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Patterns in Shakespearian Tragedy (Hardcover): Irving Ribner Patterns in Shakespearian Tragedy (Hardcover)
Irving Ribner
R7,141 Discovery Miles 71 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1960. Patterns in Shakespearian Tragedy is an exploration of man's relation to his universe and the way in which it seeks to postulate a moral order. Shakespeare's development is treated accordingly as a growth in moral vision. His movement from play to play is carefully explored, and in the treatment of each tragedy the emphasis is on the manner in which its central moral theme shapes the various elements of drama

Tarantula (Paperback): Philip Ridley Tarantula (Paperback)
Philip Ridley
R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Of course - as you've no doubt guessed - there's a big 'But Then' moment heading this way... It's a sunny, spring day in East London. On a street corner, two teenagers kiss. One of them is Toni. This is her first kiss. It makes her very happy. But someone is watching. Someone who doesn't care about her happiness at all. And they're about to change Toni's life... forever. Philip Ridley's thrilling new play is a startling exploration of identity, memory, love, and the lengths it takes someone to free themselves from the web of their past.

Strangeness in Jacobean Drama (Paperback): Callan Davies Strangeness in Jacobean Drama (Paperback)
Callan Davies
R1,206 Discovery Miles 12 060 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Callan Davies presents "strangeness" as a fresh critical paradigm for understanding the construction and performance of Jacobean drama-one that would have been deeply familiar to its playwrights and early audiences. This study brings together cultural analysis, philosophical enquiry, and the history of staged special effects to examine how preoccupation with the strange unites the verbal, visual, and philosophical elements of performance in works by Marston, Shakespeare, Middleton, Dekker, Heywood, and Beaumont and Fletcher. Strangeness in Jacobean Drama therefore offers an alternative model for understanding this important period of English dramatic history that moves beyond categories such as "Shakespeare's late plays," "tragicomedy," or the home of cynical and bloodthirsty tragedies. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of early modern drama and philosophy, rhetorical studies, and the history of science and technology.

Power on Display - The Politics of Shakespeare's Genres (Hardcover): Leonard Tennenhouse Power on Display - The Politics of Shakespeare's Genres (Hardcover)
Leonard Tennenhouse
R7,434 Discovery Miles 74 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1986. 'Impressively open to the complexity of cultural discourses, to the ways in which one discursive form may function as a screen for another above all to the political entailment of genre.'Stephen Greenblatt. What is the relation between literary and political power? How do the symbolic dimensions of social practice and the social dimensions of artistic practice relate to one another? Power on Display considers Shakespeare's progression from romantic comedies and history plays to tragedy and romance in the light of the general process of cultural change in the period.

A View from the Bridge (Paperback): Arthur Miller A View from the Bridge (Paperback)
Arthur Miller; Arthur Miller; Preface by Philip Seymour Hoffman 1
R267 R215 Discovery Miles 2 150 Save R52 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Arthur Miller's play A View from the Bridge is a tragic masterpiece of the inexorable unravelling of a man, set in a close-knit Italian-American community in 1950s New York. Eddie Carbone is a longshoreman and a straightforward man, with a strong sense of decency and of honour. For Eddie, it's a privilege to take in his wife's cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, straight off the boat from Italy. But, as his niece Catherine begins to fall for one of them, it's clear that it's not just, as Eddie claims, that he's too strange, too sissy, too careless for her, but that something bigger, deeper is wrong - and wrong inside Eddie, in a way he can't face. Something which threatens the happiness of their whole family. This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction by the author and a new foreword by actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice - A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook (Hardcover, annotated edition): S.P.... William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice - A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook (Hardcover, annotated edition)
S.P. Cerasano
R2,528 Discovery Miles 25 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


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Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler - A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook (Hardcover): Christopher Innes Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler - A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook (Hardcover)
Christopher Innes
R2,522 Discovery Miles 25 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Since Hedda Gabler exploded on to European and American stages in the 1890s, the play and its title character have troubled and transfixed audiences, performers and critics the world over. In this Routledge Literary Sourcebook, Christopher Innes balances essential reprinted texts with clear, incisive commentary to:
*set the play within the contexts of Norwegian nationalism, the women's movement and the cultural movement of Naturalism
*examine and emphasize the links between - the performance and criticism of the play, from 1890 to the present
*offer the ideal guide to key passages in the play, showing how a knowledge of the play's contexts, performance history and critical fortunes can give rise to exciting new readings of the text
*prepare readers for further study of the play, with suggestions for reading on specific issues of interest.
No student should be without this guide as they enter the fascinating world of Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen and Naturalist theater.

