Literary studies: plays and playwrights Books
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Serious Money Student Editions
Book SynopsisPerhaps Caryl Churchill's most notorious play, Serious Money is a satirical study of the effects of the Big Bang, which has prompted city financiers to applaud and decry its presentation of their lives. This edition contains an introduction, commentary and questions for study.Trade ReviewA breathless, exhilarating crash course in the low morality of high finance Independent 'The play is a fine example of the stage's special ability to respond to the big, immediate stories of our day far more forcefully than journalism and much faster than the cinema.' Georgina Brown, Mail on Sunday, 17.5.09 'Caryl Churchill's brutally brilliant, savagely funny and appallingly realistic play (1987) about the bankers and dealers and the wheeler-dealers, the publicists and the media vultures who flourished in and around the banks kindly deregulated by Mrs Thatcher' John Peter, Sunday Times, 17.5.09
£15.60
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Full Room An AZ of Contemporary Playwriting Plays and Playwrights
Book SynopsisDominic Dromgoole, a key figure in new British drama, witnessed the explosion of new writing that took place at the end of the millennium. In a series of profiles of over 50 British playwrights this title looks at new plays and theatres which have changed the shape of contemporary British drama.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Man Who A Theatrical Research Methuen Drama Modern Plays
Book SynopsisUsing Oliver Sacks' neurological study "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" as its inspiration, "The Man Who" offers a series of doctor/patient scenarios that examine our attempts to understand the workings of the brain.
£16.59
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Six Characters in Search of an Author Student Editions
Book SynopsisSix people arrive in a theatre during rehearsals for a play. But they are not ordinary people, they are characters from an unwritten play. Trapped inside a traumatic event from which they long to escape, the director invites them to act out the key events of their lives.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Stone City Blue Modern Plays
Book SynopsisA stunning new play by "the most exciting playwright to come out of Wales" (Guardian)
£16.59
Cambridge University Press Drama through the Ages Cambridge School
Book SynopsisA collection of literature anthologies and reference books for Key Stage 3 onwards.
£13.88
Cambridge University Press Shakespeare in Print A History and Chronology of Shakespeare Publishing
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Cambridge University Press Pronouncing Shakespeare The Globe Experiment
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Faber & Faber Speak the Speech
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive sourcebook of Shakespeare''s monologues ever available in one volume.A detailed guide to approaching Shakespearean text, Speak the Speech! contains everything an actor needs to select and prepare a Shakespeare monologue for classwork, auditions, or performance. Included herein are over 150 monologues. Each one is placed in context with a brief introduction, is carefully punctuated in the manner that best illustrates its meaning, and is painstakingly and thoroughly annotated. Each is also accompanied by commentary that will spark the actor''s imagination by exploring how the interrelationship of meter and the choice of words and sounds yields clues to character and performance. And throughout the book sidebars relate historical, topical, technical, and other useful and entertaining information relevant to the text. In addition, the authors include an overview of poetic and rhetorical elements, brief synopses of all the plays, and a
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Faber & Faber As if by Chance Journeys Theatres Lives
Book SynopsisDavid Lan evokes a unique theatre of life. Sometimes hilarious, always deeply felt we travel with him to Peter Brook's Paris, to Chekhov's Yalta, to Lithuania in search of his great grandparents, to Broadway for the Tony Awards. There's escaping the South African army, the Royal Court in the 90s, spirit mediums in Zimbabwe. And his years running the Young Vic, drawing in great artists such as Ivo Van Hove, Jude Law, Gillian Anderson, Stephen Daldry and shows such as Yerma, The Jungle and The Inheritance.Exceptional. Rich, warm and sparkling.' Peter BrookHe is the Chagall of theatre, hurtling over his colourful life and the world, his shirt flying, dreaming on behalf of humanity.' Fiona ShawSincere, passionate, vulnerable, open, serious, loving. A great read for fans of theatre and of humanity.'' Ivo Van Hove
£10.99
Mark D. Ball Tragoedia Macbethi
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iUniverse Hamlets Secrets Revealed The Real Shakespeare Volume II v II
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iUniverse THE HORTON FOOTE REVIEWi iVOLUME ONE The Journal of the Horton Foote Society 1
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iUniverse Prosperos Powers A Short View of Shakespeares Last Phase A Short View of Shakespeares Last Phase
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iUniverse Marlowes Ghost The Blacklisting of the Man Who Was Shakespeare
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Contempo Publishing The Starre the Moone the Sunne
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Witch
Book SynopsisThis play written in the early 1600s is an ironic comedy which offers contrast and comparison with Shakespeare's Macbeth" in its handling of witchcraft. It includes a biography of the writer, a critical introduction, discussion of dates and sources and is fully annotated."
