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Aristophanes: Peace (Hardcover): Ian C. Storey Aristophanes: Peace (Hardcover)
Ian C. Storey
R2,511 Discovery Miles 25 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the first volume dedicated to Aristophanes' comedy Peace that analyses the play for a student audience and assumes no knowledge of Greek. It launches a much-needed new series of books each discussing a comedy that survives from the ancient world. Six chapters highlight the play's context, themes, staging and legacy including its response to contemporary wartime politics and the possible staging options for flying. It is ideal for students, but helpful also for scholars wanting a quick introduction to the play. Peace was first performed in 421 BC, perhaps only days before the signing of a peace treaty that ended ten years of fighting between Athens and Sparta (the Archidamian War). Aristophanes celebrates this prospect with an imaginative fantasy involving his hero's flight on a gigantic dung-beetle to Olympus, the rescue of the goddess Peace from her imprisonment in a cave, and her return to a Greece weary of ten years of war. Like most of the poet's comedies, this play is heavy on fantasy and imagination, light on formal structure, being an exuberant farce that champions the opponents of War and celebrates the delights of the return to country life with its smells, food and drink, its many pleasures and none of the complications that war brings in its wake.

Theatre Censorship in Britain - Silencing, Censure and Suppression (Hardcover): H. Freshwater Theatre Censorship in Britain - Silencing, Censure and Suppression (Hardcover)
H. Freshwater
R1,521 Discovery Miles 15 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Theatre has often found itself at the centre of recent debates over censorship and the arts, as a result of coverage of events such as the protests against the play "Behzti" and the controversy over "Jerry Springer: The Opera." This book offers the first sustained study of censorship of the British stage from 1968 into the twenty-first century.

Localizing Caroline Drama - Politics and Economics of the Early Modern English Stage, 1625-1642 (Hardcover): A Zucker, A. Farmer Localizing Caroline Drama - Politics and Economics of the Early Modern English Stage, 1625-1642 (Hardcover)
A Zucker, A. Farmer
R1,527 Discovery Miles 15 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book redefines the plays and theatrical culture of the years 1625 to 1642 as something more than simply post-Shakespearean in character. Scholars reveal the drama's mixture of political engagement, urbane cosmopolitanism, and commercial ingenuity. They urge us to recalibrate our histories to account for the innovations of the Caroline period.

Marlowe (Hardcover): Avraham Oz Marlowe (Hardcover)
Avraham Oz
R3,382 Discovery Miles 33 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Christopher Marlowe is known not only as Shakespeare's most notable contemporary playwright, but also as one of the most intriguing figures of the English Renaissance. The mystery of his death in a fray at the age of 29 has inspired writers around the world, and his fiery career is no less intriguing. This New Casebook offers a wide-ranging selection of essays on Marlowe's major plays. Articles from the last two decades by leading critics of English early modern drama provide a variety of fresh, controversial and enlightening critical perspectives on five of Marlowe's plays: Tamburlaine the Great Parts One and Two, The Jew of Malta, Doctor Faustus, and Edward II.

On Beckett - Essays and Criticism (Hardcover, Revised Edition): S.E. Gontarski On Beckett - Essays and Criticism (Hardcover, Revised Edition)
S.E. Gontarski; Introduction by S.E. Gontarski
R2,078 Discovery Miles 20 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

On Beckett: Essays and Criticism' is the first collection of writings about the Nobel Prize-winning author that covers the entire spectrum of his work, and also affords a rare glimpse of the private Beckett. More has been written about Samuel Beckett than about any other writer of this century - countless books and articles dealing with him are in print, and the progression continues geometrically. 'On Beckett' brings together some of the most perceptive writings from the vast amount of scrutiny that has been lavished on the man; in addition to widely-read essays there are contributions from more obscure sources, viewpoints not frequently seen. Together they allow the reader to enter the world of a writer whose work has left an impact on the consciousness of our time perhaps unmatched by that of any other recent creative imagination.

The Cultural Net - Early Modern Drama as a Paradigm (Hardcover): Joachim Kupper The Cultural Net - Early Modern Drama as a Paradigm (Hardcover)
Joachim Kupper
R3,461 R2,705 Discovery Miles 27 050 Save R756 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume offers a new theoretical approach to cultural production inspired by the metaphor of culture as a virtual network. Following a thorough outline of this approach, the theoretical framework is elucidated in a second part through examples drawn from early modern European drama. A third and final part then presents a critical discussion of the concept of "national" culture and literature, from its first formulation by Johann Gottfried Herder to its current developments, including postcolonial studies.

Richard II (Hardcover): William Shakespeare Richard II (Hardcover)
William Shakespeare
R886 Discovery Miles 8 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.

Drama and the Sacraments in Sixteenth-Century England - Indelible Characters (Hardcover): D Coleman Drama and the Sacraments in Sixteenth-Century England - Indelible Characters (Hardcover)
D Coleman
R1,505 Discovery Miles 15 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Drama and the Sacraments in Sixteenth-Century England" is the first book-length study of the relationship between early modern drama and sacramental ritual and theology. The book examines a range of dramatic forms, including morality plays, Tudor interludes and the Elizabethan professional stage. Offering new insights into the religious practices on which early modern subjectivity is founded, David Coleman both uncovers neglected texts and documents, and offers radical new ways of reading canonical Renaissance plays.

A Taste for the Negative - Beckett and Nihilism (Paperback): Shane Weller A Taste for the Negative - Beckett and Nihilism (Paperback)
Shane Weller
R2,261 Discovery Miles 22 610 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Since the mid-1950s, when the works of Samuel Beckett began to attract sustained critical attention, commentators have tended either to dismiss his oeuvre as nihilist or defend it as anti-nihilist. On the one side are figures such as Georg Lukacs; on the other, some of the most influential philosophers and literary theorists of the post-war era, from Theodor Adorno to Alain Badiou. Taking as his point of departure Nietzsche's description of nihilism as the 'uncanniest of all guests', Weller calls this critical tradition into question, arguing that the relationship between Beckett's texts and nihilism is one that will always be missed by those who are simply for or against Beckett. (Legenda 2005)

Field Day and the Translation of Irish Identities - Performing Contradictions (Hardcover): A. O'malley Field Day and the Translation of Irish Identities - Performing Contradictions (Hardcover)
A. O'malley
R1,523 Discovery Miles 15 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines Field Day's cultural intervention into the Northern Irish 'Troubles' through individual readings of the fourteen plays produced by the enterprise. It argues that at the heart of this project were performances, in a variety of different forms and registers, of an ethics of translation that disrupted notions of Irish identity.

Sean O'Casey's Autobiographies - An Annotated Index (Hardcover): Robert Lowery Sean O'Casey's Autobiographies - An Annotated Index (Hardcover)
Robert Lowery
R2,525 Discovery Miles 25 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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Audrey Wood and the Playwrights (Hardcover): M. Barranger Audrey Wood and the Playwrights (Hardcover)
M. Barranger
R2,208 R1,490 Discovery Miles 14 900 Save R718 (33%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From Tennessee Williams and Carson McCullers to Arthur Kopit and Brian Friel, New York-based literary agent Audrey Wood encouraged and guided the unique talents of playwrights in the Broadway theatre of her day. Audrey Wood and the Playwrights illuminates the gifts and strategies of the tenacious woman at the Liebling-Wood Agency who melded playwrights with producers, directors, and leading actors and shaped the American theatre and film industry during the mid-twentieth century. Wood's story is told here through her interactions with her clients, now household names, whose works she steered through periods of triumph and failure. In an era when women, with the exception of actresses, were rare in the theatre business, she was known as the "go-to" agent for success in the commercial theater. Dubbed a "guardian agent," her quiet determination and burning enthusiasm brought America's finest mid-century playwrights to prominence and altered stage history.

A Whirlwind in Dublin - The Plough and the Stars Riots (Hardcover): Robert Lowery A Whirlwind in Dublin - The Plough and the Stars Riots (Hardcover)
Robert Lowery
R1,644 Discovery Miles 16 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Noel Coward In His Own Words (Hardcover): Noel Coward Noel Coward In His Own Words (Hardcover)
Noel Coward; Edited by Barry Day
R1,311 Discovery Miles 13 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

No one in the twentieth century used language with the same precision and wit as Noel Coward. In his plays, his verse, his song lyrics, stories and in everyday life, he chose his words to uniquely stylish and truthful effect. This affectionate portrait of Coward's life includes not only his best-loved witticisms and lyrics, but also excerpts from private papers and hidden gems from unpublished material. Barry Day Delves into the whole range of Coward's talents, as well as his thoughts on a wide variety of subjects - including the theatre, England, the Arts, religion, love and death - all the while giving insights into the man himself.

