Drama History category: 1664 books

Seconda edizione de “Il mio amico Giulio Cesare. Notizie dalla guerra in Gallia”. Nuova copertina, nuovo titolo, qualche modifica migliorativa al testo, due appendici sui Galli e i Germani e sulla Foresta Ercinia ma sostanza inalterata: un ipotetico collaboratore di Cesare racconta gli otto anni...

Euripides was one of the greatest Greek tragedians and is considered one of the most important figures in ancient literature.  Euripides is thought to have written close to 100 plays and almost 20 of them have survived.  This edition of Hecuba includes a table of contents.

Euripides was one of the greatest Greek tragedians and is considered one of the most important figures in ancient literature.  Euripides is thought to have written close to 100 plays and almost 20 of them have survived.  This edition of Helen includes a table of contents.

An splendid new volume of missives about England's capital, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections The jewel in the crown of Great Britain has a rich, captivating history and thrives as an epicenter of art, entertainment, literature, and style. Featuring correspondence...

This is a unique introduction to Greek tragedy that explores the plays as dramatic artifacts intended for performance and pays special attention to construction, design, staging, and musical composition. Written by a scholar who combines his academic understanding of Greek tragedy with his singular...

Aristophanes and Women, first published in 1993, investigates the workings of the great Athenian comedian’s ‘women plays’ in an attempt to discern why they were in fact probably quite funny to their original audiences. It is argued that modern students, scholars, and dramatists need to consider...

Sophocles was one of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived.  Sophocles wrote over 100 plays but only 7 have survived including the famous Oedipus trilogy.  This edition of Philoctetes includes a table of contents.

Xhosa storyteller Inkululeko tells the story of her life and narrates the history of South Africa from the start of the twentieth century until just before the end of apartheid. He stories help preserve the native African culture, inspiring her people and keeping hope alive.

A play for older actors. This play presents a kaleidoscope of stories about war, displacement, revolution and liberation taking us on an emotional journey across three continents. Based on the actors’ personal and family experiences, the stories interweave and overlap, exploring moments of...

The BBC television series Downton Abbey (2010–2016), highly rated in the UK, achieved cult status among American viewers, harking back to the days when serial dramas ruled the airwaves. The show’s finale was one of the most watched in all of television history. This collection of new essays by...

Conversations with Sterling Plumpp is the first collection of interviews with the renowned poet of Home/Bass and other much-admired works. Spanning thirty years and drawn from literary and scholarly journals and other media, these interviews offer insights into his poetic innovation of blues and jazz...

In the early twentieth century, publicly staged productions of significant historical, political, and religious events became increasingly popular—and increasingly grand—in Ireland. These public pageants, a sort of precursor to today’s opening ceremonies at the Olympic games, mobilized huge...

Se non si legge Leopardi non si è completi, né culturalmente né umanamente. E’ il Poeta dell’anima, il più profondo dell’intera storia della Letteratura italiana. Né Manzoni né Dante, che pur sono i più grandi, entrano nell’animo umano come fa e riesce Leopardi. Uomo controverso, il...

First published in 1973, this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world’s earliest civilizations. Beginning with the early and gradual evolution of Egyptian genres, it includes biographical and...