<![CDATA[The Book Company: New Products - Drama]]> https://www.thebookco.com Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:14:14 +0000 <![CDATA[Rethinking Shakespeare's Political Philosophy (From Lear to Leviathan)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/rethinking-shakespeares-political-philosophy-9781399574327 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:47:59 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/rethinking-shakespeares-political-philosophy-9781399574327 Rethinking Shakespeare's Political Philosophy (From Lear to Leviathan) by Alex Schulman, 9781399574327

What were Shakespeare’s politics? As this study demonstrates, contained in Shakespeare’s plays is an astonishingly powerful reckoning with the tradition of Western political thought, one whose depth and scope places Shakespeare alongside Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes and others.
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]]> Rethinking Shakespeare's Political Philosophy (From Lear to Leviathan) by Alex Schulman, 9781399574327

What were Shakespeare’s politics? As this study demonstrates, contained in Shakespeare’s plays is an astonishingly powerful reckoning with the tradition of Western political thought, one whose depth and scope places Shakespeare alongside Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes and others.
This..

Price: $24.95

]]> What were Shakespeare’s politics? As this study demonstrates, contained in Shakespeare’s plays is an astonishingly powerful reckoning with the tradition of Western political thought, one whose depth and scope places Shakespeare alongside Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes and others.
This..]]> <![CDATA[Performing Economic Thought (English Drama and Mercantile Writing 1600-1642)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/performing-economic-thought-9781399574266 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:47:45 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/performing-economic-thought-9781399574266 Performing Economic Thought (English Drama and Mercantile Writing 1600-1642) by Bradley Ryner, 9781399574266

Performing Economic Thought examines representations of economic exchange in English plays and mercantile treatises written between the chartering of the English East India Company in 1600 and the closing of the public playhouses at the outset of the English Civil War in 1642. These were..

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]]> Performing Economic Thought (English Drama and Mercantile Writing 1600-1642) by Bradley Ryner, 9781399574266

Performing Economic Thought examines representations of economic exchange in English plays and mercantile treatises written between the chartering of the English East India Company in 1600 and the closing of the public playhouses at the outset of the English Civil War in 1642. These were..

Price: $24.95

]]> Performing Economic Thought examines representations of economic exchange in English plays and mercantile treatises written between the chartering of the English East India Company in 1600 and the closing of the public playhouses at the outset of the English Civil War in 1642. These were..]]> <![CDATA[Inventions of the Skin (The Painted Body in Early English Drama)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/inventions-of-the-skin-9781399574136 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:47:31 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/inventions-of-the-skin-9781399574136 Inventions of the Skin (The Painted Body in Early English Drama) by Andrea Stevens, 9781399574136

Examines the painted body of the actor on the early modern stage
Inventions of the Skin illuminates a history of the stage technology of paint that extends backward to the 1460s York cycle and forward to the 1630s. Organized as a series of studies, the four chapters of this boo..

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]]> Inventions of the Skin (The Painted Body in Early English Drama) by Andrea Stevens, 9781399574136

Examines the painted body of the actor on the early modern stage
Inventions of the Skin illuminates a history of the stage technology of paint that extends backward to the 1460s York cycle and forward to the 1630s. Organized as a series of studies, the four chapters of this boo..

Price: $24.95

]]> Examines the painted body of the actor on the early modern stage
Inventions of the Skin illuminates a history of the stage technology of paint that extends backward to the 1460s York cycle and forward to the 1630s. Organized as a series of studies, the four chapters of this boo..]]> <![CDATA[Reading Literature Historically (Drama and Poetry from Chaucer to the Reformation)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/reading-literature-historically-9781399574297 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:46:47 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/reading-literature-historically-9781399574297 Reading Literature Historically (Drama and Poetry from Chaucer to the Reformation) by Greg Walker, 9781399574297How far should we try to read medieval and early modern texts historically? Does the attempt to uncover how such texts might have been received by their original readers and audiences uncover new, hitherto unexpected contemporary resonances in them? Or does it flatten works of art into mere ‘secon..

