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Henry V

The thirty-six dramatic situations

J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys

Drawing on a range of material by and about J.M. Barrie, this is a biography of the novelist, playwright, and author of "Peter Pan or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up". It includes material from recorded interviews with the Llewelyn Davies family and is reissued to mark the centenary of "Peter Pan".

J.M.Barrie and the Lost Boys

Up to the age of six, James Barrie lived in the shadow of his elder brother David, the golden boy of his mother's eye; and when David died in a skating accident, it was a catastrophe from which she never recovered. But she drew a measure of comfprt from the notion that her favourite son, …

Reading Chekhov

'Reading Chekhov is a literary pilgrimage, homage, travelogue, biography, literary criticism and a restrained love letter all rolled into one ... It is the work of an iridescent and sympathetic imagination' The Times

Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies - Anne Frank on the Postwar Dutch Stage

This book is a case study into the affective history of Holocaust drama offering a new perspective on the impact of The Diary of Anne Frank, the pivotal 1950s play that was a turning point in Holocaust consciousness. Despite its overwhelming success, criticism of the Broadway makeover has been harsh, suggesting that the alleged Americanization …

Shakespeare’s Book

‘A lively picture of multiple operators scrambling to steal a march on the competition . . . Lavishly detailed’ FINANCIAL TIMES

Aristophanes Birds Other Pla Owcn Ncs

This is the first complete verse translation of Aristophanes' comedies to appear for more than twenty-five years and makes freshly available one of the most remarkable comic playwrights in the entire Western tradition, complete with an illuminating introduction including play by play analysis and detailed notes. Contains: Birds; Lysistrata; Assembly-Women; Wealth.

Tekst in Context 11 - Vondels Joseph

Tekst in Context is een reeks historische literatuur voor het voortgezet onderwijs, onder redactie van Frits van Oostrom en Hubert Slings. In deze reeks worden de resultaten van decennia wetenschappelijk onderzoek volgens de eisen van de moderne didactiek aan de leerlingen gepresenteerd. De delen bevatten een vertaling van de historische tekst, zijn uitbundig geïllustreerd en …

Dario Fo

A revised critical study covering the various phases of Dario Fo's theatrical career.