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From one of our most eminent and accessible literary critics, a groundbreaking account of how the Greek and Roman classics forged Shakespeare's imaginationBen Jonson famously accused Shakespeare of having "small Latin and less Greek." But he was...

This new version will open at The Albery Theatre (an Almeida Theatre production) will open October 1998, with Diana Rigg and Toby Stephens.

Shakespeare: A Playgoer's & Reader's Guide is your essential companion to all Shakespeare's extant works (as well as those known to be lost). Two of our most eminent Shakespeare scholars guide us through his sonnets, his poems, and his plays, providing...

From former Talking Heads frontman and multimedia visionary David Byrne and revered bestselling author, illustrator, and artist Maira Kalman--an inspiring celebration in words and art of the connections between us all.Don't miss the Spike Lee film of the...

A bestselling, beautifully designed edition of William Shakespeare’s sonnets, complete with valuable tools for educators.The authoritative edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare...

Questions traditional views of courage and honor through the story of Captain Bluntschli, a Swiss soldier stationed in Bulgaria in the late nineteenth century.

Introduction by Nicholas Dromgoole.Both plays are highly charged emotional works, full of Lope de Vega’s vitality. This adaptation of Fuente Ovejuna was performed in Declan Donnellan’s directorial debut at the Royal National Theatre.

The Oxford School Shakespeare is a well-established series which helps students understand and enjoy Shakespeare's plays. As well as the complete and unabridged text, each play in this series has an extensive range of students' notes. These include...

The authoritative edition of Much Ado About Nothing from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.One of Shakespeare’s most frequently performed comedies, Much Ado About Nothing...

An acclaimed new interpretation of Shakespeare's HamletHamlet and the Vision of Darkness is a radical new interpretation of the most famous play in the English language. By exploring Shakespeare's engagements with the humanist traditions of early modern...

“The single most daring thing I’ve seen in a theater in a long time.” — Wesley Morris, New York TimesThe Old South lives on at the MacGregor Plantation—in the breeze, in the cotton fields…and in the crack of the whip. Nothing is as it seems, and yet...

The Comedies of Terence , paperback

Critics have long suggested that August Wilson, who called blues "the best literature we have as black Americans," appropriated blues music for his plays. After August insists instead that Wilson’s work is direct blues expression. Patrick Maley argues...

TONY AWARD WINNER • An explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb.“Endlessly fascinating…. The most invigorating and ingenious play of ideas in many a year…. An electrifying work of art...

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series designThe Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the...