Book collections

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.​

April

  • 100 Fronteiras. Edicao 128, Maio, 2016. Contains: 'Vidas passadas tomando chá: você se lembra do antigo hábito inglês de tomar o chá das 5?' by Denise Paro.
    qPR 4505
  • Amato, Andy. The tragic imagination in Shakespeare and Emerson. Bloomsbury, 2024.
    PR 2973.E6
  • Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare: the critical tradition). Edited by Marga Munkelt. Bloomsbury, 2024.
    PR 2802
  • Barkan, Leonard. Reading Shakespeare reading me. Fordham University Press, 2024.
    PR 2972.B27
  • Corelli, Marie. Holy orders: the tragedy of a quiet life. Third edition. Methuen, 1918. 
    PR 4504
  • Coveney, Michael. The final curtain: obituaries of fifty great actors. Unicorn, 2023.
    PN 2597
  • Forsyth, Judith. Xueqin and Xakespeare: reading The story of the stone through Hamlet. Routledge, 2024.
    PR 2807
  • Griffiths, Huw. Disavowing authority in the Shakespeare classroom. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
    PR 2987
  • Hopkins, D. J. Sleep no more and the discourses of Shakespeare performance. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
    PR 3105
  • Hamlet. Edited by Robert C. Evans. (Critical insights). Salem Press, 2019.
    PR 2807
  • Holotecologia: revista do megacentro cultural holoteca. No. 3, ano 2018. Contains: 'Marie Corelli: escritora best-seller na era Vitoriana' by Telma Crespo.
    qPR 4505
  • Macbeth. Edited by William W. Weber. (Critical insights). Salem Press, 2017.
    PR 2823
  • A midsummer night's dream. Edited by Nicolas Tredell. (Critical insights). Salem Press, 2020.
    PR 2827
  • Pilbrow, Richard. A sense of theatre: the untold story of Britain's National Theatre. Unicorn, 2024.
    PN 2596.L7N3
  • Shakespeare, Willam. Antony and Cleopatra. Modern verse translation by Christopher Chen. (Play on Shakespeare). ACMRS Press, 2023.
    PR 2755.A25
  • Shakespeare, Willam. King John. Modern verse translation by Brighde Mullins. (Play on Shakespeare). ACMRS Press, 2023.
    PR 2755.A25
  • Shakespeare, William. As you like it. (Oxford World's Classics). Introduction by Todd Andrew Borlik, text edited by Francis X. Connor. Oxford University Press, 2024.
    PR 2755.S6
  • Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, part 1. (Oxford World's Classics). Introduction by Indira Ghose, text edited by Anna Pruitt. Oxford University Press, 2024.
    PR 2755.S6
  • Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. (Oxford World's Classics). Introduction by Emma Smith, text edited by John Jowett. Oxford University Press, 2024.
    PR 2755.S6
  • Shakespeare, William. Measure for measure. (Oxford World's Classics). Introduction by Emma Whipday, text edited by Terri Bourus. Oxford University Press, 2024.
    PR 2755.S6
  • Shakespeare, William. The merry wives of Windsor (Oxford World's Classics). Introduction by Callan Davis, text edited by Sarah Neville. Oxford University Press, 2024.
    PR 2755.S6
  • Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. (Oxford World's Classics). Introduction by Hannah August, text edited by Francis X. Connor. Oxford University Press, 2024.
    PR 2755.S6
  • Shakespeare, William. The tempest. (Oxford World's Classics). Introduction by Lauren Working, text edited by Rory Loughnane. Oxford University Press, 2024.
    PR 2755.S6
  • Shakespeare, Willam. Twelfth night. Modern verse translation by Alison Carey. (Play on Shakespeare). ACMRS Press, 2023.
    PR 2755.A25
  • The Shakespeare North Playhouse: replica theatres and their uses. Edited by Tim Keenan. Routledge, 2024. 
    PN 2596.P7S5
  • Slater, Michael. Tropes and the literary-scientific revolution: forms of proof. Routledge, 2024.
    PR 438.S35
  • Teaching Shakespeare beyond the major. Edited by M. Tyler Sasser and Emma K. Atwood. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
    PR 2987
  • Waugh, Rosemary. Running the room: conversations with women theatre directors. Nick Hern Books, 2023.
    PN 2053