A refreshing and vigorous account of seven female playwrights who, against all odds, enjoyed professional sucess in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
The first book to provide a detailed and up to date analysis of Priestley’s enormous contribution to twentieth century British theatre. _x000D_
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This is the first book to deal with Glaspell and Treadwell’s plays from a theatrical perspective, and presents a comprehensive overview, from lesser k..
Anton Chekhov offers a critical introduction to the plays and productions of this major playwright. Rose Whyman provides an insightful assessment of C..
August Strindberg was a radical innovator of Western theatre whose diverse dramatic output embodied an essentially modernist sensibility. This new vol..
Maria Irene Fornes provides an enlightening introduction to a pivotal figure in both Hispanic-American and experimental theater. From her theatrical o..
The first collection of original critical material on Martin McDonagh, one of the most celebrated young playwrights of the last decade. Credited with ..
This collection of interviews offers unprecedented insight into the plays and creative works of Suzan-Lori Parks, as well as being an important commen..
First published in 1967, this title considers the idea of the ‘well-made play’ in the context of how and why it has been devalued and how far, in allo..
This book analyses the different ways in which Ibsen’s plays were and are performed in different cultures on five continents and examines the impact o..