Peter Davison 
Contemporary Drama and the Popular Dramatic Tradition in England [PDF ebook] 

An investigation into modes of early modern English literary ”indirection, ” this study could also be considered a detective work on a pseudonym attached to some late sixteenth-century works. In th …

English Drama before Shakespeare surveys the range of dramatic activity in English up to 1590. The book challenges the traditional divisions between Medieval and Renaissance literature by showing tha …

Two plays for young people by one distinctive voice. Diary of An Action Man and Whiter Than Snow reveal an imagination that has raised the writer Mike Kenny onto the international stage. Renowned for …

"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 th …

Published in 1575 and acted at Christ”s College, Cambridge, probably as early as King Edward VI”s reign, the drama of Grandma Gurton and her lost sewing needle, which is finally retrieved from the …

Set in a world where how British you are is determined by the state, three women have been called in for interview. Sara looks kind of Asian. Scheherazade kind of Middle Eastern. And Sarah is kind of …

This collection explores the consequences of accentism—an under-researched issue that intersects with racism and classism—in the Shakespeare industry across languages and cultures, past and present. …

Would you mind if I asked you a troubling question? An Oscar-winning American actor, an English director and a Northern Irish playwright are about to begin rehearsals for a new play – one that could …

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 …

The first in a series on Shakespeare”s original texts, including facsimile pages, this version of ‘Hamlet’ is claimed to be, in some ways, the most authentic version of the play that we have. Includ …