Anton Chekhov, Laurence Senelick
Anton Chekhov revolutionized Russian theater through his inimitable portrayals of characters faced with complex moral dilemmas.More
Wole Soyinka
A wholly fresh interpretation of the timeless play by a Nobel Prize-winning author.More
William Shakespeare, Peter Hulme, William H. Sherman
The Tempest presents some of Shakespeare’s most insightful meditations on the cycle of life—ending and beginning, death and regeneration, bondage and freedom. This Norton Critical Edition is based on the First Folio text and is accompanied by explanatory annotations.More
William Shakespeare, Edward Pechter
The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of the First Folio, printed in 1623. Additions and emendations adopted from the First Quarto (1622) appear in the Textual Notes that follow the play. Othello is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations.More
William Shakespeare, Robert S. Miola
The Norton Critical Edition of Macbeth, Shakespeare's terrifying depiction of a man and woman's fall into evil, derives from the First Folio (1623), the only authoritative text of the play. The edition includes an introduction, annotations, and textual notes.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
William Shakespeare, Gordon McMullan
Third Edition
The text, with few departures, is that of the First Quarto (1598) edition of the play.More
Zoe Caldwell
An affecting, inspiring memoir, I Will Be Cleopatra serves as an indispensable guide for any reader who wishes to gain a clearer insight into Shakespearean theater, and will be one of the most vital books for actors and theater lovers for years to come.More
David Bevington, Lars Engle, Katharine Eisaman Maus, Et Al.
The most extensive new collection in this field published in more than three decades, English Renaissance Drama: A Norton Anthology surveys the astonishing, and astonishingly varied, dramatic works written and performed in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.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
Wole Soyinka
Second Edition
A Nobel Prize-winning playwright's classic tale of tragic decisions in a traditional African culture.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
Ben Jonson, Richard L. Harp
Second Edition
This collection features three of Jonson's masterpieces: Volpone, Epicoene, and The Alchemist.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