Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Paperback. Compiled by one of the best-known authorities on the bard's works, this dictionary offers up-to-date information on all aspects of Shakespeare in his own time and on his impact and influence on later ages. Essential reference for anyone with an interest in Shakespeare. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 240 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 262. Paperback, in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- SKU
- KRF0014164
- ISBN
- 9780192806383
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.82
€ 12.82
Paperback. David Scott Kastan's lucid exploration of the remarkable richness and ambitious design of "King Henry IV Part I" reveals the play to be almost a treatise on the central relationship between value and political authority. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 398 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- The Arden Shakespeare
- Number of pages
- 398
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904271352
- ISBN
- 9781904271352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.32
€ 15.32
Paperback. Great Shakespeare Actors provides a series of well-informed, well-written, illuminating, and entertaining accounts of many of the most famous stage performers of Shakespeare in both England and America, offering a concise, actor-centred history of Shakespeare on the stage. Num Pages: 314 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; ANB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198769729
- ISBN
- 9780198769729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.99
€ 18.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. Keatley's play is about three generations of women in one family. It is widely studied for A level and this volume is equipped with a substantial introduction by the author, featuring the background and a discussion of themes and character Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 colour, 8 page sections. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188. Series: Student Editions. 192 pages, 1 colour, 8 page sections. Keatley's play is about three generations of women in one family. It is widely studied for A level and this volume is equipped with a substantial introduction by the author, featuring the background and a discussion of themes and character. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight: 176.
- Publisher
- Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413684707
- ISBN
- 9780413684707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.32
€ 16.99
€ 15.32
Paperback. The most enjoyable way to understand a Shakespeare play is through performance. This new edition of Shakespeare's dazzling comedy, developed by and for the RSC, examines the play's performance history and provides insightful interviews from important directors Terry Hands, Liz Shipman and Gregory Doran, as well as outstanding on-page notes. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217911
- ISBN
- 9780230217911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.28
€ 12.28
Paperback. John Ford's tragedy, first printed in 1633, takes as its theme incest between brother and sister. This edition includes notes and an introduction which has been rewritten to take account of recent studies and approaches. Series: Revels Student Editions. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719043598
- ISBN
- 9780719043598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.37
€ 11.37
Paperback. One of Shakespeare's late plays, The Winter's Tale falls into two distinct parts: the first part tragedy and the second, comedy. John Pitcher's lively introduction and commentary explores the extraordinary merging of theatrical forms in the play and its success in performance. Editor(s): Pitcher, John. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 464 pages, 20 illustrations in introduction. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Arden Shakespeare
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903436356
- ISBN
- 9781903436356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.19
€ 13.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Originally published in 1930, The Wheel of Fire is the masterwork of the brilliant English scholar G. Wilson Knight, in which he founded a new and influential school of Shakespearean criticism. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415253956
- ISBN
- 9780415253956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.72
€ 19.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. Plays only release their true meaning on stage. After an introduction to the historical background of Ibsen's play, the reader is conducted scene by scene through the Action of the play, followed by a discussion of the Characters, the Setting, Staging, Lighting, Costumes Props and Furniture. Series: Page to Stage. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Stg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854598721
- ISBN
- 9781854598721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.49
€ 13.99
€ 11.49
Paperback. The first edition of Shakespeare's most famous tragedy to be developed by and for the Royal Shakespeare Company, this book includes unique material to help the reader understand and enjoy the play, including interviews with directors Michael Boyd, John Caird and Ron Daniels and a brand new introduction from award-winning scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217874
- ISBN
- 9780230217874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.28
€ 12.28
Hardback. This study looks at the epistemological significance of maternity in early modern England. Num Pages: 320 pages, 94 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624362
- ISBN
- 9780748624362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.99€ 123.47
€ 128.99
€ 123.47
Paperback. This work sets out to depose the sacred icon of the "eternal bard" and argue for a Shakespeare who meditates and exploits political, cultural and ideological forces. Ten years on, this second edition presents additional essays by Jonathan Dollimore and Alan Sinfield. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719043529
- ISBN
- 9780719043529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.95
€ 21.95
Paperback. A Critical Companion to the four principle playwrights associated with the Irish Dramatic Revival - W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge, Augusta Lady Gregory and Sean O'Casey - and to the birth of the Irish national theatre, the Abbey. Anthony Roche provides a reappraisal of the theatre movement led by Yeats and the work of the main practitioners. Series: Critical Companions. Num Pages: 272 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408175286
- ISBN
- 9781408175286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.57
€ 35.99
€ 30.57
Paperback. This is one of a series of books that provide a guide to Shakespeare's plays. The prefaces include endorsements by both actors and directors. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 116 x 9. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854591111
- ISBN
- 9781854591111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.20
€ 9.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484186
- ISBN
- 9780801484186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 49.67
€ 49.99
€ 49.67
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474413534
- ISBN
- 9781474413534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.83
€ 24.99
€ 22.83
Paperback. A full index includes not only authors, play titles, and persons mentioned, but themes from the whole Greek comic sphere (including politics, literature and philosophy, celebrities and social scandals, cookery and wine, sex, and wealth). Editor(s): Rusten, Jeffrey S. Translator(s): Henderson, Jeffrey; Konstan, David; Rosen, Ralph M.; Rusten, Jeffrey S.; Slater, Niall W. Num Pages: 816 pages, 43, 42 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 254 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1274.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421186
- ISBN
- 9781421421186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.42€ 46.84
€ 50.42
€ 46.84
Paperback. In John Willett's translation, this edition contains expert notes on the author's life and work, historical and political background to the play, photographs from stage productions and a glossary of difficult words and phrases Editor(s): Rorrison, Hugh. Translator(s): Willett, John. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b&w photographs of stage productions. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413577801
- ISBN
- 9780413577801
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.25
€ 14.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472528957
- ISBN
- 9781472528957
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. Presents an account of the rise and fall of Purgatory as both a belief and a lucrative institution - as well as a capacious new reading of the power of Hamlet. This book explores the adventure narratives, ghost stories, pilgrimages, and imagery by which a belief in a grisly "prison house of souls" had been shaped and reinforced in the Middle Ages. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Expanded edition with a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160245
- ISBN
- 9780691160245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.61
€ 24.99
€ 18.61
Paperback. Brings together notes and essays of the author. This book includes are autobiographical vignettes from childhood and youth describing the gamut of human emotion, from childhood fear to adult nostalgia in the re-creation of the past. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; BG; DN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571170760
- ISBN
- 9780571170760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.16
€ 26.99
€ 18.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487835
- ISBN
- 9780801487835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.69
€ 33.99
€ 33.69
Paperback. Abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield comforts herself with recollections of her earlier, life in Blue Mountain when she was pursued by 'gentleman callers'. Her son Tom, a poet with a job in a warehouse, longs for adventure and escape from his mother's suffocating embrace, while Laura, her daughter, has her glass menagerie and her memories. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Edition
- 17th Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141190266
- ISBN
- 9780141190266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
Paperback. Providing detailed coverage of the main political and religious issues of the age, this new edition has expanded sections on Ireland and Scotland, ensuring the text considers Britain as a whole. There is extra coverage of economic and social topics. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 7. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582784383
- ISBN
- 9780582784383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.30
€ 11.30