'Antony and Cleopatra' in Context

'Antony and Cleopatra' in ContextTragic love story or the downfall of a drunken fool and a ruthless schemer? How did Jacobeans see this play? This guide recovers the various contexts that situate Antony and Cleopatra in its time, explains the Christian ethics, the contemporary political scene, the literary atmosphere and requirements of tragedy that inform its background.

Making contemporary theatre reveals how some of the most significant international contemporary theatre is actually made

this book compares Irish and Scottish migration to North America and Australasia between 1921 and 1965

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The Duke of Lerma was the first and greatest of the royal favourites of the European seventeenth century

The book also provides an analysis of the major works of three European directors – Billy Wilder

People and Places of Nature and Culture affirms the importance of a sustainable relationship between nature and culture

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providing an overview of all of Sinclair's major works and an analysis of his vision of modern London

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