Drama category: 27605 books
by Brenda Murphy, Bruce McConachie, John S. Bak
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Perfect for students of English Literature, Theatre Studies and American Studies at college and university, The Theatre of Tennessee Williams provides a lucid and stimulating analysis of Willams' dramatic work by one of America's leading scholars. With the centennial of his birth celebrated amid a...
The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays: Taking the Stage
Might is Right; Free Woman to Free Man; A Woman's Influence; Press Cuttings; Woman This and Women That; The Twelve Pound Look; For One Night Only; Her Will; Su L'Pave; Which; 10 Clowning Street; Anti Suffrage Waxworks
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2018
The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays: Taking the Stage features a wide variety of short pieces and one-act plays written by female and male suffragist writers between 1908-1914.
Spanning different styles and genres they explore many issues that interested feminist and suffragist campaigners...
by Hayley Squires
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2019
A sharp, fast-paced exploration of the possibilities of love, friendship and healing in the search for home.
Boarding begins in one hour, just enough time for a last meal on British soil. Seven people in an airport restaurant have 60 minutes to decide if they’re coming, going or staying.
VS09...
Rabinal Achi
A Mayan Drama of War and Sacrifice
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2003
Here is one of the most important surviving works of pre-Columbian civilization, Rabinal Achi, a Mayan drama set a century before the arrival of the Spanish, produced by the translator of the best selling Popol Vuh. The first direct translation into English from Quiché Maya, based on the original...
by Jacqueline Bolton
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Written specifically for GCSE students by academics in the field, the Methuen Drama GCSE Guides conveniently gather indispensable resources and tips for successful understanding and writing all in one place, preparing students to approach their exams with confidence.
Key features include a...
by David Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Some Literary Essays revises the work of several important dramatists who cast their influence over contemporary drama and political thinking and some important types of Elizabethan verse. Dramatists like Shaw, Beckett and contemporary ideological writers like David Edgar, Howard Brenton and Edward...
The Drama Is Coming Now
The Theater Criticism of Richard Gilman, 1961-1991
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
This engrossing book presents the first collection in more than three decades of one of America’s finest drama critics. Richard Gilman chronicles a major period in American theater history, one that witnessed the birth or spread of Off-Broadway, regional theater, nonprofit companies, and avant-garde...
Divided City
The Play
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Nominated for ten UK book awards, Theresa Breslin's hit novel tells of how two young boys - one Rangers fan, one Celtic fan - are drawn into a secret pact to help a young asylum seeker when all they really want to do is play football for Glasgow City. Now adapted for the stage by Martin Travers, the...
by Maggie Inchley
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Written specifically for GCSE students by academics in the field, the Methuen Drama GCSE Student Guides conveniently gather indispensable resources and tips for successful understanding and writing all in one place, preparing students to approach their exams with confidence.
Key features include...
by Keir Elam
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
The late twentieth century saw an explosion of interest in semiotics, the science of the signs and processes by which we communicate. In this study, the first of its kind in English, Keir Elam shows how this new 'science' can provide a radical shift in our understanding of theatrical performance,...
by Mzo Sirayi
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
Mzo Sirayi has embarked on a highly impressive and daring enterprise with the
unfl inching boldness of a scholar who is driven by a passionate pursuit to set the
record straight. He manages to pull no punches and make no apologies by being true
to his convictions, especially within the context of...
by Jean Chothia
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
The period 1890-1940 was a particularly rich and influential phase in the development of modern English theatre: the age of Wilde and Shaw and a generation of influential actors and managers from Irving and Terry to Guilgud and Olivier.
Jean Chothia's study is in two parts beginning with a...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
The editor of this lively assortment of reviews, interviews and other critical deliberations on contemporary Canadian drama has gathered material from books, theatre and scholarly journals; from major daily newspapers in Canada and abroad; from critics, academics, journalists and playwrights. This...
Modern Catalan Plays
The Quarrelsome Party; The Audition; Desire; Fourplay
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
Four plays from the rich theatrical world of Catalan drama.
Since the early 1990s, Catalonia has proven to the world that its rich heritage and artistic tradition are worthy of focus and study. The plays in the volume reflect the post-Franco era during which Barcelona and other parts of Catalonia...