Classic plays / drama
Cambridge University Press Travel and Drama in Early Modern England
Book SynopsisThis agenda-setting volume on travel and drama in early modern England provides new insights into Renaissance stage practice, performance history, and theatre''s transnational exchanges. It advances our understanding of theatre history, drama''s generic conventions, and what constitutes plays about travel at a time when the professional theatre was rapidly developing and England was attempting to announce its presence within a global economy. Recent critical studies have shown that the reach of early modern travel was global in scope, and its cultural consequences more important than narratives that are dominated by the Atlantic world suggest. This collection of essays by world-leading scholars redefines the field by expanding the canon of recognized plays concerned with travel. Re-assessing the parameters of the genre, the chapters offer fresh perspectives on how these plays communicated with their audiences and readers.Trade Review'Travel and Drama in Early Modern England manages to be at once unified and multifocal.' Cecilia Lindskog Whiteley, Notes and Queries'… this important volume presents a broad discussion about travel on the early modern stage, fittingly for a subject that evoked such different emotions and was an emblem for so many different things.' Cecilia Lindskog Whiteley, Notes and Queries'Travel and Drama in Early Modern England adds significantly to ongoing conversations on travel and its dramatic afterlives during the age of exploration.' Amrita Sen, Renaissance Quarterly'This fascinating collection offers an insightful analysis of the uses and representations of travel on the early modern stage.' Jennifer Cryar, The Year's Work in English StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction: understanding the early modern journeying play Claire Jowitt and David McInnis; 1. 'For his travailes let the Globe witnesse': venturing on the stage in early modern England Anthony Parr; 2. Seeing and overseeing the stage as map in Early Modern drama Ladan Niayesh; 3. Marlowe's Mediterranean and counter-epic forms of oceanic hybridity Steve Mentz; 4. Making the land known: Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 and the literature of perambulation Julie Sanders; 5. Eastward Ho and the traffic of the stage Andrew Gordon; 6. Language and seafaring in Thomas Middleton and John Webster's Anything for a Quiet Life Marianne Montgomery; 7. Rogue cosmopolitans on the Early Modern stage: John Ward, Thomas Stukeley, and the Sherley brothers Daniel Vitkus; 8. Drama at sea: a new look at Shakespeare on the Dragon, 1607–8 Richmond Barbour and Bernhard Klein; 9. Strange bedfellows: the ordinary undersides of 'a true reportory' and The Tempest Emily C. Bartels; 10. Travelling characters in early modern drama David McInnis; 11. 'Constant changelings', theatrical form, and migration: stage travel in the early 1620s Clare McManus; 12. The uses of cultural encounter in Sir William Davenant's Caroline-to-Restoration voyage drama Claire Jowitt.
£79.79
Cambridge University Press On the Site of the Globe Playhouse of Shakespeare
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1923, this book addresses the old controversy regarding the exact location of the Globe Theatre. Through a wealth of evidence extracted from the records concerning Shakespeare's London, George Hubbard presents compelling evidence for placing the site of Shakespeare's playhouse to the north of Maiden Lane.Table of ContentsPreface; On the site of the Globe Playhouse of Shakespeare, lying to the North of Maiden Lane, Bankside, Southwark.
