Literary studies: plays and playwrights Books
Cambridge University Press Beckett Waiting for Godot Plays in Production
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Cambridge University Press King Henry V
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights
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Cambridge University Press Euripides Ion
Book SynopsisIon is one of Euripides'' most appealing and inventive plays. With its story of an anonymous temple slave discovered to be the son of Apollo and Creusa, an Athenian princess, it is a rare example of Athenian myth dramatized for the Athenian stage. It explores the Delphic Oracle and Greek piety; the Athenian ideology of autochthony and empire; and the tragic suffering and longing of the mythical foundling and his mother, whose experiences are represented uniquely in surviving Greek literature. The plot anticipates later Greek comedy, while the recognition scene builds on a tradition founded by Homer''s Odyssey and Aeschylus'' Oresteia. The introduction sets out the main issues in interpretation and discusses the play''s contexts in myth, religion, law, politics, and society. By attending to language, style, meter, and dramatic technique, this edition with its detailed commentary makes Ion accessible to students, scholars, and readers of Greek at all levels.Trade Review'… this is a very competent edition of Euripides' Ion, which shows comprehensive familiarity with modern work on the play and its background … detailed enough for the majority of readers.' Michael Lloyd, Exemplaria Classica'… wonderfully sound, tremendously useful for the student and scholar, and constitutes a landmark publication. James Diggle and his team of editors deserve the highest praise for their achievement.' Dublin Review of Books'… tactful, packed with insights and ideas that will generate insight and ideas in any careful reader.' Gregory Crane, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Euripides: life and works; 2. Myth; 3. Setting, staging, and production; 4. Structure and dramatic technique; 5. The Chorus and the characters; 6. Political identity; 7. Ritual and religion; 8. Revelation and deception; 9. Genre and tone; 10. Transmission of the text; A note on the text and critical apparatus; Ion; Commentary.
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Cambridge University Press NCS
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Cambridge University Press Brecht
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Cambridge University Press Much Ado about Nothing
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Cambridge University Press Shakespeares Rome
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Cambridge University Press Hamlet Versus Lear
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Cambridge University Press Shakespeares Tragedies
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeares Poetry
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Cambridge University Press Shakespeare on the German Stage Volume 1 15861914
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Cambridge University Press The First Quarto of Othello The New Cambridge Shakespeare The Early Quartos
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Cambridge University Press Sophocles Oedipus Rex
Book SynopsisA revised edition of Dr Dawe's bestselling edition. As in the first edition, the commentary tackles problems of language and expression, but is added to by reflections on the text developed in the twenty years since the first edition's publication, most notably recognizing the spurious nature of the play's ending.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Oedipus Rex; Commentary; Appendix on lyric metres.
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Cambridge University Press Shakespeares Victorian Stage
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Cambridge University Press Williams A Streetcar Named Desire Plays in Production
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Cambridge University Press Williams A Streetcar Named Desire Plays in Production
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Cambridge University Press Shakespeare and Domestic Loss
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Cambridge University Press Antony and Cleopatra
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Cambridge University Press Performing Shakespeare in the Age of Empire
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Cambridge University Press Albee
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Cambridge University Press London Civic Theatre
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Cambridge University Press Shakespeares Theory of Drama
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Cambridge University Press Albee Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf Plays in Production
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Cambridge University Press Greek Theatre Performance
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Cambridge University Press Congressional Theatre Dramatizing McCarthyism on Stage Film and Television 11 Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama Series Number 11
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson Cambridge Companions to Literature
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Cambridge University Press Shakespeare and Social Dialogue
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Cambridge University Press Performance and Literature in the Commedia dellArte
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Cambridge University Press Euripides Medea Cambridge Greek and Latin
