Shakespeare's Predecessors in the English Drama

Presenting a collection of reminiscences, the author recalls his early years in a sequence of tales. He features snapshots, which include portraits of his parents, and confirm him at the forefront of contemporary writing.

'York Notes' offer an approach to English literature that aims to fully reflect student needs. They are filled with summaries, commentaries, exam advice, margin and textual features to offer a wider context to the text and encourage a critical analysis.

Full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel.

'York Notes' offer an approach to English literature that aims to fully reflect student needs. They are filled with summaries, commentaries, exam advice, margin and textual features to offer a wider context to the text and encourage a critical analysis.

With its engaging alteration between past and present Arcadia offers a comedic and entertaining exploration of chaos theory, entropy, the Second Law of thermodynamics, iterated algorithms, fractals, and other concepts culled the realms of math and science. This guide provides students a comprehensive critical introduction to the play.

Brian Friel is Ireland's leading playwright. This book examines Friel's work within the context of Irish storytelling. It also considers his position as a writer from the north of Ireland negotiating between the responsibilities of art and the demands of violent conflict. It is aimed at students of literature and drama in sixth-forms.

Contends that academic drama represents an important, but understudied, site of cultural production in early modern England. Focusing on plays that were written and performed in academic environments, this work investigates how those plays strive to give coherence to issues of religion, politics, gender, pedagogy, education, and economics.

An introduction to the work of women dramatists in the early modern period. The text covers not only writing and translation of plays, but also female performance in official forms (such as court masque). The text charts the development of women's active involvement in drama.

Globalization is transforming theatre everywhere. As writers seek to exploit opportunities to produce their work internationally, audiences are seeing the world - and the stage - differently. This study explores these developments, placing them in the context of the transformation of Ireland since the early 1990s.

Offers a look at Arthur Miller's political sensibilities as evidenced in his dramatic works and other writings. This book provides insights on such topics as Miller's mistrust of authority and social power, his theatrical response to the Holocaust, and his treatment of women.