William Shakespeare's King Lear - A Sourcebook (Hardcover, annotated edition): Grace Ioppolo William Shakespeare's King Lear - A Sourcebook (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Grace Ioppolo
R2,522 Discovery Miles 25 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This clearly introduces the many critical issues surrounding this complex and haunting play. Ioppolo examines sources, from Holinshed to Spencer, and in the Interpretations section looks at critical readings and notable performances of the play. These range from early critical responses and performances to recent stage and screen interpretations. Edited key passages connect the play to its contexts and criticism, providing both a guide and a new perspective on King Lear. Careful annotation explains Shakespeare's language. This Routledge Literary Sourcebook is ideal introduction for undergraduates, providing orientation in the play, its reception history and the critical material which surrounds it. It examines King Lear within its literary and cultural contexts, bringing together:
*contemporary documents surrounding King Lear
*performance history
*early critical reception from major critics
*twentieth-century criticism
*key passages.
All documents are discussed and explained. The volume also offers carefully annotated key passages from the play itself and concludes with a list of recommended editions and further reading, allowing readers to pursue their study in the areas that interest them most. Grace Ioppolo's broad-ranging analysis and the wealth of materials she brings together make this the ideal guide for any student of King Lear.

Making Shakespeare - From Stage to Page (Hardcover): Tiffany Stern Making Shakespeare - From Stage to Page (Hardcover)
Tiffany Stern
R4,052 Discovery Miles 40 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Making Shakespeare is a lively introduction to the major issues of the stage and print history, whilst also raising questions about what a Shakespeare play actually is. Tiffany Stern reveals how London, the theatre, the actors and the way in which the plays were written and printed all affect the 'Shakespeare' that we now read. Concentrating on the instability and fluidity of Shakespeare's texts, her book discusses what happened to a manuscript between its first composition, its performance on stage and its printing, and identifies traces of the production system in the plays we read. She argues that the versions of Shakespeare that have come down to us have inevitably been formed by the contexts from which they emerged; being shaped by, for example, the way actors received and responded to their lines, the props and music used in the theatre, or the continual revision of plays by the playhouses and printers. Allowing a fuller understanding of the texts we read and perform, Making Shakespeare is the perfect introduction to issues of stage and page. A refreshingly clear, accessible read, this book will allow even those with no expert knowledge to begin to contextualize Shakespeare's plays for themselves, in ways both old and new.

The Merchant of Venice - The Student's Shakespeare - With Notes, Characters, Plots and Exam Themes (Paperback): William... The Merchant of Venice - The Student's Shakespeare - With Notes, Characters, Plots and Exam Themes (Paperback)
William Shakespeare, Angela Sheehan
R194 Discovery Miles 1 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this new edition of Shakespeare's most controversial comedy The Merchant of Venice, the merchant Antonio - on behalf of his friend Bassano - seeks a loan from Shylock. The loan is required to impress an heiress. Shylock is a Jewish moneylender whom Antonio has always treated with the utmost contempt, and Antonio is to honour the debt with a pound of the merchant's own flesh. When Antonio defaults on the loan, Shylock prepares to take his gruesome revenge - only to find that the law is a knife that can cut two ways. The play explores prejudice, tolerance and the true nature of justice. This new edition includes the complete text with explanatory notes and a full introduction that describes the setting, summarises the plot and profiles the main characters. It discusses Shakespeare's language and the play's themes. It gives typical essay and test questions to help students prepare for exams.

The Consulting Process as Drama - Learning from King Lear (Paperback): Erik De Haan The Consulting Process as Drama - Learning from King Lear (Paperback)
Erik De Haan
R804 Discovery Miles 8 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Drawing comparisons between consultancy and the classical tragedy, King Lear, the author explores the core theme of responsibility. Arguing that King Lear is vital to gaining an understanding of consulting, leadership and management, the author explores in detail the positive lessons to be learnt from this tragedy for the manager and the management consultant. Erik de Haan is a Senior Organisation Development Consultant at Ashridge Consulting. He specialises in the interpersonal and dramatic aspects of working in groups and organisations. He has worked as a trainer and consultant for different firms in the Netherlands.

Theatre and Postcolonial Desires (Hardcover): Awam Amkpa Theatre and Postcolonial Desires (Hardcover)
Awam Amkpa; Foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
R3,457 Discovery Miles 34 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This book explores the themes of colonial encounters and postcolonial contests over identity, power and culture through the prism of theatre. The author examines the work of prominent Nigerian and British playwrights who came of age after the passing of the British Empire.

