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Contains five works from the classical period of French theatre - "The Cid", "Phedra", "Tartuffe", "The Lottery of Love" and "The Marriage of Figaro".Contains five works from the classical period of French theatre - "The Cid", "Phedra", "Tartuffe", "The...

The theatrical heritage from which both Ibsen and Strindberg sprang is rich in tradition and achievement. This study of the history and development of theatre in Scandinavia examines dominant styles and trends in various periods, from the earliest...

Taking as notional parameters the upheaval of the French Revolution and the events leading up to the Unification of Italy, this volume charts a period of political and social turbulence in Europe and its reflection in theatrical life. Apart from...

This 1997 book covers the period which saw the establishment in France of a centralized official theatre - not only the Comedie-Francaise (the first 'national' theatre), but an Italian theatre and a state opera; the often subversive independent theatres...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826403421Author Everett FrostFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Schnitzler's masterpiece, La Ronde, shows a spectrum of social class from prostitutes to noblemen in a series of drily observed, loveless sexual encounters. Remembered by many as the basis of a famous film in 1950, the real notoriety of La Ronde goes...

Covering German-language theatre from the Middle Ages to the present day, this study demonstrates how and why theatre became so important in German-speaking countries. Written by leading international scholars of German theatre, chapters cover all...

Covering German-language theatre from the Middle Ages to the present day, this study demonstrates how and why theatre became so important in German-speaking countries. Written by leading international scholars of German theatre, chapters cover all...

'Kaspar is based on the historical case of a 16-year-old boy who appeared from nowhere in Nuremberg in 1828 and who had to be taught to speak from scratch . . . Handke's play is a downright attack on the way language is used by a corrupt society to...

Karmageitin (Karma Goat) and Gentukamarid ("A Girl's Room") are a literary pair, each having its own expression and character. They are written in two different genres, poems (Karma Goat) and a play (A Girl's Room). The works can be read in any order,...

These translations of Friedrich Durrenmatt's plays introduce the writer to a new generation of readers. The Swiss writer Friedrich Durrenmatt (1921-90) was one of the most important literary figures of the second half of the twentieth century. During the...

Goethe is the most famous German author, and the poetic drama Faust, Part I (1808) is his best-known work, one that stands in the company of other leading canonical works of European literature such as Dante's Inferno and Shakespeare's Hamlet. This is...

The Storm Komrade Sokrates centers on aging radicals who were leaders in German student revolution of 1848. The main characters are Dr. Hartmeyer, a Dentist and Dr. Marcuse, the local Rabbi. After their arrests, they were sent to the Eastern border of...

These translations of Gogol's plays restore the vitality of Gogol's language and humour, finally allowing his dramatic art to speak directly to Western readers, directors, actors and theatre-goers. This volume contains ""The Government Inspector"" and...

Hijas olvidadas: Two Contemporary Plays by Hispanic Women Writers brings together two compelling dramas from Spain and Argentina. Una estrella by Paloma Pedrero and paula.doc by Nora Rodriguez both feature spirited female protagonists who explore their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987160992Author Sholem AschFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint White Goat PressPublisher White Goat PressWeight(grams) 517g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781554815807Author Henrik IbsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Broadview Press LtdPublisher Broadview Press LtdWeight(grams) 105gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Plays by French and Francophone Women presents eight recent plays by contemporary French and francophone women writers. The plays vary in style and form from the satirical to the poetic, from the comedic one-woman show to the potential multi-media...

Shakespeare has been a central figure in German literature and theatre. This book tells the story of Shakespeare in the German-speaking theatre against the background of German culture and politics in the twentieth century. It follows the earlier volume...

Wild plots and quicksilver wit characterize the plays of Georges Feydeau. Called the greatest master of French comedy since Molire by admirers such as Kenneth Tynan Feydeau reflects the lusty tradition of the French bedroom farce as well as the tough...

Anna Fierling, an itinerant trader during the seventeenth century, becomes known as "Mother Courage" after the constant warfare gradually claims all of her children.Book InformationISBN 9780802130822Author Bertolt BrechtFormat PaperbackPage Count...

First published for private circulation in Vienna in 1900, Arthur Schnitzler's famous play looks at the sexual morality and class ideology of his day through a series of sexual encounters between pairs of characters. When published publicly in 1903, it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940866096Author Lee J. WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 173Imprint University of Scranton Press,U.S.Publisher University of Scranton Press,U.S...

The most gripping of Ibsen's later, brooding self-portraits, The Master Builder explores the nature of a messianic hero pulled down from the heights to reside in the community of men, and now painfully laboring to drag himself up again. Thanks to Mr...

This collection represents Schnitzler's dramatic work from 1886 to 1915 in the most accurate English translation available. Included are the popular ""Roundelay"" and ""Anatol"" (with additional scenes and an alternate ending), as well as the rarely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156757805Author Jean RacineFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin

Though much beloved and widely produced, Moliere's satirical comedies pose a problem for those reading or staging his works today: how can a genre associated with biting caricature and castigation deliver engaging theatre? Instead of simply dismissing...

From the wager between God and Mephistopheles and the pact Faust makes with the latter-that this genial, urbane devil could have his soul if ever Faust became satisfied with any experience or knowledge Mephistopheles could show him-the drama unfolds in...

Examines the discourses around the role of bloodlines and kinship in the social hierarchies of early modern Europe "Blood is thicker than water," goes the old proverb. But do common bloodlines in fact demand special duties or prescribe affections?...

This original and innovative study is the first systematic exploration of Racine's theatricality. It is based on a close examination of all Racine's plays and on evidence for performance of them from the seventeenth century to the present day. David...

Immortalized in death by The Clash, Pablo Neruda, Salvador Dali, Dmitri Shostakovich and Lindsay Kemp, Federico Garcia Lorca's spectre haunts both contemporary Spain and the cultural landscape beyond. This study offers a fresh examination of one of the...

Moliere's plays are the cornerstone of the French Classical dramatic repertoire. Adapted and exploited in his day by dramatists of the English Restoration, they are now again growing in popularity. In this detailed and fascinating volume, Gerry McCarthy...

Going Down to Morocco (Bajarse al moro), is one of the most emblematic and best known theatrical work of recent times in Spain. It both contributed to and documented La Movida, a drug-fuelled youth movement that placed Madrid firmly on the global...

Henrik Ibsen's plays came at a pivotal moment in late nineteenth-century European modernity. They engaged his public through a strategic use of metaphors of house and home, which resonated with experiences of displacement, philosophical homelessness, and...

The commedia dell'arte, the improvised Italian theatre that dominated the European stage from 1550 to 1750, is arguably the most famous theatre tradition to emerge from Europe in the early modern period. Its celebrated masks have come to symbolize...

In the decades before the Second World War, popular musical theatre was one of the most influential forms of entertainment. This is the first book to reconstruct early popular musical theatre as a transnational and highly cosmopolitan industry that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820448510Author Jost HermandFormat HardbackPage Count 199Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 410g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820411446Author Solange GuenounFormat HardbackPage Count 249Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 560g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820437187Author Huimin ChenFormat HardbackPage Count 113Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 360g

Part one begins by examining the nature of Diderot's theatrical revolution as it is revealed in the works of dramatic theory, the Entretiens sur Le Fils naturel and De la poesie dramatique, as well as in his letters and articles for the Correspondance...