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]]> Reading Literature Historically (Drama and Poetry from Chaucer to the Reformation) by Greg Walker, 9781399574297How far should we try to read medieval and early modern texts historically? Does the attempt to uncover how such texts might have been received by their original readers and audiences uncover new, hitherto unexpected contemporary resonances in them? Or does it flatten works of art into mere ‘secon..

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]]> <![CDATA[Literature, Cinema and Politics 1930-1945 (Reading Between the Frames)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/literature-cinema-and-politics-1930-1945-9781399574174 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:45:56 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/literature-cinema-and-politics-1930-1945-9781399574174 Literature, Cinema and Politics 1930-1945 (Reading Between the Frames) by Lara Feigel, 9781399574174This book tells the story of a generation of writers who were passionately engaged with politics and with cinema, exploring the rise and fall of a distinct tradition of cinematic literature. Dismayed by the rise of fascism in Europe and by the widening gulf separating the classes at home, these wr..

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]]> Literature, Cinema and Politics 1930-1945 (Reading Between the Frames) by Lara Feigel, 9781399574174This book tells the story of a generation of writers who were passionately engaged with politics and with cinema, exploring the rise and fall of a distinct tradition of cinematic literature. Dismayed by the rise of fascism in Europe and by the widening gulf separating the classes at home, these wr..

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]]> <![CDATA[African Theatre 17: Contemporary Dance]]> https://www.thebookco.com/african-theatre-17-contemporary-dance-9781847011862 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:46:04 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/african-theatre-17-contemporary-dance-9781847011862 African Theatre 17: Contemporary Dance by Yvette Hutchison, Chukwuma Okoye, Yvette Hutchison, Chukwuma Okoye, 'Funmi Adewole, Kristina Johnstone, Kymberley Feltham, 'Tosin Kooshima Tume, J.C. Niala, Joshua Williams, 9781847011862PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY

African dance is discussed here in its global as well as local contexts as a powerful vehicle of aesthetic and cultural exchange and influence.

To date, scholars have tended, with a few exceptions, to write about African dance i..

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]]> African Theatre 17: Contemporary Dance by Yvette Hutchison, Chukwuma Okoye, Yvette Hutchison, Chukwuma Okoye, 'Funmi Adewole, Kristina Johnstone, Kymberley Feltham, 'Tosin Kooshima Tume, J.C. Niala, Joshua Williams, 9781847011862PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY

African dance is discussed here in its global as well as local contexts as a powerful vehicle of aesthetic and cultural exchange and influence.

To date, scholars have tended, with a few exceptions, to write about African dance i..

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African dance is discussed here in its global as well as local contexts as a powerful vehicle of aesthetic and cultural exchange and influence.

To date, scholars have tended, with a few exceptions, to write about African dance i..]]> <![CDATA[African Theatre 16: Six Plays from East & West Africa]]> https://www.thebookco.com/african-theatre-16-six-plays-from-east-west-africa-9781847011732 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 01:47:38 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/african-theatre-16-six-plays-from-east-west-africa-9781847011732 African Theatre 16: Six Plays from East & West Africa by Martin Banham, Jane Plastow, Biodun Jeyifo, Don Rubin, Jane Plastow, Martin Banham, Patrick Mangeni, Zerihun Birehanu, 9781847011732PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY

A collection of playscripts and texts that give an English-reading audience access to key plays as well as less well-known and previously untranslated works - a superb resource for scholars and theatre practitioners.


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]]> African Theatre 16: Six Plays from East & West Africa by Martin Banham, Jane Plastow, Biodun Jeyifo, Don Rubin, Jane Plastow, Martin Banham, Patrick Mangeni, Zerihun Birehanu, 9781847011732PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY

A collection of playscripts and texts that give an English-reading audience access to key plays as well as less well-known and previously untranslated works - a superb resource for scholars and theatre practitioners.


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A collection of playscripts and texts that give an English-reading audience access to key plays as well as less well-known and previously untranslated works - a superb resource for scholars and theatre practitioners.


