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  • Cambridge University Press A Critical Introduction to TwentiethCentury American Drama

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    Book SynopsisDr Bigsby gives a full account of the early unpublished plays and the major works of Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Edward Albee. He draws on biographical detail and political background to illuminate his reading of the plays, which are illustrated by photographs of important productions.Table of ContentsList of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Tennesse Williams; 2. Arthur Miller; 3. Edward Albee; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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    Book SynopsisIn this 1976 introduction to Brecht's theatre and theory, Ronald Gray explores the dramatist's interacting roles as a committed Marxist seeking to influence audiences and as one of the most innovative craftsmen ever to work in the theatre.Table of ContentsPrefaces; 1. Marxism and political theatre; 2. Early plays; 3. Propagandist plays; 4. Theories and practice; 5. Exile and anti-Nazism; 6. The Life of Galileo; 7. Mother Courage; 8. Puntila and The Caucasian Chalk Circle; 10. Conclusion; 11. Epilogue: Brecht and political theatre in America and Britain; References; Chronologies; Translations; Bibliography; Index.

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  • Cambridge University Press Aspects of Hamlet

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    Book SynopsisAspects of Hamlet brings together authoritative articles by distinguished Shakespeare scholars. In making their selection from the entire range of Shakespeare Survey volumes, Kenneth Muir and Stanley Wells have borne the interests of the general reader in mind, as well as the needs of teachers and students.Table of ContentsList of plates; Preface; Studies in Hamlet, 1901–1955 Clifford Leech; Hamlet Then til Now Harold Jenkins; The Art of Cruelty: Hamlet and Vindice R. A. Foakes; 'Form and Cause Conjoin'd?: Hamlet and Shakespeare's Workshop Keith Brown; The Prince of Denmark and Claudius' Court Juliet McLauchlan; Hamlet and the Moriae Encomium Frank McCombie; 'To say one': An Essay on Hamlet Ralph Berry; Hamlet and the Power of Words Inga-Stina Ewbank; Critical disagreement about Oedipus and Hamlet Nigel Alexander.

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  • Cambridge University Press Timon of Athens

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    Book SynopsisKarl Klein introduces Shakespeare's late play as a complex exploration of a corrupt, moneyed society. He argues that evidence for other authors is inconclusive and shows the play to be neither tragedy, satire nor comedy, but a subtle and complete drama whose main characters contain elements of all three genres.Table of ContentsList of illustrations; List of abbreviations and conventions; Introduction: date, the play and its themes, critical approaches, the play on the stage, the 1999 RSC production (A. R. Braunmuller); Narrative and dramatic treatments of the Timon legend from Lucian to The Comedy of Timon' authorship; The Timon legend; List of characters; The play; Supplementary notes; Textual analysis; Reading list.

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  • Cambridge University Press Filming Shakespeares Plays The Adaptations of Laurence Olivier Orson Welles Peter Brook and Akira Kurosawa

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  • Cambridge University Press Camb Companion to Greek Tragedy

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    Book SynopsisThe twelve essays in this distinguished collection consider the importance of ancient Greek tragedy as a creative medium. The three main emphases are on tragedy as an institution in the civic life of ancient Greece; on critical interpretations of the texts; and on changing patterns of reception, adaption, and performance from antiquity to present.Trade Review'As a resource for teachers it is invaluable … Where else can such a wealth be found in one volume on tragedy?' JACT Review'Classical scholars will find much to think about … and their students will find it invaluable. [The] book contains chapters that will launch a thousand essays. One may only hope that non-classicists will also be encouraged to explore the world of tragedy.' The Times Literary Supplement'… an innovative and authoritative work which not only is easily the and paedagogically most useful handbook for the study of this most influential of Greek cultural productions; in addition, the contributors all forward the restless debate on tragedy and its heritage as they delineate it'. The Anglo-Hellenic ReviewTable of ContentsList of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Plan of the city of Athens; Part I. Tragedy as an Institution: The Historical Context: 1. 'Deep plays': theatre as process in Greek civic life Paul Cartledge; 2. A show for Dionysus P. E. Easterling; 3. The audience of Athenian tragedy Simon Goldhill; 4. The pictorial record Oliver Taplin; Part II. The Plays: 5. The sociology of Athenian tragedy Edith Hall; 6. The language of tragedy: rhetoric and communication Simon Goldhill; 7. Form and performance P. E. Easterling; 8. Myth into mythos: the shaping of tragic plots Peter Burian; Part III. Reception: 9. From repertoire to canon P. E. Easterling; 10. Tragedy adapted for stages and screens: the Renaissance to the present Peter Burian; 11. Tragedy in performance: nineteenth- and twentieth-century productions Fiona Macintosh; 12. Modern critical approaches Simon Goldhill; Glossary; Chronology; Texts, commentaries and translations; Works cited; Index.

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  • Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Beckett Cambridge Companions to Literature

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