Drama History category: 1664 books
by Julie Sanders
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Engaging and stimulating, this Introduction provides a fresh vista of the early modern theatrical landscape. Chapters are arranged according to key genres (tragedy, revenge, satire, history play, pastoral and city comedy), punctuated by a series of focused case studies on topics ranging from repertoire...
by S. W. Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
First published in 1970, this book explores drama as literature and provides critical overviews of different aspects of drama and the dramatic. It first asks what a play is, before going on to examine dramatic language, action and tension, dramatic irony, characters and drama’s relationship with...
Prefiguring Postblackness
Cultural Memory, Drama, and the African American Freedom Struggle of the 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
Prefiguring Postblackness explores the tensions between cultural memory of the African American freedom struggle and representations of African American identity staged in five plays between 1959 and 1969 during the civil rights era. Through close readings of the plays, their popular and African American...
Ibsen's Hedda Gabler
Philosophical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Since its publication in 1890, Ibsen's Hedda Gabler has been a recurring point of fascination for readers, theater audiences, and artists alike. Newly married, yet utterly bored, the character of Hedda Gabler evokes reflection on beauty, love, passion, death, nihilism, identity, and a host of other...
Stages of Evil
Occultism in Western Theater and Drama
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2005
"The evil that men do" has been chronicled for thousands of years on the European stage, and perhaps nowhere else is human fear of our own evil more detailed than in its personifications in theater. Early writers used theater to communicate human experiences and to display reverence for...
by Patrick Lonergan, Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
Drawing on major new archival discoveries and recent research, Patrick Lonergan presents an innovative account of Irish drama and theatre, spanning the past seventy years. Rather than offering a linear narrative, the volume traces key themes to illustrate the relationship between theatre and changes...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
"Frayn has the rare ability to construct farcical comedy around philosophical principles and the laughs and the ideas effortlessly intermesh" (Michael Billington, Guardian)
Michael Frayn is a playwright, novelist, journalist and writer of screenplays. His most important plays included...
by Lucy Prebble
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
The only difference between me and the people judging me is they weren't smart enough to do what we did.
One of the most infamous scandals in financial history becomes a theatrical epic. At once a case study and an allegory, the play charts the notorious rise and fall of Enron and its founding...
The Complete History Plays of William Shakespeare V.1
With 30+ Original Illustrations,Summary and Free Audio Book Link
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
The Complete History Plays of William Shakespeare V.1 - With 150+ Original Illustrations,Summary and Free Audio Book Link
FEATURES: • This is the ultimate version of Shakespeare History Plays. The Ebook contains following titles. -...
Dramatic Geography
Romance, Intertheatricality, and Cultural Encounter in Early Modern Mediterranean Drama
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Focusing on early modern plays which stage encounters between peoples of different cultures, this book asks how a sense of geographical location was created in early modern theatres that featured minimal scenery. While previous studies have stressed these plays' connections to a historical Mediterranean...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
This volume responds to a renewed focus on tragedy in theatre and literary studies to explore conceptions of tragedy in the dramatic work of seventeen canonical American playwrights. For students of American literature and theatre studies, the assembled essays offer a clear framework for exploring...
by Philip Roberts
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 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...
Women and Tudor Tragedy
Feminizing Counsel and Representing Gender
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
The role of women as writers, literary and dramatic characters, and real queens in early modern Europe was central to the development of Tudor ideas about gender and women’s place in society. Women and Tudor Tragedy investigates the link between gender and genre, identifying the relation between...
The Theatre of Tom Murphy
Playwright Adventurer
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Tom Murphy shot to fame with the London production of A Whistle in the Dark in 1961, establishing him as the outstanding Irish playwright of his generation. The international success of DruidMurphy, the 2012-13 staging of three of his major plays by the Druid Theatre Company, served to underline his...