Anton Chekhov 
Major Plays [EPUB ebook] 

Shakespeare is at the heart of the British theatrical tradition, but the contribution of Ira Aldridge and the Shakespearean performers of African, African-Caribbean, south Asian and east Asian herita …

First Published in 1996. This text looks at the cinema from the countries of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela. Presented by country and date orde …

Drawing on the generic and mythic strength of comedy and the theories of Bakhtin, Bergson, and Hobbes, this book identifies the radical nature of early modern English comedy. The satirical comedic ac …

In this picaresque novel, Charlotte Clarke recalls her life as an actress, and in particular, the difficulties facing a woman trying to make her way in a man”s world. The issues of women”s writing, …

Contemporary Clowning as Social Performance in Colombia brings to light the emergence of new kinds of clowning in everyday life in Colombia, focusing particularly on the pervasive presence of clowns …

Described by the distinguished theatre director Peter Brook as ”a very powerful form of theatre”, the Ta”ziyeh is the Islamic drama of Iran. This work examines the evolution of the Ta”ziyeh, whic …

First published in 1970, this book explores drama as literature and provides critical overviews of different aspects of drama and the dramatic. It first asks what a play is, before going on to examin …

Mining a series of previously uncharted conversations springing up in 16th- and 17th-century popular medicine and culture, this study explores early modern England”s significant and sustained intere …

Bringing together methods, assumptions and approaches from a variety of disciplines, Geraldo U. de Sousa”s innovative study explores the representation, perception, and function of the house, home, …

This title was first published in 2003. ‘Jonsonians’ explores the theatrical traditions within which Ben Jonson was working, investigates the ways in which his work has influenced and informed the de …