£14.61
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Witch of Edmonton
Book SynopsisThis tragi-comedy took as foundation the news report of the execution for witchcraft of Elizabeth Sawyer, as related by Henry Goodcole. However, the superstructure of love, bigamy and pretension was given at least as much weight. Both plots echoed the social forces at work in Edmonton.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
Book SynopsisThis text is part of the New Mermaid series of modern spelling, fully-annotated editions of English plays. Each volume includes a critical introduction, biography of the author, discussions of dates and sources, textual details, a bibliography and information about the staging of the play.
£14.61
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) All for Love
Book SynopsisPlay script, including biographical notes, textual details and information about the staging of the play.
£14.61
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The OneAct Play Companion A Guide to Plays Playwrights and Performance
Book SynopsisColin Dolley is a past Vice-Chairman of the Guild of Drama Adjudicators (GODA) and has adjudicated at over 200 drama festivals. Rex Walford OBE is a theatre critic and Chairman of GODA, and has judged many one-act plays in over thirty years of adjudicating festivals.Trade Review'A truly entrepreneurial publishing feat...Rich in diverse content...a veritable cornucopia...I suggest that you order your copy of this indispensable work' Amateur Stage (April 2006) "This is a book I have no hesitation in recommending - my only complaint is that every time I pick it up I spend far too long pottering through its pages". "those of us who frequent festivals will recognise the expertise and enthusiasm [the authors] show...in this invaluable book." Prompt Magazine Avon Association (October 2006) '...a very interesting, challenging and creative book, which should provide an engaging and provocative stimulus for young people, teachers and youth theatre workers at a time of ever increasing interest in the teaching of drama in this country, and in the relationship between theatre and society at large.' Youth Drama Ireland (Summer 2008)
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Aristotle on Comedy Towards a Reconstruction of Poetics No 2 Towards a Reconstruction of Poetics II
Book SynopsisRichard Janko is Gerald F. Else Distinguished University Professor of Classical Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. His publications include as translator Aristotle: Poetics (1987); as editor The Iliad. A Commentary. 4: Books 13-16 (1992); and Philodemus: the Aesthetic Works. Vol. I/1: On Poems Book 1 (2000) and Books 3-4 (2011)Trade Review'This is a splendidly vigorous book. Janko presents his case with enthusiasm and panache. He is forthright in expressing his own views and in denouncing the errors of other scholars. His arguments, some of them complex, are invariably clear - and often deliciously clever. Whatever the truth about TC [Tractatus Coislinianus], Janko's conclusions must be taken seriously.... No reader will be able to stay silent about this fascinating book' Jonathan Barnes, Phronesis
£28.99
LSU Press Black Face Maligned Race The Representation of Blacks in English Drama from Shakespeare to Southerne
Book SynopsisConsiders the influence of English political, social, and theatrical history on the depiction of black characters on the English stage from 1589 to 1695. Anthony Barthelemy shows that almost without exception blackness was associated with treachery, evil, and ugliness.
£33.41
Hill & Wang Brecht on Theatre
Book SynopsisThis volume offers a major selection of Bertolt Brecht''s groundbreaking critical writing. Here, arranged in chronological order, are essays from 1918 to 1956, in which Brecht explores his definition of the Epic Theatre and his theory of alienation-effects in directing, acting, and writing, and discusses, among other works, The Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny, Mother Courage, Puntila, and Galileo. Also included is A Short Organum for the Theatre, Brecht''s most complete exposition of his revolutionary philosophy of drama. Translated and edited by John Willett, Brecht on Theater is essential to an understanding of one of the twentieth century''s most influential dramatists.
£12.34
Ohio State University Press Shadows of the Enlightenment
£89.95
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Soul of Screenwriting 16 Story Steps
Book SynopsisEven the most gifted screenwriters get lost along the way. Inspired by the work of mythologist Joseph Campbell and psychologist Jean Houston, this title demonstrates how the "screenwriting by numbers" approach that offers templates into which the writer may mechanically drop his or her story idea is fundamentally incomplete.Trade Review"[This book] demonstrates that good screenwriting is more than hitting the big plot points with exciting action" Writers Forum, November 2008"Keith Cunningham's The Soul of Screenwriting: On Writing, Dramatic Truth, and Knowing Yourself...offers an unusual survey inspired by the mythic approach of Joseph Campbell and tinged by the psychology background of Jean Jouston, providing a survey of the act of screenwriting and how the writer's brain and experience juxtaposes to influence technique, character development, scene dynamics and results. It's a scholarly analysis recommended for any film or drama collection." -Midwest Book Review, (The Bookwatch), December 2008"US script-writing guru Keith Cunningham's hefty self-help guide" Total film, 1 May 2009 -- Carmen GrayMention -Book News, November 2008"Writing in a clear, evocative style, screenwriter/consultant Cunningham melds the business side of screenwriting with the craft of screenwriting in an attempt to help writers navigate the often-unwieldy terrain between what an artist needs to create and what the film industry demands as product....In demonstrating the symbiotic relationship between the writer and the world the writer creates, Cunningham offers writers an unique way to view their craft. And he extols the value of truthful writing, as opposed to formulaic writing, and provides a means to remain faithful to one's art while still producing a viable Hollywood product. More than a tool book, this book teaches writers how to persevere as artists. SUMMING UP: Recommended - Choice * Choice *Table of ContentsPart One: The Living Story; Introduction: The Night of the King Coho; Chapter One: Mirrored in the Story; Chapter Two: The Mythic Dimension of Screenwriting; Chapter Three: Need vs. Mode, The Core of Conflict; Chapter Four: The Story Molecule; Chapter Five: Orchestrating Character and Style; Part Two: Plot and the Dynamics of Creation; Chapter Six: The Soul of Screenplay Structure; Chapter Seven: The Journey in Four Movements; Chapter Eight: Act, Sequence, Scene, Beat: The Dramatic Present; Chapter Nine: The Sixteen Story Steps; Chapter Ten: The Creative Journey of Story Development.
