Emma Smith 
Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s First Folio [PDF ebook] 

These five short plays date from Brenton »s early involvement in such  »shoestring » groups as Portable Theatre. They are deliberately intended for the  »poor theatre » – as relevant today as when …

This volume contains everything Brendan Behan wrote in dramatic form in English Contains the three famous full-length plays: The Quare Fellow, set in an Irish prison (‘In Brendan Behan »s …

Stress is defined as a feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilize. It can occur due to environmental issues, …

This anthology provides access to neglected theatrical work and broadens our understanding of the history of Irish theatre as well as the vital role of women within it. The introduction places these …

A torn family. A hostile state. One heroic brother. One misguided son. One conflicted sister, and the second is on the run. This is a blistering retelling of Sophocles » epic story from the …

"A Fool There Was" by Porter Emerson Browne is a compelling drama delving into the tragic consequences of seduction, infidelity, and moral decline. At its core, the novel revolves around …

Shakespeare has made the big time. No less than the Beatles or Liberace, Elvis Presley or Mick Jagger, Shakespeare is big-time in the idiomatic sense of cultural success and widespread notoriety. Not …

A remarkable resurgence of interest has taken place over recent years in a biographical approach to the work of early modern poets and dramatists, in particular to the plays and poems of Shakespeare, …

 »She just needs to understand that it »s not her fault, that she »s not to blame, that she »s not a slut » Three women and two men swim in shame. Everyone »s exposed. Everyone wants revenge. No …

Two performers express the inner conflict that exists within a modern woman »s head: the push and the pull, the past and the present, the progress and the regression. Interweaving a cappella harmony, …