In a series of bold, unsparing polemics, world renowned philosopher A. C. Grayling tackles these questions head on, exposing the dangerous unreason he sees at the heart of religious faith and highlighting the urgent need we have to reject it in all its forms, without compromise. In its place, he argues for a set of values based on reason, reflection and sympathy, taking his cue from the great ethical tradition of western philosophy.

Against All Gods is part of Oberon's Masters Series of good-value and attractively presented hardbacks on key themes within the theatre written by leading lights in each subject.

Lolly Susi’s interviews with performer and teacher George Hall are a unique insight into the mind of a great all-round theatre practitioner.

George Hall trained at Old Vic Theatre School and worked as an actor at the Old Vic, in regional theatre, on radio, television and film. He has worked in cabaret, as writer, composer, performer and director. He has composed scores for the Old Vic, RSC, and plays for film and television. George was director of the Acting Course at Central School of Speech and Drama for many years. He is currently on the staff of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Including photographs from George Hall’s time teaching and on stage, An Untidy Career is full of revealing thoughts regarding the theatre and acting industries.

An Untidy Career is part of  Oberon's Masters Series of good-value and attractively presented hardbacks on key themes within the theatre written by leading lights in each subject.

In these four lectures Peter Hall reveals a lifetime of discoveries about classical theatre, Shakespeare, opera and modern drama. The central argument is that form and structured language paradoxically give freedom to power of thought and feeling, much as the masks of early Greek drama enabled actors to express extreme emotion. The mask may take many forms – the precise language of Beckett and Pinter, the classical form of Mozart’s operas, or Shakespeare’s verse.

Now reprinted to form part of the Oberon's Masters Series; a brand new series of good-value and attractively presented hardbacks on key themes within the arts written by leading lights in each subject.

'The wisest and most stimulating short book about theatre since Peter Brook’s The Empty Space' - Charles Spencer, Sunday Telegraph

Roy Smiles the author of Pythonesque, Kurt & Sid, Ying Tong, A Walk with the Goons, Standup (the story of his inept years as a stand up comic in the 1980s), Good Evening (the story of the Beyond The Fringe team) and Les Sez (the story of Les Dawson’s life) examines the comedians, comedy shows and comedy movies that have influenced and uplifted his life.

Funny People is a new title in Oberon’s Masters Series, a series of good-value and attractively presented hardbacks on key themes within the performing arts written by leading lights in each subject.

Nicholas Dromgoole has written and lectured widely on theatre and dance, and appeared on arts programmes for both television and radio. Here he draws on this considerable experience to consider the role that critics have played in the arts since the days of Aristotle, reflects on the qualities needed by the effective critic and asks what is the function of the critic in modern culutre.

The Role of the Critic is a new title in Oberon's  Masters Series, a series of good-value and attractively presented hardbacks on key themes within the theatre written by leading lights in each subject.

‘I try to follow the rule laid down by perhaps the greatest translator of all, John Dryden, who maintained that a translator should – and I paraphrase – make the version as entertaining as possible, while at the same time remaining as faithful as possible to the spirit of the original’  Ranjit Bolt.

Ranjit Bolt is one Britain’s most prolific and talented translators for the stage. His translations (most of them in rhyming verse) have been produced by the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Sir Peter Hall, and by leading repertory theatres in the US. He was awarded an OBE in 2003 for services to literature.

The Art of Translation is part of Oberon's Masters Series, a new series of good-value and attractively presented hardbacks on key themes within the theatre written by leading lights in each subject.