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In small nations such as Ireland and Quebec, theatrical activity has long been a central means by which the nation becomes and remains conscious of itself. Examining the global trajectory, influence, and shifting concerns of contemporary Irish and Quebec theatre, this timely book traces their t..

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]]> Quebec and Irish Theatre (Beyond Nation and Nationalism in the Theatre of Larry Tremblay, Carole Fréchette, Frank McGuinness, and Deirdre Kinahan) by Jane Koustas, 9780228030157

In small nations such as Ireland and Quebec, theatrical activity has long been a central means by which the nation becomes and remains conscious of itself. Examining the global trajectory, influence, and shifting concerns of contemporary Irish and Quebec theatre, this timely book traces their t..

Price: $39.95

]]> In small nations such as Ireland and Quebec, theatrical activity has long been a central means by which the nation becomes and remains conscious of itself. Examining the global trajectory, influence, and shifting concerns of contemporary Irish and Quebec theatre, this timely book traces their t..]]> <![CDATA[African Theatre 15: China, India & the Eastern World]]> https://www.thebookco.com/african-theatre-15-china-india-the-eastern-world-9781847011473 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:46:03 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/african-theatre-15-china-india-the-eastern-world-9781847011473 African Theatre 15: China, India & the Eastern World by Martin Banham, James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan, James Gibbs, Awo Mana Asiedu, Tony Humphries, Isabel Maria Da Costa Morais, Rita M. Rufino Valente, Ying Cheng, Wang Shang, Christine Matzke, Jonas Alsleben, Daniel Schauf, Philipp Scholtysik, Beheroze Shroff, Ketu H. Katrak, Michael Walling, Syed Jamil Ahmed, Femi Osofisan, 9781847011473PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY

Extends the study of China's "soft power" into theatre studies and looks more widely at syncretic traditions evolving in other long-term historic exchanges between Asia and Africa.

2016 Thalia Prize of the International Asso..

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]]> African Theatre 15: China, India & the Eastern World by Martin Banham, James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan, James Gibbs, Awo Mana Asiedu, Tony Humphries, Isabel Maria Da Costa Morais, Rita M. Rufino Valente, Ying Cheng, Wang Shang, Christine Matzke, Jonas Alsleben, Daniel Schauf, Philipp Scholtysik, Beheroze Shroff, Ketu H. Katrak, Michael Walling, Syed Jamil Ahmed, Femi Osofisan, 9781847011473PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY

Extends the study of China's "soft power" into theatre studies and looks more widely at syncretic traditions evolving in other long-term historic exchanges between Asia and Africa.

2016 Thalia Prize of the International Asso..

Price: $36.95

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Extends the study of China's "soft power" into theatre studies and looks more widely at syncretic traditions evolving in other long-term historic exchanges between Asia and Africa.

2016 Thalia Prize of the International Asso..]]> <![CDATA[Between Worlds (A Study of the Plays of John Webster)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/between-worlds-9781554584765 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:25:15 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/between-worlds-9781554584765 Between Worlds (A Study of the Plays of John Webster) by Dena Goldberg, 9781554584765

“Webster’s iconoclasm was not the lonely experience of an alienated intellectual, but part of his generation’s struggle to create the future. As such, the critical energy we find in the plays was sustained, not by ideological certainty, but rather by interaction with the great complexity of tho..

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]]> Between Worlds (A Study of the Plays of John Webster) by Dena Goldberg, 9781554584765

“Webster’s iconoclasm was not the lonely experience of an alienated intellectual, but part of his generation’s struggle to create the future. As such, the critical energy we find in the plays was sustained, not by ideological certainty, but rather by interaction with the great complexity of tho..

Price: $34.99

]]> “Webster’s iconoclasm was not the lonely experience of an alienated intellectual, but part of his generation’s struggle to create the future. As such, the critical energy we find in the plays was sustained, not by ideological certainty, but rather by interaction with the great complexity of tho..]]>