£18.67
Penguin Books Ltd The Complete Pelican Shakespeare
Book SynopsisThis edition of Shakespeare's complete works aims to combine accessibility with scholarship. Each play or poetry collection has an introduction which includes textual and literary-historical issues and there are same-page notes for ease of reference.Trade Review"Here is an elegant and clear text for either study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them, and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel, who understand that these are plays for performance as wellas great texts for contemplation." —Patrick Stewart“The perfect companion to enjoy the most profound stories of the human condition that Shakespeare has given us and that I have had the privilege to perform, from Othello to King Lear. "—James Earl Jones “Orgel and Braunmuller’s editions of the Pelican Shakespeare are an indispensable part of my library. These introductions by great Shakespearean scholars are erudite yet accessible, and the individual editions of the plays are perfect for the rehearsal room. They combine scholastic precision with an inspiring energy that fuels everyone making Shakespeare live today.” —Simon Godwin, Shakespeare Theatre Company and the National Theatre“I have been using the Pelican Shakespeare for years in my lecture course–it’s invaluable.”—Marjorie Garber, Harvard University Table of ContentsEditorsAcknowledgmentsPublisher's NoteThe Opening Pages of the Folio of 1623The QuartosGeneral IntroductionThe Shakespearian Theater WorldWilliam Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, GentlemanThe Texts of ShakespeareA Comparative TableNondramatic PoetryThe Narrative Poems - edited by Jonathan Crewe:Venus and AdonisLucreceThe Phoenix and the TurtleThe Passionate PilgrimA Lover's ComplaintThe Sonnets - edited by Stephen Orgel with an Introduction by John HollanderIndex of First Lines to The SonnetsComediesThe Two Gentlemen of Verona - edited by Mary Beth RoseThe Taming of the Shrew - edited by Stephen OrgelThe Comedy of Errors - edited by Frances E. DolanLove's Labor's Lost - edited by Peter HollandA Midsummer Night's Dream - edited by Russ McDonaldThe Merchant of Venice - edited by A.R. BraunmullerThe Merry Wives of Windsow - edited by Russ McDonaldMuch Ado About Nothing - edited by Peter HollandAs You Like It - edited by Frances E. DolanTwelfth Night, or, What You Will - edited by Jonathan CreweThe History of Troilus and Cressida - edited by Jonathan CreweMeasure for Measure - edited by Jonathan CreweAll's Well That Ends Well - edited by Claire McEachernPericles Prince of Tyre - edited by Stephen OrgelCymbeline - edited by Peter HollandThe Winter's Tale - edited by Frances E. DolanThe Tempest - edited by Peter HollandHistoriesGenealogical ChartMonarchs of EnglandThe First Part of Henry the Sixth - edited by William Montgomery with an Introduction by Janis LullThe Second Part of Henry the Sixth - edited by William Montgomery with an Introduction by Janis LullThe Third Part of Henry the Sixth - edited by William Montgomery with an Introduction by Janis LullThe Tragedy of King Richard the Third - edited by Peter HollandThe Tragedy of King Richard the Second - edited by Frances E. DolanThe Life and Death of King John - edited by Claire McEachernThe First Part of King Henry the Fourth - edited by Claire McEachernThe Second Part of King Henry the Fourth - edited by Claire McEachernThe Life of King Henry the Fifth - edited by Claire McEachernThe Life of King Henry the Eighth - edited by Jonathan CreweTragediesTitus Andronicus - edited by Russ McDonaldRomeo and Juliet - edited by Peter HollandThe Tragedy of Julius Caesar - edited by William Montgomery with an Introduction by Douglas TrevorThe Tragical History of Hamlet Prince of Denmark - edited by A.R. BraunmullerThe Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice - edited by Russ McDonaldThe Life of Timon of Athens - edited by Frances E. DolanKing Lear: The 1608 Quarto and 1623 Folio Texts - edited by Stephen OrgelKing Lear: A Conflated Text - edited by Stephen OrgelMacbeth - edited by Stephen OrgelAntony and Cleopatra - edited by A.R. BraunmullerThe Tragedy of Coriolanus - edited by Jonathan CreweIndex of Songs
£58.50
Penguin Putnam Inc Henry V
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Gorgeous new Shakespeare paperbacks.” —Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings“I have been using the Pelican Shakespeare for years in my lecture course--it's invaluable, the best individual-volume series available for students.”—Marjorie Garber, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University
£9.50
Penguin Putnam Inc Richard III
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Gorgeous new Shakespeare paperbacks.” —Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings“I have been using the Pelican Shakespeare for years in my lecture course--it's invaluable, the best individual-volume series available for students.”—Marjorie Garber, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University
£9.50
Oxford University Press The Winters Tale The Oxford Shakespeare
Book SynopsisTrade Reviewa valuable edition of The Winter's Tale. ... this is a well-focused and helpful edition. * Paul Hammond, Review of English Studies *
£11.94
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Love Poems Sonnets of William Shakespeare
Book SynopsisThe greatest sonnets ever written, by the greatest poet and playwright in the English language
£13.29
WW Norton & Co The Norton Shakespeare
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£67.40
WW Norton & Co The Norton Shakespeare
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£67.55
WW Norton & Co The Norton Shakespeare
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£60.48
Random House USA Inc Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story
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£10.00
The University of Michigan Press Class Critics and Shakespeare
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£27.10
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Four Tragedies
Book SynopsisHamletOne of the most famous plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the young prince of Denmark who must reconcile his longing for oblivion with his duty to avenge his father’s murder is one of Shakespeare’s greatest works. The ghost, Ophelia’s death and burial, the play within a play, and the breathtaking swordplay are just some of the elements that make Hamlet a masterpiece of the theater.OthelloThis great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and emotion is played out against Renaissance splendor. The doomed marriage of Desdemona to the Moor Othello is the focus of a storm of tension, incited by the consummately evil villain Iago, that culminates in one of the most deeply moving scenes in theatrical history.King LearHere is the famous and moving tragedy of a king who foolishly divides his kingdom between his two wicked daughters and estranges himself from the young daughter who loves him-a theatrical spectacle of ou
£9.31
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Antony and Cleopatra
Book SynopsisA magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare''s greatest female characters—the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is a man torn between pleasure and virtue, between sensual indolence and duty . . . between an empire and love. Bold, rich, and splendid in its setting and emotions, Antony And Cleopatra ranks among Shakespeare''s supreme achievements.
