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Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus (or Oedipus Rex) has exerted more influence than any other drama, ancient or modern, on the history of theatre, and this influence has extended far …
Chekhov's masterpiece, about a Russian family losing its ancestral home, combines a lament for a vanishing past with a hopeful dream of the future. In the century since its first …
Since its explosive premiere in Rome in 1921, Six Characters in Search of an Author has gained worldwide recognition. Pirandello's challenge to the very notion of stage …
Waiting for Godot is a byword in every major world language. No other twentieth-century play has achieved such global currency. His innovations have affected not only the writing …
This is the first full production history of Long Day's Journey Into Night, by Eugene O’Neill, one of the most influential plays of the twentieth century. It provides a detailed …
This is the first detailed study of one of the most important plays in contemporary theatre, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee. In this fascinating look at the …
One of the most important plays of the twentieth century, A Streetcar Named Desire revolutionised the modern stage. This book offers the first continuous history of the play in …
This is the first comprehensive study of Brecht’s Mother Courage. Peter Thomson locates the sources of the play in Brecht’s own experience and heritage, and provides a detailed …
This is the first book-length study of Oscar Wilde’s Salome, a play now regarded as central to his artistic achievement. Often drawing on little-known sources, the authors provide …
Few plays have generated more controversy or had a more extraordinary performance history than Molière’s Don Juan. David Whitton’s study examines ways in which this enigmatic …