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Drama & Performance Studies
The Crucible
Arthur Miller Edited by Soyica Diggs Colbert, Georgetown University, USA Seen as a chilling parallel to the McCarthyism and repressive culture of fear that gripped America in the 1950s, The Crucible is one of Miller's greatest and most political works, as popular and relevant now as it was when the play premiered on Broadway in 1953. Exploring the play's production history as well as the dramatic, thematic, and academic debates that surround it, this new student edition edited by Soyica Diggs Colbert is a must-have resource for any student exploring The Crucible.
UK June 2022 • 176 pages PB 9781350245778 • £8.99 ePub 9781350245754 • £8.09 ePdf 9781350245761 • £8.09 Series: Student Editions • Methuen Drama Commonwealth (excluding Canada)/UK/Open Market
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller Edited by Claire Conceison, Duke University, USA Death of a Salesman is Miller's tragic masterpiece and considered one of the greatest plays of the 20th century. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1949, the play remains a classic work of literature and drama that explores the death of the American Dream. With an introduction by Claire Conceison, this student edition explores the play's production history as well as the dramatic, thematic, and academic debates that surround it, perfect for any student exploring Death of a Salesman.
UK June 2022 • 192 pages PB 9781350245013 • £8.99 ePub 9781350245037 • £8.09 ePdf 9781350245020 • £8.09 Series: Student Editions • Methuen Drama Commonwealth (excluding Canada)/UK/Open Market
A View from the Bridge
Arthur Miller Edited by Julie Vatain-Corfdir, Sorbonne Université, France With its examination of the themes of sexuality, responsibility, betrayal and vengeance, A View from the Bridge is Miller at his best: a personal drama in which a longshoreman violates the moral and cultural codes of his community. This new edition includes an introduction by Julie Vatain-Corfdir that explores the play's production history as well as the dramatic, thematic, and academic debates that surround it; a must-have resource for any student exploring A View from the Bridge.
UK June 2022 • 160 pages PB 9781350245785 • £8.99 ePub 9781350245808 • £8.09 ePdf 9781350245792 • £8.09 Series: Student Editions • Methuen Drama Commonwealth (excluding Canada)/UK/Open Market
Mother Courage and Her Children
Bertolt Brecht Edited by Katherine Hollander, Independent scholar, US Translated by John Willett Widely regarded as Brecht's best work, Mother Courage and her Children premiered in Zurich in 1941 and has since become one of the most celebrated modern plays of all time. This new Student Edition, which features John Willett's classic translation, includes an introduction by Katherine Hollander that explores the play's production history (such as Tony Kushner's 2006 version at the Public Theatre) as well as the dramatic, thematic, and academic debates that surround it; a must-have resource for any student exploring Mother Courage and her Children.
UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 144 pages PB 9781350178533 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350178557 • £9.89 / $13.02 ePdf 9781350178540 • £9.89 / $13.02 Series: Student Editions • Methuen Drama World English
Tanika Gupta In 2014 local historian Catherine Corless made a discovery of baby bones and skeletons in the grounds of a mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. Built on the grounds of an old workhouse that operated between 1921 and 1961 the discovery threw up questions about the goings-on across this and similar institutions across Ireland. Tanika Gupta's powerful drama is loosely based on these recent and historical events, drawing inspiration from Corless' discovery.
UK October 2021 • US November 2021 • 80 pages PB 9781350280632 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350280656 • £9.89 / $13.02 ePdf 9781350280649 • £9.89 / $13.02 Series: Plays for Young People • Methuen Drama World English Gracie Gardner In a New York City fencing club two warriors are ready to battle. Athena and Mary Wallace are training for the Junior Olympics. They practice together. They compete against each other. They spend their lives together. They wish they were friends. From Award-winning playwright Gracie Gardner, following an acclaimed extended run in New York, comes a fierce coming of age comedy where two teenagers parry class, competition and power as they practice fencing and life. But only one will win - en garde.
