Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Hardcover. This volume considers the phenomenon of mimetic contagion, whereby works of art draw viewers into direct imitation of themselves, and how it operates within specific historical contexts. Terence's Eunuch is used as a case study, situating the motif within the peculiarities of mid-second-century BC Rome and its anxieties about the power of art. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 254 x 19. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198738732
- ISBN
- 9780198738732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.09
€ 152.09
Paperback. Presents the conflict between sexual and social position. This work belongs to the series of plays, notably "The Father and Creditors", in which sex and marriage are treated with frank realism. Editor(s): Taylor, Jo; Thomas, David. Translator(s): Meyer, Michael. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413775825
- ISBN
- 9780413775825
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Condition: New
€ 12.33
€ 12.33
Hardback. One of our most acclaimed translators of Chinese drama and a specialist of Ming period literature translates one of the greatest Chinese tragedies of the first half of the seventeenth century, available for the first time in English. Translator(s): Birch, Cyril. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227798
- ISBN
- 9780231121682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The first truly continentally representative collection of modern African drama in any language, this Norton Critical Edition includes plays from Egypt, Algeria, the Republic of South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Kenya. Editor(s): Jeyifo, Biodun. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 672 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 1H; 2H; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393975291
- ISBN
- 9780393975291
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.78
€ 26.99
€ 23.78
paperback. Twelve of the best recent Arabic plays in lively English translations. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra; Allen, Roger. Series: Indiana Series in Arab & Islamic Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209733
- ISBN
- 9780253209733
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. Essential for students of theatre studies, this series of 6 decadal volumes provides a critical survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1950s to the present. Each volume features a critical analysis of the work of four key playwrights from that decade together with an extensive commentary on the period. Series Editor(s): Boon, Richard; Roberts, Philip. Series: Decades of Modern British Playwriting. Num Pages: 352 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408129562
- ISBN
- 9781408129562
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.95
€ 36.99
€ 30.95
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408129579
- ISBN
- 9781408129579
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.95
€ 36.99
€ 30.95
Paperback. Part of the Decades of Modern British Playwriting series, the volume provides a critical survey of the theatre produced in the 1980s together with detailed studies by a team of experts of the work of Howard Barker, Jim Cartwright, Sarah Daniels and Timberlake Wertenbaker. Series Editor(s): Boon, Richard; Roberts, Philip. Series: Decades of Modern British Playwriting. Num Pages: 352 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPL; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408129593
- ISBN
- 9781408129593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.69
€ 36.99
€ 30.69
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408129265
- ISBN
- 9781408129265
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.78
€ 36.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. This book tells the story of modern drama through its seminal, groundbreaking plays and performances, and the artistic diversity that these represent. Exploring the new note of artistic hostility between dramatists and their audience, Shepherd-Barr draws on a range of theories and performances to reveal what makes modern drama "modern". Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 174 x 111. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199658770
- ISBN
- 9780199658770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
paperback. Designed to meet the instructional needs of advanced German courses, this volume combines a number of pedagogically proven foreign language teaching and learning strategies, primarily the communicative approach and the three-stage reading strategy. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: AB; CJ; DSBH; DSBH5; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 273 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433126390
- ISBN
- 9781433126390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Hardback. Through analysis of both major Irish dramas and the artists and companies that performed them, Modern Irish Theatre provides an engaging and accessible introduction to 20th century Irish theatre: its origins, dominant themes, relationship to politics and culture, and influence on theatre movements around the world. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745633428
- ISBN
- 9780745633428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644455
- ISBN
- 9780691644455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.69
€ 208.69
Modernism in European Drama: Ibsen, Strindberg, Pirandello, Beckett
Innes, C.D.; Marker, Frederick J.
Paperback. This collection of essays, originally published over the last forty years in the journal Modern Drama, explores the drama of four of the most influential European proponents of modernism in the European Drama: Ibsen, Strandberg, Pirandello and Beckett. Editor(s): Innes, Christopher; Marker, Frederick J. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802082060
- ISBN
- 9780802082060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.39
€ 40.99
€ 36.39
Hardcover. Modernity, Community, and Place in Brian Friels Drama shows how the leading Irish playwright explores a series of dynamic physical and intellectual environments, charting the impact of modernity on rural culture and on the imagined communities he strives to create between readers, and script, actors and audience. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633310
- ISBN
- 9780815633310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.06
€ 51.06
Hardcover. Series: Anthem Studies in Theatre and Performance. Num Pages: 222 pages, 46+ illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857284426
- ISBN
- 9780857284426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.69
€ 133.69
Paperback. Mother Courage and Her Children is widely regarded as Brecht's best work, a theatrical landmark and one of the most powerful anti-war plays in history. This bilingual edition allows students to compare the original German text with a translation by one of the world's leading playwrights, Tony Kushner. Editor(s): Kuhn, Tom. Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael; Kushner, Tony (Professor, University of Southampton). Series: Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Parallel text edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408111512
- ISBN
- 9781408111512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.06
€ 15.99
€ 15.06
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 118 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652788
- ISBN
- 9780691652788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.94
€ 104.94
Paperback. One of Bernard Shaw's greatest plays, Mrs Warren's Profession raises issues about class struggle, generational differences, the past, and female hardship through the exploration of a mother and daughter relationship put under enormous strain. Editor(s): Kent, Brad. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 224 pages, Production photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713679946
- ISBN
- 9780713679946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.37
€ 13.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. This fresh edition of one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies offers new insights into the play on the page and in performance, offering interviews with directors Nicholas Hytner and Marianne Elliott and actress Harriet Walter alongside student-friendly scene-by-scene analysis and a new introduction from Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232105
- ISBN
- 9780230232105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.42
€ 12.42
Paperback. These updated editions of classic plays feature new cover art along with the complete text of each work, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books. Reissue. (Plays/Drama) Editor(s): Crowther, John. Series: No Fear Shakespeare. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 192 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Spark Notes United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Trade Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411401013
- ISBN
- 9781411401013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.93
€ 10.99
€ 9.93
Paperback. Take a peek behind the curtain to discover the boy, the youth, the man behind some of the greatest works of English literature. The life and times of William Shakespeare, richly imagined in this unique biography told using the Bard's own quotes. Num Pages: 120 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 212 x 9. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Upstart Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927262023
- ISBN
- 9781927262023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.39
€ 20.99
€ 20.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 47 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AVGC; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783272006
- ISBN
- 9781783272006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.97
€ 114.97
Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350010178
- ISBN
- 9781350010178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.28
€ 18.28