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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. Treacherous, power-hungry, untempered by moral restraint, and embittered by physical deformity, Richard, the younger brother of King Edward IV, is ablaze with ambition to take England's throne. This title is a chronicle of Richard's machinations to be king - a tale of murder upon murder. Editor(s): Raffel, Professor Burton. Series: The Annotated Shakespeare. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300122022
ISBN
9780300122022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Paperback. The "Shakespeare at Stratford" series discusses and analyzes the wide range of theatrical interpretation stimulated and provoked by the most frequently performed plays. The focus is on productions at Stratford-upon-Avon since 1945. Editor(s): Day, Gillian. Series: Shakespeare at Stratford Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 199 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903436127
ISBN
9781903436127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.28

Hardback. The Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia dell'Arte Stage examines the emergence of the professional actress from the 1560s onwards in Italy. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649118
ISBN
9781442649118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.70

Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750325
ISBN
9780804750325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.06

Hardback. Through readings of ten of Moliere's plays, this title argues that a rivalry that endangers order by collapsing differences structures the works and provides a key to their understanding. Moliere's comic characters all want something that they cannot have. The objects of their desire may vary, but the presence of desire itself remains a constant. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838640098
ISBN
9780838640098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Brewer, David A. Num Pages: 324 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810062
ISBN
9781554810062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.67

Hardcover. Containing Shakespeare's four Last Plays - The Tempest, Pericles, The Winter's Tale and Cymbeline, this single-column text of the plays features Signet footnotes, is supplemented with bibliographies, and a detailed chronology of Shakespear's life and times. Num Pages: 464 pages, notes, bibliographies, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 134 x 36. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
592
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152296
ISBN
9781857152296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.30

Paperback. .
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425439
ISBN
9781848425439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. With outstanding on-page explanatory notes, an in-depth scene-by-scene summary and fascinating interviews with actors David Tennant and Alexandra Gilbreath and director Michael Attenborough, this fresh edition from the Royal Shakespeare Company offers enlightening new approaches to Shakespeare's tragic love story. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230232082
ISBN
9780230232082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Hardback. By guiding readers through the difficulties of plot and language, this handbook leave them free to enjoy the depth, beauty, and vitality of Shakespeare's works. Series: The Shakespeare Handbooks. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566633642
ISBN
9781566633642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.25

Paperback. "The play plus a translation anyone can understand"--Cover. Editor(s): Crowther, John. Series: No Fear Shakespeare. Num Pages: 287 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
SparkNotes
Number of pages
287
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Study Guide ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586638450
ISBN
9781586638450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Editor(s): Andrews, John F (Shakespeare Guild USA). BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 249 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138852716
ISBN
9781138852716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.78

Paperback. A major new edition of Shakespeare's tragedy arguing that the play is ultimately Juliet's. The illustrated introduction discusses the play's stage and screen history, its language and the many critical issues surrounding it.It gives a comprehensive, penetrating introduction to the play.On-page notes to deepen understanding. Editor(s): Weis, Rene. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 454 pages, 20 black and white in introduction. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
454
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903436912
ISBN
9781903436912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

Paperback. Tom Stoppard's reputation as a playwright was made when his dazzling debut, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, opened at the National Theatre. Fifty years later, the play's wit, stagecraft and verbal verve remain as exhilarating as they were in 1967. This edition aims to coincide with a fiftieth anniversary production at The Old Vic, London. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main - Faber Modern Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571333721
ISBN
9780571333721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Hardback. This book, the second of two volumes, explores and analyzes the dramatic representations of women in power in seventeenth-century France. Key to the analysis is an examination of the ways in which questions of virtue and sexual differentiation are negotiated and how they contribute to the construction of a nascent paradigm of equality. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137568427
ISBN
9781137568427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 171. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910338
ISBN
9781575910338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.77

Paperback. This is a fresh, up to date and accessibly written critical edition for literature and drama students. An authoritative and academically rigorous edition, edited by leading Cambridge scholar, Jean Chothia, under the guidance of the advisor to the Shaw Estate and international Shaw expert, Len Connolly. Editor(s): Chothia, Jean. 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: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713679960
ISBN
9780713679960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582424562
ISBN
9780582424562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

hardcover. Saints and the Audience in Middle English Biblical Drama fully and assiduously explains how biblical drama functioned in the society that experienced it. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 149 x 6. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802089441
ISBN
9780802089441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.23

Paperback. Originally published: New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1999. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSB; DSG; HRGS; JFFK; JFHF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231156554
ISBN
9780231156554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. One of a series concerning the major plays of leading 20th-century playwrights. This guide introduces, explores and analyzes in detail the principal themes and styles of the work of Samuel Beckett. It also places it in the context of modern theatre, and includes a select bibliography. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 114 x 13. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Faber and Faber London
Number of pages
256
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571197781
ISBN
9780571197781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Hardcover. Analysis of Irish avant-garde writer, dramatist and poet Samuel Beckett 1929-1969. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632542
ISBN
9780815632542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.87

Paperback. Editor(s): Cohn, Ruby. Series: Casebook S. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Palgrave
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005024
ISBN
9780333344897
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138961265
ISBN
9781138961265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.42

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