William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner ("sharer") of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men after the ascension of King James VI and I of Scotland to the English throne. At age 49 (around 1613), he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive; this has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, his sexuality, his religious beliefs, and even certain fringe theories as to whether the works attributed to him were written by others.Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best works produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies until 1608, among them Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, all considered to be among the finest works in the English language. In the last phase of his life, he wrote tragicomedies (also known as romances) and collaborated with other playwrights.Many of Shakespeare's plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. However, in 1623, John Heminge and Henry Condell, two fellow actors and friends of Shakespeare's, published a more definitive text known as the First Folio, a posthumous collected edition of Shakespeare's dramatic works that includes 36 of his plays. Its Preface was a prescient poem by Ben Jonson, a former rival of Shakespeare, that hailed Shakespeare with the now famous epithet: "not of an age, but for all time".
Timon of Athens
William Shakespeare
Timon lavishes his wealth on parasitic companions until he is poor and rejected by them. He rejects mankind and goes to live in a cave.
Love's Labour's Lost
William Shakespeare
In this charming comedy of manners, one of Shakespeare's earliest efforts in the genre, a well-intentioned king vows to forego all fleshly delights, setting the stage for romantic hijinks. Ferdinand, the king of Navarre, insists that his court join him in a pledge to undertake a strict regimen of study and celibacy. The grudging compliance of three noblemen is sorely tested — as is the king's own resolve — with the arrival of a French princess and a trio of comedy attendants.
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud.
In this death-filled setting, the movement from love at first sight to the lovers’ final union in death seems almost inevitable. And yet, this play set in an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. In part because of its exquisite language, it is easy to respond as if it were about all young lovers.
Henry VIII
William Shakespeare
Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, based on the life of Henry VIII of England. An alternative title, All is True, is recorded in contemporary documents, the title Henry VIII not appearing until the play's publication in the First Folio of 1623. Stylistic evidence indicates that individual scenes were written by either Shakespeare or his collaborator and successor, John Fletcher. It is also somewhat characteristic of the late romances in its structure. It is noted for having more stage directions than any of Shakespeare's other plays.[1]
During a performance of Henry VIII at the Globe Theatre in 1613, a cannon shot employed for special effects ignited the theatre's thatched roof (and the beams), burning the original building to the ground.
Coriolanus
William Shakespeare
After the exotic eroticism of Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare returned to Rome for one of his final tragedies, and the change could not have been more dramatic. Coriolanus is one of Shakespeare's harshest and most challenging studies of power, politics and masculinity, based around the life of Caius Marcius. Based on the Roman chronicles of Plutarch's Lives and Livy's History of Rome, the play is set in the early years of the Roman Republic. Its famous opening scene, particularly admired by Bertolt Brecht, portrays its citizens as starving and rebellious, and horrified by the arrogant and dismissive attitude of Caius Marcius, one of Rome's most valiant but also political naive soldiers. Spurred on by his ambitious mother Volumnia, Caius takes the city of Corioles, is renamed Coriolanus in honour of his victory, and is encouraged to run for senate. However, his contempt for the citizens, who he calls "scabs" and "musty superfluity" ultimately leads to his exile and destructive alliance with his deadly foe, Aufidius. Despite its relative unpopularity, Coriolanus is a fascinating study of both public and personal life. Its language is dense and complex, as its representation of the tensions built into the fabric of Roman political life. Yet it also contains extraordinarily intimate scenes between Coriolanus and both his mother, who ultimately proves "most mortal" to her own son, and his enemy Aufidius, whose "rapt heart" is happier to see Coriolanus than his own wife. One of Shakespeare's darker and more disturbing plays. --Jerry Brotton
King Henry IV, Part 1
William Shakespeare
David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry IV Part 1 and shows how these complicate any easy sense of what kind of play it is. Conventionally regarded as a history play, much of it is in fact conspicuously invented fiction, and Kastan argues that the non-historical, comic plot does not simply parody the historical action but by its existence raises questions about the very nature of history. The full and engaging introduction devotes extensive discussion to the play's language, indicating how its insistent economic vocabulary provides texture for the social concerns of the play and focuses attention on the central relationship between value and political authority. Kastan also covers the recurrence of the word "honor" in the text and the role that women play. Appendices provide the sources of 1 Henry IV, discussions of Shakespeare's metrics, and the history of the manuscript. The appendix on casting features a doubling chart to show which characters may be played by one actor. Photographic images of the original Q0 Fragment, which is assumed to have been printed in Peter Short's printing house in 1598, appear in the fifth appendix. Finally, a reference section provides a list of abbreviations and references, a catalog of Shakespeare’s works and works partly by Shakespeare, and citations for the modern productions mentioned in the text, other collated editions of Shakespeare's work, and other related reading. The Arden Shakespeare has developed a reputation as the pre-eminent critical edition of Shakespeare for its exceptional scholarship, reflected in the thoroughness of each volume. An introduction comprehensively contextualizes the play, chronicling the history and culture that surrounded and influenced Shakespeare at the time of its writing and performance, and closely surveying critical approaches to the work. Detailed appendices address problems like dating and casting, and analyze the differing Quarto and Folio sources. A full commentary by one or more of the play’s foremost contemporary scholars illuminates the text, glossing unfamiliar terms and drawing from an abundance of research and expertise to explain allusions and significant background information. Highly informative and accessible, Arden offers the fullest experience of Shakespeare available to a reader.
