History Books


A Streetcar Named DesireA Streetcar Named Desire
Best Price: $5.36
The choice of copies of _The Streetcar Named Desire_ (required reading for high school...
Inherit the WindInherit the Wind
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It was written decades ago, inspired on a famous trial that had taken place years earlier, yet...
Oedipus Rex - Literary Touchstone EditionOedipus Rex - Literary Touchstone Edition
Best Price: $2.85
THIS EDITION HAS SPACE FOR YOUR NOTES, AND ALONG THE SIDE IT HAS NOTES THAT HELP YOU BETTER...
Lysistrata and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)Lysistrata and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $4.60
this is the best book of plays that i have ever bought. Lysistrata is one of the best plays i've...
The Empty Space: A Book About the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, ImmediateThe Empty Space: A Book About the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate
Best Price: $4.79
I am not very knowledgeable about Theatre and certainly not about Theory of Theatre. I found...


Julius Caesar (Shakespeare Made Easy)Julius Caesar (Shakespeare Made Easy)
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My aim is to cover shakespeare this year with my 9th grader (I home-school). I purchased this...
Romeo and Juliet (Cambridge School Shakespeare)Romeo and Juliet (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
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If you are a teacher, I would look into buying another audio version of Romeo and Juliet. I have...
Hamlet (Cambridge School Shakespeare)Hamlet (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
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I ordered this book for my sister who was struggling with an online college English course. She...
The Crucible (Cliffs Notes)The Crucible (Cliffs Notes)
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These notes really gave me a much clearer understanding of the play itself. There is much detail...
Aristotle's Poetics (Dramabook,)Aristotle's Poetics (Dramabook,)
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I read these works for a graduate seminar on Aristotle. Poetry appeals to human passions and...


A Midsummer Night's Dream (Cambridge School Shakespeare)A Midsummer Night's Dream (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
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ORDERED MORE THAN A MONTH AGO, I STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE PRODUCT AND SCHOOL ALREADY STARTED!!!!
Macbeth (Cambridge School Shakespeare)Macbeth (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
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wonderful, short dramatic exercises that illuminate the play and make it accessible and fun for...
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying the Works of ShakespeareAsimov's Guide to Shakespeare: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying the Works of Shakespeare
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this book was recommended by the instructor for a course on Shakespeare I took, to help those of...
Medea and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)Medea and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)
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I, too, was surprised how relevant and easily modern the issues presented in 'Medea' could be. I...
Plays for the Theatre (Wadsworth Series in Theatre)Plays for the Theatre (Wadsworth Series in Theatre)
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I purchased Plays for the Theatre at Amazon for a fraction of the cost of the bookstore price....

Much Ado about Nothing (Cambridge School Shakespeare)Much Ado about Nothing (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
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Nobody could say the storyline in Much Ado About Nothing is particularly clever. In fact,...
Types of Drama: Plays and Contexts (8th Edition)Types of Drama: Plays and Contexts (8th Edition)
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I remember reading and, subsequently, teaching earlier editions of this book. It's a handy...
Shakespeare: The Invention of the HumanShakespeare: The Invention of the Human
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THIS book is like having an excellent professor guiding you through the labyrinth that...
Raisin in the Sun (Cliffs Notes)Raisin in the Sun (Cliffs Notes)
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-which delves into the heart of an early 60's lower class African American family struggling to...
Death of a Salesman (Cliffs Notes)Death of a Salesman (Cliffs Notes)
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This classic play by Arthur Miller (1915-2005) examines human failure, high expectations, and...

The Merchant of Venice (Cambridge School Shakespeare)The Merchant of Venice (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
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Modern editions of a popular and trusted series. This new edition of The Merchant of Venice is...
Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an AestheticBrecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic
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First of all, it should be mentioned that there is no theatre untouched by Bertolt Brecht's...
Noises OffNoises Off
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I first saw this play in high school and I really liked it--after seeing it, I HAD to get a copy...
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Signet Classics)Six Characters in Search of an Author (Signet Classics)
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A play containing a play within a play. Just as the title states, 6 characters go in search of...
Othello (Cambridge School Shakespeare)Othello (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
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Modern editions of a popular and trusted series. This new edition of Othello is part of the...

Twelfth Night (Cambridge School Shakespeare)Twelfth Night (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
Best Price: $3.65
What can I say? I love Shakespeare! Cliff's Complete is fabulous for those of us in a new love...
A Death in the Family: A Restoration of the Author's Text (Collected Works of James Agee)A Death in the Family: A Restoration of the Author's Text (Collected Works of James Agee)
Best Price: $39.96
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
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I didn't have to go far for the book I was looking for. The book was almost brand new when I...
The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre (Oxford Illustrated Histories)The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre (Oxford Illustrated Histories)
Best Price: $15.00
This recopilation of 13 essays by 16 different writters is one of the most outstanding pieces...
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Made Easy)Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Made Easy)
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I have my degree in English... I like reading and teaching with this version as "help"...

