Manifestos and Essays

By Richard Foreman(Paperback / softback)

The thoughts and work of the legendary avant-garde director Richard Foreman.

Mojo and Other Plays

(Paperback / softback)

First collection of plays by the author of "Jerusalem" and the award-winning "Mojo."

Henry VI: Parts 1, 2, & 3

By William Shakespeare(Paperback / softback)

Displaying the bold vision and growing skill of a young playwright, these are Shakespeare's first three history plays, covering some sixty tumultuous years of English history. Their pageantry, violence, and stirring speeches excite audiences with action as well as character, and midway through the final play in this trilogy, a shocking, clever, inimitably evil new voice is heard--that of Richard....

The Two Noble Kinsmen

By William Shakespeare(Paperback)

Presenting a fresh approach to this once marginalized play, this edition addresses issues including collaboration, performance history, craftsmanship and sources.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

By William Shakespeare(Paperback)

An updated edition of Shakespeare's early comedy, featuring a new introductory section on recent stage and critical interpretations.

King Lear

By William Shakespeare(Hardback)

An ageing king makes a capricious decision to divide his realm among his three daughters according to the love they express for him. When the youngest daughter refuses to take part in this charade, she is banished, leaving the king dependent on her manipulative and untrustworthy sisters.

Richard III

By William Shakespeare(Hardback)

The bitter, deformed brother of the King is secretly plotting to seize the throne of England. Charming and duplicitous, powerfully eloquent and viciously cruel, he is prepared to go to any lengths to achieve his goal - and, in his manipulation of events and people, Richard is a chilling incarnation of the lure of evil and the temptation of power.

The Tempest

By William Shakespeare(Hardback)

A play that contrasts lyrical fantasy surrounding the spirit Ariel and the savage Caliban, with a tale of political intrigue focused around Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island.

As You Like it

By William Shakespeare(Hardback)

When Rosalind is banished by her uncle, who has usurped her father's throne, she flees to the forest of Arden where her exiled father holds court. There, dressed as a boy to avoid discovery, she encounters the man she loves - now a fellow exile - and resolves to remain in disguise to test his feelings for her.

Exorcism: A Play in One Act

(Hardback)

A thrilling archival discovery and literary event--the publication, after ninety years, of a sharply autobiographical one-act play by the father of modern American theater....

Ski Jump

By John Townsend(Hardback)

Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

By Jane Wagner(Paperback / softback)

The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Kolonos, and Antigone

By Sophocles & Robert Bagg (Translator)(Paperback / softback)

Othello and Interpretive Traditions

(Paperback / softback)

During the past twenty years or so, "Othello" has become the Shakespearean tragedy that speaks most powerfully to our contemporary concerns. Focusing on race and gender (and on class, ethnicity, sexuality, and nationality), the play talks about what audiences want to talk about. Yet at the same time, as refracted through Iago, it forces us to hear what we....

Modern British Theatre in 100 Plays

By Kate Dorney(Hardback)

Published in collaboration with the V&A, The Story of Modern British Theatre in 100 Plays explores the best and most influential plays from 1945 to date. Fully illustrated with colour photos from the V&A's collections, the book includes essays, review excerpts, plot summaries, extracts and insight into stage and costume designs. Essays written by Kate Dorney, Curator of the....

Tennessee Williams: One Act Plays

By Tennessee Williams(Paperback)

Tennessee Williams' lesser-known one act plays reveal a tantalising and fascinating perspective to one of the world's most important playwrights.

Farewell to the Theatre

By Richard Nelson(Paperback)

Harley Granville Barker, the most influential theatre-maker of his time, finds himself adrift in America during the Great War. Estranged from the theatre, and with his spirit almost broken by an acrimonious divorce, he seeks refuge in the relative obscurity of a quiet, backwater, Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Venus in Fur: A Play

By David Ives(Paperback / softback)

Shakespeare, Sex, and Love

By Stanley W. Wells(Paperback)

How does Shakespeare's treatment of human sexuality relate to the sexual conventions and language of his times? Looking at both plays and poetry, this lively and informative book explores Shakespeare's portrayal of desire, jealousy, and same-gender relationships, as well as how sex becomes a source of humour in his comedies.

Eldridge Plays: 2

By David Eldridge(Paperback)

This second collection of plays by David Eldridge showcases the development of one of the most impressive playwriting talents of recent years. His plays combine emotional complexity with impact, realistic characterisation with humour, and are among the most powerfully moving dramas of contemporary playwriting.