Richard II
William Shakespeare
Written in 1595, Richard II occupies a significant place in the Shakespeare canon, marking the transition from the earlier history plays dominated by civil war and stark power to a more nuanced representation of the political conflicts of England's past where character and politics are inextricably intertwined. It is the first of four connected plays--including 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, and Henry V--generally considered Shakespeare's finest history plays. The drama of Richard II centers on the power struggle between the grandiloquent King Richard and the plain-spoken, blunt Henry Bolingbroke, who is banished from Britain at the beginning of the play. But when Henry's father John of Gaunt dies, Richard confiscates his property with no regard to his son's rights, and Bolingbroke returns to confront the king, who surrenders his crown and is imprisoned in Pomfret Castle, where he is soon murdered. This new edition in the acclaimed Oxford Shakespeare series features a freshly edited version of the text. The wide-ranging introduction describes the play's historical circumstances, both the period that it dramatizes (the start of the "wars of the roses") and the period in which it was written (late Elizabethan England), and the play's political significance in its own time and our own. It also focuses on the play's richly poetic language and its success over the centuries as a play for the stage. Extensive explanatory notes help readers at all levels understand and appreciate the language, characters, and dramatic action and the book's lively illustrations provide a sense of the historical background and performance of the play.
The Comedy of Errors
William Shakespeare
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As You Like It
William Shakespeare
Readers and audiences have long greeted As You Like It with delight. Its characters are brilliant conversationalists, including the princesses Rosalind and Celia and their Fool, Touchstone. Soon after Rosalind and Orlando meet and fall in love, the princesses and Touchstone go into exile in the Forest of Arden, where they find new conversational partners. Duke Frederick, younger brother to Duke Senior, has overthrown his brother and forced him to live homeless in the forest with his courtiers, including the cynical Jaques. Orlando, whose older brother Oliver plotted his death, has fled there, too.
Recent scholars have also grounded the play in the issues of its time. These include primogeniture, passing property from a father to his oldest son. As You Like It depicts intense conflict between brothers, exposing the human suffering that primogeniture entails. Another perspective concerns cross-dressing. Most of Orlando’s courtship of Rosalind takes place while Rosalind is disguised as a man, “Ganymede.” At her urging, Orlando pretends that Ganymede is his beloved Rosalind. But as the epilogue reveals, the sixteenth-century actor playing Rosalind was male, following the practice of the time. In other words, a boy played a girl playing a boy pretending to be a girl.
Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the greatest playwright in the English language. This exclusive collection of the Bard's best works has been designed specifically for readers new to Shakespeare's rich literary legacy. Each play ispresented complete and unabridged, in large print. Every book is well illustrated, and starts with a commentary and character summary. Scene synopses and character summaries clarify confusing plots, while incisive essays explore the historical context and Shakespeare's sources. Each book ends with a complete list of Shakespeare's plays and a brief chronology of the Bard's life. The detailed explanatory notes are written clearly and positioned right next to the text--no more squinting at microscopic footnotes or flipping pages back and forth in search of endnotes!
The new edition of the series features new covers and new illustrations, including both new drawings and photos from recent productions of Shakespeare's plays around the globe. In addition, the notes and the introductory material have been completely revised in line with new research and in order tomake them clearer and more accessible. Finally, the entire text has been redesigned and reset to enhance readability. The new edition achieves the feat of unprecedented clarity of presentation without any cuts to the original text or the detailed explanations.
Othello
William Shakespeare
In Othello, Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (between the exotic Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona), with elopement, and with intense mutual devotion and that ends precipitately with jealous rage and violent deaths. He sets this story in the romantic world of the Mediterranean, moving the action from Venice to the island of Cyprus and giving it an even more exotic coloring with stories of Othello's African past. Shakespeare builds so many differences into his hero and heroine—differences of race, of age, of cultural background—that one should not, perhaps, be surprised that the marriage ends disastrously. But most people who see or read the play feel that the love that the play presents between Othello and Desdemona is so strong that it would have overcome all these differences were it not for the words and actions of Othello's standard-bearer, Iago, who hates Othello and sets out to destroy him by destroying his love for Desdemona. As Othello succumbs to Iago's insinuations that Desdemona is unfaithful, fascination—which dominates the early acts of the play—turns to horror, especially for the audience. We are confronted by spectacles of a generous and trusting Othello in the grip of Iago's schemes; of an innocent Desdemona, who has given herself up entirely to her love for Othello only to be subjected to his horrifying verbal and physical assaults, the outcome of Othello's mistaken convictions about her faithlessness.
