Purcell, Stephen. (2013) “What country, Friends, is this?” : cultural identity and the World Shakespeare Festival. Shakespeare Survey, Vol.66 . ISSN 0080-9152 (In Press)

Purcell, Stephen (2013) Shakespeare in practice : the audience. London : Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.. (In Press)

Purcell, Stephen (2012) Marcello Magni. In: Russell Brown, John and Ewert, Kevin, (eds.) The Routledge companion to actors' Shakespeare. London : Routledge, pp. 159-174. ISBN 9780415483025

Purcell, Stephen (2012) Webster : the white devil. Shakespeare Handbooks . Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230279766 (In Press)

Purcell, Stephen (2011) Shakespeare on television. In: Thornton Burnett, Mark and Streete , Adrian and Wray, Ramona, (eds.) The Edinburgh companion to Shakespeare and the arts. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748635238

Purcell, Stephen (2009) Popular Shakespeare : simulation and subversion on the modern stage. Palgrave Shakespeare studies. . Basingstoke ; New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230577039