Brecht in Context

John Willett

• Paperback | Engels | Plays and Playwrights
• This is a revised edition of John Willett's classic study, published for the centenary of Berthold Brecht's birth. Willett sets in context not only Br... Lees meer

Rewriting the Nation

Aleks Sierz

• Paperback | Engels | Plays and Playwrights
• This is an essential guide for anyone interested in the best new British stage plays to emerge in the new millennium. For students of theatre studies ... Lees meer

A Guide To The Plays Of Bertolt Brecht

Stephen Unwin

• Paperback | Engels | Plays and Playwrights
• Stephen Unwin's A Guide to the Plays of Bertolt Brecht is an indispensable, comprehensive and highly readable companion to the dramatic work of this c... Lees meer

The Full Room

Dominic Dromgoole

• Paperback | Engels | Plays and Playwrights
• Now out in paperback, this highly personal and comprehensive survey of contemporary drama which celebrates the plays and playwrights at the forefront ... Lees meer

Impossible Plays

Jack Shepherd, Keith Dewhurst

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• Bill Bryden's Cottesloe Company, which flourished at Peter Hall's National Theatre, was the English theatre's only true ensemble of the last thirty or... Lees meer

Euripides Our Contemporary

J Michael Walton

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• 'In this masterful reevaluation of Euripides, Michael Walton recasts the playwright in light of his resonance for today's translators and directors. S... Lees meer

At the Sharp End

Peter Billingham

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• What value does theatre have in Britain at the beginning of the twenty-first century? How has theatre responded to the challenge of remaining relevant... Lees meer

National Theatre Connections 2013

Howard Brenton, Jim Cartwright, Lucinda Coxon, Ryan Craig, Stacey Gregg, Jonathan Harvey, Lenny Henry, Jemma Kennedy, Morna Pearson, Anya Reiss

• Paperback | Engels | Plays and Playwrights
• Drawing together the work of ten leading playwrights - a mixture of established and current writers - National Theatre Connections 2013 offers young p... Lees meer

File on Gorky

Cynthia Marsh, C Marsh

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• Includes a selection of plays and non-dramatic writing by Gorky. Lees meer

Guide to Greek Theatre and Drama

Kenneth McLeish, Trevor R Griffiths

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• A new and definitive guide to the theatre of the ancient world The Guide to Greek Theatre and Drama is a meticulously researched and accessible survey... Lees meer

Mise En Scene French Theatre Now

Annie Sparks, Annie Stephenson, David Bradby

• Paperback | Plays and Playwrights
• Divided into two parts, this book provides a historical and critical survey of drama and theatre in France since 1968. It also features a listings gui... Lees meer

Rage and Reason

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• Women playwrights speak about their art and the theatre in this collection of interviews about a key decade of British drama. Twenty leading contempor... Lees meer

Amid Our Troubles

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• New essays on ancient Greek classics from Ireland's greatest living dramatists and academics That so many Irish playwrights should return to the Greek... Lees meer

Empedocles' Shoe

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• A key critical work bringing relevance to Brecht's poetry in the 21st century Brecht is increasingly recognised as one of the most important lyric voi... Lees meer

Live III

David Tushingham, D Tushingha

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• This third book in a new series of magazine-style reviews of the performing arts, presents an introduction to the writers who are helping to shape the... Lees meer

Dark Attractions

Brian Woolland

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• A major study of the work of one of Britain's best-known dramatists Peter Barnes was one of the UK's most significant, prolific and enduring playwrigh... Lees meer

File On Churchill

Linda Fitzsimmons

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• This is a study of the work of Caryl Churchill who wrote "Fen", "Top Girls" and "Serious Money". Linda Fitzsimmons examines the development of Churchi... Lees meer

The Full Room

Dominic Dromgoole

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• In this highly personal and comprehensive survey of contemporary drama, Dominic Dromgoole, one of Britain's most innovative young directors, celebrate... Lees meer

Edgar the Playwright

Susan Painter

• Paperback | Engels | Plays and Playwrights
• The best review I've ever had was when Michael Billington said, 'like Balzac, David Edgar seems to be a secretary for our times'...I'd like to be a se... Lees meer

Pinter the Playwright

Martin Esslin

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• Updated to cover Harold Pinter's most recent plays, including Mountain Language, The New World Order and Party Time, this revised edition offers a com... Lees meer

Artaud on Theatre

Antonin Artaud, C Schumacher

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• Founder of the Theatre of Cruelty and a strong influence on Peter Brook, Artaud dedicated his life and sanity to purging the French theatre of its ene... Lees meer

Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty

Albert Bermel

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• The definitive guide to the life and work of Antonin Artaud Antonin Artaud's theatre of cruelty is one of the most vital forces in world theatre, yet ... Lees meer

Samuel Beckett: Debts and Legacies

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• Published in association with the seminar series of the same name held by the University of Oxford, Samuel Beckett: Debts and Legacies presents the be... Lees meer

Buzz Buzz!

Jonathan Croall

• Paperback | Engels | Plays and Playwrights
• Containing over a hundred interviews conducted over the last fifteen years with leading directors, actors and writers at the National Theatre, Buzz Bu... Lees meer