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Explore 24 books like King John by William Shakespeare — a handpicked selection united by Screenplays, Shakespeare, Drama, and Performing Arts.

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Titus Andronicus — William Shakespeare

Titus Andronicus

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Themes: Screenplays • Shakespeare • Drama

The Misanthrope And Tartuffe — Molière

The Misanthrope And Tartuffe

Themes: Screenplays • Shakespeare • Drama

Writing the Romantic Comedy The Art of Crafting Funny Love Stories for the Screen — Billy Mernit

Writing the Romantic Comedy The Art of Crafting Funny Love Stories for the Screen

Themes: Screenplays • Shakespeare • Drama

Two Gentlemen of Lebowski A Most Excellent Comedie and Tragical Romance — Adam Bertocci

Two Gentlemen of Lebowski A Most Excellent Comedie and Tragical Romance

Themes: Screenplays • Shakespeare • Drama

Under Milk Wood A Play for Voices — Dylan Thomas

Under Milk Wood A Play for Voices — Dylan Thomas

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

Long Day’s Journey Into Night — Eugene O’Neill

Long Day’s Journey Into Night — Eugene O’Neill

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

Hedda Gabler and Other Plays — Henrik Ibsen

Hedda Gabler and Other Plays

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

Misalliance and the Fascinating Foundling — George Bernard Shaw

Misalliance and the Fascinating Foundling

George Bernard Shaw

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

Abigail’s Party & Goose-Pimples — Mike Leigh

Abigail’s Party & Goose-Pimples

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

Mister Paradise and Other One-act Plays — Tennessee Williams

Mister Paradise and Other One-act Plays

Tennessee Williams

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

John Bull’s Other Island — Bernard Shaw

John Bull’s Other Island

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

Anagrams of Desire Angela Carter’s Writing for Radio, Film, and Television — Charlotte Crofts

Anagrams of Desire Angela Carter’s Writing for Radio, Film, and Television

Charlotte Crofts

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

Inside the Dream Palace The Life and Times of New York’s Legendary Chelsea Hotel — Sherill Tippins

Inside the Dream Palace The Life and Times of New York’s Legendary Chelsea Hotel

Sherill Tippins

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

First Reformed — Paul Schrader

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

The Theatre of E. E. Cummings — E. E. Cummings

The Theatre of E. E. Cummings

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

The Wild Duck and Hedda Gabler — Henrik Ibsen

The Wild Duck and Hedda Gabler

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

A Masterclass in Dramatic Writing Theater, Film, and Television — Janet Neipris

A Masterclass in Dramatic Writing Theater, Film, and Television

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays — Tennessee Williams

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays

Tennessee Williams

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

Rhinoceros The Chairs ; The Lesson — Eugène Ionesco

Rhinoceros The Chairs ; The Lesson — Eugène Ionesco

Themes: Screenplays • Drama • Performing Arts

Beginning Shakespeare — Lisa Hopkins

Beginning Shakespeare

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • Performing Arts

Actors and Acting in Shakespeare’s Time The Art of Stage Playing — John H. Astington

Actors and Acting in Shakespeare’s Time The Art of Stage Playing

John H. Astington

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • Performing Arts

Reimagining Shakespeare’s Playhouse Early Modern Staging Conventions in the Twentieth Century — Joe Falocco

Reimagining Shakespeare’s Playhouse Early Modern Staging Conventions in the Twentieth Century

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • Performing Arts

Radical Shakespeare Politics and Stagecraft in the Early Career — Christopher Fitter

Radical Shakespeare Politics and Stagecraft in the Early Career

Christopher Fitter

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • Performing Arts

Victorian Spectacular Theatre 1850-1910 — Michael R. Booth

Victorian Spectacular Theatre 1850-1910

Michael R. Booth

Themes: Shakespeare • Drama • Performing Arts

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