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  • Galatea

    by John Lyly, Emma Frankland, Subira Joy, Andy Kesson ...
    Translated by Brian Duffy ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    Was anyone undone by fire, or turned to ashes through desire?Two young trans people find love whilst escaping oppression; a shipwrecked migrant searches for his family; goddesses clash; parents fret; an alchemist brews magic and a teenage Cupid sets hearts on fire - causing chaos and near disaster. And all the while, time is running out! Galatea is an unapologetically queer tale of love, magic, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Elizabethan Top Ten

    Defining Print Popularity in Early Modern England

    by Emma Smith ...
    Series series Material Readings in Early Modern Culture
    Engaging with histories of the book and of reading, as well as with studies of material culture, this volume explores ’popularity’ in early modern English writings. Is ’popular’ best described as a theoretical or an empirical category in this period? How can we account for the gap between modern canonicity and early modern print popularity? How might we weight the evidence of popularity from ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • John Lyly and early modern authorship

    by Andy Kesson ...
    Series series Revels Plays Companion Library
    During Shakespeare's lifetime, John Lyly was repeatedly described as the central figure in contemporary English literature. This book takes that claim seriously, asking how and why Lyly was considered the most important writer of his time.Kesson traces Lyly's work in prose fiction and the theatre, demonstrating previously unrecognised connections between these two forms of entertainment. The final ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • William Shakespeare Level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library

    by Jennifer Bassett ...
    Series Book 2 - Oxford Bookworms Library
    A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett. William Shakespeare. Born April 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Died April 1616. Married Anne Hathaway: two daughters, one son. Actor, poet, famous playwright. Wrote nearly forty plays. But what was he like as a man? What did he think about when he rode into London for the first time . . . or when ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • William Blake: Song of Innocence and of Experience

    by William Blake ...
    'Every page is a window open in Heaven … interwoven designs companion the poems, and gold and yellow tints diffuse themselves over the page like summer clouds. The poems [of Song of Innocence] are the morning song of Blake's genius.' - W.B. Yeats'Blake sang of the ideal world, of the truth of the intellect, and of the divinity of imagination … The only writer to have written songs for children ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shakespeare on Toast

    Getting a Taste for the Bard

    by Ben Crystal ...
    Actor, producer and director Ben Crystal revisits his acclaimed book on Shakespeare for the 400th anniversary of his death, updating and adding three new chapters.Shakespeare on Toast knocks the stuffing from the staid old myth of the Bard, revealing the man and his plays for what they really are: modern, thrilling, uplifting drama.The bright words and colourful characters of the greatest hack ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    “Why, then the world’s mine oyster.”—The Merry Wives of WindsorEminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this popular comedy of love, laughter, and merriment—along with more than a hundred pages of exclusive features, including• an original Introduction to The Merry Wives of Windsor• incisive scene-by-scene synopsis and analysis with vital facts ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Ian McKellen on Macbeth

    Performing Shakespeare

    by Ian McKellen, Julian Curry ...
    Series series Shakespeare on Stage
    Ian McKellen discusses playing Macbeth, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Thirteen Leading Actors on Thirteen Key Roles.In each volume of the Shakespeare On Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes, recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare's major roles. They discuss their character, working through the play scene by scene, with refreshing ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • George Washington's Rules of Civility (and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation)

    by George Washington ...
    George Washington's Rules of Civility is a short list of 110 principles or maxims by which, supposedly, proper decent people must abide. While some of these maxims may seem dated others are still quite apt for today. A quick read, George Washington's Rules of Civility is an insightful look at the manners and customs of an age gone by. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • This Restless House

    an adaptation of Aeschlyus' Oresteia

    by Zinnie Harris ...
    'Electrifying . . . This four-hour epic of ambition and power is a sinewy reworking of Aeschylus that explodes into a cacophonous climax.' GUARDIAN *****Aeschylus' Oresteia opens with Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter to the gods; an act which sets in motion a bloody cycle of revenge and counter-revenge. When he in turn is killed at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra, their son Orestes takes up ... Read more

    $15.59 USD

  • Shakespeare's Comedies

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Bart van Es ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    From The Two Gentlemen of Verona in the early 1590s to The Two Noble Kinsmen at the end of his career around 1614, Shakespeare wrote at least eighteen plays that can be called 'comedies': a far higher number than that for any other genre in which he wrote. So what is a Shakespearean comedy? We associate these plays with such themes as mistaken identities, happy marriages, and exuberant cross ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Alan Rickman on Jaques

    Performing Shakespeare

    by Alan Rickman, Julian Curry ...
    Series Book 0 - Shakespeare On Stage
    Alan Rickman discusses playing Jaques in Shakespeare's As You Like It, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles.In each volume of the Shakespeare On Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes of a landmark Shakespearean production, recreating in detail their memorable performance in a major role. They lead us through the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus