Drama History & Criticism 89

Humour, pathos and suffering, and the culminating drama of the Crucifixion and Resurrection, give these plays a wonderful immediacy. Their action was conceived on a cosmic scale and all the enthusia……続きを見る

Shakespeare's immutable history of Henry's victory over the French at Agincourt and the subsequent peace between the two nations is also a study of war and kingship. From a wild youth, Henry comes t……続きを見る

This play produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company has as its chief characters A. J. Raffles, the literary creation some seventy odd years ago of E. W. Hornung. The cool daring of the impeccable Am……続きを見る

'With spot-on injections of humour and a frequently raised sardonic eyebrow, joy and warmth shine from this fascinating and funny book' Jo Brand A joyful celebration of amateur theatre From the Myst……続きを見る

A reticent personnel manager living with his mother, Mr Newman shares the prejudices of his times and of his neighbours - and neither a Hispanic woman abused outside his window nor the persecution o……続きを見る

Victor, a New York cop nearing retirement, moves among furniture in the disused attic of a house marked for demolition. Cabinets, desks, a damaged harp, an overstuffed armchair - the relics of a los……続きを見る

When James Matthew Barrie died, in 1937, his funeral was an occasion for national mourning. Crowds gathered; reporters and newsreel men came to record the day, and many well-known figures followed t……続きを見る

With typical critical flair, Raymond Williams examines the development of the dramatic form from Henrik Ibsen to Bertolt Brecht. Taking an expansive view of drama from around the world, he offers th……続きを見る

Among Shakespeare's many biographers none brings to his subject more passion and feeling for the creative act than Anthony Burgess. He breathes life into Shakespeare the man and invigorates his time……続きを見る

Stephen Greenblatt's Will in the World is widely recognised to be the fullest and most brilliant account ever written of Shakespeare's life, his work and his age. Shakespeare was a man of his time, ……続きを見る

The Mainstream Companion to Scottish Literature is the most comprehensive reference guide to Scotland's literature, covering a period from the earliest times to the early 1990s. It includes over 600……続きを見る

Ohne das Drama umfassend zu analysieren, gibt dieses E-Book in knapper und übersichtlicher Form die allerwichtigsten Aspekte zur Interpretation jeder einzelnen Szene. Somit werden wesentliche Hilfes……続きを見る

The first anthology of youth plays from Gaza and the wider Palestinian region, this timely collection ties together nineteen plays produced by Theatre Day Productions, one of the foremost community ……続きを見る

15 Minuten über Faust II plaudern und einen Überblick gewinnen - mit dieser entspannten und kurzweiligen Betrachtung absolut möglich! Es erwartet Sie ein unangestrengter Blick auf den Klassiker. Dab……続きを見る

Este nuevo libro de Luis Loyola Cano contiene tres obras que abordan la temática del amor y dos poemas del autor. En cada una de sus evocaciones, el amor es reinventado y sacrificado, salvado y tamb……続きを見る

Le soir de ses vingt ans, une jeune femme seule attend anxieusement en fixant son poignet. À l'heure exacte de sa naissance, l'identité de son âme-sœur est censée y apparaître. Pourtant, Roxanne n'a……続きを見る

Lange erwartet: Der dritte Band von Günther Rühles großer Theatergeschichte Der dritte Band von Günther Rühles »Theater in Deutschland« ist kein historischer Rückblick, sondern die lebendige Schilde……続きを見る

The Man Booker International–winning author of Broken April and The Siege, Albania’s most renowned novelist, and perennial Nobel Prize contender Ismail Kadare explores three giants of world literatu……続きを見る

Few institutions have as profound an impact on the American theatrical landscape as the Tony Award-winning Williamstown Theatre Festival, located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. New Plays from Willi……続きを見る

Paul Brian Heise’s The Wound That Will Never Heal is an original allegorical reading of Richard Wagner’s epic music drama The Ring of the Nibelung. Heise challenges the standard view that Wagner mer……続きを見る

"Corona virus, arme à destruction massive" est une œuvre bicephalique : -La peinture en forme poétique des désastres causés par la maladie à Corona virus. - Le message d'espoir, fruit de la solidari……続きを見る

Why do people ever see things through? Why do they ever stay? It's so hard. Every relationship reaches a crossroad some time. As dawn breaks, Maggie is heating some milk and Gary wonders what she's ……続きを見る

This volume provides an accessible and engaging guide to the study of American dramatic literature. Designed to support students in reading, discussing, and writing about commonly assigned American ……続きを見る

I don't know how to feel. I know I should feel special. Changed. Like a woman. Maybe a little bit sore. A sore woman. But happy. And I don't. Growing up in Kilburn, siblings Madani, Maryam and schoo……続きを見る

Think how many others there are like me, hiding in the shadows, operating in the night like foxes, for fear of rejection and a life of ridicule. I've worked too hard to gain my respect only for it t……続きを見る

Earth Matters on Stage: Ecology and Environment in American Theater tells the story of how American theater has shaped popular understandings of the environment throughout the twentieth century as i……続きを見る

Et si l’au-delà ne mettait pas fin aux problèmes sociaux des vivants ? L’erreur peut-elle également appartenir au registre divin ? Voilà les questions que nous pouvons nous poser et qui, pour notre ……続きを見る

Une comédie funèbre qui déride, où la mort devient une alliée pour les comédiennes qui ont peur de tomber sur un os. Un seul en scène pour un face à face avec le temps… Clara est comédienne. Sa spéc……続きを見る

Pierre Soloviev, astrophysicien reconnu, s’enferme dans un observatoire pendant 30 ans avec pour objectif de répertorier l’intégralité des trous noirs célestes. Il est rejoint successivement par Ilo……続きを見る

Samuel Beckett and the Theatre of the Witness explores Beckett's representation of physical pain in his theatre plays in the long aftermath of World War II, emphasising how the issues raised by this……続きを見る