British Television Drama - Past, Present and Future (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2014): J Bignell, S. Lacey British Television Drama - Past, Present and Future (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2014)
J Bignell, S. Lacey
R2,296 R1,964 Discovery Miles 19 640 Save R332 (14%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Featuring leading scholars of British television drama and noted writers and producers from the television industry, this new edition of British Television Drama evaluates past and present TV fiction since the 1960s, and considers its likely future.

The Theatre of David Greig (Hardcover, New): Clare Wallace The Theatre of David Greig (Hardcover, New)
Clare Wallace
R3,891 Discovery Miles 38 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

David Greig has been described as 'one of the most interesting and adventurous British dramatists of his generation' ("Daily Telegraph") and 'one of the most intellectually stimulating dramatists around' ("Guardian"). Since he began writing for theatre in the early nineties, his work has been both copious and remarkably varied, defying neat generalisations or attempts to pigeon-hole his work. Besides his original plays, he has adapated classics, is co-founder of the Suspect Culture Theatre Group and is currently Dramaturge for the National Theatre of Scotland. This Critical Companion provides an analytical survey of his work, from his early plays such as "Europe" and "The Architect "through to more recent works "Damascus," "Dunsinane "and "Ramallah"; it also considers the plays produced with Suspect Culture and his work for young audiences. As such it is the first book to provide a critical account of the full variety of his work and will appeal to students and fans of contemporary British theatre.Clare Wallace provides a detailed analysis of a broad selection of plays and their productions, reviews current discourses about his work and offers a framework for enquiry. The Companion features an interview with David Greig and a further three essays by leading academics offering a variety of critical perspectives.

The Theatre of Harold Pinter (Hardcover, New): Mark Taylor-Batty The Theatre of Harold Pinter (Hardcover, New)
Mark Taylor-Batty
R3,209 Discovery Miles 32 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The plays of the late Nobel laureate Harold Pinter have formed part of the canon of world theatre since the 1960s. Frequently revived on the professional stage, and studied on almost every Theatre Studies course, his importance and influence is hard to overestimate. This Critical Companion offers an assessment of Pinter's entire body of work for the stage, appraising his skill as a dramatist and considering his impact and legacy. Through a clear focus on issues of theatricality and the effect of the plays in performance "The Theatre of Harold Pinter "considers Pinter's chief narrative concerns and offers a unifying theme through which over four decades of work may be understood. Plays are considered in themed chapters that follow the chronological sequence of work, illuminating the development of his aesthetic and concerns. The volume features too a series of essays from other leading scholars presenting different critical perspectives on the work, including Harry Burton on Pinter's early drama; Ann Hall on Revisiting Pinter's Women; Chris Megson on Pinter's Memory Plays of the 1970s, and Basil Chiasson on Neoliberalism and Democracy.

Poetics, Performance and Politics in French and Italian Renaissance Comedy (Hardcover): Lucy Rayfield Poetics, Performance and Politics in French and Italian Renaissance Comedy (Hardcover)
Lucy Rayfield
R2,704 Discovery Miles 27 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Evolving Hamlet - Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy and the Ethics of Natural Selection (Hardcover): A Fletcher Evolving Hamlet - Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy and the Ethics of Natural Selection (Hardcover)
A Fletcher
R1,510 Discovery Miles 15 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Where science has often been used to explore the questions raised by art, this book does the reverse, suggesting that art can address a problem raised by science: the deep challenge to ethics posed by Darwin's discovery that we are intentional beings living in an unintentional world. Using "Hamlet," "Othello," and "Macbeth," among others, Angus Fletcher shows how the physical experience of art can transform Darwin's discouraging theory into a practice-based ethics that establishes pluralism, curiosity, and cooperation as the basis of progressive life.

Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s - Voices, Documents, New Interpretations (Hardcover, New): Aleks Sierz Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s - Voices, Documents, New Interpretations (Hardcover, New)
Aleks Sierz; Contributions by Graham Saunders, Catherine Rees, Trish Reid, Philip Ridley, …
R3,548 Discovery Miles 35 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

British theatre of the 1990s witnessed an explosion of new talent and presented a new sensibility that sent shockwaves through audiences and critics. What produced this change, the context from which the work emerged, the main playwrights and plays, and the influence they had on later work are freshly evaluated in this important new study in Methuen Drama's Decades of Modern British Playwriting series. The 1990s volume provides a detailed study by four scholars of the work of four of the major playwrights who emerged and had a significant impact on British theatre: Sarah Kane (by Catherine Rees), Anthony Neilson (Patricia Reid), Mark Ravenhill (Graham Saunders) and Philip Ridley (Aleks Sierz). Essential for students of Theatre Studies, the series of six decadal volumes provides a critical survey and study of the theatre produced from the 1950s to 2009. Each volume features a critical analysis of the work of four key playwrights besides other theatre work, together with an extensive commentary on the period. Readers will understand the works in their contexts and be presented with fresh research material and a reassessment from the perspective of the twenty-first century. This is an authoritative and stimulating reassessment of British playwriting in the 1990s.

Theaters of Desire: Authors, Readers, and the Reproduction of Early Chinese Song-Drama, 1300-2000 (Hardcover, 2003 ed.): P... Theaters of Desire: Authors, Readers, and the Reproduction of Early Chinese Song-Drama, 1300-2000 (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)
P Sieber
R1,528 Discovery Miles 15 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Blending a flair for textual nuance with theoretical engagement, Theaters of Desire not only contributes to our understanding of the most influential form of early Chinese song-drama in local and international cultural contexts, but adds a Chinese perspective to the scholarship on print culture, authorship, and the regulatory discourses of desire. The book argues that, particularly between 1550 and 1680, Chinese elite editors rewrote and printed early plays and songs, so-called Yuan-dynasty zaju and sanqu, to imagine and embody new concepts of authorship, readership and desire, an interpretation that contrasts starkly with the national and racially-oriented reception of song-drama developed by European critics after 1735 and subsequently modified by Japanese and Chinese critics after 1897. By analyzing the critical and material facets of the early song and play tradition across different historical periods and cultural settings, Theaters of Desire presents a compelling case study of literary canon formation.

Passing Judgement - The Politics and Poetics of Sovereignty in French Tragedy from Hardy to Racine (Hardcover): Helene E Bilis Passing Judgement - The Politics and Poetics of Sovereignty in French Tragedy from Hardy to Racine (Hardcover)
Helene E Bilis
R1,942 Discovery Miles 19 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The royal judge was an archetypal character in French tragedy during the 17th century. This figure impersonated the king by asserting his judicial authority and bringing order to an otherwise chaotic world. In Passing Judgment, Helene Bilis examines how an overlooked character-type-the royal judge-remained a constant of the tragic genre throughout the 17th century, although the specifics of his role and position fluctuated as playwrights experimented with changing models of sovereignty onstage. Her readings analyze how this royal decision-maker stood at the intersection of political and theatrical debates, and evolved through a process of trial and error in which certain portrayals of kingship were deemed obsolete and were discarded, while others were promoted as culturally allowable and resonant. In tracing the royal judge's persistent presence and transformation, Bilis argues that we can better grasp the weighty political stakes of theatrical representations under the ancien regime.

Uruguayan Theatre in Translation - Theory and Practice (Hardcover): Sophie Stevens Uruguayan Theatre in Translation - Theory and Practice (Hardcover)
Sophie Stevens
R2,699 Discovery Miles 26 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Frogs (Paperback): Aristophanes Frogs (Paperback)
Aristophanes; Edited by Jeffrey Henderson
R359 Discovery Miles 3 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is an English translation of Aristophanes' popular comedy in which the god Dionysus seeks to bring the great dramatist Euripides from Hades, where he encounters another great Classical playwright, Aeschylus. Includes background material on the historical and cultural context of this work, suggestions for further reading, and notes. The Focus Classical Library provides close translations with notes and essays to provide access to understanding Greek culture and the roots of contemporary thought.

The Comedy of Errors (Hardcover): William Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors (Hardcover)
William Shakespeare
R782 Discovery Miles 7 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.

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