£7.82
Turtleback Books Othello No Fear Shakespeare Sparknotes No Fear
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£15.54
Random House USA Inc Comedies Volume 1
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£24.00
Random House USA Inc Comedies Volume 2 Everymans Library Classics
Book SynopsisShakespeare’s later comedies were written at the astonishing pace of about two plays a year. In them, he moves beyond the farce of his earlier comedies to richer and more varied dramas. These range from the famous “problem plays,” which blend humor with tragedy, to the idyllic romances set in such timeless locales as the Forest of Arden. They contain some of his wittiest and most memorable characters, from cross-dressing heroines, bantering lovers, and wisecracking fools to the villainous but sympathetic Shylock and the boisterous and bawdy Falstaff. This volume contains The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, All’s Well That Ends Well, and Measure for Measure. The authoritatively edited text of the plays is supplemented with footnotes, bibliographies, a detailed chronology of Shakespeare’s life and times, and a substant
£25.60
The British Library Publishing Division The Bard in Brief Shakespeare in Quotations
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£13.06
Random House USA Inc Othello
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£9.50
Random House USA Inc Macbeth Modern Library Classics Paperback
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£9.50
Random House USA Inc Much Ado about Nothing
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£7.60
MJ - Ohio University Press Directing Shakespeare
Book SynopsisAn impossible question from a Chinese actor—“Why is Shakespeare eternal?”—drove Sidney Homan after fifty years in the theater to ponder just what makes Shakespeare…well, Shakespeare.Trade ReviewSidney Homan has the unusual gift for a literary critic of being a good story-teller, and so the moments of rehearsing and trying to find how a complicated text can work on stage come through with vividness and point...Any Shakespearean and any intellectually curious actor or director would find substantial value and interest in Directing Shakespeare. * author of Shakespeare's History Plays *
£34.32
Kessinger Publishing The Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet
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£30.40
Johns Hopkins University Press Persians Seven against Thebes and Suppliants
Book SynopsisIntended to be both read as literature and performed as plays, these translations are lucid and readable, while remaining staunchly faithful to the texts.Trade ReviewClassicists should enjoy the book, for... it did help this reader get closer than before to these perhaps underrated plays. The book has a good introduction and notes. -- Allistair ELliot Translation and LiteratureTable of ContentsIntroductionPersiansSeven against ThebesSuppliantsNotesWorks Cited
£50.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Persians Seven against Thebes and Suppliants
Book SynopsisIntended to be both read as literature and performed as plays, these translations are lucid and readable, while remaining staunchly faithful to the texts.Trade ReviewClassicists should enjoy the book, for... it did help this reader get closer than before to these perhaps underrated plays. The book has a good introduction and notes. -- Allistair ELliot Translation and LiteratureTable of ContentsIntroductionPersiansSeven against ThebesSuppliantsNotesWorks Cited
£29.91
Ivan R Dee, Inc How to Enjoy Shakespeare
Book SynopsisReaders and playgoers who are new to Shakespeare (and even more seasoned veterans who would like to appreciate him more than they do) often find themselves puzzled: what is going on? His characters speak in verse rather than in the patterns of everyday speech. They are figures that ordinary humans seldom encounter—kings, queens, dukes, cardinals, and generals. Some of the plays are set in places even the most seasoned traveler is unlikely to have visited—Bohemia, Illyria, and the ancient Greek cities of Asia Minor—and in times from the distant past—imperial Rome, medieval Venice, Homer's Troy. What's more, the plots pursue events that seemingly have little to do with the daily round of modern lives—contention for a royal crown, assassination, shipwreck, occult visitation. Robert