Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights

The startling central idea behind this study is that the rediscovery of Aristotle's Poetics in the sixteenth century ultimately had a profound impa...

Herald Loomis, you shining! You shining like new money! - Bynum WalkerAugust Wilson considered Joe Turners Come and Gone (1984) to be his favourite...

This title was first published in 2002: In the topsy-turvy 1580s and 1590s, as the episodic Anglo-Spanish war became the greatest threat to English...

This title was first published in 2002: An intensive study of Shakespeare's most ambitious and complex achievement in the historical mode. The book...

This book, together with A Second Book of Broadsheets makes up an anthology of the 1915 broadsheets distributed by The Times to members of H.M. For...

This book, together with A Book of Broadsheets makes up an anthology of the 1915 broadsheets distributed by The Times to members of H.M. Forces ser...

Murdering Ministers integrates everything worth knowing about Shakespeares Macbeth from four centuries of criticism and performances, stage as well...

Why is voice so important to us? How does the concept of voice encompass such disparate practices as vocal sound, marks on a page, identity product...

Volpone, Or, The Fox is Ben Jonsons great parable of greed, self-interest and inheritance. Using animal fable to satirize the wealthy and the greed...

Volpone, Or, The Fox is Ben Jonsons great parable of greed, self-interest and inheritance. Using animal fable to satirize the wealthy and the greed...

This study punctures the stereotyped portrayals of Marlowe, first created by his rival Robert Greene, and, yet, which still colour our view. In doi...

The Greek playwright Aristophanes (active 427386 BCE) is often portrayed as the poet who brought stability, discipline, and sophistication to the r...

This book delves into the aesthetics and processes by which Latinx writers and creatives artfully adapt and appropriate Shakespeare for young reade...

A collection of essays that considers the editorial and interpretive strategies for dealing with complex Shakespearean texts In his own time, Shake...

A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies. This accessible introduction offers a springboard into the play, ...

If misogyny is a systemic problem, then in order to understand its influence on canonical works like Shakespeare's, those works must be investigate...

The Hero (1925) explains tragedy itself, through a close examination of multiple texts, with a particular focus on Shakespeare. It references many ...

Chekhovs iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation.Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil War.Lolo, Nne Chukw...

Barber Shop Chronicles is a generously funny, heart-warming and insightful new play set in five African cities, Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lago...