Love Poems and Sonnets
William Shakespeare
The greatest sonnets ever written, by the greatest poet and playwright in the English language
Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare
In Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare includes two quite different stories of romantic love. Hero and Claudio fall in love almost at first sight, but an outsider, Don John, strikes out at their happiness. Beatrice and Benedick are kept apart by pride and mutual antagonism until others decide to play Cupid.
The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works
William Shakespeare
The text in this edition is based on the 1623 First Folio, the first and original Complete Works lovingly assembled and seen into print by Shakespeare's fellow-actors. The First Folio is a literary icon and is the version of Shakespeare's text preferred by many actors and directors, yet no one has edited it in its entirety for over three hundred years.
At the request of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmunssen, two of today's most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, have used the very latest techniques and research to correct the errors and variations in the early printed copies and to present the First Folio for modern readers. The result is a fresh and definitive Complete Works for the twenty-first century.
This edition includes all the material that might be needed by a student of Shakespeare. The Sonnets, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Pericles, Shakespeare's scene from Sir Thomas More, Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Phoenix and Turtle, and a number of other interesting passages not published in the First Folio are also included.
'This is a glorious edition of one of the world's most important books. It's the essential reference book for anyone who's ever been in love, felt jealousy, hatred, or desire. All human life is here — and every home should have one.'
-Dame Judi Dench
'A splendid edition … the general introduction is among the best 50-page guides to Shakespeare you could hope to find, while the short essays prefixed to each play are informative, thought-provoking and humane. Marginal notes help readers imagine what's happening onstage … the RSC's edition allows you to lose yourself in the wonder of the works.'
-Dr Colin Burrow, Oxford University
'A triumphant addition to our times.'
-Fiona Shaw, The Times
'The scholarly apparatus is discreet, elegant and pertinent. For each play, we get brief accounts of plots, dates and sources … footnotes are found snugly and legibly at the bottom of each page … there is a universe to be found in these annotations: the Renaissance world of power and fate, sex and death, language and philosophy … an edition full of endless fascination.'
-Tom Deveson, Times Educational Supplement
'Bate's general introduction to Shakespeare's life, stage and reputation is superb, and the short introductions to individual works are among the best of their kind available … they manage to speak about what really matters about the plays.'
-Professor Michael Dobson, London Review of Books
'Excellent, succinct notes and introductions to each play.'
-John Carey, Sunday Times
'Outstanding … Jonathan Bate writes with as much elegance as insight about the making of theatre and the creation of the plays … an impeccably informative introduction gives a comprehensive theatrical, social, political and biographical context to the plays … exemplary notes at the foot of each page translate verbal and topical obscurities … for actors and directors it will be incomparably useful, but for any curious reader of Shakespeare's plays it provides an invaluable guide to reading them not as novels or dramatic poems, but as they were intended to be read: blueprints for live performance.'
-Richard Eyre, Sunday Telegraph
Venus and Adonis
William Shakespeare
Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal youth Adonis, dedicated partly to his patron, the Earl of Southampton (thought by some to be the beautiful youth to which many of the Sonnets are addressed). The poem recounts Venus' attempts to woo Adonis, their passionate coupling, and Adonis' rejection of the goddess, to which she responds with jealousy, with tragic results.
Measure for Measure
William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure is among the most passionately discussed of Shakespeare’s plays. In it, a duke temporarily removes himself from governing his city-state, deputizing a member of his administration, Angelo, to enforce the laws more rigorously. Angelo chooses as his first victim Claudio, condemning him to death because he impregnated Juliet before their marriage.Claudio’s sister Isabella, who is entering a convent, pleads for her brother’s life. Angelo attempts to extort sex from her, but Isabella preserves her chastity. The duke, in disguise, eavesdrops as she tells her brother about Angelo’s behavior, then offers to ally himself with her against Angelo.
Antony and Cleopatra
William Shakespeare
A romantic tragedy about the relationship between Mark Antony and the Queen of Egypt, including notes and critical commentary.
King John
William Shakespeare
King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England. It is believed to have been written in the mid-1590s but was not published until it appeared in the First Folio in 1623.
