Literary studies: plays and playwrights

New Russian Drama began its rise at the end of the twentieth century, following a decline in dramatic writing in Russia that stemmed back to the 1980s.

Looking at European drama through an ecological lens, this book chronicles nature and the environment as primary topics in major plays from ancient to recent times.

Brings ''new formalist'' approaches to Chaucer, focusing on formal agency, bodies, disability, ethics, poetics, reception, and scale.

Turning the tables on the misconception that Ezra Pound knew little Greek, this volume looks at his work translating Greek tragedy and considers how influential this was for his later writing.

You lie there in the dark and the thoughts won't stop you think of everything you could have done better A meticulous and respected stationmaster struggles to overcome his guilt when he finds himself suddenly culpable for a violent train crash that results in eighteen deaths.

A comprehensive, readable and authoritative introduction to the study of Shakespeare.

Marina Carr and Greek Tragedy examines the feminist transposition of Greek tragedy in the theatre of the contemporary Irish dramatist Marina Carr.

A comprehensive survey of Shakespeare''s comedies examining why and how they are still relevant today.

The Wild West was popular with American audiences long before the appearance of the Hollywood western.

First published in English in 1961, this reissue relates the problems of form and style to the development of dramatic speech in pre-Shakespearean tragedy.

This new Complete Works marks the completion of the Arden Shakespeare Third Series and includes all of Shakespeare's plays, poems and sonnets, edited by leading international scholars.

"e;Yet the dark places are the centre"e; claims George Steiner in "e;The Bluebird's Castle"e;.

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.

Euripides'' Medea comes alive in this new translation that will be useful for both academic study and stage production.

In a new edition of this now-classic work, Robert Brustein argues that the roots of the modern theatre may be found in the soil of rebellion cultivated by eight outstanding playwrights: Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Brecht, Pirandello, O'Neill, and Genet.

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.

This book analyses how country house entertainments facilitated political negotiations, rethought gender roles, and crafted identities.

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.

The performance of violence on the stage has played an integral role in French tragedy since its inception.

How did Elizabethan and Jacobean acting companies create their visual and aural effects?

Diana Dimitrova studies the representation of gender and religion in Hindi drama from its beginnings in the second half of the nineteenth century until the 1960s - the period when urban proscenium Hindi theatre, which originated under Western influence, matured and thrived.

The [Vagrant Trilogy] extends far beyond the timeline of devastating events, and instead shows us something greater: humanity.

A highly readable edition of Love''s Labour Lost edited and introduced by William C.

The Nobel Prize-winning dramatist Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) is undoubtedly one of the most innovative playwrights of the twentieth century and also one of the most complex.

Think how many others there are like me, hiding in the shadows, operating in the night like foxes, for fear of rejection and a life of ridicule.

The Moving Body and the English Romantic Imaginary explores ways in which England in the Romantic period conceptualized its relation both to its constituent parts within the United Kingdom and to the larger world through discussions of dance, dancing, and dancers, and through theories of dance and performance.

Child characters feature more numerously and prominently in the Shakespearean canon than in that of any other early modern playwright.

With the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Japan opened its doors to the West and underwent remarkable changes as it sought to become a modern nation.

In his final play, Sophocles returns to the ever-popular character of Oedipus, the blind outcast of Thebes, the ultimate symbol of human reversal, whose fall he had so memorably treated in the 'Oedipus Tyrannus'.

Last night I woke up and found that I was not at home.

You know I'm in pain, you know you can help relieve it, still you actively withhold, you withhold in case it compromises your moral compass?

Featuring four new plays written and devised in collaboration with groups of secondary school children, this collection examines immigration to and emigration from the UK.

The Merchant of Venice and Othello are the two Shakespeare plays which serve as touchstones for contemporary understandings and responses to notions of 'the stranger' and 'the other'.

This set comprises 40 volumes covering 19th and 20th century European and American authors.

Shakespeare reveals the causes and consequences of violence more profoundly than any social or behavioural scientist has ever done.

A showcase of innovative, global, collaborative Shakespeare education projects between institutions, educators, practitioners and students.

THE TIMES' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARThis book charts the personal and professional journey of Greg Doran, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2012 until 2022 and "e;one of the great Shakespearians of his generation"e; (Sunday Times).

In this fascinating book, Leah S.

Faust stories are found across the ages and the arts.

This book showcases the important, but often understudied, work of Nigerian women playwrights.

Though he is one of the undisputed giants of English literature, Ben Jonson is known to most people only as the author of one or two masterly plays which regularly appear in the drama repertory.

First published in 1969, this work examines the genre of Tragedy from its origins in ancient Greece, to the modern day.

Trust father of three William Shakespeare for all the advice you need for any parenting dilemma, in this witty and erudite guide—a handy collection of wisdom drawn from his most beloved works, from Hamlet to King Lear to Much Ado About Nothing.

Schools and universities are fast becoming managerial 'courts' of learning in which educators and students are system creatures busily fulfilling system protocols.