UK October 2021 • US November 2021 • 80 pages PB 9781350300606 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350300620 • £9.89 / $13.02 ePdf 9781350300613 • £9.89 / $13.02 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English
Braids and Cheer Up Slug
Tamsin Daisy Rees & Olivia Hannah Abeni is new to college. She’s putting purple braids in Jasmine’s hair and giving her ‘the talk’, opening Jasmine’s mind to new ways of seeing the world - and the world seeing both of them. Braids is a play by Olivia Hannah, about fitting in and standing out. Will and Bean have been friends forever. But they’re not kids anymore and the adult world is a scary place. In a tent in County Durham, a Duke of Edinburgh Award trip becomes more complicated than either of them planned. Cheer Up Slug is a play by Tamsin Daisy Rees about boundaries and behaviour.
UK October 2021 • US November 2021 • 128 pages PB 9781350299733 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350299757 • £9.89 / $13.02 ePdf 9781350299740 • £9.89 / $13.02 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English
Isla
Tim Price Do algorithms and machine learning set us free, or trap us forever? Roger hates technology, but when his daughter gives him an Isla device for Lockdown 2020, he finds himself opening up to the virtual assistant device. What happens when the only fulfilling relationship you have is with a digital slave? Isla asks what are the costs and benefits of machine learning...and do we want the AIs to learn from us?
UK October 2021 • US November 2021 • 88 pages PB 9781350280427 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350280441 • £9.89 / $13.02 ePdf 9781350280434 • £9.89 / $13.02 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English
The Boy With Two Hearts
Phil Porter & Hamed Amiri Herat, Afghanistan, 2000. A young mother makes a speech demanding freedom for Afghan women, angering local Taliban leaders who issue a warrant for her execution. With no choice but to run, the Amiri family embark on a long and terrifying journey out of Afghanistan and across Europe with the UK as their ultimate goal. Thrown into an unfamiliar world of fake passports and untrustworthy handlers, the Amiris must learn how to live with nothing and avoid capture at all costs. But with their eldest son Hussein’s life-threatening heart condition growing steadily worse, the journey soon becomes a race against time.
UK October 2021 • US November 2021 • 96 pages PB 9781350294554 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350294578 • £9.89 / $13.02 ePdf 9781350294561 • £9.89 / $13.02 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English
Richard Norton-Taylor Value Engineering: Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry is a verbatim reconstruction of the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry. Using only the words spoken at the Inquiry, the play deals predominantly with Part 2 which ran between January 2020 - July 2021 in which evidence was heard from those responsible for the disastrous refurbishment of Grenfell Tower before the tragic fire. Edited by Richard Norton-Taylor and directed by Nicholas Kent, this edited verbatim account of the Grenfell Inquiry is aimed at giving the public an overview and access to some of the most important evidence.
UK October 2021 • US November 2021 • 160 pages PB 9781350268258 • £12.99 / $17.95 ePub 9781350268272 • £11.69 / $15.62 ePdf 9781350268265 • £11.69 / $15.62 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English
Emily Brontë Adapted by Emma Rice The Yorkshire moors tell an epic story of love, revenge and redemption. Rescued from the Liverpool docks as a child, Heathcliff is adopted by the Earnshaws and taken to live at Wuthering Heights. He finds a kindred spirit in Catherine Earnshaw and a fierce love ignites. When forced apart, a brutal chain of events is unleashed. Shot through with music, dance, passion and hope, Emma Rice transforms Emily Brontë’s masterpiece into a powerful and uniquely theatrical experience.
UK October 2021 • US November 2021 • 112 pages PB 9781350290648 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350290662 • £9.89 / $13.02 ePdf 9781350290655 • £9.89 / $13.02 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English Shahid Iqbal Khan When Yasser decides to take part in itikaf, sleeping and fasting in the mosque for the last ten nights of Ramadan, he soon regrets his decision. But as he navigates smug worshippers, shared bathrooms, and recurring thoughts of chunky chips, Yasser’s isolation forces him to confront a side of himself he’s been trying to keep hidden. A moving and funny new play by Shahid Iqbal Khan, 10 Nights is the story of one man’s journey of self-discovery and facing the consequences of your actions.
UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 64 pages PB 9781350292741 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350292765 • £9.89 / $13.02 ePdf 9781350292758 • £9.89 / $13.02 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English
The Enemy
Kieran Hurley In a once-great Scottish town, a massive redevelopment project promises to bring money, jobs and new prospects to its forgotten population. However, when Dr Kirsten Stockmann discovers a dangerous secret, she knows she must bring the truth to light – no matter the cost. The Enemy is a radical Scottish re-imagining of the classic Henrik Ibsen play about truth, power and deception from Kieran Hurley, award-winning playwright and screenwriter of the critically acclaimed Scottish indie film Beats.
UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 80 pages PB 9781350257139 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350257153 • £9.89 / $13.02 ePdf 9781350257146 • £9.89 / $13.02 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English
Life of Pi
Yann Martel Adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, there are five survivors stranded on a lifeboat - a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, a Royal Bengal tiger, and a 16-year-old boy named Pi. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive? Based on one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction – winner of the Man Booker Prize, selling over 15 million copies worldwide – and featuring breath-taking puppetry and state-of-the-art visuals, Life of Pi is a universally acclaimed, smash hit adaptation of an epic journey of endurance and hope.
UK November 2021 • US December 2021 • 96 pages PB 9781350295681 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350295698 • £9.89 / $13.02 ePdf 9781350295704 • £9.89 / $13.02 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English
The Treaty
Colin Murphy In October 1921, a delegation of the Dáil left by boat and train for London, where they were to negotiate with the British government for peace, unity and a republic. They came back with just one of those; and that peace didn’t last long, as war with Britain was replaced by war with their own. Were the Irish outclassed or outgunned? Were they lied to? Did they lie to their own colleagues back in Dublin? Or did they achieve the best that could be achieved, an incremental step on the way to fuller sovereignty? An impressive history play from acclaimed writer and journalist Colin Murphy about Irish independence.
UK November 2021 • US December 2021 • 120 pages PB 9781350299870 • £10.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781350299894 • £9.89 / $13.02 ePdf 9781350299887 • £9.89 / $13.02 Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English
Plays by Women in Ireland (1926-33): Feminist Theatres of Freedom and Resistance
Distinguished Villa; The Woman; Youth’s The Season; Witch’s Brew; Bluebeard
Margaret O’Leary, Mary Manning, Dorothy Macardle, Mary Devenport O’Neill & Kate
O'Brien Edited by Lisa Fitzpatrick & Shonagh Hill An anthology of Irish plays first performed or published between 1926-33, which shines a spotlight on women during the emergence of the conservative, post-revolutionary Irish Free State (1922-39) in the interwar years.
UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 224 pages • 6 bw illus. PB 9781350234635 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350234642 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781350234666 • £22.49 / $29.96 ePdf 9781350234659 • £22.49 / $29.96 Methuen Drama World English
Selected Plays by Griselda Gambaro
Siamese Twins; Mother by Trade; As the Dream Dictates; Asking Too Much; Persistence; Dear Ibsen, I am Nora; The Gift
Griselda Gambaro Translated by Gwen MacKeith For the first time, this anthology offers access to the Anglophone world to a fuller representation of the internationally-acclaimed Argentine dramatist, Griselda Gambaro’s work: a playwright of international standing whose poetics not only interpret Argentine reality but transcend cultural and geographical borders. Popular across Latin America and also Europe, her plays lack recognition in the UK due to the scarcity of translations into English - a problem that this welcome anthology solves.
UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 192 pages PB 9781350233638 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350233645 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781350233669 • £22.49 / $29.96 ePdf 9781350233652 • £22.49 / $29.96 Methuen Drama World English
Monologues and Duologues For Young Performers
Emma-Louise McCauley-Tinniswood, Drama Teacher and Practitioner With more than 30 new pieces for male and female actors of varying ages, these scenes explore a wide range of themes and characters and the accompanying notes suggest activities for both the teacher and the student to help them develop the piece for performance. All the scenes have been tried and tested by young actors and many have been used in LAMDA examinations as well as for Speech and Drama Festivals and auditions.
UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 208 pages PB 9781350283725 • £14.99 / $19.95 ePub 9781350283732 • £13.49 / $18.23 ePdf 9781350283749 • £13.49 / $18.23 Series: Audition Speeches • Methuen Drama World English All My Sons; Death of a Salesman; The Crucible; A Memory of Two Mondays; A View from the Bridge
Arthur Miller
In this collected works, five of Arthur Miller's most-produced and popular plays are brought together in a new edition, alongside an exclusive introduction by Ivo van Hove, the celebrated contemporary director of Miller's works.
UK May 2022 • 472 pages PB 9781350277519 • £19.99 ePub 9781350277526 • £17.99 ePdf 9781350277533 • £17.99 Series: World Classics • Methuen Drama Commonwealth (excluding Canada)/UK/Open Market
To The Good People of Gaza
Theatre for Young People by Jackie Lubeck and Theatre Day Productions
Jackie Lubeck Edited by Samer Al-Saber, Stanford University, USA
The first anthology of youth plays from Gaza and the wider Palestinian region, this timely collection ties together 19 plays produced by Theatre Day Productions, one of the foremost community theatres in the Middle East. Written by playwright Jackie Lubeck, this collection responds to the siege on Gaza and the Israeli military operations from 2009 to 2014, reflecting how Gazan youth deal with trauma, loss, and urban destruction.
UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 304 pages PB 9781350261815 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350261822 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781350261846 • £22.49 / $29.96 ePdf 9781350261839 • £22.49 / $29.96 Methuen Drama World English
Positive Stories For Negative Times, Volume Two
Seven Plays For Young People to Perform in Real Life or Remotely
Edited by Wonder Fools Positive Stories for Negative Times, Volume Two collects seven exciting new plays for young people by top UK playwrights, written specifically for remote performance during the COVID-19 pandemic, and accompanied by a detailed handbook for drama teachers and group leaders on how to rehearse and perform the plays online.
UK November 2021 • US December 2021 • 376 pages PB 9781350276086 • £24.99 / $34.95 ePub 9781350276109 • £22.49 / $29.96 ePdf 9781350276093 • £22.49 / $29.96 Series: Plays for Young People • Methuen Drama World English
Crisis, Representation and Resilience
Perspectives on Contemporary British Theatre
Edited by Clare Wallace, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Clara Escoda, University of Barcelona, Spain, José Ramón Prado-Pérez, Jaume I University, Spain & Enric Monforte, University of Barcelona, Spain A collection of incisive investigations into the ways in which 21stcentury British theatre works with — and through — crisis, paying particular attention to writers and practitioners who consider the ethical and social challenges of crisis. Anchored in an interdisciplinary approach, the book brings multi-faceted ideas into dialogue with the diverse aesthetics, practices and themes of a range of theatrical work produced in Britain since 2005, such as the work of Jack Thorne, Lucy Kirkwood, Kwame Kwei-Armah and debbie tucker green.
UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350180857 • £80.00 / $110.00 ePub 9781350180864 • £72.00 / $95.11 ePdf 9781350180871 • £72.00 / $95.11 Series: Methuen Drama Engage • Methuen Drama
The Schaubühne Berlin under Thomas Ostermeier
Reinventing Realism
Edited by Peter M. Boenisch, Aarhus University, Denmark Over 20 years on from artistic director Thomas Ostermeier’s time at Berlin's Schaubühne Theatre, international theatre scholars come together to reflect on the contribution he has made to contemporary theatre. Delving into productions by some of Ostermeier's past and present collaborators, such as Katie Mitchell, Falk Richter and Sasha Walt, the book exclusively features the first English translation of Schaubühne’s original manifesto “The Mission”; a contribution from Ostermeier’s long-term co-director Jens Hillje; and interviews with Thomas Ostermeier and Katie Mitchell.
UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 232 pages • 9 bw illus PB 9781350190702 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350165793 ePub 9781350165809 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350165823 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Methuen Drama Engage • Methuen Drama
Clive Barker and His Legacy
Theatre Workshop and Theatre Games
Edited by Paul Fryer, Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, UK & Nesta Jones, Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, UK An edited collection of essays exploring the work and legacy of academic and theatre-maker Clive Barker. Together, the essays trace the development of his work from his early years as an actor with Joan Littlewood's company, Theatre Workshop, via his career as an academic and teacher, through the publication of his seminal book, Theatre Games (Methuen Drama). The collection situates Clive Barker's work and influence in an international and multi-disciplinary context, by examining his origins as an actor, director, teacher and academic, and also the influence he has had on generations of theatre-makers.
