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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. Revealing the interplay between social custom and dramatic form, this book shows how the Elizabethan antithesis between everyday and holiday comes to life in the comedies' combination of seriousness and levity. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
With a New foreword by Stephen Greenblatt
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149523
ISBN
9780691149523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. This commentary on Aeschylus' Agamemnon offers the reader a thorough introduction, extensive notes, and separate sections which explore Aeschylus' use of theatrical resources, an analysis of his distinctive poetic style and use of imagery, and an outline of the transmission of the play from 458 BC to the first printed editions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DD; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199595617
ISBN
9780199595617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.33

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198399001
ISBN
9780198399001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559361378
ISBN
9781559361378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.09

Hardback. The art and craft of playwriting as explored in candid conversations with some of the most important contemporary dramatists Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300211443
ISBN
9780300211443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.72

Paperback. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. Num Pages: 127 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 4KL; DD; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 135 x 201 x 7. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521172578
ISBN
9780521172578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.34

Hardcover. This volume contains Shakespeare's first five history plays - "Henry VI", Parts I, II and III, "Richard III" and "King John". The text of the plays is accompanied by extensive notes, an author chronology, a bibliography and a detailed introduction to each play. Num Pages: 638 pages, 1 geneal.table. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 136 x 48. Weight in Grams: 766.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
638
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151770
ISBN
9781857151770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.45

Paperback. A classic work for actors and students on understanding and playing Shakespeare. In the first half of the book, Barton attempts an objective analysis of how Shakespeare's text actually works; in the second half he concentrates on the more subjective areas such as irony and ambiguity, passion and coolness. Series: Performance Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, ill. BIC Classification: ANC; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Pap/DVDReissued Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713687736
ISBN
9780713687736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages, 80 illustrations (b/w) with possible 16 page colour section. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781256343
ISBN
9781781256343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardcover. The poetry of Horace (born 65 B.C.) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private concerns, urban and rural settings, Stoic Epicurean and thought. This translation offers the Latin text with English translation on facing pages. Editor(s): Rudd, Niall. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 114 x 19. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996090
ISBN
9780674996090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. In this edition, R.A. Foakes brings to bear a number of historical perspectives and critically addresses recent explorations of "King Lear" as a play of redemption, a play of despair and a play that destabilises all commentary. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 456 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903436592
ISBN
9781903436592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.34

Paperback. A woman seduced and a friend betrayed; desire, deceit and disguise in the heat and dust of Andalucia. RSC Chief Associate Director Gregory Doran spent years investigating the mystery of Shakespeare's lost play. This is his story, a quest to discover and stage a missing masterpiece. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations (some colour). BIC Classification: 2AB; ANF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848422087
ISBN
9781848422087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. "Antigone" was originally produced in Paris in 1942, when France was an occupied nation and part of Hitler's Europe. The play depicts an authoritarian regime and the play's central character, the young Antigone, mirrored the predicament of the French people in the grips of tyranny. Editor(s): Freeman, Dan; Freeman, Ted. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
A & C Black Publishers, Ltd.
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413695406
ISBN
9780413695406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

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

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Antigone, defying her uncle Creon's decree that her brother should remain unburied, challenges the morality of man's law overruling the laws of the gods. The clash between her and Creon with its tragic consequences have inspired continual reinterpretation. This translation was made for a BBC TV production of the "Theban Plays" in 1986. Editor(s): Varakis, Angie. Translator(s): Taylor, Don W. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413776044
ISBN
9780413776044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. This is a full-length study of the representation of contemporary warfare on the British stage and investigates the strategies deployed by theatre practitioners in Britain as they meet the representational challenges posed by the 'new wars' of the global era. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859899949
ISBN
9780859899949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Jackson, Professor Russell. Series: Great Shakespeareans. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; ANB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 319. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474253390
ISBN
9781474253390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.25

Paperback. Translator(s): Thome, Andrea. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559364713
ISBN
9781559364713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.62

Paperback. Professor Nelson's companion considers the stage and screen work of one of the great auteurs of our present age. Ranging across Poliakoff's work for the theatre, his early TV dramas and his high-profile work for the screen since 1998, this is an invaluable study of a unique theatre, film and TV talent. Series: Plays and Playwrights. Num Pages: 272 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; APF; APT; DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408131084
ISBN
9781408131084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.84

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