William Shakespeare 
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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 th …

Coming-of-age drama with sideways glance at evangelical and Sapphic love ”I mean, the fact that Jesus chose to turn the water into wine, rather than just decontaminating it, proves that drinking alc …

Written by an international group of highly regarded scholars and rooted in the field of intermedial approaches to literary studies, this volume explores the complex aesthetic process of ‘picturing’ …

The book is written mainly for students to enable them better to appreciate and enjoy Euripides” Andromache. Its presentation seeks to combine depth of analysis with clarity and accessibility. It di …

Born within a year of both Shaw and Wilde, Pinero was one of the most popular – and prolific – playwrights of his age. This volume contains his three best – and still most often performed – plays, ea …

Shakespeare Inside goes behind the scenes to reveal Shakespeare at work in the most decisive institutional context of our time – in prisons. Based upon the author”s experience of watching prison yar …

Steven Berkoff has been variously described as controversial, thrilling, electric and dynamic. A Renaissance man of the theatre, he is known equally for his writing, directing and acting. Collecting …

‘Phoenician Women’, one of Euripides” later tragedies, is an intriguing play that arguably displays some of his finest dramatic technique. Rich in cast and varied in incident, it is an example of Eu …

This anthology examines Love”s Labours Lost from a variety of perspectives and through a wide range of materials. Selections discuss the play in terms of historical context, dating, and sources; cha …

Bucket List tells the story of the fight for justice against the effects of the corrupt capitalist regime in Mexico affecting some of the world”s poorest and most defenceless people. When her mother …