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’How many fond fools serve mad jealousy!’ The Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare’s most farcical plays, with not one......more
’Cry "havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war’ Set against the backdrop of a nation breaking out into civil war, Julius Cae......more
’I see a man’s life is a tedious one.’ Set in Ancient Britain, Cymbeline is a tragedy of deceit, disguise, banishment, a......more
’Men’s evil manners live in brass, their virtues We write in water.’ Henry VIII or All is True is Shakespeare’s retellin......more
’Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand, Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.’ In Shakespeare’s first tragedy......more
’For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground, And tell sad stories of the death of kings’ Crowned as a child, Richard II ......more
This volume argues that, given a Western propensity to identify Shakespeare’s work with "the human", his drama plays a c......more
This new volume in the Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition increases our knowledge of how Twelfth Night was received and......more
The authoritative guide to teaching Shakespeare’s Othello, The Folger Guide to Teaching Othello is an invaluable resourc......more
The authoritative guide to teaching Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Folger Guide to Teaching A Midsummer Ni......more
This volume reframes the critical conversation about Shakespeare’s histories and national identity by bringing together ......more
In this decisively innovative approach to Shakespeare s plays through their competitive relation to other choices from L......more
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"Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s four great tragedies, studied and performed around the world. These new volumes in Shake......more
How can we tune into the ecological dynamics of Shakespeare’s plays? How can we adapt those plays to address current env......more
How can we tune into the ecological dynamics of Shakespeare’s plays? How can we adapt those plays to address current env......more
A valedictory public donation by a celluloid-loving collector includes, unbeknownst to him, the earliest extant feature-......more
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes on......more
Curating material from Applause’s Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two by John Russell Brown, Once More unto the Speech, Dea......more
Curating material from Applause’s Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two by John Russell Brown, Once More unto the Speech, Dea......more
Curating material from Applause’s Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two by John Russell Brown, Once More unto the Speech, Dea......more
The Encyclopaedia of Shakespeare’s Language is the first comprehensive account of Shakespeare’s language to use computat......more
Created by experts from the world’s largest and most well-respected Shakespeare archive, The Folger Guide to Teaching Ha......more
Created by experts from the world’s largest and most well-respected Shakespeare archive, The Folger Guide to Teaching Ma......more
Created by experts from the world’s largest and most well-respected Shakespeare archive, The Folger Guide to Teaching Ro......more
Global King Lear provides a kaleidoscopic view of multinational adaptations of King Lear with a focus on productions acr......more
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes on......more
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The spellbinding story of love and murder, power and paranoia, and the internal struggles of a married couple as they tr......more
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The Visitation Quartet is comprised of four comedies by Stephen Evans, each examining the phenomenon of visitation. Ghos......more
Co-authored by the resident dramaturg and a long-time scholarly consultant, The Shakespeare Theatre Company chronicles h......more
Co-authored by the resident dramaturg and a long-time scholarly consultant, The Shakespeare Theatre Company chronicles h......more
What does it mean for early modern theatre to be ’live’? How have audiences over time experienced a sense of ’liveness’?......more
Othello famously supplicates, ’Speak of me as I am’, pleading for the Venetians to ’nothing extenuate’, leave out, or ma......more
Refusing to Behave in Early Modern Literature explores texts shaped by collisions between the idiosyncrasies of individu......more
An anthology that reimagines Shakespeare’s works from the perspective of the United States-Mexico Borderlands. For decad......more
An anthology that reimagines Shakespeare’s works from the perspective of the United States-Mexico Borderlands. For decad......more
The book is about the complex dynamics of transmission and transformation of the Italian sources of twelve Shakespearean......more
Through analysis of 5 plays by Shakespeare, Paul Raffield examines what it meant to be a ’stranger’ to English law in th......more
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes on......more
Featuring watercolours by Paul Braddon, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust celebrates the fundamental joy of the greatest ......more
This analysis of the Stratford Festival examines the full history of one of the largest and oldest dedicated centres for......more
’Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?’ Dark and violent, Macbeth is a restless, haunting e......more
’We that are true lovers run into strange capers.’ Four centuries after its publication in the Folio, As You Like It’s c......more
’What is honour? A word. What is in that word ’honour’? What is that ’honour’? Air.’ A history play that combines a comi......more
’Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.’ Can one life be measured against another? Can a woman’s body be measured ag......more
’How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world That has such people in’t!’ Performed variously as escapist fantasy, celebr......more