Henry VI, Part 1
William Shakespeare
Henry VI, Part 1 is an uncompromising celebration of early English nationalism that contrasts the English with the French, portrayed here as effeminate and scheming.A boy king, Henry VI, is on the English throne, and the indomitable Talbot leads the English cause in France. Joan La Pucelle (Joan of Arc), who becomes captain of the French, claims to be chosen by the Virgin Mary to liberate France. The English, however, consider her a sensual witch.Many of the English nobility remain, quarreling, at home. Once in France, some seek permission to fight each other there. Talbot and his son cannot prevail; the English defeat themselves by preying on each other.
King Henry VI, Part 3
William Shakespeare
This new edition to the Oxford Shakespeare series, based on the 1623 First Folio text, challenges conventional thinking about the nature and relationship of the earliest texts. It contributes substantial new evidence about Shakespeare's revision of the plays and the introduction and commentary focus on stage-oriented discussions of the play's meaning and reception.
King Henry VI, Part 2
William Shakespeare
The second play in Shakespeare's 'First Tetralogy,' this work continues the fictionalized account of King Henry VI's reign. It commences with the marriage of Henry VI with the French noblewoman Margaret of Anjou, whose influence in court is challenged by Duke Humphrey, the King's Protector. There is a large amount of aristocratic subversion in this play, in which the good Duke Humphrey is fatally ensnared. Richard, the Duke of York, emerges with a claim to the throne, which he uses to gain allies and organize a rebellion by Jack Cade. All of this contributes to the War of the Roses, which has already deeply factionalized the English nobility, and ultimately leads to the Battle of St. Albans. Full of characters who challenge basic concepts of conscience and the fragile relationship of law and fairness, "Henry VI, Part II" is a substantial Shakespearian work in the midst of an epic cycle of the Bard's plays.
Pericles
William Shakespeare
Pericles tells of a prince who risks his life to win a princess, but discovers that she is in an incestuous relationship with her father and flees to safety. He marries another princess, but she dies giving birth to their daughter. The adventures continue from one disaster to another until the grown-up daughter pulls her father out of despair and the play moves toward a gloriously happy ending.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
William Shakespeare
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Cymbeline
William Shakespeare
Cymbeline tells the story of a British king, Cymbeline, and his three children, presented as though they are in a fairy tale. The secret marriage of Cymbeline’s daughter, Imogen, triggers much of the action, which includes villainous slander, homicidal jealousy, cross-gender disguise, a deathlike trance, and the appearance of Jupiter in a vision.
Cymbeline displays unusually powerful emotions with a tremendous charge. Like some of Shakespeare’s other late work—especially The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest—it is an improbable story lifted into a nearly mythic realm.
Troilus and Cressida
William Shakespeare
The Arden Shakespeare is the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's plays. Now in its third series, Arden offers the best in contemporary scholarship. Each volume guides you to a deeper understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's work.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
William Shakespeare
While the word “gentlemen” suggests that its heroes are adults, The Two Gentlemen of Verona is more intelligible if we think of them as boys, leaving home for the first time. One has a crush on a girl, Julia, though he hasn’t yet told her. Sent to court to learn to be “perfect gentlemen,” Valentine and Proteus are derailed by their attraction to Sylvia, the ruler’s daughter. Valentine’s mental denseness does not deter Sylvia from returning his love, but he is caught, and banished, when he tries to elope with her. Proteus’s desire for Sylvia wipes out his former love, leading him into despicable acts that win scorn from Sylvia and wound Julia, who has pursued him disguised as a boy. When Sylvia follows Valentine into banishment, Proteus follows Sylvia, and Julia follows Proteus, the stage is set for a disturbing ending. But the stage is also set for the “gentlemen” to take small steps toward maturity. The authoritative edition of The Two Gentlemen of Verona from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases -An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play -Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books -An annotated guide to further reading Essay by Jeffrey Masten The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.
Henry IV, Part Two
William Shakespeare
The stirring continuation of the themes begun in Henry IV, Part One again pits a rebellion within the State and that master of misrule, Falstaff, against the maturing of Prince Hal. Alternating scenes between bawdy tavern and regal court, between revelry and politics, Shakespeare probes at the sources, uses, and responsibilities of power as an old king dies and a young king must choose between a ruler's solemn duty and a merry but dissipated friend, Falstaff. The play represents Shakespeare at the peak of his maturity in writing historical drama and comedy.