Post-Colonial Shakespeares (Hardcover): Ania Loomba, Martin Orkin Post-Colonial Shakespeares (Hardcover)
Ania Loomba, Martin Orkin
R8,622 Discovery Miles 86 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

William Shakespeare's King Lear - A Sourcebook (Paperback, annotated edition): Grace Ioppolo William Shakespeare's King Lear - A Sourcebook (Paperback, annotated edition)
Grace Ioppolo
R668 Discovery Miles 6 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This clearly introduces the many critical issues surrounding this complex and haunting play. Ioppolo examines sources, from Holinshed to Spencer, and in the Interpretations section looks at critical readings and notable performances of the play. These range from early critical responses and performances to recent stage and screen interpretations. Edited key passages connect the play to its contexts and criticism, providing both a guide and a new perspective on King Lear. Careful annotation explains Shakespeare's language. This Routledge Literary Sourcebook is ideal introduction for undergraduates, providing orientation in the play, its reception history and the critical material which surrounds it. It examines King Lear within its literary and cultural contexts, bringing together:
*contemporary documents surrounding King Lear
*performance history
*early critical reception from major critics
*twentieth-century criticism
*key passages.
All documents are discussed and explained. The volume also offers carefully annotated key passages from the play itself and concludes with a list of recommended editions and further reading, allowing readers to pursue their study in the areas that interest them most. Grace Ioppolo's broad-ranging analysis and the wealth of materials she brings together make this the ideal guide for any student of King Lear.

The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Keir Elam The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Keir Elam
R3,471 Discovery Miles 34 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Contents:
General Editor's Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Preliminaries: Semiotics and Poetics: The Semiotics Enterprise; How Many Semiotics?; The material. 2. Foundations: Signs in the Theatre: Prague structuralism and the theatrical sign; Typologies of the sign. 3. Theatrical Communication: Codes, Systems and the Performance Text: Elements of theatrical communication; Theatrical Systems and Codes; Theatrical competence: frame, convention and the role of the audience. 4. Dramatic Logic: The construction of the dramatic world; Dramatic action and time; Actant, dramatis persona and the dramatic model. 5. Dramatic Discourse: Dramatic Communication; Context and deixis; Universe of discourse and co-text; Speech acts; The said and the unsaid: implicatures and figures; Textuality; Towards a dramatological analysis. 6. Concluding Comments: Theatre, Drama, Semiotics: Dramatic Text/performance text; A united enterprise? Suggestions for further reading. Bibliography. Index.

A-level English Text Guide - Hamlet (Paperback): CGP Books A-level English Text Guide - Hamlet (Paperback)
CGP Books; Edited by CGP Books
R255 Discovery Miles 2 550 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book contains everything you need to write better A-Level and Undergraduate English essays on William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', all presented in a helpful and entertaining way to make study and revision easier. There are clear notes on the characters, themes, language techniques and critical context, plus practice questions to make sure you understand the main points. There's also a section dedicated to writing about 'Hamlet' to help you improve your grades.

Alternative Shakespeares (Hardcover, 2nd edition): John Drakakis Alternative Shakespeares (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
John Drakakis
R3,046 Discovery Miles 30 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Contents:
General Editor's Preface. List of Illustrations. Contributors. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: John Drakakis 2. Swisser-Swatter: making a man of English letters: Terence Hawkes 3. Post-structuralist Shakespeare: text and ideology: Christopher Norris 4. Deconstructing Shakespeare's comedies: Malcolm Evans 5. Sexulaity in the reading of Shakespeare: Hamlet and Measure for Measure: Jacqueline Rose 6. Reading the signs: towards a semiotics of Shakespearean drama: Alessandro Serpieri, translated by Keir Elam 7. Shakespeare in ideology: James H. Kavanagh 8. Disrupting sexual difference: meaning and gender in the comedies: Catherine Belsey 9. Nymphs and reapers heavily vanish: the discursive con-texts of The Tempest: Francis Barker and Peter Hulme 10. History and ideology: the instance of Henry V: Jonathan Dollimore and Alan Sinfield 11. Afterword: Robert Weimann.

The Theatres of Moliere (Hardcover): Gerry McCarthy The Theatres of Moliere (Hardcover)
Gerry McCarthy
R3,468 Discovery Miles 34 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Moliere's plays are the cornerstone of the French Classical dramatic repertoire. Adapted and exploited in his day by dramatists of the English Restoration, they are now again growing in popularity.
In this detailed and fascinating volume, Gerry McCarthy examines the practice and method of possibly the greatest actor-dramatist. From the rough farces of Moliere's days on the road to the creation of the diverse and spectacular court entertainments on his return to Paris, McCarthy sheds new light on the dramatic intelligence and theatrical understanding of Moliere's writing for the actor.
Drawing on Moliere's own brief discussions of performance and the contemporary evidence of his practice, this is a crucial addition to the debate on style and method in classical acting and on the staging of classical plays on the contemporary stage.

Three More Plays by Aristophanes - Staging Politics (Paperback): Jeffrey Henderson Three More Plays by Aristophanes - Staging Politics (Paperback)
Jeffrey Henderson
R1,109 Discovery Miles 11 090 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The first volume to collect these 3 political plays in one volume. Intro and commentary discusses these texts in the context of Greek history and politics, but also political science and theory as regards more recent eras, including our own, allowing students to relate to the material and work comparitively. The 3 plays selected are the world's first detailed portrayal of demagogy, making them very topical to contemporary readers.