’A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life’ This edition provides a clear and accessible introduction to Shakespeare......more
’Here will be an old abusing of God’s patience and the King’s English.’ The Merry Wives of Windsor is the only Shakespea......more
THE TIMES’ BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR This book charts the personal and professional journey of Greg Doran, Artistic Directo......more
William Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It (adapted by playwright Stephen Evans) offers what may be his funniest. most ......more
New approaches to teaching a familiar work By the time they encounter Romeo and Juliet in the classroom, many students h......more
New approaches to teaching a familiar work By the time they encounter Romeo and Juliet in the classroom, many students h......more
Siblings Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) and John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) were the most famous British actors of the late-18......more
Money, magic and the theatre were powerful forces in early modern England. Money was acquiring an independent, efficacio......more
Shakespeare’s Unmuted Women explores women’s speeches in selected plays by Shakespeare, highlighting women’s discerning ......more
Local/Global Shakespeare and Advertising examines the two-way relationship between Shakespeare and advertising - in the ......more
Seismic shifts in the theatrical meanings of The Merry Wives of Windsor have taken place across the centuries as Shakesp......more
This book provides actors, directors, teachers and students with a clear, practical guide to applying the work of influe......more
This book provides actors, directors, teachers and students with a clear, practical guide to applying the work of influe......more
"A vivid and emotive re-exploration of Shakespeare’s Desdemona from Othello, republished in Methuen Drama’s Modern Class......more
To interrupt, both on stage and off, is to wrest power. From the Ghost’s appearance in Hamlet to Celia’s frightful speec......more
Speech Act Theory and Shakespeare delves deeper than linguistic ornamentation to illuminate the complex dynamics of than......more
This book charts the impact of Shakespeare’s works on Harold Pinter’s career as a playwright. This exploration traces Sh......more
This volume explores Shakespeare’s interest in pity, an emotion that serves as an important catalyst for action within t......more
Shakespeare in the Present: Political Lessons under Biden is the first case study in applying the lessons of Shakespeare......more
Shakespeare and Tourism provides a dialogical mapping of Shakespeare studies and touristic theory through a collection o......more
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes on......more
Artist Eric Ravilious’s stunning illustrative interpretation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Together with a newly commi......more
A study of Shakespeare’s child figures in relation to their own political moment, as well as our own. Politicians are fo......more
A study of Shakespeare’s child figures in relation to their own political moment, as well as our own. Politicians are fo......more
This new volume in the Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition series increases our knowledge of how Antony and Cleopatra ha......more
This new edition of Macbeth includes helpful annotations, unique illustrations, and a commentary on the birds hidden in ......more
This collection celebrates the opening of the Shakespeare North Playhouse (SNP). After discussion of its genesis and dev......more
This dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book, part of the bestselling Drama Games series, offers dozens of games......more
How to Do Things with Dead People studies human contrivances for representing and relating to the dead. Alice Dailey tak......more
A powerfully topical new translation of Shakespeare’s study of military power and political folly. Bay Area director, ac......more
A modern translation that will appeal to new audiences. In her translation of The Merry Wives of Windsor, Dipika Guha up......more
Romeo and Juliet is the most produced, translated and re-mixed of all of Shakespeare’s plays. This volume takes up the i......more
This story will be told, the way it has always been told. What else use is it otherwise? The hags on the heath. The woma......more
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes on......more
"This translation modernizes the language of this comedy and takes the archaic humor and renews it for a contemporary au......more
"A contemporary translation of one of Shakespeare’s earliest explorations of love and friendship"--...more
An accessible new translation of one of Shakespeare’s most interesting and challenging plays. One of Shakespeare’s most ......more
This translation of Shakespeare’s overlooked play will captivate contemporary readers. Virginia Grise takes on one of Sh......more
One of Shakespeare’s late plays rewritten in contemporary language. In her modern translation of Cymbeline, Andrea Thome......more
Shakespeare’s early comedy reimagined for modern audiences. Love’s Labour’s Lost is a wacky comedy of disguise and misch......more
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that he wrote early on in his career. It is about the love affair that devel......more
Shakespeare through Islamic Worlds investigates the peculiar absence of Islam and Muslims from Shakespeare’s canon. Whil......more
Shakespeare through Islamic Worlds investigates the peculiar absence of Islam and Muslims from Shakespeare’s corpus. Whi......more
Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Reformation explores how Shakespeare responded in drama to the historical trauma of the ......more
The persona of Edward de Vere represents a contrast to the canonical, Stratfordian image of Shakespeare. His adulterous ......more
Claiming the right to the language of Shakespeare and the power that it represents in our culture, this collection of An......more
The must-have workbook series for Shakespeare plays. Along with tips on approaching and working on the play and tackling......more