Georg Büchner, Matthew Wilson Smith, Henry Schmidt
Few writers have transformed literature and theater so dramatically. Based on Henry J. Schmidt’s translations of The Hessian Messenger, Danton’s Death, Lenz, Leonce and Lena, and Woyzeck.More
J. Ellen Gainor, Stanton B. Garner, Jr., Martin Puchner
Shorter Edition
The only one-volume drama anthology that’s a Norton.More
J. Ellen Gainor, Stanton B. Garner, Jr., Martin Puchner
Volume(s): 1 & 2
The most comprehensive and distinctive collection of its kind.More
John P. Harrington
Second Edition
Modern and Contemporary Irish Drama is the ideal focal point for the study of Irish literature and culture and, because of its many great twentieth-century works, for the study of drama more generally.More
Molière, Constance Congdon, Virginia Scott
Widely hailed as the founder of the modern French comedy, and known to be a gifted actor, playwright, and patron of fellow actors, Molière was a towering presence in seventeenth-century France—and the scourge of its political and religious Establishment.More
Oscar Wilde, Michael Patrick Gillespie
The text of this Norton Critical Edition of The Importance of Being Earnest is the established three-act version. Originally in four acts, Wilde shortened it to three at the urging of George Alexander, the owner of the St. James Theatre and first actor to play Jack Worthing. The play is accompanied by explanatory annotations and by an appendix of excised portions.More
Anton Chekhov, Laurence Senelick
Anton Chekhov revolutionized Russian theater through his inimitable portrayals of characters faced with complex moral dilemmas.More
Henrik Ibsen, Brian Johnston
Ibsen ascended to the first ranks of European writers in the late nineteenth century and has remained there ever since.More
Wole Soyinka, Simon Gikandi
This Norton Critical Edition of Death and the King's Horseman is the only student edition available in the United States. Based on events that took place in 1946 in the ancient Yoruban city of Oyo, Soyinka's acclaimed and powerful play addresses classic issues of cultural conflict, tragic decision-making, and the psychological mindsets of individuals and groups. The text of the play is accompanied by an introduction and explanatory annotations for the many allusions to traditional Nigerian myth and culture.More
George Bernard Shaw, Sandie Byrne
Second Edition
This collection presents a cross-section of Shaw's most important
theater work—Mrs. Warren's Profession, Man and Superman, Major Barbara,
and Pygmalion.More
Biodun Jeyifo
The first truly continentally representative collection of modern African drama in any language, this Norton Critical Edition includes plays from Egypt, Algeria, the Republic of South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Kenya.More
William Butler Yeats, James Pethica
This brand new collection, impeccably edited by James Pethica, presents
a comprehensive selection of Yeats's major contributions in poetry,
drama, prose fiction, autobiography, and criticism.More
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Cyrus Hamlin, Walter Arndt
Second Edition
Walter Arndt’s translation of Faust reproduces the sense of the German original and Goethe’s enormously varied metrics and rhyme schemes.More
Anthony Caputi
This Norton Critical Edition presents some of the most important voices in modern drama and, through the inclusion of supporting materials, places each play in its proper intellectual, artistic, and historical context.More
Sophocles, Luci Berkowitz, Theodore F. Brunner
This translation is for the contemporary reader. Specifically commissioned for stage production, it rings easily on the modern ear and yet remains faithful to Sophocles' original, avoiding the archaisms of other translations.More