All's Well That Ends Well
William Shakespeare
Helena, a ward of the Countess of Rousillion, falls in love with the Countess's son, Bertram. Daughter of a famous doctor, and a skilled physician in her own right, Helena cures the King of France-who feared he was dying-and he grants her Bertram's hand as a reward. Bertram, however, offended by the inequality of the marriage, sets off for war, swearing he will not live with his wife until she can present him with a son, and with his own ring-two tasks which he believes impossible. However with the aid of a bed trick, Helena fulfils his tasks, Bertram realises the error of his ways, and they are reconciled. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Titus Andronicus
William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus is one of Shakespeare's earliest and bloodiest tragedies and was hugely successful in his lifetime. Subsequent generations have struggled with its bold confrontation of violence but in the 20th and 21st centuries the play has chimed with audiences again, perhaps because of its simultaneously shocking and playful approach to violent revenge and bodily mutilation. Jonathan Bate's original Arden edition was first published in 1995 and has had a significant influence on how the play has been performed and studied in the past 20 years. This revised edition includes a new 10,000 word introductory essay in which Bate reassess his views on the play's co-authorship with George Peele in the light of contemporary textual scholarship and updates his lively account of the play's performance history, on the international stage and screen. With detailed on-page commentary notes this will continue to be the edition of choice for students, scholars and theatre-makers.
The Winter's Tale
William Shakespeare
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The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems and an extensive introduction. The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's most varied, theatrically self-conscious, and emotionally wide-ranging plays. Much of the play's copiousness inheres in its generic intermingling of tragedy, comedy, romance, pastoral, and the history play. In addition to dates and sources, the introduction attends to iterative patterns, the nature and cause of Leontes' jealousy, the staging and meaning of the bear episode, and the thematic and structural implications of the figure of Time. Special attention is paid to the ending and its tempered happiness. Performance history is integrated throughout the introduction and commentary. Appendices include the theatrical practice of doubling.
Henry V
William Shakespeare
Henry V is Shakespeare’s most famous “war play”; it includes the storied English victory over the French at Agincourt. Some of it glorifies war, especially the choruses and Henry’s speeches urging his troops into battle. But we also hear bishops conniving for war to postpone a bill that would tax the church, and soldiers expecting to reap profits from the conflict. Even in the speeches of Henry and his nobles, there are many chilling references to the human cost of war.
The authoritative edition of Henry V from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:
-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
-Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
-Scene-by-scene plot summaries
-A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases
-An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language
-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books
-An annotated guide to further reading
The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare
Love and wit conquer all in Shakespeare's sparkling comedy of self-delusion and disguise.
Padua holds many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister, Kate, is wed. Could any man be rash enough to take on Kate?
The witty adventurer Petruchio undertakes the task. While he sets about transforming Kate from foul-tempered termagant to loving wife, young Lucentio and his clever servant, Tranio, plot to win Bianca.
Frances Barber and Roger Allam are Kate and Petruchio. Lucentio is played by Alan Cox.
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
Alternate Cover/publisher Edition ISBN 0743482832 (ISBN13: 9780743482837)
Each edition includes:
• Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
• Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
• Scene-by-scene plot summaries
• A key to famous lines and phrases
• An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
• An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
• Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
Shakespeare's Sonnets
William Shakespeare
The Arden Shakespeare has long been acclaimed as the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's work. Now being totally reedited for the third time, Arden editions offer the very best in contemporary scholarship. Each volume provides a clear and authoritative text, edited to the highest standards; detailed textual notes and commentary on the same page of the text; full contextual, illustrated introduction, including an in-depth survey of critical and performance approaches to the play; and selected bibliography.
Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare
Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays with love and power. The Countess Olivia, a woman with her own household, attracts Duke (or Count) Orsino. Two other would-be suitors are her pretentious steward, Malvolio, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek.
Onto this scene arrive the twins Viola and Sebastian; caught in a shipwreck, each thinks the other has drowned. Viola disguises herself as a male page and enters Orsino’s service. Orsino sends her as his envoy to Olivia—only to have Olivia fall in love with the messenger. The play complicates, then wonderfully untangles, these relationships.
The Complete Works
William Shakespeare
Tempest
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Merry Wives of Windsor
Measure for Measure
Comedy of Errors
Much Ado About Nothing
Love's Labour's Lost
Midsummer Night's Dream
Merchant of Venice
As You Like It
Taming of the Shrew
All's Well That Ends Well
Twelfth Night
Winter's Tale
King John
King Richard II
King Henry IV. Part 1
King Henry IV. Part 2
King Henry V
King Henry VI. Part 1
King Henry VI. Part 2
King Henry VI. Part 3
King Richard III
King Henry VIII
Troilus and Cressida
Coriolanus
Titus Andronicus
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Hamlet
King Lear
Othello
Anthony and Cleopatra
Cymbeline
Pericles
Venus and Adonis
Rape of Lucrece
Sonnets
Lover's Complaint
Passionate Pilgrim
Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music
Phoenix and the Turtle
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. When Antonio's business falters, repayment becomes impossible--and by the terms of the loan agreement, Shylock is able to demand a pound of Antonio's flesh. Portia cleverly intervenes, and all ends well (except of course for Shylock).
