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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Hardback. In the 1930s, Ayn Rand was asked to adapt her first novel, We the Living, for the theatre. Her first statement against communism, it sold over 3 million copies. This edition contains two unpublished versions of the play (the latter entitled The Unconquered), and is the first substantial piece of Rand's fiction to publish in over twenty years. Editor(s): Mayhew, Professor Robert. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428738
- ISBN
- 9781137428738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.31
€ 55.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Waith, Eugene M. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537457
- ISBN
- 9780199537457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.61
€ 11.99
€ 10.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Carroll, William. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- The Arden Shakespeare
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 3Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903436950
- ISBN
- 9781903436950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.82
€ 15.82
hardcover. An updated edition of Shakespeare's early comedy, featuring an introductory section on stage and critical interpretations. Editor(s): Schlueter, Kurt. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 180 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107004894
- ISBN
- 9781107004894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.18€ 70.98
€ 71.18
€ 70.98
paperback. An updated edition of Shakespeare's early comedy, featuring an introductory section on stage and critical interpretations. Editor(s): Schlueter, Kurt. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 180 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 312. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. 180 pages, 16 b/w illus. Editor(s): Schlueter, Kurt. An updated edition of Shakespeare's early comedy, featuring an introductory section on stage and critical interpretations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 9. Weight: 300.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521181693
- ISBN
- 9780521181693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.29
€ 13.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. A fresh new edition of Shakespeare's exuberant early comedy, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors David Thacker and Edward Hall, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and an illuminating introduction to the play by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300910
- ISBN
- 9780230300910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.86
€ 14.86
Paperback. How is it that biographies of Shakespeare can continue to appear when so little is known about him, and what is known has been in the public domain for so long? Why is it that a majority of the biographies published in the last decade have been written by distinguished Shakespeareans who ought to know better? This book aims to solve this puzzle. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748646678
- ISBN
- 9780748646678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.02
€ 31.99
€ 29.02
Paperback. A new translation of a long-neglected Greek drama that has become increasingly popular in classrooms and on the stage. The two editors, Alan Shapiro and Peter Burian, a poet and classicist, collaborated previously on The Oresteia. This is the final volume of the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series. Editor(s): Burian, Peter. Translator(s): Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and previous owners name written in pen on title page
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEA0000122
- ISBN
- 9780195179101
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.72
€ 12.72
Hardcover. Star Quality. 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). The Treasures of Noel Coward is a celebration of the life and work of this legendary figure, still a household name today, nearly 40 years after his death. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ANB; AVH; BGF; DSG. Dimension: 301 x 257 x 35. Weight: 1374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Edition
- Har/DVD
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780233003498
- ISBN
- 9780233003498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.38
€ 12.38
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585103577
- ISBN
- 9781585103577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.62
€ 13.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. A transcript of the first original play by a woman to be published in England. Included with the play is a biography, also written in the 1600s, by one of the playwright's daughters, which enriches contemporary knowledge of both domestic and religious conflict in the 17th century. Editor(s): Weller, Barry; Ferguson, Margaret W. Num Pages: 344 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079694
- ISBN
- 9780520079694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.97
€ 35.99
€ 25.97
Paperback. The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry is a Jacobean closet drama by Elizabeth Tanfield Cary. This edition includes the complete play script with notes beneath the text, as well as an extensive introduction, including biographical notes, textual details, and information about the staging of the play. Editor(s): Britland, Karen. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 144 pages, 5 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713688764
- ISBN
- 9780713688764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.13
€ 13.99
€ 13.13
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904271598
- ISBN
- 9781904271598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.19
€ 21.99
€ 20.19
Paperback. Editor(s): Parker, R. B. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199535804
- ISBN
- 9780199535804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
€ 11.99
€ 10.59
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498510363
- ISBN
- 9781498510363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.15€ 15.87
€ 96.15
€ 15.87
Hardcover. Provides separate discussions of each of Sophocles' seven plays: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. This book sets these between an essay that outlines modern approaches to Greek tragedy and a final chapter that spotlights a key moment in the reception of each work. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Greece and Rome Live. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904675716
- ISBN
- 9781904675716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.23
€ 180.23
Paperback. This work covers the Shakespearean ouvre from a philosophical perspective, finding that Shakespeare's historical dramas reflect issues and reveal puzzles which were later taken up by philosophy proper. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512511
- ISBN
- 9780742512511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.00
€ 82.00
Hardback. This work covers the Shakespearean ouvre from a philosophical perspective, finding that Shakespeare's historical dramas reflect issues and reveal puzzles which were later taken up by philosophy proper. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512504
- ISBN
- 9780742512504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.27
€ 205.27
Paperback. Free when packaged with any Damrosch World Literature title. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACD; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KKD0005025
- ISBN
- 9780140444254
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Free when packaged with any Damrosch World Literature title. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACD; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- 9780140444254
- ISBN
- 9780140444254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Free when packaged with any Damrosch World Literature title. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACD; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KKD0004980
- ISBN
- 9780140444254
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Representationalism and its subject mark the beginning of political modernity; Shakespeare's tragedies greet political representationalism with skepticism, bleakness, and despair. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885044
- ISBN
- 9780801885044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.79
€ 70.79
Paperback. This elegant and uncommonly readable translation will make these seminal Greek tragedies accessible to a new generation of readers. Translator(s): Fainlight, Ruth; Littman, Robert J. Series: Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity. Num Pages: 284 pages, 3, 1 charts, 1 maps, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891342
- ISBN
- 9780801891342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.63
€ 34.63
Hardback. The Theatre of War surveys more than two hundred plays about the First World War written, published and/or performed in Britain and Ireland between 1909 and 1998. Perspectives discussed include: subject matter, technique and evaluation. The result is an understanding of the First World War as a watershed in international history. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230525580
- ISBN
- 9780230525580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.78
€ 64.78