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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Though only one of Burney's dramas as performed in her lifetime, this text places the plays in the context of performance and feminist theory, declaring that in exposing the failure of such institutions as marriage and the church, Burney's dramas often exceed her novels in their social commentary. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813120225
ISBN
9780813120225
Condition: New

€ 46.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 65 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
65
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560727347
ISBN
9781560727347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.09

Hardback. This is the first full-length study of John McGrath's work, and illuminates the importance of his role in the development of theatre, film and television in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Bradby, David; Capon, Susanna. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w halftones. BIC Classification: AN; APF; APT; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897488
ISBN
9780859897488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.07

Paperback. This is the first full-length study of John McGrath's work, and illuminates the importance of his role in the development of theatre, film and television in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Bradby, David; Capon, Susanna. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w halftones. BIC Classification: AN; APF; APT; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897495
ISBN
9780859897495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.53

Hardback. The nineteen essays presented in this volume reflect the development of English Renaissance studies in France over the past fifteen years. Interests run from textual history to drama and theatre poetics, myth, and iconography. Editor(s): Willems, Michele. Series: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries: The International Shakespeare Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135329
ISBN
9780874135329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.10

Hardback. With primary, though not exclusive, reference on the English side to Shakespeare and Marlowe, and on the French side to a wide range of dramatic and non-dramatic material, Hilman focuses on distinctive elements that emerge within the English tragedy of the 1590s and early 1600s. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719082764
ISBN
9780719082764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.48

Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585103089
ISBN
9781585103089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 159 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231054409
ISBN
9780231054409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.60
€ 79.41

Hardback. First comprehensive biography of R.C. Sherriff - an important 20th-century literary figure for over 30 years Num Pages: 388 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 190 x 39. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473860698
ISBN
9781473860698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.47

Hardcover. Editor(s): Holland, Peter; Orgel, Stephen. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403992284
ISBN
9781403992284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.21

Paperback. What can the printed texts of plays from Shakespeare's time say about performance? How have printed plays been read and interpreted? This collection, now available in paperback, considers the evidence of early modern printed plays and their histories of production and reception, from early performance to the psychology of Hamlet. Editor(s): Holland, Peter; Orgel, Stephen. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230210134
ISBN
9780230210134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 63.81

paperback. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691013671
ISBN
9780691013671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.54

Hardback. Discusses embarrassment not merely as a condition but as a weapon and as the wound the weapon inflicts Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823241941
ISBN
9780823241941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.76

Paperback. When do we start going to war and why? And what did it mean to go to war from World War I to World War II and beyond, in Italy, before and after Mussolini, before and after, that is, that warring spirit of the age which keeps nations in fighting mode? This book explores these questions. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Pap/DVD Bl
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748668724
ISBN
9780748668724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. "Galatea and Midas" are two of John Lyly's most engaging plays. This book presents the plays. Editor(s): Hunter, George K.; Bevington, David. Series: Revels Plays Companion Library. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078279
ISBN
9780719078279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.26

Hardback. Documents the explosion of contemporary gay and lesbian theater, and provides a single reference for American gay and lesbian plays, playwrights, and companies. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSG; GBCR; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810826892
ISBN
9780810826892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.21

Hardcover. Horton Foote is one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century. This book reflects upon his journey from his childhood in Wharton, Texas, through his early experiences as an actor in the theatre, to his mature vocation as a playwright. It identifies the people and influences that shaped his character and nurtured his art. Editor(s): Castleberry, Marion. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780918954916
ISBN
9780918954916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.21

Paperback. Few writers have transformed literature and theater so dramatically. Based on Henry J. Schmidt's translations of The Hessian Messenger, Danton's Death, Lenz, Leonce and Lena, and Woyzeck. Editor(s): Smith, Matthew Wilson. Translator(s): Schmidt, Henry J. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393933512
ISBN
9780393933512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Hardback. Presents a collection of fifteen essays offering a sample of German Shakespeare studies. This book includes articles written by scholars in the old "Bundeslander" and deal with different topics such as culture, memory, and natural sciences in Shakespeare's work, Shakespearean spin-offs, and with the reception of Venice and Shylock in Germany. Series: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries: The International Shakespeare Series. Num Pages: 318 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139112
ISBN
9780874139112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.52

Paperback. Over the past two decades, practitioners across the West have used documentary performance-making to confront new socio-political realities. This book, now in paperback and with a new Preface, contextualizes this work, exploring historical and contemporary examples of documentary and 'verbatim' theatre and applying a range of critical perspectives. Editor(s): Forsyth, Alison; Megson, Chris. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; DSBH; DSG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230336896
ISBN
9780230336896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 134.97

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