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1	The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy more books like this by Alexander Leggatt (Editor) add to wishlist This is an accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's comedies and romances. Rather than taking each play in isolation, the chapters trace recurring issues, suggesting both the continuity and the variety of Shakespeare's practice and the creative use he made of the conventions he inherited. The first section puts ... see all copies from $11.98! new only from $16.93! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Shakespeare's Comedy of Love more books like this by Alexander Leggatt add to wishlist This book was first published in 1987. This study removes some of the critical puzzles that Shakespeare's comedies of love have posed in the past. The author shows that what distinguishes the comedies is not their similarity but their variety - the way in which each play is a new combination of essentially similar ingredients, so that, for example ... see all copies from $19.00! new only from $35.68! \| SVS
3	Shakespeare's Tragedies: Violation and Identity more books like this by Alexander Leggatt add to wishlist Shakespeare's Tragedies: Violation and Identity traces the linked themes of violation and identity through seven Shakespearean tragedies, beginning with the rape of Lavinia in Titus Andronicus. The implications of this event - its physical and moral shock, the way it puts Lavinia's identity, and the whole notion of identity, into crisis - ... see all copies from $13.80! new only from $13.80!
4	English Stage Comedy 1490-1990: Five Centuries of a Genre more books like this by Alexander Leggatt add to wishlist English Stage Comedy 1490-1990 is a unique and beautifully written study of the comedy of the English stage from the Tudor period to the late twentieth century. It shows how this remarkably enduring genre has dealt with the tensions of social life, using its conventions as tools for social inquiry. Through an examination of comedy, Alexander ... see all copies from $22.49! new only from $43.61!
5	King Lear: Second Edition more books like this by Alexander Leggatt add to wishlist List of Illustrations; 1. Problems and choices; 2. John Gielgud and Harley Granville Barker; 3. Peter Brook and Paul Scofield; 4. Robin Philips and Peter Ustinov; 5. Adrian Noble, Michael Gambon and Anthony Sher; 6. Grigori Kozintsev; 7. Peter Brook; 8. Jonathan Miller and Michael Hordern; 9. Laurence Olivier; 10. see all copies from $24.94! new only from $24.94!
6	William Shakespeare's Macbeth: A Sourcebook more books like this by Alexander Leggatt (Editor) add to wishlist William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" is a timeless tale of love, greed, and power, which has given rise to heated debates around such issues as the representation of gender roles, political violence, and the dramatisation of evil. Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Shakespeare's play presents: extensive introductory comment on the contexts, ... see all copies from $24.78! new only from $24.78!
7	Craft and tradition : essays in honour of William Blissett more books like this by H. B. De Groot, Alexander Leggatt add to wishlist see all copies from $2.88!
8	Ben Jonson, His Vision and His Art more books like this by Alexander Leggatt add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! first editions
9	Jacobean Public Theatre more books like this by Alexander Leggatt add to wishlist The public playhouses of Jacobean London, and the popular drama they produced, were a vital part of English theatre history. Yet this work has too often been neglected by conventional literary criticism. Jacobean Public Theatre recovers this vigorous popular drama for the modern reader by presenting the plays not as literary texts, but as ... see all copies from $84.78! new only from $128.00!
10	Introduction to English Renaissance Comedy more books like this by Alexander Leggatt add to wishlist This guide provides a comprehensive introduction to Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline comedy, covering both public and private theatres, encompassing the eclective, experimental nature of this comedy: its departures from the mainstream New Comedy tradition and its searching, witty analysis of social and personal relations in court, city and ... see all copies from $23.95! new only from $99.00! \| SVS
11	King Lear more books like this by Alexander Legatt, Alexander Leggatt add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
12	English Renaissance Drama more books like this by Karen Bamford (Editor), Alexander Leggatt (Editor) add to wishlist The distinctive voices of Renaissance playwrights can make a classroom come alive. This volume explores the compelling dramatic technique and rich language in a wide variety of well-known and less-familiar Renaissance plays. The essays collected here challenge teachers to help students, whose experience is usually limited to reading Shakespeare or ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $14.76! \| SVS
13	Citizen Comedy in the Age of Shakespeare more books like this by Alexander Leggatt add to wishlist see all copies from $30.00! first editions
14	Shakespeare's Political Drama: The History Plays and the Roman Plays more books like this by Alexander Leggatt add to wishlist There is political interest everywhere in Shakespeare. Macbeth and Hamlet are concerned with kingship, Measure for Measure with law, The Tempest with power. Shakespeare is consistently interested in rulers, law, questions of authority and obedience - as well as the politics of personal relationships. In this book Alexander Leggatt concentrates on ... see all copies from $4.01! new only from $28.99! \| SVS
15	English Renaissance Drama more books like this by Pierre-Joseph L Favrot, Karen Bamford (Editor), Alexander Leggatt (Editor) add to wishlist The distinctive voices of Renaissance playwrights can make a classroom come alive. This volume explores the compelling dramatic technique and rich language in a wide variety of well-known and less-familiar Renaissance plays. The essays collected here challenge teachers to help students, whose experience is usually limited to reading Shakespeare or ... see all copies from $36.14! new only from $61.80!
16	King Lear more books like this by Alexander Leggatt add to wishlist Through a study of eight 20th-century stage and screen productions of "King Lear", this book examines the way in which performance and interpretation are bound together. It aims to show how different performances have illuminated the radical contradictions within the text itself. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
17 view cover	English Drama: Shakespeare to the Restoration, 1590-1660 more books like this by Alexander Leggatt add to wishlist The most important period in the history of English drama is revealed in Alexander Leggatt's challenging account. The author considers English drama from the beginning of Shakespeare's career to the restoration of Charles II. Focusing on Shakespeare and the development of his art, he examines all his major contemporaries: Jonson, Middleton, ... see all copies from $13.16! new only from $66.34! \| first editions
18	Coriolanus more books like this by Alexander Leggatt add to wishlist see all copies from $6.26!

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