Drama History & Criticism 83

Seven exciting new plays for young people written specifically in response to a world in the midst of a pandemic, accompanied by a handbook from Wonder Fools with guidance for staging the plays, and……続きを見る

Do algorithms and machine learning set us free, or trap us forever? Roger hates technology, but when his daughter gives him an Isla device for Lockdown 2020, he finds himself opening up to the virtu……続きを見る

In a mental health unit inside a prison, a group of women discover the music of punk rock band The Slits and form their own group. An outlet for their frustration, they find remedy in revolution. Bu……続きを見る

A clique of Caribbean maroon warrior women, a general of Haiti and his right-hand man, an ex-enslaved couple reclaiming their land, a group of Black French Caribbean soldiers held captive in Portche……続きを見る

Honestly the best science I've ever done and - frankly the best science in the history of humankind - has started with the same thought experiment: find the ways in which humanity thinks it is speci……続きを見る

In Salford alone, 34,000 children are caring for someone. Adapted from real-life testimonies, this bold and pertinent piece of documentary theatre examines our failing care system, the impact of aus……続きを見る

First published in 1992, Theater and World is a detailed exploration of Shakespeare’s representation of history and how it affects the relation between theatre and world. The book focuses primarily ……続きを見る

The Beggar's Opera, often referred to today as the first musical comedy, was the most popular dramatic piece of the eighteenth centuryーand is the work that John Gay (1685-1732) is best remembered f……続きを見る

Plautus' Mostellaria is one of ancient Rome's most breezy and amusing comedies. The plot is ridiculously simple: when a father returns home after three years abroad, a clever slave named Tranio devi……続きを見る

This new volume in the Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions series is perfect for students coming to one of Plautus' most whimsical, provocative, and influential plays for the first time, and a usef……続きを見る

What is home? The answer seems obvious. But Telling Our Stories of Home, an international collection of eleven plays by and about women from Lebanon, Haiti, Venezuela, Uganda, Palestine, Brazil, Ind……続きを見る

Modernists and the Theatre examines how six key modernists, who are best known as poets and novelists, engaged with the realm of theatre and performance. Drawing on a wealth of unfamiliar archival m……続きを見る

“It's not just the choice It's never just the choice Choice is a fairytale.” Tattoos are forever. Almost. And at Noodle Soup Tattoo there are strict rules: No names unless they're dead. Nothing on t……続きを見る

Nominated for the 2022 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre One man's spiritual journey is about to begin… after he's sent this tweet When Yasser decides to take part in it……続きを見る

This book analyses three Shakespearean plays that particularly deal with abusive forms of banishment: King Richard II, Coriolanus, and King Lear. In these plays, the abuses of power are triggered by……続きを見る

I have kind of become invisible. Nobody looks at me. Not like they used to. You reach an age. Like my age and people stop looking at you. They stop checking you out. In Greenwich Village a generatio……続きを見る

Con esta edición crítica se rescata un valioso ejemplo de drama hagiográfico barroco, dedicado a Juan de Dios (hacia 1495-1550), carismático fundador de la Orden Hospitalaria. El estudio introductor……続きを見る

You don't tell an American to switch off her light; you build her a better light bulb. A leading British doctor with a radical plan to save the NHS and a Silicon Valley billionaire with a radical pl……続きを見る

In October 1921, a delegation of the Dáil left by boat and train for London, where they were to negotiate with the British government for peace, unity and a republic. They came back with just one of……続きを見る

Analizamos Mujeres soñaron caballos de Daniel Veronese (2000), obra en la que no estamos ante una respuesta violenta a la norma sino una salida hacia los márgenes. La no enunciación es una reformula……続きを見る

This new volume in Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition increases our knowledge of how Shakespeare's plays were received and understood by critics, editors and general readers. Updated with a new int……続きを見る

Based on the true story of the murder of Thomas Arden by his wife, her lover and accomplices in 1551, Arden of Faversham is one of the earliest domestic tragedies and a play which has continued to t……続きを見る

In a once-great Scottish town, a massive redevelopment project promises to bring money, jobs and new prospects to its forgotten population. However, when Dr Kirsten Stockmann discovers a dangerous s……続きを見る

It's harder to kill people when there's a peace process on. Ulster Loyalist Alan Black is kept awake every night by his neighbour McCorrick's dog barking. To add to his difficulties, McCorrick refus……続きを見る

While the past decade proved to be some of the most tumultuous times in modern US history, the Black community has been resilient, opening up dialogues and sustaining advocacy. Nowhere has this been……続きを見る

Samuel Beckett’s Legacies in American Fiction provides an overdue investigation into Beckett’s rich influences over American writing. Through in-depth readings of postmodern authors such as Robert C……続きを見る

Aquest estudi sobre la temàtica amorosa de la novel·la cavalleresca Curial e Güelfa, explora la seua relació amb els textos dels poetes eròtics llatins, com Ovidi i els elegíacs. S'hi aborda a més, ……続きを見る

El consumo del vellón (1660), auto sacramental atribuido a Pedro Calderón de la Barca, despierta interés, no tanto por su espectacularidad escénica, como por la complejidad de sus alusiones bíblicas……続きを見る

El lector o espectador que se aproxime a las tragedias de honra de Calderón de la Barca se hallará, ciertamente, frente al mismo problema interpretativo con el que todavía lidia la crítica hispanist……続きを見る

De 1915 a 1922 los Provincetown Players fueron la fuerza más viva del teatro norteamericano. Desde su pequeño escenario en el embarcadero Lewis en Provincetown (Massachusetts), revolucionaron el tea……続きを見る