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Baffle your friends with your erudite knowledge of Shakespearean English, all while casually insulting them. This deluxe collection of Shakespeare's most dazzling insults is neatly separated into sections for quick retrieval when a stinging retort is demanded. Become the master of your own villainy with creative insults that will show those rogues and ruffians who's in charge!

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What are Iago's duties as Othello's Ensign, and why is he so dissatisfied with the appointment Falstaff loves to drink sack - but what is sack Shakespeare's original audience would have needed no help with references to their everyday lives. This work provides explanations on topics as varied as astrology, hunting, children's games, and money.

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This guide surveys the criticism surrounding two of Arthur Miller's most popular and widely-studied plays. From initial theatre reviews to twenty-first-century scholarship, Stephen Marino examines the major debates and trends of critical inquiry providing an essential resource for anyone with an interest in Miller's work.

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Designed for teachers, this is a comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets and more.

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Exploring the enigmas of Beckett's work

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With original work from Ralph Fiennes, James Franco, Dame Margaret Drabble, Isabel Allende and Sir Ben Kingsley, among others

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This amusing approach to Shakespeare's classic dramas features the plot of each of the Bard's 39 plays reduced to a single descriptive sentence.

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Tennessee Williams is generally regarded as one of the greatest American dramatists of the 20th century. This reference book provides a chronological record of the response to his work, accompanied by a chronology highlighting the principal events in his life and career.

Volume I: Overviews and the History Plays Volume II: The Comedies Volume III: The Tragedies Volume IV: The Romances and Poetry.

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A brilliant graphic guide to the life and work of the world's greatest-ever playwright, by renowned Shakespeare scholar Nick Groom.

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A breezy, accessible re-introduction to the greatest writer of plays, who turns out to be responsible for EastEnders, Coronation Street and Friends. Repackaged in a new cover edition.