Shakespeare Books

New and Published Books

1. The Renaissance Drama of Knowledge

   Giordano Bruno in England

   By Hilary Gatti

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Alchemy

   Giordano Bruno’s visit to Elizabethan England in the 1580s left its imprint on many fields of contemporary culture, ranging from the newly-developing science, the philosophy of knowledge and language, to the extraordinary flowering of Elizabethan poetry and drama. This book explores Bruno's...

   Published September 25th 2012 by Routledge
2. Shakespeare: The Basics

   3rd Edition

   By Sean McEvoy

   Series: The Basics

   Now in its third edition Shakespeare: The Basics is an insightful and informative introduction to the work of William Shakespeare. Exploring all aspects of Shakespeare’s plays including the language, cultural contexts, and modern interpretations, this text looks at how a range of plays from across...

   Published May 21st 2012 by Routledge
3. Richard II

   New Critical Essays

   Edited by Jeremy Lopez

   Series: Shakespeare Criticism

   Arguably the first play in a Shakespearean tetralogy, Richard II is a unique and compelling political drama whose themes still resonate today. It is one of the few Shakespeare plays written entirely in verse and its format presents unique theatrical challenges. Politically engaged and controversial...

   Published February 6th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Routledge Companion to Actors' Shakespeare

   Edited by John Russell Brown

   The Routledge Companion to Actors’ Shakespeare is a window onto how today’s actors contribute to the continuing life and relevance of Shakespeare’s plays. The process of acting is notoriously hard to document, but this volume reaches behind famous performances to examine the actors’ craft, their...

   Published June 29th 2011 by Routledge
5. The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare

   Edited by John Russell Brown

   The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare is a major collaborative book about plays in performance. Thirty authoritative accounts describe in illuminating detail how some of theatre’s most talented directors have brought Shakespeare’s texts to the stage. Each chapter has a revealing story...

   Published April 25th 2010 by Routledge
6. How to do Shakespeare

   By Adrian Noble

   'Adrian Noble vigorously highlights the extraordinary rhythmic, linguistic patterns Shakespeare gives the speaker. Any actor will find this book invaluable. For any student of Shakespeare it should be essential.' (From the Foreword by Ralph Fiennes) 'How can I bring the text alive, make it vivid,...

   Published November 26th 2009 by Routledge
7. Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company

   Creativity and the Institution

   By Colin Chambers

   Published November 30th 2008 by Routledge
8. Gothic Shakespeares

   Edited by John Drakakis, Dale Townshend

   Series: Accents on Shakespeare

   Readings of Shakespeare were both influenced by and influential in the rise of Gothic forms in literature and culture from the late eighteenth century onwards. Shakespeare’s plays are full of ghosts, suspense, fear-inducing moments and cultural anxieties which many writers in the Gothic mode have...

   Published November 30th 2008 by Routledge
9. Shakespeare and the Problem of Adaptation

   By Margaret Jane Kidnie

   'Kidnie's study presents original, sophisticated, and profoundly intelligent answers to important questions.' - Lukas Erne, University of Geneva 'This is a fine and productive book, one that will surely draw significant attention and commentary well beyond the precincts of Shakespeare studies.' -...

   Published November 23rd 2008 by Routledge
10. Shakespeare's Dramatic Heritage

    Collected Studies in Mediaeval, Tudor and Shakespearean Drama

    By Glynne Wickham

    Shakespeare's Dramatic Heritage shows that the drama of Elizabethan and Jacobean England is deeply indebted to the religious drama of the Middle Ages and represents a climax, in secular guise, to mediaeval experiment and achievement rather than a new beginning. This is fully examined in terms of...

    Published September 25th 2008 by Routledge