Plays

The history of Iraq, especially since the establishment of the modern nation in 1920, has been a conspicuously violent one. The yoking together of Sunni, Shia and Kurds under an imported monarchy was a recipe for civil conflict, as was the corruption, authoritarianism and Britis…

The major aim in this research is to compare/contrast directive speech act sequences in selected Shakespearean plays (King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and King John ) with their translated parallels in Arabic to determine if the social function of indirectness in the source …

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf: a play

by Albee, Edward

0 Type: Book

A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games. By the evening's end, a stunning, almost unbearable revelation provides a climax that has shocked audiences for years. With the play's razor-sharp dialogue and the stripp…

Contemporary British plays are commonly thought of as political if they address an issue that is already seen as political (Kritzer, 2008). This thesis explores the idea that the political stance of a play is articulated at the level of its structure, as well as in its content. …

This thesis is a study of appropriations of the early modern banquet course in plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries during the period 1590-1640. My interdisciplinary approach is evident in the range of sources used, including primary material such as accounts of entertain…