{"product_id":"glancing-at-dramatists-dialogue-ruby-cohn-9781350425965","title":"Glancing at Dramatists' Dialogue: From Shakespeare to Suzan-Lori Parks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book examines dramatic dialogue in English-language theatre, tracing verbal invention across four centuries from Shakespeare and Restoration comedy right up to contemporary English and American theatre.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished posthumously, this renowned theatre scholar's book considers English dramatic dialogue as exemplified in the verbal invention of particular plays. That invention is traced through puns, repetitions, adroit clichés, occasional neologisms, malapropisms, sound play and more or less recondite allusions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn eight chapters, Cohn offers close readings of monologue and dialogue in plays by William Shakespeare, William Wycherley, George Etherege, William Congreve, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, Edward Albee, Harold Pinter, David Mamet, Tom Stoppard, Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, Caryl Churchill, Sam Shepard, Adrienne Kennedy and Suzan-Lori Parks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a fascinating text, written with Cohn's characteristic wit, warmth and lucidity, and offers both an authoritative introduction to theatre dialogue and a remarkable final addition to Cohn's scholarly legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruby Cohn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350425966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350425965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Ruby Cohn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48089370820863,"sku":"9781350425965","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fda4fdaf-62f7-4e11-ae8f-d01fbfcc05c9.jpg?v=1769109829","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/glancing-at-dramatists-dialogue-ruby-cohn-9781350425965","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}