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"The Compact Bedford Introduction to Drama "presents a well-balanced selection of plays, commentaries, and casebooks in a concise, affordable format. ... More

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The Taming of the Shrew is unique among Shakespeare's plays and is a perennial and compelling success in the theatre. Its reception is marked, ... More

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A historical romance in the VIRAGO MODERN CLASSICS series, from the author of THE GOLDEN ARROW. Pru Sarn, cursed with a hare lip, loves the remote ... More

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Sophocles' "Antigone" ranks with his "Oedipus Rex" as one of world literature's most compelling dramas. The action is taut, and the characters embody ... More

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This collection aims to make the best of Shakespearean theatre accessible to a younger audience. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, is a ruthless, ... More

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"The Bedford Anthology of Drama" is the most comprehensive introductory drama resource available. Its 54 chronologically arranged plays represent ... More

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Aristophanes's most popular play shows how sex, or the lack of it, becomes a powerful agent of reconciliation. As war ravages ancient Greece, ... More

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Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be seen as a tragedy, or a historical play, or a ... More

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An embittered Roman General returns from war, having captured the Queen of the Goths and her three sons. Sacrificing the eldest, in memory of his own ... More

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One of the greatest of the classical Greek dramas, based on the legend of the Titan demigod who defied Zeus to steal fire from the gods for the ... More

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"The Persians "("Persae") is Aeschylus' first surviving play. Unlike all other surviving Greek tragedies, which deal with persons and events from the ... More

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"Volpone" is part of the "New Mermaid" series of modern spelling, fully-annotated editions of English plays. Each volume includes a critical ... More

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The gods never move faster than when punishing men with the consequences of their own actions. Desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil ... More

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Sophocles: Antigone is the fifth title in the Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama series.

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The Greek Tragedy in New Translations series is based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves or who work with poets can ... More

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'Yes, what is Dionysian? - This book provides an answer - "a man who knows" speaks in it, the initiate and disciple of his god.' The Birth of ... More

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A translation of "Elektra" undertaken by Ezra Pound when he was confined to St Elizabeth's hospital in Washington under indictment for treason. It ... More

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New Kittredge Shakespeare editions combine performance issues in feature films with the clarity of Kittredge's notes to provide an entry for students ... More

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Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the English philosopher, statesman and jurist, is best known for developing the empiricist method which forms the basis of ... More

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Gilbert studies the whole field of Greek tragedy, with special emphasis on dramatic structure, scansion of lyrics, and the works of Aeschylus, ... More

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When Schiller completed "Wilhelm Tell "as a "New Year's Gift for 1805" he foretold that it would cause a stir. He was right. In the midst of Great ... More

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Sophocles' "Ajax" is one of the most disturbing and powerful surviving ancient tragedies. But it is also difficult to understand and interpret. What ... More

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from ... More

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Title: Representative men: seven lectures.Author: Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed ... More

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