Drama History & Criticism 86

Winner of the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Play "Life of Pi will make you believe in the power of theatre" (Times). After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, there are fiv……続きを見る

This new Student Edition, featuring the classic John Willett translation of the play, includes an introduction by Katherine Hollander, which explores the following: * Contexts (Thirty Years War, 161……続きを見る

This anthology provides access to neglected theatrical work and broadens our understanding of the history of Irish theatre as well as the vital role of women within it. The introduction places these……続きを見る

Shortlisted for the "Outstanding Drama Education Resource" with Music & Drama Education Awards (2023) Do you struggle to find appropriate scenes and monologues for young performers? Whilst there are……続きを見る

A tough inner-city school, proud of its inclusivity, suddenly explodes in a rapidly escalating culture war. Sex secrets, hip-hop and hope fight for centre stage in a vibrant, loud and proud, real ta……続きを見る

I'm doing this for her because this was my sister's dream. This isn't my natural habitat. I wouldn't normally choose this. But she would have. Two sisters. One dream. The hardest open-water swim in ……続きを見る

Pour la première fois, Bérengère Dautun-Cabrol, qui a interprété les plus grands textes sur scène, raconte sa vie et son histoire d'amour avec le chirurgien Christian Cabrol, qui rélisera la premièr……続きを見る

First published in 1962, John Lyly marks a shift from the traditional focus on John Lyly as the originator of the strange stylistic craze called Euphuism, and as the dramatist from whose plays Shake……続きを見る

Teaching creative writing for the multicultural, global, and digital generation, this volume offers a fresh approach for enhancing core writing skills in the major forms of Poetry, Fiction, Nonficti……続きを見る

This is the first book-length work to draw extensively on unpublished archive material to document the composition and reception of some of Noël Coward's most significant plays. It examines his work……続きを見る

What were the origins of commedia dell'arte and how did it evolve as a dramatic form over time and as it spread from Italy? How did its relationship to the ruling ideology of the day change during t……続きを見る

Staunchly homosocial, vaguely or overtly misogynistic, anxiously homophobic-this study follows the male breadwinner as he is incarnated in Arthur Miller's most celebrated plays and as he resurfaces ……続きを見る

Don Miguel Mañara de Leca, noble sevillano del siglo XVII, dotado de gran "don de gentes", fortuna y atractivo, adquiere una gran fama en la ciudad por sus innumerables conquistas y aventuras amoros……続きを見る

Recoge este volumen tres piezas teatrales de composición, fecha y suerte dispares, pero unidas por el fuerte lazo de su protagonismo femenino, recreando tres figuras fundamentales del mundo clásico ……続きを見る

Los capítulos de Drama sin escenario contienen tres aspectos útiles a los lectores. En primer lugar, presentan los títulos, datos y secuencia de escritura o representación de los textos de cada uno ……続きを見る

Samuel Beckett's 1976 Television play Ghost Trio is one of his most beautiful and mysterious works. It is also the play that most clearly demonstrates Beckett's imaginative and aesthetic engagement ……続きを見る

The fact is that some of us like women and some like men and that's fine that's good in fact that's good, a good thing, but it seems to me that you've become confused. John is happy in himself, and ……続きを見る

Hate your job? Come work for us. This is a show about work. But the worker isn't here, so it's down to you. You'll clock in at the beginning. You'll get short breaks at regular intervals. You'll wor……続きを見る

Sometimes a person needs to create an act that destroys the world because the world is broken. The virus has ravaged Thebes. Millions are dead and the economy has tanked. Vaccinations have been admi……続きを見る

A city under attack from a nuclear blast. As the dust settles, Louise wakes to find herself in a fallout shelter with Mark, the colleague who has saved her life. They have enough water and food to l……続きを見る

Griselda Gambaro is arguably one of Argentina's most important dramatists, as well as a playwright of international significance, whose poetics not only interpret Argentine reality but transcend cul……続きを見る

I don't agree with everything they say, but we do have a lot in common nowadays; anyway, I can't be racist, my best friend is Black. Roger and Harry's bond is so strong they could be brothers. They ……続きを見る

Deux comédiennes dans une situation improbable : au cœur d’une nuit d’été, une voleuse s’introduit par la fenêtre dans un appartement … en se trompant d’étage et surprend la locataire en plein somme……続きを見る

This volume provides modern, uncensored translations of Aristophanes’ Acharnians, Knights, and Wasps. These plays, originally a series, are the world’s earliest political satires, and are made avail……続きを見る

It doesn't have to be anything more than it is. Let's just be… organic. Lucy and David are dating. Or at least, they're trying to. Faced with first-date disasters, a few crossed wires and Lucy's mum……続きを見る

I 1800-tallet blomstrede dansk litteratur op som aldrig før, og også en lang række kvindelige forfattere meldte sig på banen og fik udgivet deres værker på det ellers så mandsdominerede bogmarked. A……続きを見る

The party ain't over yet! As long as that music keeps playing, I'll keep dancing! Raw, rude and raucous, Cherry Jezebel is a dazzling new drama. Hilarious and heartbreaking, it's a champagne blowout……続きを見る

I want theatre to be sweaty, exciting, unpredictable…. Mike Bradwell is on a mission to revolutionise British theatre. He's sick of fancy plays by dead blokes and wants to tell stories about real pe……続きを見る

Early modern English writers often complained that “charity had grown cold,” lamenting the dissolution of society's communal bonds. But far from diminishing in scope or influence, charity generated ……続きを見る

Through expert guidance on understanding, interpreting, and writing about Shakespeare's language, this book makes The Winter's Tale accessible and exciting for students. It demonstrates that careful……続きを見る