Plays & Playwrights: 16th to 18th Centuries


"The Rover"

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"New Mermaids" series; A racy comedy of intrigue, action and amorous adventures set in Naples at carnival time during the exile of Charles II. This edition takes account of critical approaches as well as the play's stage history, and contains commentary notes on language and staging. New ed. Paperback, 126 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 170g.
Author:  Behn, Aphra
ISBN:  0713666714
Publisher:  A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date:  2002  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Plays & Playwrights: 16th to 18th Centuries

"Rivals"

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"New Mermaids" series; A major new edition which brings a modern approach to the introduciton and text. Detailed commentary notes are included alongside the play text for easy reference. Ther is also a lively and comprehensively researchered account of the play's historical, social and theatrical context. With ills b&w photos. 2 new ed. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 198 x 126 mm. Weight: 217g.
Author:  Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (Stern, Tiffany, ed.)
ISBN:  0713667656
Publisher:  A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date:  2004  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Plays & Playwrights: 16th to 18th Centuries

"Michel Strogoff"

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"Exeter French Texts" series; This a critical edition of a Verne play. The book also contains many of his unpublished letters. The study of Michel Strogoff discusses the genesis and creation of the play, major differences between the novel and the play, and Michel Strogoff as melodrama. With 2 halftones. Paperback, 206 pages. Size: 210 x 151 mm. Weight: 318g.
Author:  Verne, Jules Ennery, Adolphe Phillippe D' D'ennery, Adolphe
ISBN:  0859894630
Publisher:  University of Exeter Press
Date:  1995  (United Kingdom) (in French).
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Plays & Playwrights: 19th Century

"Aristophanic Comedy"

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With illustrations. Paperback, 267 pages. Size: 210 x 140 mm. Weight: 340g.
Author:  Dover, K.J.
ISBN:  0520022114
Publisher:  University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date:  1972  (Usa)
Readership:  Undergraduate Plays & Playwrights: Classical, Early & Medieval

"Reception Studies Greece and Rome"

New Surveys in the Classics

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"New Surveys in the Classics" series; This work considers key aspects of Greek and Roman culture and discusses how they have been reshaped and used in modern drama, film and poetry. With 7 illustrations. Paperback, 134 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 219g.
Author:  Harwick, Lorna
ISBN:  0198528655
Publisher:  Oxford University Press
Date:  2003  (UK)
Readership:  Undergraduate Plays & Playwrights: Classical, Early & Medieval

"Contemporary Catalan Drama Quarrelsome Party, the Audition, Desire, Fourplay"

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Since the early 1990s, Catalonia has proven to the world that its rich heritage and artistic tradition are worthy of focus. The plays in this volume reflect the post-Franco era during which Catalonia has become a focal point for new expression. Paperback, 272 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 185g.
Author:  (London, John, ed.)
ISBN:  041374440X
Publisher:  A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date:  2000  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Plays & Playwrights: From C 1900

"Samuel Beckett"

Waiting for Godot, Endgame

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"Icon Readers' Guides" series; In this guide, Peter Boxall traces critical responses to Waiting for Godot and Endgame from the 1950s to the present day. He clarifies and contextualizes critical responses to the plays and considers the difficult relationship between Beckett and his critics. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 214 x 138 mm. Weight: 245g.
Author:  (Boxall, Peter, ed.)
ISBN:  1840460822
Publisher:  Palgrave MacMillan
Date:  2000  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Plays & Playwrights: From C 1900

"Brecht Collected Plays Man Equals Man, Elephant Calf, Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny, Seven Deadly Sins"

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"World Classics" series; A comprehensive edition of Brecht's plays in the English language. It includes The Threepenny Opera, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, The Seven Deadly Sins, Man Equals Man and The Elephant Calf'. New ed. Paperback, 432 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 509g.
Author:  Brecht, Bertolt
ISBN:  0413685608
Publisher:  A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date:  1994  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Plays & Playwrights: From C 1900 (V.2)

"On Theatre"

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Willett, John (trans.) A selection of Bertolt Brecht's critical writing which charts development of his thinking on theatre and aesthetics. This volume demonstrates how theories of Epic Theatre and Alienation evolved, and contains notes and essays on the staging of The Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny, Mother Courage, Puntila, Galileo and many others of his plays. With 32pp b&w plates, index. New ed. Paperback, 304 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 260g.
Author:  Brecht, Bertolt
ISBN:  041338800X
Publisher:  A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date:  1978  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Tertiary Education (Us: College) Plays & Playwrights: From C 1900

"Scuffer"

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"Oberon Modern Plays" series; Paperback, 80 pages. Size: 130 x 210 mm. Weight: 131g.
Author:  Catley, Mark
ISBN:  1840026642
Publisher:  Oberon Books Ltd
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Plays & Playwrights: From C 1900

"Antonin Artaud"

From Theory to Practice

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"Greenwich Exchange Student Guide Literary" series; Discusses Artaud's influence over theatre and investigates why his theories and the questions he asked still reverberate in contemporary culture. Paperback, 100 pages. Size: 210 x 138 mm. Weight: 158g.
Author:  Jamieson, Lee
ISBN:  1871551986
Publisher:  Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Tertiary Education (Us: College) Plays & Playwrights: From C 1900

"The Ubu Plays Ubu Rex, Ubu Cuckolded, Ubu Enchained, Writings on the Theatre"

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"Methuen World Classics" series; Connolly, Cyril (trans.) A re-issue of three plays that ushered in the great age of absurdist theatre. This volume contains translations by Cyril Connolly and Simon Watson Taylor of Ubu Roi, Ubu Cocu and Ubu Enchaine as well as Jarry's Writings on Theatre. New ed. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 183g.
Author:  Jarry, Alfred (Watson-Taylor, Simon, ed.)
ISBN:  041367990X
Publisher:  A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date:  1993  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Plays & Playwrights: From C 1900

"David Mamet Plays Crytogram, Oleanna, the Old Neighborhood"

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"Methuen Contemporary Dramatists" series; Three plays by well-known American playwright, David Mamet. His play American Buffalo won an Obie Award and opened on Broadway in 1977 and at the National Theatre in 1978. His greatest hits, Glengarry Glen Ross and Oleanna followed in 1983 and 1993 respectively. Paperback, 336 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 150g.
Author:  Mamet, David
ISBN:  0413771326
Publisher:  A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date:  2002  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Plays & Playwrights: From C 1900 (V. 4)

"Collected Plays the Wrong Side of the Park, Mill Hill, Bermondsey, Knightsbridge, Marble Arch, Edwin"

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"Oberon Modern Playwrights" series; Paperback, 272 pages. Size: 130 x 210 mm. Weight: 65g.
Author:  Mortimer, John
ISBN:  1840022779
Publisher:  Oberon Books Ltd
Date:  2004  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Plays & Playwrights: From C 1900 (V. 2)

"An Inspector Calls"

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"Audio Education Study Guides" series; With cd audio drama with educational commentary options and teacher pack. Teacher ed. Mixed Media Product, Weight: 376g.
Author:  Priestley, J.B. Maine, Gil
ISBN:  1903362687
Publisher:  Smartpass Ltd
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Secondary Plays & Playwrights: From C 1900

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