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Josh Lubarr and Rebecca Goodheart on Shakespeare's World

Duty and disorder: Seeing Shakespeare through Elizabethan eyes

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Stephen Marino on Arthur Miller’s New York

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24 Jul 2026

The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series editors on why we need new editions of Shakespeare’s plays

“Aaron’s Black-power speech still amazes me.”

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17 Apr 2026

Lucian Msamati on Waiting for Godot, behind the scenes

“It made me fall back in love with theatre”

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16 Jan 2026

Pamela Jikiemi on dismantling the ‘Black box’

Changing the script: lessons from Black and Global Majority actors

My book, Out of the Black Box: Conversations with Global Majority Actors, started many years ago. Th…

10 Oct 2025

Richard Schoch on the history of the house where Shakespeare was born

“It was an 18th-century version of Photoshopping.”

In July 1769, the first published image of William Shakespeare’s birthplace appeared in Gentleman’s…

25 Apr 2025

Todd Almond on Slow Train Coming

"Solidarity and hope" – behind Bob Dylan's modern musical hit

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07 Feb 2025

Three authors on the trials and triumphs of translating global plays

“We could hardly call it ‘Central Park’…”

From Cuba to Burkina Faso, you’re all working on plays from across the world. How do you go about ch…

10 Jan 2025

Margaret Bartley with The Arden Shakespeare 3rd series

Margaret Bartley on publishing The Arden Shakespeare

125 years of The Arden Shakespeare: 10 things I’ve learned as Publisher

The Arden Shakespeare is loved, valued and collected by students, scholars, actors, directors and Sh…

25 Oct 2024

Josh Lubarr and Rebecca Goodheart on Shakespeare's World

Duty and disorder: Seeing Shakespeare through Elizabethan eyes

Forget what you know about psychology, astronomy, anatomy, and how the universe works. To enter Shak…

18 Sept 2026

Stephen Marino on Arthur Miller’s New York

Arthur Miller and NYC: “Where everything is happening”

What makes New York so central for Miller, and why has this aspect of his work gone so under-acknowl…

24 Jul 2026

The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series editors on why we need new editions of Shakespeare’s plays

“Aaron’s Black-power speech still amazes me.”

Why do we need new editions of Shakespeare’s plays?Andrew James Hartley [AJH]: Scholarship evolves,…

17 Apr 2026

Lucian Msamati on Waiting for Godot, behind the scenes

“It made me fall back in love with theatre”

Anna: You begin the book in lockdown having made the decision that you didn’t want to do theatre any…

16 Jan 2026

Pamela Jikiemi on dismantling the ‘Black box’

Changing the script: lessons from Black and Global Majority actors

My book, Out of the Black Box: Conversations with Global Majority Actors, started many years ago. Th…

10 Oct 2025

Richard Schoch on the history of the house where Shakespeare was born

“It was an 18th-century version of Photoshopping.”

In July 1769, the first published image of William Shakespeare’s birthplace appeared in Gentleman’s…

25 Apr 2025

Todd Almond on Slow Train Coming

"Solidarity and hope" – behind Bob Dylan's modern musical hit

Dom O’Hanlon: Every so often, you come across a theatre artist who has a unique and deeply personal…

07 Feb 2025

Three authors on the trials and triumphs of translating global plays

“We could hardly call it ‘Central Park’…”

From Cuba to Burkina Faso, you’re all working on plays from across the world. How do you go about ch…

10 Jan 2025

Margaret Bartley on publishing The Arden Shakespeare

125 years of The Arden Shakespeare: 10 things I’ve learned as Publisher

The Arden Shakespeare is loved, valued and collected by students, scholars, actors, directors and Sh…

25 Oct 2024

Well, I'll Let You Go

Bubba Weiler

£7.91 RRP £9.89

Paperback +2 other formats

Performances of Protest and Resistance

Yana Meerzon

£76.50 RRP £85.00

Hardback +2 other formats

Teaching Shakespeare in Tempestuous Times

Craig Dionne

£16.55 RRP £20.69

Drama & Performance Studies

Drama & Performance Studies

Over 100 years of publishing plays and books on acting, theatre and practice

Over 125 years of leading Shakespeare scholarship

Welcome to Drama & Performance Studies at Bloomsbury

Our upcoming books

Supporting schools in diversifying the teaching of English and Drama

Have you been to Drama Online yet?

Explore more Drama & Performance Studies on the blog

Josh Lubarr and Rebecca Goodheart on Shakespeare's World

Stephen Marino on Arthur Miller’s New York

The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series editors on why we need new editions of Shakespeare’s plays

Lucian Msamati on Waiting for Godot, behind the scenes

Pamela Jikiemi on dismantling the ‘Black box’

Richard Schoch on the history of the house where Shakespeare was born

Todd Almond on Slow Train Coming

Three authors on the trials and triumphs of translating global plays

Margaret Bartley on publishing The Arden Shakespeare

Josh Lubarr and Rebecca Goodheart on Shakespeare's World

Stephen Marino on Arthur Miller’s New York

The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series editors on why we need new editions of Shakespeare’s plays

Lucian Msamati on Waiting for Godot, behind the scenes

Pamela Jikiemi on dismantling the ‘Black box’

Richard Schoch on the history of the house where Shakespeare was born

Todd Almond on Slow Train Coming

Three authors on the trials and triumphs of translating global plays

Margaret Bartley on publishing The Arden Shakespeare

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