Plays, playscripts
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Plays, playscripts
Paperback. L'Art de Regner is a tragi-comedy by Gillet de La Tessonerie, first published in 1645. It is unusual in that structurally each of its five acts is a separate playlet. The sub-title, Le Sage Gouverneur, refers to the role of a royal tutor, probably meant to be the duc de Bassompierre, to whom the play is dedicated. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 125 pages, 2 b&w halftones, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: DD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 206 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859893961
- ISBN
- 9780859893961
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Condition: New
€ 40.39
€ 40.39
Paperback. La Soeur (1645) is one of the liveliest and most successful comedies by Jean Rotrou. The introduction to this new edition assesses the originality of Rotrou's adaptation. The notes are devoted above all to linguistic questions and to the many exotic allusions found in the text. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 156 pages, bibliography, 2 b&w half-tones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859893985
- ISBN
- 9780859893985
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Condition: New
€ 39.68
€ 39.68
Paperback. A selection of extracts documenting the friendship between Louis Bouilhet and Gustave Flaubert. Editor(s): Raitt, A. W. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 83 pages, bibliography, colour frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 83
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894418
- ISBN
- 9780859894418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.18
€ 39.18
Paperback. The book is a critical edition of La Hollande Malade, a comedy in one act by Raymond Poisson. La Hollande Malade, written in 1673, is a satirical and allegorical comedy. Editor(s): Navailles, Louisette. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 42 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: DD; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 42
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894654
- ISBN
- 9780859894654
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Condition: New
€ 38.64
€ 38.64
Paperback. Le Philinte de Moliere was first published in 1791 and is here produced with variants from the manuscript held in the Bibliotheque nationale and with a selection of contemporary reviews of the first performance in 1790. Editor(s): Proud, Judith K. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 171 pages, 1 b&w halftone. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894968
- ISBN
- 9780859894968
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Condition: New
€ 39.38
€ 39.38
Paperback. Pierre de Lavirey was born in the east of France and died in Troyes. Little is known about him, but he has left behind him adaptations into French of nine Italian plays which make him one of the most prolific writers of comedy in the sixteenth century. Les Tromperies formed part of the second collection of adaptations written by Lavirey. Editor(s): Cameron, Keith; Wright, Paul. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 106 pages, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2ADT; DD; DQ; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 147 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895392
- ISBN
- 9780859895392
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Condition: New
€ 39.18
€ 39.18
Paperback. This is a new critical edition of an unjustly forgotten drama by Alphonse de Lamartine, written in the early 1840s. It draws a compelling image of Toussaint Louverture, the father of Haitian Independence. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 163 pages, 3 illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DD; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896351
- ISBN
- 9780859896351
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Condition: New
€ 39.91
€ 39.91
Paperback. Known principally for Bruges-la-Morte, Georges Rodenbach is also the author of other works worthy of present-day study. This volume contains the texts of two of his plays: Le Voile enacts a whole network of themes with a connection to Bruges, while Le Mirage adapts Bruges-la-Morte for the stage. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 87 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: DD; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 170.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 87
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896412
- ISBN
- 9780859896412
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Condition: New
€ 39.54
€ 39.54
Paperback. The principal aim of this edition is to provide a reliable version of the text of Le Mariage force which can be used by students and scholars of 17th-century theatre. The book includes all the texts which existed in Moliere's lifetime. Editor(s): Prest, Julia. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 57 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 7. Weight in Grams: 150.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 57
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896436
- ISBN
- 9780859896436
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Condition: New
€ 38.98
€ 38.98
Paperback. This is a volume in the series Textes litteraires/Exeter French Texts. If Elizabeth I of England thought to rid herself forever of Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex, by sending him to the scaffold she was very much mistaken, since his name, intertwined with hers, has traversed four centuries. Editor(s): Gibson, Wendy. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 92 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ADF; DD; DSBD; DSG; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896665
- ISBN
- 9780859896665
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Condition: New
€ 40.39
€ 40.39
Paperback. La Matronne Chinoise is a new critical edition of a two-act comedy by Pierre-Rene Lemonnier. The edition is accompanied by a full introduction setting out the play's historical and thematic context, along with an analysis of its versification, and by an appendix reproducing earlier versions of the tale from Petronius to Voltaire. Series: Exeter Textes Litteraires. Num Pages: 160 pages, 3 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897327
- ISBN
- 9780859897327
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Condition: New
€ 40.39
€ 40.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DD; DSBH; DSG; J. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874134421
- ISBN
- 9780874134421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.23
€ 136.23
Hardback. This book studies the interaction in late medieval and Renaissance English literature of Augustinian theology and the modes of subversive humor Bakhtin calls carnival. This interaction produces a sustained interrogation of public identity which limits medieval culture and its major texts to those of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 197 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DSBB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874135886
- ISBN
- 9780874135886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.02
€ 112.02
Hardback. This facsimile edition of Kemble's promptbooks for twenty-seven Shakespeare plays and six non-Shakespeare plays provides a means of studying the texts, acting style, and stage directions of the famous English actor-manager John Philip Kemble (1757-1823), who influenced generations of Shakespeare players. Num Pages: 71 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 71
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780918016560
- ISBN
- 9780918016560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 421.87
€ 421.87
Paperback. Presented for the first time in a fully annotated edition, Ponteach takes on questions of nationalism, religion, race, cultural identity, gender, and sexuality; the play offers a unique perspective on the Rebellion and on the emergence of Canadian and American identities. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802095978
- ISBN
- 9780802095978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.74
€ 41.99
€ 36.74
hardcover. Drawing on the historicizing turn in Latin literary scholarship, Roman Literary Cultures combines new critical methods with traditional analysis across four hundred years of Latin literature. Editor(s): Keith, Alison; Edmondson, Jonathan. Series: Phoenix Supplementary Volumes. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7. BIC Classification: DB; DD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 34. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442629677
- ISBN
- 9781442629677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.90
€ 79.90
paperback. Features maids Solange and Claire, who occupy themselves, whenever their Madame is out of doors, by acting out ritualised fantasies of revenging their downtrodden status. But when the game goes beyond their control the maids are compelled to try to make their fantasy a reality. Translator(s): Andrews, Benedict; Upton, Andrew. Num Pages: 44 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 201 x 4. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571251148
- ISBN
- 9780571251148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.61
€ 12.99
€ 10.61
Paperback. Notes on the background and sources of the tragedy and past and present criticism preface the text. Editor(s): Barnet, Sylvan. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 108 x 18. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Longman
- Edition
- New, Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451526779
- ISBN
- 9780451526779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.98
€ 7.98
Paperback. The Signet Classic Shakespeare series contains the preeminent mass market books of the complete works of Shakespeare. This reissue features a new Overview by Sylvan Barnet, former chairman of the English Department at Tufts University, an updated Bibliography, suggested references, and stage and film history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 105 x 19. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451527271
- ISBN
- 9780451527271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.96
€ 7.96
The greatest works of tragedy from the Bard, this book features "Hamlet, Othello, King Lear" and "Macbeth". Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 108 x 31. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Signet
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451527295
- ISBN
- 9780451527295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.17
€ 10.17