Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights

Tragedy, including grief, pain and suffering, is a common theme in Shakespeare's plays, often leading to the death of at least one character, if no...

Shakespeare's Hamlet--written 1,000 years after the classical Greek period--follows a narrative pattern similar to that of the Greek Electra myt...

Emer OSullivan has made an indispensable contribution to Wildean literature Compelling, informative and fascinating - Stephen Fry The Fall of th...

In early twentieth-century U.S. culture, sex sold. While known mainly for its social reforms, the Progressive Era was also obsessed with prostitut...

The new essays in this collection, on such diverse writers as Eugene O'Neill, Susan Glaspell, Thornton Wilder, Arthur Miller, Maurine Dallas Wat...

The Facts On File Companion to American Drama, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide to American dramatic literature, from its origins in the ear...

Of the many dynamic, young playwrights to be associated with the In-Yer-Face burst of creative talent on the British stage in the mid-1990s, Joe...

Rant. Chant. Chisme. is the debut collection of poetry by south Texas native Amalia Ortiz, featuring writing from the first decade of her career. R...

In March 2014, the University of Delawares Resident Ensemble Players staged the first Part of Goethes Faust, adapted and directed by Heinz-Uwe Haus...

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England is an international journal committed to the publication of essays and reviews relevant to drama and thea...