Book SynopsisThis up-to-date edition makes Euripides' most famous and influential play accessible to students of Greek reading their first tragedy as well as to more advanced students. The introduction analyzes Medea as a revenge-plot, evaluates the strands of motivation that lead to her tragic insistence on killing her own children, and assesses the potential sympathy of a Greek audience for a character triply marked as other (barbarian, witch, woman). A unique feature of this book is the introduction to tragic language and style. The text, revised for this edition, is accompanied by an abbreviated critical apparatus. The commentary provides morphological and syntactic help for inexperienced students and more advanced observations on vocabulary, rhetoric, dramatic techniques, stage action, and details of interpretation, from the famous debate of Medea and Jason to the 'unmotivated' entrance of Aegeus and the controversial monologue of Medea.Trade Review'… predictably fine, thoughtful and polished … a nicely self-contained teaching-tool … Throughout, Mastronarde displays virtues known from his previous activity as a commentator: clarity of exposition; fairness in the treatment of controversial issues; philological acumen; command of the primary and secondary literature … a keen eye for the theatrical dimension of drama; and an openness to engage with broader, and often complex, non-philological aspects of interpretation.' Mouseion, Journal of the Classical Association of Canada'We may confidently say now that future students will face a less difficult task thanks to the work of D. J. Mastronarde, whose knowledge of Greek theatre and uncommon talent as a teacher have combined to produce a most valuable book. It is easy to foresee that students will be grateful to M. for his admirably concise and useful treatment of language, style and metre … Mastronarde's book is an outstanding contribution to the understanding of Medea and a valuable introduction to Greek tragedy as a whole. It deserves to take pride of place on the shelves of Euripidean scholars beside the time-honoured commentary of Page.' Journal of Hellenic Studies'… this series has consistently proven itself to provide high quality commentaries for teaching Greek texts in the original. Mastronarde's fine work does not disappoint. … this is a volume which will prove very useful to students of Greek tragedy in the original and will also be a valuable resource for professional colleagues.' HermathenaTable of ContentsGeneral introduction; Structural elements of Greek tragedy; Language and style; Prosody and metre; MEDEA; Commentary; Appendix: Medea's great monologue.
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Cambridge University Press Hamlet
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Cambridge University Press Greek Theatre Performance An Introduction
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Cambridge University Press Before Orientalism Londons Theatre of the East 15761626 45 Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture Series Number 45
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Cambridge University Press The Language of Sophocles
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Irish Drama Plays in Context from Boucicault to Friel Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre
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Cambridge University Press Shakespeare Survey Volume 52 Shakespeare and The Globe
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Cambridge University Press ONeill
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Cambridge University Press Shakespeare on Masculinity
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Cambridge University Press ONeill
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Cambridge University Press The Taming of the Shrew
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Cambridge University Press Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare in Production
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeares History Plays Cambridge Introductions to Literature
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Introduction to Tragedy
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare
Book SynopsisThis lively and innovative introduction to Shakespeare promotes active engagement with the plays, rather than recycling factual information. Covering a range of texts, it is divided into seven subject-based chapters: Character; Performance; Texts; Language; Structure; Sources and History, and it does not assume any prior knowledge. Instead, it develops ways of thinking and provides the reader with resources for independent research through the 'Where next?' sections at the end of each chapter. The book draws on scholarship without being overwhelmed by it, and unlike other introductory guides to Shakespeare it emphasizes that there is space for new and fresh thinking by students and readers, even on the most-studied and familiar plays.Trade Review'… a dazzling, reader-friendly tutorial in reading Shakespearean drama.' Emily Bartels, Rutgers University, New Jersey'I'll be entirely happy to recommend this to students. It's accessible, it's divided up by topic in a way that reflects the different approaches one might take to Shakespeare in class (e.g. structure/genre, historical context), the suggestions for further reading are realistic and helpful and include well-chosen online materials, and it's framed in a way that invites further discussion either in the classroom or in the study.' Tom Rutter, Sheffield Hallam UniversityTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Character; 2. Performance; 3. Texts; 4. Language; 5. Structure; 6. Sources; 7. History.
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Cambridge University Press THE CAMBRIDGE INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARES TRAGEDIES
Book SynopsisA lively and accessible introduction to Shakespeare's tragedies, this 2007 book begins with a discussion of tragedy before Shakespeare and considers each of Shakespeare's tragedies chronologically. It includes helpful text boxes and detailed chapters on Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello and King Lear, among other plays.Trade Review'Dillon provides an excellent brief account of English tragedies before Shakespeare.' Journal of British StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Tragedy before Shakespeare; 2. Titus Andronicus; 3. Romeo and Juliet; 4. Julius Caesar; 5. Hamlet; 6. Othello; 7. Timon of Athens; 8. King Lear; 9. Macbeth; 10. Antony and Cleopatra; 11. Coriolanus.
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Cambridge University Press Players of Shakespeare 5
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Mario Vargas Llosa Cambridge Companions to Literature
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film Cambridge Companions to Literature
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