Drama
Playing Boal
Playing Boal is the first book to examine the techniques in application of Augusto Boal, creator of Theatre of the Oppressed and internationally renowned Brazilian theatre maker and political activist.
Pinter Ethic
The only comprehensive guide to the plays of one of the world's greatest yet most puzzling contemporary dramatists, The Pinter Ethic penetrates the mystery of Harold Pinter's work with compelling and authoritative insights that locate and disclose the primal power of his drama in
History of European Drama and Theatre
This major study reconstructs the vast history of European Drama from Greek tragedy through to 20th century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity.
Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two-
The Polish playwright and artist Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, known as Witkacy, is now recognized as Poland's leading theatrical innovator of the interwar years and one of the outstanding creative personalities of the European avant-garde.
Aleksandr Blok's Trilogy of Lyric Dramas
Aleksandr Blok's Trilogy of Lyric Dramas gathers together for the first time in English translation the first three plays by Aleksandr Blok, the pre-eminent poet of Russian Symbolism and one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century.
Shakespeare's Political Drama
Shakespeare is consistently interested in rulers, law, questions of authority and obedience. In this study, Alexander Leggatt examines the depiction of state and public power in the English and Roman histories.
Is Shakespeare Still Our Contemporary?
The publication of Jan Kott's Shakespeare Our Contemporary some twenty-five years ago had an immediate impact on Shakespearian criticism and productions.
Meaning by Shakespeare
Terence Hawkes looks at King Lear, Measure for Measure, A Midsmmer Night's Dream and Coriolanus, as examples from this century of how Shakespeare's plays function as a language through which we generate meaning.
Shakespeare, Theory and Performance
This is a groundbreaking collection of seminal essays which apply the abstract theory of contemporary Shakespearean criticism to the practicalities of performance.
Modern Drama by Women 1880s-1930s
Modern Drama by Women 1880s-1930s offers the first direct evidence that women playwrights helped create the movement first known as Modern Drama. It contains twelve plays by women from the Americas, Europe and Asia.