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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474413510
ISBN
9781474413510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 134.29

Paperback. Gathers together Strindberg's important and frequently performed plays - "The Father", "Miss Julie", "A Dream Play", "The Dance of Death", and "The Ghost Sonata" - in translations praised for their fluency and their elegance. Translator(s): Carlson, Harry G. Num Pages: 297 pages, music. BIC Classification: 2ACSW; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
297
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520046986
ISBN
9780520046986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.15

Hardcover. The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play depicts the conflict between a fading Southern belle and the brash lower-class society of her sister's family. Series: Heinemann Plays for 14-16+. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DD; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435233105
ISBN
9780435233105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.39

Hardback. In Four Cries of a Gibbon by the late-Ming dynasty playwright Xu Wei, characters move between life and death, and male and female, as they seek to articulate who they truly are. In this first critical study and annotated translation, Kwa considers how Wei's exploration of identity paved the way for further reflection in later fiction and drama. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066854
ISBN
9780674066854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. Professor Nelson's companion considers the stage and screen work of one of the great auteurs of our present age. Ranging across Poliakoff's work for the theatre, his early TV dramas and his high-profile work for the screen since 1998, this is an invaluable study of a unique theatre, film and TV talent. Series: Plays and Playwrights. Num Pages: 272 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; APF; APT; DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408131084
ISBN
9781408131084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780679746997
ISBN
9780679746997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.75

Hardback. Seeks to reassess the dramatic output of the Commonwealth, Protectorate and early Restoration; a period that has often been marginalised by specialists of both Renaissance and Restoration drama. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087639
ISBN
9780719087639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.68

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719076732
ISBN
9780719076732
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.07
€ 64.09

Hardback. In a series of readings, the author examines Shakespeare's five major history plays and accounts for their continued popularity, both in film and on stage. He examines the historical context out of which the plays emerged, and describes how the period gave birth to a modern form of politics. Translator(s): Wilson, David H. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075886
ISBN
9780231075886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403965851
ISBN
9781403965851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Hardcover. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403999092
ISBN
9781403999092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Hardcover. Thomas Fahy examines the integration of and challenges to popular culture found in the theatrical works of Millay, Cummings, and Dos Passos, which have largely been marginalized in discussions of theatre history and literary studies, despite offering a hybrid theatre that integrates popular with formal, and mainstream with experimental Num Pages: 196 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230115958
ISBN
9780230115958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 46.64

Hardcover. This collection features eight plays and six interviews with migrant and Irish-born theatre artists who are producing work at the intersection of interculturalism and inward-migration in Ireland during the first decades of the 21st Century. Editor(s): Charlotte, McIvor; Matthew, Spangler. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DD; DQ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051046
ISBN
9781782051046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Hardback. Plunka argues that drama is the ideal art form to revitalize the collective memory of Holocaust resistance. This comparative drama study examines a variety of international plays - some quite well-known, others more obscure - that focus on collective or individual defiance of the Nazis. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230369566
ISBN
9780230369566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 47.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; AN; DSBD; DSG; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 585.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501703140
ISBN
9781501703140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.29

Hardback. The economics of political and sexual exchange not only became entwined but functioned as mutual supports during a period of social, cultural, and political readjustment. Num Pages: 440 pages, 40, 40 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801879616
ISBN
9780801879616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.97
€ 63.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403969347
ISBN
9781403969347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 46.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 273 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472059
ISBN
9781611472059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.07

hardcover. Focusing on the UK and US, the author offers a critique of the cultural stereotyping and political conservatism that have pursued the playwrights in translation. She shows how the choices made by the translators and stagers of Fo and Rame's political theatre reveal attitudes toward foreign cultures and theatre generally and Italy in particular. Series: Warwick Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 146 pages, Includes 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 153. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780754654018
ISBN
9780754654018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.80

Hardback. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; AN; DSBH; DSG; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403986405
ISBN
9781403986405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.71

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