UK March 2022 • US March 2022 • 240 pages • 8 bw illus HB 9781350128477 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781350128491 • £67.50 / $88.59 ePdf 9781350128484 • £67.50 / $88.59 Methuen Drama
Noël Coward
The Playwright’s Craft in a Changing Theatre
Russell Jackson, University of Birmingham, UK This is the first book-length work to draw extensively on archive material to document the craft behind the sophisticated polish of some of Noël Coward's most successful work. It documents his progress from the ‘boy playwright’ of 1920 to the ‘Master’ of the post-war years, reading his work and practice against the changing social and political context. As well as developing a fuller critical understanding of Coward’s work, the book reveals him as a playwright who disguised the care he devoted to his writing, and whose quest for new formal and thematic approaches, while not always successful, was invariably adventurous.
UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 240 pages HB 9781350246065 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350246072 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350246089 • £76.50 / $100.32 Methuen Drama
Anxious Masculinity in the Drama of Arthur Miller and Beyond
Salesmen, Sluggers and Big Daddies
Claire Gleitman, Ithaca College, USA Examining the figure of the anxious male breadwinner in Arthur Miller’s most celebrated plays, this study focuses on the gender dynamics of this figure and traces how he resurfaces in American drama from the 1950s to the present day. It takes in the work of Tennessee Williams, Lorraine Hansberry, August Wilson and Sam Shepard, through to the plays of Tony Kushner, Paula Vogel, and collaborators Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori.
UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 272 pages HB 9781350271111 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350272989 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350272996 • £76.50 / $100.32 Methuen Drama
American Theatre Ensembles Volume 1
Post-1970: Theatre X, Mabou Mines, Goat Island, Lookingglass Theatre, Elevator Repair Service, and SITI Company
Edited by Mike Vanden Heuvel, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA This volume presents the history, processes and achievements of American theatre companies which use collective and/or ensemblebased techniques. It features case studies of 6 companies: Theatre X, Mabou Mines, SITI Company, Goat Island, Elevator Repair Service, and Lookingglass Theatre. Preliminary chapters provide an overview of ensemble-based creation within the historical and cultural contexts of the period, while the case studies cover development and methods, key productions and projects, critical reception, and a chronology of significant productions.
UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 264 pages PB 9781350187368 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350051546 ePub 9781350051553 • £67.50 / $88.59 ePdf 9781350051560 • £67.50 / $88.59 Methuen Drama
The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works
William Shakespeare Edited by Jonathan Bate, Arizona State University, USA & Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada, Reno, USA A stunning new edition of the bestselling Complete Works of Shakespeare from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Combining exemplary textual scholarship with beautiful design, this modern edition is based on the iconic 1623 First Folio: the version preferred by many actors and directors today. Featuring new colour photographs of a vibrant range of RSC productions, a foreword from RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran, updated introductions and new references to staging choices in over 100 RSC productions, this highly collectable edition presents Shakespeare’s plays as they were originally intended: as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed on stage.
UK April 2022 • 2552 pages • 40 colour and 20 bw illus HB 9781350319967 • £34.99 ePub 9781350320024 • £31.49 ePdf 9781350320031 • £31.49 Series: The RSC Shakespeare • The RSC Shakespeare World English (excluding Canada/USA)
The Anatomy of Insults in Shakespeare’s World
Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin, University of Montpellier III Paul Valery, France Exploring the complexity of Shakespearean insult, this book offers a rich analysis that shows how the playwright set abusive words at the heart of many of his plays. Focusing on the most memorable scenes of insult, abusive characters and insulting effects in the plays, this volume shifts how readers understand and read Shakespeare’s insults. Offering a theoretical panorama that allows the reader to grasp insult as a specific speech act, the volume explores the issues of verbal violence and verbal shields, and the importance of reception and interpretation in matters of insult.
UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 256 pages HB 9781350055490 • £75.00 / $102.00 ePub 9781350055506 • £67.50 / $88.59 ePdf 9781350055513 • £67.50 / $88.59 The Arden Shakespeare
Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing
Dympna Callaghan, Syracuse University, USA
The Winter’s Tale: Language and Writing
Mario DiGangi, Lehman College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA This book makes The Winter’s Tale accessible and exciting for you by providing expert guidance on understanding, interpreting and writing about Shakespeare’s language. It demonstrates that careful attention to Shakespeare’s complex dramatic language can clarify the structure and concerns of the play, as well as provide deep and satisfying engagement with the social, political and ethical questions Shakespeare raises. The book examines topics in the play, such as tragicomic genre; women’s assertion of social and political agency; obedience and resistance to rulers; the virtues and risks of festivity, and disputes over the proper forms of religious devotion.
UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 192 pages • 1 bw illus HB 9781350175549 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350175556 • £58.50 / $76.86 ePdf 9781350175563 • £58.50 / $76.86 Series: Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing • The Arden Shakespeare William Shakespeare Edited by Abigail Rokison-Woodall, The Shakespeare Institute, UK & Simon Russell Beale King Lear has ruled for many years. As age overtakes him, he divides his kingdom amongst his children. Misjudging their loyalty, he soon finds himself stripped of all the trappings of state, wealth and power that had defined him. Arden Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play’s possibilities and meanings to actors and students.
UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 408 pages PB 9781350243620 • £7.99 / $10.95 ePub 9781350243644 • £7.19 / $10.41 ePdf 9781350243637 • £7.19 / $10.41 Series: Arden Performance Editions • The Arden Shakespeare
Shakespeare and Reception Theory
Nigel Wood, Loughborough University, UK How do playtexts – especially in their Early Modern form – allow us to infer meanings? And if it is down to us to assess ourselves in our reading, is there a secure division between text and self? This study demonstrates how recent emphases on a reader’s role in the creation of meaning might allow us to contemplate Shakespeare’s work in fresh and often provocative ways, paying close attention to Early Modern modes of interaction in the playhouse alongside more recent assumptions that underlie spectating and performing.
UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 208 pages • 4 bw illus PB 9781350200906 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350112100 ePub 9781350112117 • £67.50 / $88.59 ePdf 9781350112124 • £67.50 / $88.59 Series: Shakespeare and Theory • The Arden Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Language and Writing
R.S. White, University of Western Australia, Australia This lively and informative guide to Shakespeare's popular comedy equips you with the critical skills to analyse its language, structure and themes and to expand and enrich your own response to the play. An introduction considers when and how the play was written, its language and Shakespeare's use of the generic, literary and theatrical conventions at his disposal. It then moves to a detailed examination and analysis of the play, focusing on its literary, technical and historical intricacies; an account of the play's performance history and its critical reception completes the volume. Each chapter offers a 'Writing matters' section to assist your own writing about the play.
UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 232 pages PB 9781350103870 • £21.99 / $29.95 Previously published in HB 9781350103887 ePub 9781350103894 • £58.50 / $76.86 ePdf 9781350103900 • £58.50 / $76.86 Series: Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing • The Arden Shakespeare
British Black and Asian Shakespeareans
Integrating Shakespeare, 1966–2018
Jami Rogers, University of Warwick, UK This book tells the untold story of the contribution of Black and Asian performers to British Shakespearean productions from the 1960s to the 21st century. Drawing extensively on empirical evidence from the British Black and Asian Shakespeare Performance Database and interviews with performers, the book is the first to chronicle important productions that led to ground-breaking castings of Black and Asian actors in substantial Shakespearean roles. In doing so, the book paints a comprehensive picture of the challenges performers of colour faced in securing the right to work in classical theatre. It highlights the gains these actors have made and the challenges that are still faced.
UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus PB 9781350114883 • £23.99 / $32.95 • HB 9781350112926 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781350112933 • £21.59 / $28.65 ePdf 9781350112940 • £21.59 / $28.65 The Arden Shakespeare
Shakespeare and Geek Culture
Edited by Andrew James Hartley, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA & Peter Holland, University of Notre Dame, USA From sci-fi to graphic novels, from boy scouts to board games, from cult films to the cult of theatre, Shakespeare is everywhere in popular culture. This is the first edited volume to address both the many ways in which Shakespeare has entered into popular culture and more particularly the geekiness of Shakespeare scholarship itself. Working at the intersections of a wide range of fields – including fan studies and film analysis, cultural studies and fantasy/sci-fi theory – the authors demonstrate how the particularities of the connection between Shakespeare and geek culture generate new insights into the plays, poems and their larger cultural legacy in the 21st century.
UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 336 pages PB 9781350185616 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350107748 ePub 9781350107755 • £67.50 / $88.59 ePdf 9781350107762 • £67.50 / $88.59 The Arden Shakespeare
Shakespeare and Adaptation
Women and Indian Shakespeares
Edited by Mark Thornton Burnett, Queen's University Belfast, UK, Thea Buckley, Queen’s University Belfast, UK, Sangeeta Datta, Independent filmmaker & Rosa García-Periago, University of Murcia, Spain This collection of essays explores the multiple ways in which women are, and have been, engaged with Shakespeare in India from the 18th century to the present. Uncovering a unique history of women as creators of Shakespeare in an Indian milieu, it spotlights the ways in which women are figured in Indian Shakespeares – as resistant agents, marital seductresses, redemptive daughters, fetishized objects, victims of caste discrimination, conflicted spaces and global citizens.
UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 256 pages • 12 bw illus HB 9781350234321 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781350234338 • £67.50 / $88.59 ePdf 9781350234345 • £67.50 / $88.59 Series: Shakespeare and Adaptation • The Arden Shakespeare 'Period Dress' in Twenty-First-Century Performance
Ella Hawkins, University of Birmingham, UK This book scrutinizes the popular practice of costuming Shakespeare’s plays in Elizabethan and Jacobean dress. It considers why this traditional approach to design appeals to contemporary directors, designers and audiences, and how it has shaped the meaning of Shakespeare’s works in specific performance contexts. Ella Hawkins examines the minutiae of modern design – how seams are sewn, whence fabrics are sourced – as well as the widespread cultural movements that have produced our modern relationship with the period of Shakespeare’s lifetime. Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume reframes so-called ‘period’ costuming as a dynamic collection of practices capable of refashioning textual meanings, reflecting present-day political and societal shifts and confronting contemporary injustices.
UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 256 pages • 15 bw illus HB 9781350234420 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781350234437 • £67.50 / $88.59 ePdf 9781350234444 • £67.50 / $88.59 The Arden Shakespeare
The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Adaptation
Edited by Diana E. Henderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA & Stephen O'Neill, Maynooth University, Ireland This is the first comprehensive reference resource to explore the dynamics of adapted Shakespeare across a range of media forms. The volume maps the field of Shakespeare adaptation studies, identifying theories of adaptation, their application in practice, and the methodologies that underpin them. It investigates current research, but also indicates future lines of inquiry for students, researchers and practitioners. It offers practical resources, including an A-Z of key terms, a guide to research resources and an annotated bibliography.
UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 480 pages • 20 bw illus HB 9781350110304 • £130.00 / $175.00 ePub 9781350110311 • £117.00 / $153.74 ePdf 9781350110328 • £117.00 / $153.74 Series: The Arden Shakespeare Handbooks • The Arden Shakespeare
Lockdown Shakespeare
New Evolutions in Performance and Adaptation
Edited by Gemma Kate Allred, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, Benjamin Broadribb, The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK & Erin Sullivan, The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK Theatre-makers turned to the Shakespearean canon repeatedly during 2020's global pandemic, just as they have over the centuries during times of crisis and historical significance. This edited collection offers the first in-depth academic analysis and sourcebook for 'lockdown Shakespeare', bringing together both established and new international voices from a range of disciplines. Combining Scholarly analysis with interviews with theatre makers and artists discussing their work, this is the definitive work on the evolution and adaptation of Shakespeare online during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UK July 2022 • US July 2022 • 256 pages • 12 bw illus HB 9781350247802 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781350247819 • £67.50 / $88.59 ePdf 9781350247826 • £67.50 / $88.59 Series: Shakespeare and Adaptation • The Arden Shakespeare