Fallon's small book is designed to dispel some of this apparent strangeness. It shows readers that what may at first seem unfamiliar to them is in fact close to their own lives. Kings and queens emerge as recognizable fathers and mothers, dukes and earls as squabbling siblings of any era. Exotic locales might be any present-day village or city block. And the plots resemble stories to be found in the pages of our morning newspaper. Shakespeare's language takes some getting used to, but even a brief acquaintance with its cadence and imagery will offer a glimpse of its glories. In How to Enjoy Shakespeare, Mr. Fallon explores Shakespeare's familiarity in five sections dealing with language, theme, staging, character, and plot, each abundantly illustrated with episodes and quotations from the plays. He writes in easily accessible prose in a book designed to make modern readers and audiences feel comfortable with the Bard.Trade ReviewFallon has written a 'guide for the perplexed'... * Kalamazoo Gazette *Fallon has an enthusiasm for the subject that will easily infect readers…. Students, teachers, and playgoers alike would find it extremely useful. Recommended. -- Susan L. Peters * Library Journal *A celebrated author whose Shakespeare theatre guides have been celebrated for their ease of access without 'dumbing down' information. * Bookwatch *Fallon comes to the rescue by explaining Shakespearean language, themes, narrative...for those with little or no previous exposure. * Book News, Inc. *An insightful assessment of several of Shakespeare's favorite themes: love, war, ambition and illusion. -- Katherine Royster * Tennessean *Scholarly, but friendly. -- Stephen Peithman * Stage Directions *If it's a basic, easy primer to enjoying Shakespeare which is needed, try out Thomas Fallon's How to Enjoy Shakespeare. * Bookwatch *A wealth of perspectives. -- Jonathan Moscone * American Theatre *He writes in easily accessible prose in a book designed to make modern readers and audiences feel comfortable with the Bard. * The Poor Yorick Shakespeare Catalogue *Accessible prose without the 'insider' assumptions of many similar-sounding guides. * Bookwatch *A little book of just 100 pages with a no-nonsense, easy approach to Shakespeare. * Bibliotheque D'humanisme Et Renaissance *It is also notably the only volume here that has anything substantial to say about iambic pentameter. * Times Literary Supplement *
£12.99
Ignatius Press Merchant of Venice
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£9.83
Ignatius Press Macbeth
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£9.83
Ignatius Press Romeo and Juliet
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£8.66
Ignatius Press Julius Caesar
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£9.91
Ignatius Press Othello
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£9.63
Filiquarian Publishing, LLC. Macbeth Shakespeare Library Classic
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£10.80
Guernica Editions,Canada Remembering Shakespeare Volume 68: The Scope of
Book SynopsisThe longstanding challenge and problem of living through tragedy, as opposed to living beyond it or simply carrying on in spite of it, is highlighted in this extensive and in-depth scholarly study. Shakespeare was able to live through tragedy and consequently could come into those higher evolutionary states of mind and being, until now so little known, that are so impressively represented in his last plays.Trade Review" rigorous highly pertinent the present book, especially the final chapter, "Prosperos Powers: Shakespeare's Last Phase", is the culmination of a long journey [in O'Mearas study of Shakespeare's work]. The kind of philosophy underlying The Tempest has its present day equivalence in Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophy, "that process of living further into the 'wisdom' of man" (p.88) which appears to have close links with the Rosicrucian Enlightenment" -- R.W. Desai, 'The Critical Endeavour,' Vol. XXIV, January 2018"the reader will find something provocative in this book [Shakespeares] tragedy is that since his time we have not been instructed by his pains." -- Jonathan Locke Hart 'Renaissance and Reformation', Volume 41, Number 4, Fall, 2018Table of Contents1.Shakespeare's Muse; 2.Otherworldly Hamlet; 3.Othello's Sacrifice; 4.Prospero's Powers.
