare''s late play as a complex exploration of a corrupt, moneyed society.

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.

This volume of essays contributes to current debates about Shakespeare in new media.

The tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet has touched the hearts of young and old for nearly four hundred years.

In this 1994 book sixteen chapters explore Ibsen''s life and work and his influence on the modern theatre, with supporting reference material.

Inci Bilgin Tekin's study offers a comparative perspective on two very challenging contemporary female playwrights, Liz Lochhead and Cherrie Moraga, and their Scottish and Chicanese adaptations of myths - such as the Greek Medea and Oedipus or the Mayan Popul Vuh - which address ethnic, racial, gender, and hierarchical oppression.

A guide to the contemporary London stage as well as an argument about its future, the book walks readers through the city's performance spaces following the Brexit vote.

Patrick McGilligan continues his celebrated interviews with exceptional screenwriters in Backstory 5, focusing on the 1990s.

A highly engaging text that approaches Shakespeare as a maker of theatre, as well as a writer of literature.

The gods have much to tell us about performance.

For teachers and lovers of Shakespeare, ShakesFear and How to Cure It provides a comprehensive approach to the challenge and rewards of teaching Shakespeare and gives teachers both an overview of each of Shakespeare's 38 plays and specific classroom tools for teaching it.

Being a woman is blood and gutsIt's intestineFuck florals and ballgownsIt's ballsIt's livers and kidneys and puke and mucusRipping and tearing and shreddingRed stain on linen beddingIt's sheddingJaz is in her second year at drama school.

The problem of justice seems to have haunted Shakespeare as it haunted Renaissance Christendom.

A collection of playscripts and texts that give an English-reading audience access to key plays as well as less well-known and previously untranslated works - a superb resource for scholars and theatre practitioners.

Playing the Martyr is a book about the interplay between theater and religion in early modern France.

Birch Plays: 1 celebrates the work of Welsh writer Brad Birch.

Reveals how England''s eighteenth-century theatre dramatized anti-imperial protest, and gave voice to oppressed groups.

This multidisciplinary study of Japan''s storytelling tradition of Kamigata rakugo comes with five stories translated.

Over 50 years after his first appearance on the theatre scene, Edward Bond remains a hugely significant figure in the history of modern British playwriting.