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Bloomsbury USA 3pl Shakespeare and the Translation of Identity in Early Modern England Continuum Shakespeare Studies
Book SynopsisOffers an exploration of the ways in which Shakespearean texts engage in the social and cultural politics of sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century translation practices. This book takes "Venus and Adonis" as a starting point for the collection and offers perspectives on translation and the fashioning of religious, and gendered identities.Trade Review‘This is an insightful book that opens up Shakespeare studies and extends awareness of the fundamental importance of the concept of translation across time and cultures.' -- Susan Bassnett, Professor in the Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Warwick, UK ‘Humanism and the reformation were closely intertwined with the Early Modern regime of translation, and the essays in this splendid volume of top-notch criticism demonstrate just how intensely these processes informed the shaping of identities and discourses in the period. The chapters variously use translation as a trope, consider Shakespeare's translated afterlives, or consider the traces left by his classical sources, by the language of Tyndale's Bible, or by the harsh routines of teaching Latin through translation in Elizabeth's grammar schools. All highlight translation as a key concept that reveals fascinating subtexts for Shakespeare and unlocks a range of original readings.' -- Professor Dirk Delabastita, University of Namur and CETRA, Leuven, BelgiumShakespeare and the Translation of Identity in Early Modern England is an illuminating collection of five essays that use translation to approach the formation of social, national, religious and gender identities in Shakespeare's dramatic productions... The entire collection of essays will be of great interest and use to those who are primarily concerned with the study of the 'cultural' realities of the Shakespearean universe, as well as those inclined to adopt a more 'linguistic' approach. -- Rocío G. Sumillera, Universitat de València * English Text Construction (Vol. 6:1) *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction Liz Oakley-Brown; 1. Schooling Coriolanus: Shakespeare, Translation and Latinity Barbara Correll; 2. A Midsummer Night's Symposium: Translating Platonic Love in A Midsummer Night's Dream Erica Birrell; 3. 'Silence! Trouble Us Not!': Travail and Translated Identity in The Tempest Julia Major; 4. Harming Macbeth: A British Translation Paul Innes; 5. 'Most Retrograde to Our Desire': Translating Recusant Identity in Hamlet Richard Chamberlain; Afterword: Ton Hoenselaars; Index.
£142.50
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Shakespeares Insults
Book SynopsisWhy are certain words used as insults in Shakespeare's world and what do these words do and say? Shakespeare's plays abound with insults which are more often merely cited than thoroughly studied, quotation prevailing over exploration. The purpose of this richly detailed dictionary is to go beyond the surface of these words and to analyse why and how words become insults in Shakespeare's world. It''s an invaluable resource and reference guide for anyone grappling with the complexities and rewards of Shakespeare''s inventive use of language in the realm of insult and verbal sparring.Trade ReviewThorough and easy to use. * Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 *Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Abbreviations A-Z entries Select Bibliography Index
£170.00
HarperCollins Barfly The Movie An Original Screenplay
Book SynopsisThe screenplay of the 1987 movie, as written by Charles Bukowski.
£12.89
Cranesmere Press Understanding the Invisible Shakespeare
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Full Measure Press Much Ado About Nothing A Verse Translation Enjoy Shakespeare
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Forever Press 100 Reasons Shakespeare was the Earl of Oxford
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Cambridge University Press María Irene Fornés In Context
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Legare Street Press The Idea of Tragedy in Ancient and Modern Drama. Three Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution February 1900
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Legare Street Press Oroonoko
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Legare Street Press The Variety Stage a History of the Music Halls From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. By Charles Douglas Stuart and A.J. Park
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Legare Street Press A Handbook of the Drama
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Legare Street Press The God of Vengeance microform
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Legare Street Press The Whole Year Round
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Legare Street Press A Day in a District School a Twoact Comedy
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Legare Street Press The Best Plays of 191920
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Legare Street Press John BullS Other Island How He Lied To Her Husband Major Barbara
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Legare Street Press Contemporary Oneact Plays
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Legare Street Press The Play of Brahma an Essay on the Drama in National Revival
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Legare Street Press The Drama
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Legare Street Press Four Plays for Children
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