£16.16
Guernica Editions,Canada Shakespeare Beyond Science: When Poetry Was the
Book SynopsisShakespeare wrote at a unique historical turning point: the world was understood through poetry -- rather than through the science of observing it. In Shakespeare Beyond Science: When Poetry Was the World, Sky Gilbert's radical new research locates Shakespeare as a disciple of the Greek rhetorician Hermogenes, and a student of the Neo-Platonist Johannes Sturm. No, not just another 'interpretation' of the meaning of Shakespeare's work. Instead, a radical approach to Shakespeare as magician and rhetorician, as a post-structuralist, more concerned with form than content, and confident of the dangerous magical power of words not only to persuade but to construct our consciousness.Trade Review"MY ADDICTION is one one of the funniest and most honest films about fag compulsion this side of the Ganges." -- The San Francisco Bay Times"Sky Gilbert's second feature is a step up the professional ladder from his first" -- VarietyInspired by Barbara Pym's comedic tales of quiet life in the British countryside, Sky Gilbert's latest work is uproarious, touching, and poignant. -- Carly Maga, Torontoist"The truth is, Sky Gilbert has more theatrical flair in his little finger than anybody else in the Toronto scene....It is a measure of Sky Gilbert's theatrical genius" -- The Globe and Mail"Gilbert has spoken eloquently about society's persecution and misunderstanding of non-conformity- and that's a theme that goes beyond the specifics of homosexuality." -- The Toronto Star"It is the best book I've read this year, one of the most interesting books I've ever encountered." -- Barcza"Gilbert has a real gift for explaining complicated intellectual ideas with conviction and clarity, and for keeping his prose cheerful -- however deep he burrows. Frances Yates had that too." -- Alexander Waugh, author of The House of Wittgenstein
£14.36
Aurora Metro Publications Hamlet: Adapted with Shakepeare's text by Mark
Book SynopsisAdapted by Mark Norfolk Preface by Dr David Linton Continues Aurora Metro Books' partnership with Black Theatre Live, a pioneering national consortium of regional theatres led by Tara Arts (London), with the necessity of diversity in theatre at its core: committed to effecting change for BAME theatre, and audiences.Table of ContentsContents Preface: Performing Dialogues of Race and Culture | Interviews: Jeffery Kissoon and Mark Norfolk | Hamlet playtext Readership This fast-paced, all-Black, contemporary version of Hamlet has appeal across audiences young and old, those studying English and Drama at school, those recently introduced to Hamlet through popular TV adaptations and classic drama audiences. In particular, lovers of traditional drama and Shakespeare, schools and Black African & Caribbean audiences (including previous Black Theatre Live tours). Students studying Shakespeare and/or drama studies.
£9.99
Simon & Schuster As You Like It
Book SynopsisWilliam Shakespeare’s As You Like It, the incredible story about love, rebellion, and generosity, now presented by the Folger Shakespeare Library with valuable new tools for educators and dynamic new covers. Readers and audiences have long greeted As You Like It with delight. Its characters are brilliant conversationalists, including the princesses Rosalind and Celia and their Fool, Touchstone. Soon after Rosalind and Orlando meet and fall in love, the princesses and Touchstone go into exile in the Forest of Arden, where they find new conversational partners. Duke Frederick, younger brother to Duke Senior, has overthrown his brother and forced him to live homeless in the forest with his courtiers, including the cynical Jaques. Orlando, whose older brother Oliver plotted his death, has fled there, too. The authoritative edition of As You Like It from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: -The exact text of the printed book for easy cross-reference -Hundreds of hypertext links for instant navigation -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -Full explanatory notes conveniently linked to the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases -An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play -Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books -An annotated guide to further reading -An essay by a leading Shakespeare expert
£9.99
Les Belles Lettres Comoedia, Togata: Fragments
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£37.00
Les Belles Lettres Aristophane. Fiction Et Dramaturgie
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£44.00
Les Belles Lettres Eschyle, Poete Cosmique
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£52.25
Les Belles Lettres Eschyle, Agamemnon
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£20.09
Brepols N.V. Parisian Confraternity Drama of the Fourteenth
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£66.04
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Inquieti Commerci Tra Uomini E Dei: Timpanisti.
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£299.25
TEMPESTAD LA 632
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£18.20
