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Hamlet is not only one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, but also the most fascinatingly problematical...

Hamlet 's combination of violence and introspection is unusual among Shakespeare's tragedies. It is also...

'Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?' Dark and violent,...

A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakepeare's plays. It brings together...

Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...

Few teachers in Hollywood bring the range of experience to their work that Jay Scully...

Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...

This fun-to-read insider's guide reveals the truth about what it takes to craft and sell...

A barbed attack on the British class system, Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first...

Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. A brilliantly witty reworking of...

The heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C....

From the bestselling author of The Right to Speak and The Need for Words comes...

This volume contains English translations of: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The...

Penguin Classics relaunch Wilde was both a glittering wordsmith and a social outsider. His drama...

The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative...

The Tempest is a masterpiece of magical effects, redemptive romance, poetry and politics. Part of...

Timon of Athens has struck many readers as rough and unpolished, perhaps even unfinished, though...

The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and...

Tamara and Jasyn are in love. Jasyn lives with Aunty and his brother Dane is...

"I have felt there was nothing for me to do except to devote my labour...

An improved, larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays, extensively rewritten, expanded and produced...

If Greek tragedies are meant to be so tragic, why do they so often end...

Practical tips, techniques, and exercises to help you become a better actor This essential guide...

'Retired people are like nuclear power stations. They like to live by the sea.' Two...

No Fear Shakespearegives you the complete text ofOthelloon the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand...

Renowned portrait photographer Mark Mann documents an impressive host of dancers-their eloquent bodies in posed...

STAGED- Timeless tropes, enduring stories - a new Puffin Classics collection 'It will have blood,...

Henry Leutwyler is certainly no stranger to the art of ballet-for many years he photographed...