Most of the books at the library are reference only. This ensures that all items are available to library users unless actively being used by another reader on the premises.
There is a small long loan collection for books that support the MA courses run by the Shakespeare Institute. All University of Birmingham students and staff can borrow books from the long loan collection.
The University of Birmingham online catalogue, FindIt@Bham, can be used to search the library’s book collection. See Searching the library for more information about the online catalogues available.
We also provide:
- e-books
- Online journals
- Periodicals
- Theses and dissertations
- Newspaper cuttings dating from 1902 to 2022
New arrivals
Newly arrived books and DVDs at the Shakespeare Institute Library are listed below. We will update the list regularly when new books arrive and have been processed.
June
- Barnett, David. Theatricality, playtexts and society. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
PN 1661
- Beloufa, Chahra. Speech act theory and Shakespeare: scenes of thanking in Shakespeare's plays. Routledge, 2024.
PR 3077
- Dupré, Charlie. Compositor E. Methuen, 2023.
PR 6104.U63
- Early modern improvisations: essays on history and literature in honor of John Watkins. Routledge, 2024.
PR 401
- Hall, Michael. Francis Brett Young's tribute to William Shakespeare. (Francis Brett Young Society occasional paper no. 6). FBY Society, 2024.
pPR 6048.O8
- Imagining the nation in seventeenth-century English literature. Edited by Daniel Cattell and Philip Schwyzer. Routledge, 2020.
PR 438.P6
- Liu, Hao. The romance of three Hamlets: Shakespeare through a Chinese prism. Routledge, 2024.
PR 2971.C3
- Local/global Shakespeare and advertising. Edited by Márta Minier, Maria Elisa Montironi and Christina Paravano. Routledge, 2024.
PR 3069.A28
- Ludwig, Ken. Shakespeare in Hollywood. Samuel French, 2005.
PS 3562.U29
- Maagerø, Lars Harald. The canon in contemporary theatre: plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Brecht in contemporary directors' theatre. Routledge, 2024.
PN 2570
- Mancewicz, Aneta. Extended reality Shakespeare. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
PR 3100
- Medieval afterlives: transforming traditions in Shakespeare and early English drama. Edited by Daisy Black and Katharine Goodland. Manchester University Press, 2024.
PR 651
- Patlanjoglu, Ludmila. NTC Purcărete - Boroghină: pilgrims of the great theatre of the world. Romanian Cultural Institute, 2024.
qPN 2846.C7
- Romeo and Juliet: critical insights. Edited by Robert C. Evans. Salem Press, 2017.
PR 2831
- Schafer, Elizabeth. Shakespeare and (eco-)performance history: The merry wives of Windsor. Routledge, 2024.
PR2826
- Sennett, Richard. The performer: art, life, politics. Allen Lane, 2024-.
PN 1590.S6
- Shakespeare, William. Korol Lir. Translated by Yuri Andrukhovych. In Ukrainian. AA-BA-BA-GA-LA-MA-GA, 2021.
PR 2795.U6L4
- Shakespeare and the political: Elizabethan politics and Asian exigencies. Edited by Rita Banerjee and Yilin Chen. Bloomsbury, 2024.
PR 2971.A7
- Walsh, Fintan. Performing grief in pandemic theatres. (Cambridge elements). Cambridge University Press, 2024.
PN 2190
- Watson, Jackie. Epistolary courtiership and dramatic letters: Thomas Overbury and the Jacobean playhouse. Edinburgh University Press, 2024.
PR 2326.O5
- Woodall, Ed and Abigail Rokison-Woodall. Shakespeare and Lecoq: a practical guide for actors, directors, students and teachers. Bloomsbury, 2024.
PR 3100