King Lear
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain that it represents. Its figures harden their hearts, engage in violence, or try to alleviate the suffering of others. Lear himself rages until his sanity cracks. What, then, keeps bringing us back to King Lear? For all the force of its language, King Lear is almost equally powerful when translated, suggesting that it is the story, in large part, that draws us to the play.
The play tells us about families struggling between greed and cruelty, on the one hand, and support and consolation, on the other. Emotions are extreme, magnified to gigantic proportions. We also see old age portrayed in all its vulnerability, pride, and, perhaps, wisdom—one reason this most devastating of Shakespeare’s tragedies is also perhaps his most moving.
The authoritative edition of King Lear from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:
-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
-Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
-Scene-by-scene plot summaries
-A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases
-An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language
-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books
-An annotated guide to further reading
Essay by Susan Snyder
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
One night on the heath, the brave and respected general Macbeth encounters three witches who foretell that he will become king of Scotland. At first sceptical, he’s urged on by the ruthless, single-minded ambitions of Lady Macbeth, who suffers none of her husband’s doubt. But seeing the prophecy through to the bloody end leads them both spiralling into paranoia, tyranny, madness, and murder.
This shocking tragedy - a violent caution to those seeking power for its own sake - is, to this day, one of Shakespeare’s most popular and influential masterpieces.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander. Bad news is, Hermia's father wants Demetrius for a son-in-law. On the outside is Helena, whose unreturned love burns hot for Demetrius. Hermia and Lysander plan to flee from the city under cover of darkness but are pursued by an enraged Demetrius (who is himself pursued by an enraptured Helena). In the forest, unbeknownst to the mortals, Oberon and Titania (King and Queen of the faeries) are having a spat over a servant boy. The plot twists up when Oberon's head mischief-maker, Puck, runs loose with a flower which causes people to fall in love with the first thing they see upon waking. Throw in a group of labourers preparing a play for the Duke's wedding (one of whom is given a donkey's head and Titania for a lover by Puck) and the complications become fantastically funny.
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
Among Shakespeare's plays, "Hamlet" is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is considered the jewel in the crown of a triumphant theatrical career. Now Kenneth Branagh plays the leading role and co-directs a brillant ensemble performance. Three generations of legendary leading actors, many of whom first assembled for the Oscar-winning film "Henry V", gather here to perform the rarely heard complete version of the play. This clear, subtly nuanced, stunning dramatization, presented by The Renaissance Theatre Company in association with "Bbc" Broadcasting, features such luminaries as Sir John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi, Emma Thompson and Christopher Ravenscroft. It combines a full cast with stirring music and sound effects to bring this magnificent Shakespearen classic vividly to life. Revealing new riches with each listening, this production of "Hamlet" is an invaluable aid for students, teachers and all true lovers of Shakespeare - a recording to be treasured for decades to come.
Richard III
William Shakespeare
This is Richard III with a new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from all existing printings; it uses the First Quarto, the text closest to the play as it would have been staged. It includes passages from Sir Thomas More's 'History of Richard III'; on-page commentary and notes explain meaning, staging, allusions, and much else; and a detailed introduction that considers composition, sources, performances, and changing critical attitudes to the play. This edition also comes illustrated with production photographs and related art, a full index to the introduction and commentary, and has a durable sewn binding for lasting use.
Shakespeare's Henriad - Complete Tetralogy: Including a Detailed Analysis of the Main Characters: Richard II, King Henry IV and King Henry V
William Shakespeare
Shakespearian Henriad refers to a group of four William Shakespeare's history Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and Henry V. These four plays constitute the Shakespearian epic with Prince Harry, who later becomes Henry V, as a central figure. Thanks to Shakespeare, King Henry V today stands side by side with the classical epic heroes such are Achilles and Aeneas, as one of the greatest warrior kings of medieval England,.
The Tragedy of McBeth
William Shakespeare
After learning he was destined to be King, the scottish nobleman McBeth usurps the throne from King Duncan at the behest of his wife. McBeth, now king, becomes paranoid and worries even close friends are trying to steal the throne from him. His newfound anxieties and fear work against him as he does all he can to maintain himself upon the throne. One of the most well known plays by the great playwright William Shakespeare.
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
William Shakespeare
Separated from her twin brother Sebastian after a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a boy to serve the Duke Orsino. Wooing a countess on his behalf, she is stunned to find herself the object of her affections. Amorous intrigues, practical jokes, sexual confusion and riotous disorder ensue in this lyrical, hugely popular romantic comedy, which shows both the delights and the perils of desire.