The Tempest (Cambridge School Shakespeare)The Tempest (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
Best Price: $3.00
The Tempest is rightly regarded as being one of the Bard's greatest works, containing some of...
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy (Norton Critical Editions)Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy (Norton Critical Editions)
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On the particular day that I reviewed this Norton Critical Edition, Restoration and Eighteenth...
The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare Made Easy)The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare Made Easy)
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I read the "Merchant of Venice" after reading "Romeo and Juliet", another of...
The Importance of Being Earnest (Norton Critical Editions)The Importance of Being Earnest (Norton Critical Editions)
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The text of this Norton Critical Edition of The Importance of Being Earnest is the established...
Cat on a Hot Tin RoofCat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Ok, so it is an American Classic. None-the-less, it is still a story about a family of mean,...

The Longman Anthology of Drama and Theater: A Global Perspective, Compact EditionThe Longman Anthology of Drama and Theater: A Global Perspective, Compact Edition
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I'm very pleased with this anthology partly because of its international scope, but also because...
Faust: Part 1 (Penguin Classics)Faust: Part 1 (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $6.17
Interesting work. Why it took decades to finish...I dunno. The contemporary feel of the...
Shakespeare the ThinkerShakespeare the Thinker
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After reading this excellent book, my first thought was one of admiration for Shakespeare that...
Teaching Shakespeare: A Handbook for Teachers (Cambridge School Shakespeare)Teaching Shakespeare: A Handbook for Teachers (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
Best Price: $10.32
This book had some good background information about the teaching and criticism of Shakespeare...
The Quintessence of Ibsenism (Dover Books on Literature and Drama)The Quintessence of Ibsenism (Dover Books on Literature and Drama)
Best Price: $5.45
This is an astounding book really outlining Fabian Socialiam as seen in the plays of Henrik...

Williams' Glass Menagerie and Streetcar Named Desire (Cliffs NotesWilliams' Glass Menagerie and Streetcar Named Desire (Cliffs Notes
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Some people did not think much of the play, but I thought it was an excellent play. The...
Euripides: The Trojan Women (Focus Classical Library)Euripides: The Trojan Women (Focus Classical Library)
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English translation. The Trojan Women is a play on the consequences of war and the fate of those...
King Richard III (Cambridge School Shakespeare)King Richard III (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
Best Price: $5.00
Modern editions of a popular and trusted series. This new edition of King Richard III is part...
Anton Chekhov's Selected Plays (Norton Critical Editions)Anton Chekhov's Selected Plays (Norton Critical Editions)
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I've been using this text in my Chekhov/Stanislavski class for the past 10 years and the...
King Lear (Cambridge School Shakespeare)King Lear (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
Best Price: $3.00
This paperback is a handy edition of Shakespeare's great play, useful for students on all...

Blackbird: A Play (Faber and Faber Plays)Blackbird: A Play (Faber and Faber Plays)
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Fifteen years ago, Una and Ray had a relationship when Una was 12 and Ray was 40. They haven't...
Cyrano de Bergerac: by Edmund Rostand translated by Anthony BurgessCyrano de Bergerac: by Edmund Rostand translated by Anthony Burgess
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Although I am an Anthony Burgess fan, I find this translation to be nowhere near as good as the...
Julius Caesar (Cambridge School Shakespeare)Julius Caesar (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
Best Price: $5.66
Modern editions of a popular and trusted series. This new edition of Julius Caesar is part of...
Inherit the Wind (Cliffs Notes)Inherit the Wind (Cliffs Notes)
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I did my dissertation on the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, with one chapter focusing on...
The Recognition of Shakuntala (Clay Sanskrit Library)The Recognition of Shakuntala (Clay Sanskrit Library)
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"The books line up on my shelf like bright Bodhisattvas ready to take tough questions or...

Dramatic Theory and Criticism: Greeks to GrotowskiDramatic Theory and Criticism: Greeks to Grotowski
Best Price: $480.00
King Henry IV, Part 1 (Cambridge School Shakespeare)King Henry IV, Part 1 (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
Best Price: $7.00
The young Hal and his instructor in the art of living the good life , Falstaff cavort through...
The Theatre of the AbsurdThe Theatre of the Absurd
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Anyone interested in the problem of trying to understand and communicate what...
King Lear (Ignatius Critical Editions)King Lear (Ignatius Critical Editions)
Best Price: $8.26
The Ignatius Critical Editions represent a tradition-oriented alternative to popular textbook...
Writing in RestaurantsWriting in Restaurants
Best Price: $4.19
There are some really great essays in this book, especially if you're a person who loves the...
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