This title offers a survey into the place and purpose of theatre in Ancient Greece. It provides an author-by-author examination of the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and Menander plus how and where the plays were performed, who acted them out and who watched them.

Using original documents from The National Archives, 'Gunpowder' brings to life the full, extraordinary cast of the most famous plot in British History.

An exploration of the theological reception and critique of Habermas' philosophy in the different phases of its engagement with religion. >

Presents the "First Quarto text of 1603" and the "Folio Text of 1623". This title is useful for scholars and students of textual history, or to those studying "Hamlet". It presents the plays with annotations and the introduction contains the stage history of the "First Quarto" text.

George I and his son, George II, continued to spend much time in Germany, insisting on the interests of Hanover influencing on British foreign policy. This work, in a series of personal portraits, shows how these kings, though constitutional monarchs, continued to exert considerable influence, crystallising politics and society.