A Midsummer's Night Dream (Illustrated)
William Shakespeare
• This e-book publication is unique which includes Illustrations. • A new table of contents has been included by the publisher. • This edition has been corrected for spelling and grammatical errors.
Укрощение строптивой
William Shakespeare
Комедия «Укрощение строптивой» - великолепная пьеса знаменитого английского драматурга Уильяма Шекспира (англ. William Shakespeare, 1564-1616).*** Перед нами история ухаживания великодушного дворянина Петруччо за гордой и своенравной Катариной. Лишь ему известно, что скрывается под непокорностью этой строптивой девушки… Комедия «Укрощение строптивой» известна читателю благодаря прекрасным постановкам и экранизациям. Уильям Шекспир является автором таких замечательных комедий, как «Много шума из ничего», «Комедия ошибок», «Укрощение строптивой», «Зимняя сказка», а также великолепных трагедий: «Тит Андроник», «Король Лир», «Юлий Цезарь», «Кориолан», «Антоний и Клеопатра» и др
Shakespeare in Autumn (Seasons Edition -- Fall): Select Plays and the Complete Sonnets
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare in Select Plays and the Complete Sonnets , by William Shakespeare, the greatest writer in the English language, is available in a fine exclusive collector’s edition featuring a laser-cut jacket on a textured book with foil stamping , making it ideal for fiction lovers and book collectors alike. Each collectible volume will be the perfect addition to any well-appointed library. The Shakespeare in Autumn Seasons Whether you’re buying this as a gift or as a self-purchase, this remarkable limited edition William Shakespeare has been lauded as one of history’s greatest and most influential writers of the English language. His poems and plays have been recited and studied for generations, and remain iconic works of literature. Shakespeare in Autumn includes a nuanced selection of Shakespeare’s finest works, Shakespeare in Select Plays and the Complete Sonnets by William Shakespeare (Seasons Edition--Fall) is one of four titles available in the Fall Seasons series. The Fall collection also includes Anne of Green Gables, Dracula, and Sense and Sensibility.
Hamletas
William Shakespeare
The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare: The New Oxford Edition(Simplified)
William Shakespeare
The Riverside Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
After more than a generation and despite its many imitators, The Riverside Shakespeare remains the Shakespeare of choice for scholars and general readers alike. Recently revised to reflect the last quarter century of literary scholarship, it is now available in a deluxe edition - two volumes, bound in full cloth, in a handsome, four-color slipcase. The new, revised version of The Riverside Shakespeare retains all the features that made the first edition so popular - the invaluable notes, the wide-ranging introduction, and the brilliant critical prefaces to the individual works. Additions include the history play Edward IIIand the poem "A Funeral Elegy," both recently claimed for Shakespeare by computer-aided textual analysis. The original appendices have been updated and expanded and are joined by two new essays, "Twentieth-Century Shakespeare Criticism" and "Shakespeare's Plays in From 1970," the latter accompanied by eight pages of full-color photographs.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love. Theseus and Hippolyta, about to marry, are figures from mythology. In the woods outside Theseus’s Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves out into couples—but not before they form first one love triangle, and then another.Also in the woods, the king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy; Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, whose head is temporarily transformed into that of a donkey by a hobgoblin or “puck,” Robin Goodfellow. Finally, Bottom and his companions ineptly stage the tragedy of “Pyramus and Thisbe.”
Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story
William Shakespeare
Two perennial classics--William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and the Broadway musical West Side Story --in a single volume!
The tragedy of love thwarted by fate has always intrigued writers. In the sixteenth century, William Shakespeare took this theme and fashioned one of the world's great Romeo And Juliet . In our own time, Shakespeare's drama has been used as a basis for the overwhelmingly successful musical play West Side Story . Though one of these works is set among the nobility of Verona, and the other among immigrant families of New York's West Side, both tell the story of the plight of young star-crossed lovers.
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare
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Four Great Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew / A Midsummer Night's Dream / Twelfth Night / The Tempest
William Shakespeare
"Comedies," as one of Shakespeare's contemporaries wrote, 'begin in trouble and end in peace." This is certainly true of the four masterworks selected for this collection--The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, and The Tempest--each of which represents a significant stage in the development of the world's greatest dramatist. Reading these plays, we sample the whole comic spectrum of the Elizabethan world--from the satiric comes that portrays a world of people whose unreasonable behavior is ludicrous and in need of reform to the romantic comedy that takes us into a dreamlike holiday world whose inhabitants, for all their folly, are still endearing characters. And to give these plays more meaning for the modern reader, this edition includes the following special features:
An Introduction by Sylvan Barnet, general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series
Reliable texts by noted Shakespeare scholars
Texts printed in the clearest, most readable type
Name of each speaker given in full
Detailed footnotes at the bottom of each page keyed to the numbered lines of the text
Textual notes
Updated bibliography
--back cover
Is This a Dagger Which I See Before Me?
