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Introducing key themes and the history of the play's performance and critical reception, this is a comprehensive guide to Macbeth by leading international scholars.

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A new type of study guide which combines an exploratrion of Shakespeare's language with. specific help for students looking to develop their own critical responses and skills. EmmaSmithoffers both a lively critical account of Macbeth and practical ideas on how best to engage with and write about this ever popular play.

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A collection of newly commissioned essays on Macbeth, designed to showcase current debates and ideas surrounding the play from a range of international scholars. Key themes and approaches covered include The Text, History and Topicality, Current Critical perspectives and Adaptation and Afterlife.

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A collection of newly commissioned essays on Macbeth, designed to showcase current debates and ideas surrounding the play from a range of international scholars.Key themes and approaches covered include The Text, History and Topicality, Current Critical perspectives and Adaptation and Afterlife.

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Focuses on Shakespeare's reception by figures in Victorian theatre. This book offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally.

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Explores the significance of visual things that are 'under construction' in works by playwrights including Shakespeare, Robert Greene and John Lyly -- .

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This first book dedicated to US-Cuban playwright/director Maria Irene Fornes is a lucid theoretical, historical, and production-oriented study of Fornes' published works and their critical legacy.

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An original exploration of the ways in which religion and religious issues are presented in Marlowe's drama and poetry by a young, up and coming scholar. The book reflects the growing interest in the role of religion in Early Modern culture and is an important intervention in the field

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Originally published in hardback: London: Continuum, 2012.

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Chapters list works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.

Each chapter provides a biography, a plot summary, a discussion of themes, major characters, and dramatic art, and a survey of the play's historical background and critical reception.

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Giving an introduction to ancient Greek drama, this book overviews 10 works of ancient Greek drama in their political, historical, and cultural context. It is designed for school students and undergraduates, with chapters including information about the playwright's life and dramatic style, the role of myth in the play, a plot summary, and more.

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An overview for students of 10 major works of modern British and Irish drama. This volume concisely and conveniently introduces 10 masterpieces of British and Irish drama in an accessible manner. It overviews the historical and intellectual background of modern British and Irish drama and includes individual chapters on 10 major plays.

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One of the most important American playwrights of the 20th century, Maxwell Anderson won a Pulitzer Prize for Both Your Houses (1933), and New York Drama Critics Circle awards for Winterset (1935) and High Tor (1936).

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A veritable 'tour de farce', journeying through the history of farce on stage. Written by journalist and theatre critic, Roger Foss.

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"Introduced by Professor Emma Smith, University of Oxford"--Back cover.

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Through careful attention to the contexts of Renaissance culture invoked by the language, action, and visual spectacle in Measure for Measure, Darryl Gless brings a new and original interpretation to one of Shakespeare's most problematic plays. This leads him to a comprehensive and coherent reading of the play that has important implications for fu