The Slab Boys by John Byrne: School Edition (Paperback): John Byrne, Carolyn Cunningham The Slab Boys by John Byrne: School Edition (Paperback)
John Byrne, Carolyn Cunningham
R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A Schools Edition of The Slab Boys by Scottish playwright John Byrne, a popular set text for SQA Higher English. A semi-autobiographical work, The Slab Boys is set in the slab room of A.F. Stobo & Co Carpet Manufacturers in Paisley and the action takes place on one day in 1957. It explores themes such as rebellion and conformity, social class and social mobility, youth, deception, and frustrated ambition and achievement. This edition includes: - An introduction by John Byrne, who was a 'slab boy' himself before becoming a playwright and artist - The full playscript - Notes, quotations and questions to improve students' understanding of the play and support study/revision - Tasks and activities that build the skills of analysis and evaluation that students must demonstrate in the exam - Assessment advice for the Critical Reading question paper This is the only single-volume version of The Slab Boys, taken from The Slab Boys Trilogy.

Greek Drama and Dramatists (Hardcover): Alan H. Sommerstein Greek Drama and Dramatists (Hardcover)
Alan H. Sommerstein
R3,914 Discovery Miles 39 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The history of European drama began at the festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens, where tragedy, satyr-drama and comedy were performed. Understanding this background is vital for students of classical, literary and theatrical subjects, and Alan H. Sommerstein's accessible study is the ideal introduction.
The book begins by looking at the social and theatrical contexts and different characteristics of the three genres of ancient Greek drama. It then examines the five main dramatists whose works survive - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and Menander - discussing their styles, techniques and ideas, and giving short synopses of all their extant plays.

Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre (Hardcover): Franc Chamberlain, Ralph Yarrow Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre (Hardcover)
Franc Chamberlain, Ralph Yarrow
R3,900 Discovery Miles 39 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre brings together the first collection of essays in English to focus on Lecoq's school of mime and physical theatre. For four decades, at his school in Paris, Jacques Lecoq trained performers from all over the world and effected a quiet evolution in the theatre.
The work of such highly successful Lecoq graduates as Theatre de Complicite (The Winter's Tale with the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Visit, The Street of Crocodiles and The Causcasian Chalk Circle with the Royal National Theatre) has brought Lecoq's work to the attention of mainstream critics and audiences in Britain. Yet Complicte is just the tip of the Iceberg. The contributors to this volume, most of them engaged in applying Lecoq's work, chart some of the diverse ways in which it has had an impact on our conceptions of mime, physical theatre, actor training, devising street theatre and interculturalism.
This lively - even provocative - collection of essays focuses academic debate and raises awareness of the impact of Lecoq's work in Britain today.

Household Servants in Early Modern Domestic Tragedy (Paperback): Iman Sheeha Household Servants in Early Modern Domestic Tragedy (Paperback)
Iman Sheeha
R1,219 Discovery Miles 12 190 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Household Servants in Early Modern Domestic Tragedy considerably advances existing scholarship on the institution of service in early modern culture and as represented on the early modern stage. With its focus on the homes of the middling sorts, to whom the protagonists of domestic tragedy belong, the book expands our understanding of employer-servant relationships beyond elite and aristocratic circles, the focus of previous studies. Drawing on early modern advice literature, household guides, domestic manuals, sermons, treatises, proverbs, mothers' legacies, funeral sermons, diaries, letters, and jest books as well as making use of the recent findings by social and cultural historians of early modern England, the book examines the consequences of disordered domesticity for the master-servant relationship. This study nuances the picture of domestic servants constructed by both early modern moralists and modern scholarship, arguing against overarching, reductive narratives. The book argues that the experience of household service as depicted in domestic tragedy, like in real life, was complex and varied and that there was no typical experience of service.

A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance - History and Performance (Paperback): Samuel L. Leiter A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance - History and Performance (Paperback)
Samuel L. Leiter
R1,284 Discovery Miles 12 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Unique in any Western language, this is an invaluable resource for the study of one of the world's great theatrical forms. It includes essays by established experts on Kabuki as well as younger scholars now entering the field, and provides a comprehensive survey of the history of Kabuki; how it is written, produced, staged, and performed; and its place in world theater. Compiled by the editor of the influential Asian Theater Journal, the book covers four essential areas - history, performance, theaters, and plays - and includes a translation of one Kabuki play as an illustration of Kabuki techniques.

The Bengali Drama - Its Origin and Development (Hardcover): P. Guha-Thakurta The Bengali Drama - Its Origin and Development (Hardcover)
P. Guha-Thakurta
R5,974 Discovery Miles 59 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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