From the Restoration to Bernard Shaw 1660s to 1940s: v. 4

by Leon Katz (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  2004

  $15.08

  Covering the full scope of Western drama, from the ancient Greeks to the 20th century, these two volumes of classical monologues for women comprise over 125 monologues from sources other than Shakespeare's plays Monologues from the following sources are included: Greek, Roman, Italian Renaissance, Elizabethan, Jocobean, Restoration, Spanish, French, German, and 18th and 19th-century English. Playwrights featured include: Sophocles, Christopher Marlowe, Corneille, The Marquis de Sade, Oscar Wilde, Cervantes, and Moliere. Each monologue features a detailed introduction providing an informative and critical context for theatre professionals and general readers alike. The excerpts are also fully footnoted for unfamiliar references. Volume Four contains all the pertinent bibliographical information for the sources from which the monologues have been drawn.