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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. This new edition of Shakespeare's great comedy of love, folly and mistaken identity, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with with three leading directors (Sam Mendes, Declan Donnellan and Neil Bartlett), looks at specific productions in the play's history, and a completely new introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230243842
ISBN
9780230243842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.24

Paperback. Pierre de Lavirey was born in the east of France and died in Troyes. Little is known about him, but he has left behind him adaptations into French of nine Italian plays which make him one of the most prolific writers of comedy in the sixteenth century. Les Tromperies formed part of the second collection of adaptations written by Lavirey. Editor(s): Cameron, Keith; Wright, Paul. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 106 pages, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2ADT; DD; DQ; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 147 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895392
ISBN
9780859895392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.87

Paperback. Three plays about women and the Trojan War, in fresh translations for the stage, the classroom, or the general reader. The publication of "Trojan Women," "Helen," and" Hecuba" in one volume also invites provocative engagement with issues of gender, history, warfare, and politics. Translator(s): Blessington, Francis. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299305246
ISBN
9780299305246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Muir, Kenneth. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536535
ISBN
9780199536535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.79

Hardcover. Assesses the contributions of one of the leading figures of post-1968 British political theater Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472110650
ISBN
9780472110650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.53

paperback. Aidan Dooley tells the story of his journey with Tom Crean; how his one-man play was written, and how it grew from an unknown show with an unknown actor into an award-winning hit that has been performed from Dublin to Dubai, and from Broadway to the Antarctic ice. Num Pages: 192 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1MTS; 2AB; APB; BM; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 332 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892835
ISBN
9781848892835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.21

Hardcover. Aims to usher readers of Beckett to a higher understanding and appreciation of what is unique about Beckett's representations of the human experience. This work maintains that diligent reading of the Beckett corpus reveals that Beckett was intensely concerned with representing certain "constitutive principles" of the human condition. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631026
ISBN
9780815631026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.51

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

€ 11.33

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635972
ISBN
9780691635972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 210.15

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646381
ISBN
9780691646381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 210.15

Hardback. Bradley's century-old Shakespearean Tragedy. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801893711
ISBN
9780801893711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.05
€ 59.72

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138798915
ISBN
9781138798915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.75

Paperback. What do we mean by 'tragedy' now? When we turn on the news, does a report of the latest atrocity have any connection with Sophocles and Shakespeare? Addressing questions about belief, blame, revenge, pain, witnessing and ending, this book demonstrates the enduring significance of attempts to understand terrible suffering. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, numerous half tones. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802354
ISBN
9780192802354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Surveying this expanded field of inquiry, Buckley weaves together a coherent formal genealogy of the drama during this period and offers a new, more continuous generic history of modern drama in its first and most turbulent phase of development. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884344
ISBN
9780801884344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.69

Hardcover. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DSG; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810885080
ISBN
9780810885080
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.83

Hardcover. Eight leading contemporary interpreters of Classical Greek tragedy here explore its relation - convergence and divergence - with ideas of the Archaic Period. Editor(s): Cairns, D. L. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125579
ISBN
9781905125579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.32

Hardcover. This volume contains "Romeo and Juliet", "Julius Caesar", "Antony and Cleopatra", "Coriolanus", "Troilus and Cressida" and "Titus Andronicus". Professor Tony Tanner examines Shakespeare's evolution as a tragedian while also providing discussions of the individual plays. Num Pages: 770 pages, bibliographies, chronology. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 39. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Condition
New
SKU
9781857151640
ISBN
9781857151640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.59

paperback. Provides separate discussions of each of Sophocles' seven plays: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. Focusing on the tragedies' dramatic power and the challenges with which they confront an audience, this book refuses to confine them within a supposedly Sophoclean template. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Greece and Rome Live. Num Pages: 176 pages, 4-colour cover illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904675723
ISBN
9781904675723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.48

Paperback. The volume includes Trojan Women, Thyestes, Phaedra, Medea, and Agamemnon, plus a preface. Translator(s): Slavitt, David. Series: Complete Roman Drama in Translation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801843099
ISBN
9780801843099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.20

Hardback. Provides an overview of and introduction to the Towneley cycle of plays, a 32-play cycle written in c 1500, which begins with the fall of Lucifer and ends with the Last Judgement, and was performed as part of the festival of Corpus Christi in Wakefield. This volume examines the cycle's textual history, and discusses issues of language and style. Series: Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 226 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708320488
ISBN
9780708320488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.27

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