Picture a Revolution: Russian and Soviet Art Books from Yale
2017 marks a century since the revolutionary year that brought about the fall of the Russian Empire and ushered in the rise of the…
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Shakespeare400 – Why Hamlet?
‘Josipovici … has a nose for the big questions and for what doesn’t work as an answer. Best of all, he reads carefully and…
Shakespeare – The Poet of Them All
April 2016 marks 400 years since the death of Shakespeare, one of the greatest and most renowned poets that ever lived. Many events will…
Why Acting Matters – The Oscars 2016
As the 2016 Oscars approach – the 88th Academy Awards ceremony that will take place on 28 February – why acting matters is a…
Translating Karl Kraus & The Last Days of Mankind
Austrian satirist Karl Kraus’s famous Die letzten Tage der Menschheit – or in English The Last Days of Mankind – remains powerfully relevant in its enactment of the…
Francis Barber & Mr Foote’s Other Leg
Dr. Samuel Johnson’s Jamaican manservant and heir, Francis Barber, has been gaining attention over the past year. In spring 2015 Yale released the biography…
‘This diary must never be printed!’: Playwright August Strindberg and The Occult
The Swedish playwright August Strindberg was, amongst other things, a mercurial talent, artist, occultist, husband and father. He is also frequently accused of, amongst…
‘No use being sentimental’: Strindberg & The Modern World
Sue Prideaux is the author of Strindberg: A Life. Playwright, poet, photographer, painter, alchemist and hellraiser, August Strindberg (1849–1912) is principally known, in Arthur Miller’s words, as…
On the performance and legacy of Strindberg
The Swedish playwright August Strindberg was, amongst other things, a mercurial talent, artist, occultist, husband and father. He is also frequently accused of, amongst…
Strindberg, A Life – Sue Prideaux on the playwright’s relationships
The Swedish playwright August Strindberg was, amongst other things, a mercurial talent, artist, occultist, husband and father. He is also frequently accused of, amongst…
Charles Dickens: The Greatest Literary Scandal?
In his latest book The Great Dickens Scandal, Yale University Press author Michael Slater peers into the tangled web of Dickens’ personal life and discovers…
Author Interview: Sue Prideaux on August Strindberg and his Enduring Significance
Novelist, satirist, poet, photographer, painter, alchemist and hellraiser – August Strindberg was all these, and yet he is principally known, in Arthur Miller’s words,…
Frank, Revealing and Poignant: Yale to publish Richard Burton’s Diaries
This October, Yale will be publishing the surviving diaries of Richard Burton. Starting when he was 14 and running throughout his life, career and…
Beautiful Province by Clarence Coo Wins the 2012 Yale Drama Series Award
The winner of the Yale Drama Series Award for Emerging Playwrights is Clarence Coo’s Beautiful Province. After much deliberation and over a thousand submissions, Beautiful…
A Very Personal Exorcism: Eugene O’Neill’s forgotten play and its links with ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’
The publication of Exorcism, an autobiographical play by the father of American theater Eugene O’Neill, is a thrilling discovery and a huge literary event. Its publication, after…
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