Skip to content
Home/ Black Playwrights and Heightened Text: When Shakespeare Ain't Enuf
Black Playwrights and Heightened Text: When Shakespeare Ain't Enuf

Black Playwrights and Heightened Text: When Shakespeare Ain't Enuf

by Springfield, Jacqueline
No customer reviews yet ISBN 9781032592992 Routledge

Black Playwrights and Heightened Text: When Shakespeare Ain't Enuf breaks down the misconception that heightened text sits only within a white tradition and brings the work of Black playwrights from across history to the forefront by highlighting the use of heightened dramatic text in their work.

About the author

Product details

BrandRoutledge
Pub dateApr 3, 2025
ISBN-101032592990
ISBN-139781032592992
Paperback150.0 pages
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions9.21 × 0.34 × 6.14 in
Weight1 lb
Last updated 2026-03-08 12:50
$63.70
In stock — ships in 24 hours with free tracking
Delivery by Monday, September 14, 2026
Qty
Sign in to Add to Saved list
Free delivery on orders over $35.
15-day returns. Any reason.
Secure checkout. We never store card details.

Readers who bought this also bought

More from Theater - Playwriting
See all
British Theatre of the 1990s: Interviews with Directors, Playwrights, Critics and Academics (2007)
Palgrave Macmillan
$57.47
Women in Irish Drama: A Century of Authorship and Representation (2007)
Featuring original essays by leading scholars in the field, this book explores the immense legacy of women playwrights in Irish theatre since the beginning of theTwentieth century. Chapters consider the intersecting contexts of gender, sexuality and the body in order to investigate the broader cultural, political and historical implications of representing 'woman' on the stage. In addition, a number of essays engage with representations of women by a selection of male playwrights in order to re-evaluate familiar contexts and traditions in Irish drama. Features a Foreword by Marina Carr and a useful appendix of Irish women playwrights and their works.
$57.47
Theatre & the City (2009)
Harvie, Jen
$14.11
Theatre and Education (2009)
Nicholson, Helen
$14.11
National Myth and Imperial Fantasy: Representations of British Identity on the Early Eighteenth-Cent
Marshall, Louise H
$57.47
Women in Irish Drama: A Century of Authorship and Representation (2007)
Featuring original essays by leading scholars in the field, this book explores the immense legacy of women playwrights in Irish theatre since the beginning of theTwentieth century. Chapters consider the intersecting contexts of gender, sexuality and the body in order to investigate the broader cultural, political and historical implications of representing 'woman' on the stage. In addition, a number of essays engage with representations of women by a selection of male playwrights in order to re-evaluate familiar contexts and traditions in Irish drama. Features a Foreword by Marina Carr and a useful appendix of Irish women playwrights and their works.
$54.99