William Shakespeare
'And when I shall die,Take him and cut him out in little stars.'
This collection of Shakespeare's soliloquies, including both old favourites and lesser-known pieces, shows him at his dazzling best.
One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
Sonnets (No Fear Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare
No Fear Shakespeare puts Shakespeare's language side-by-side with a facing-page translation into modern English—the kind of English people actually speak today.
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Hamlet [suivi de] Le Roi Lear
William Shakespeare
Hamlet : J'ai depuis peu, pourquoi je n'en sais rien, perdu toute ma gaieté, abandonné mes habituels exercices ; et de fait mon humeur est si désolée que cet admirable édifice, la terre, me semble un promontoire stérile, et ce dais de l'air, si merveilleux n'est-ce pas, cette voûte superbe du firmament, ce toit auguste décoré de flammes d'or, oui, tout cela n'est plus pour moi qu'un affreux amas de vapeurs pestilentielles."Acte II, scène 2).
The Phoenix and the Turtle
William Shakespeare
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Henry IV, Part II (The RSC Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare
From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a fresh new edition of Shakespeare's profound exploration of a prince's coming of age and the rejection of old Jack FalstaffTHIS EDITION INCLUDES: • An illuminating introduction to Henry IV Part II by award-winning scholar Jonathan Bate• The play - with clear and authoritative explanatory notes on each page• A helpful scene-by-scene analysis and key facts about the play• An introduction to Shakespeare's career and the Elizabethan theatre• A rich exploration of approaches to staging the play featuring photographs of key productionsThe most enjoyable way to understand a Shakespeare play is to see it or participate in it. This unique edition presents a historical overview of Henry IV Part II in performance, recommends film versions, takes a detailed look at specific productions and includes interviews with two leading directors and an actor– Michael Boyd, Adrian Noble and Michael Pennington – so that we may get a sense of the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible, a variety that gives Shakespeare his unique capacity to be reinvented and made 'our contemporary' four centuries after his death. Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer an accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare's works for the twenty-first century.
King Richard II
William Shakespeare
Written in 1595, Richard II occupies a significant place in the Shakespeare canon, marking the transition from the earlier history plays dominated by civil war and stark power to a more nuanced representation of the political conflicts of England's past where character and politics are inextricably intertwined. It is the first of four connected plays--including 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, and Henry V--generally considered Shakespeare's finest history plays. The drama of Richard II centers on the power struggle between the grandiloquent King Richard and the plain-spoken, blunt Henry Bolingbroke, who is banished from Britain at the beginning of the play. But when Henry's father John of Gaunt dies, Richard confiscates his property with no regard to his son's rights, and Bolingbroke returns to confront the king, who surrenders his crown and is imprisoned in Pomfret Castle, where he is soon murdered. This new edition in the acclaimed Oxford Shakespeare series features a freshly edited version of the text. The wide-ranging introduction describes the play's historical circumstances, both the period that it dramatizes (the start of the "wars of the roses") and the period in which it was written (late Elizabethan England), and the play's political significance in its own time and our own. It also focuses on the play's richly poetic language and its success over the centuries as a play for the stage. Extensive explanatory notes help readers at all levels understand and appreciate the language, characters, and dramatic action and the book's lively illustrations provide a sense of the historical background and performance of the play.
Henry VI, Part 2
William Shakespeare
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The Rape of Lucrece
William Shakespeare
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Four Great Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, the Tempest (Signet Classic)
William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, and The Tempest
Romeo und Julia
William Shakespeare
Als Quelle diente Shakespeare das epische Gedicht "Romeo und Juliet", das 1562 erschien. Shakespeare schuf daraus das unsterbliche Liebespaar, dessen Liebe die verfeindeten Elternhäuser Montagnes und Capulets entgegenstanden. Noch heute zieht es Liebespaare aus aller Welt zum Schauplatz der Handlung nach Verona, wo die Szenen spielen, deren Liebesgespräche als die schönsten der Weltliteratur gelten.
Eine Einführung in das Drama enthält das Nachwort. Ausführliche Anmerkungen erleichtern das Verständnis der Dichtung.
Othelo (Chinese Edition)
William Shakespeare
Abridged traditional Chinese edition of the classic play by Shakespeare Othello. Illustrated in full color and annotated with BoPoMoFo phonics. In Traditional Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
Sueño de una noche de verano
William Shakespeare
Sueño de una noche de verano es una comedia de William Shakespeare, se cree que se han escrito entre 1590 y 1596. Retrata los acontecimientos que rodearon el matrimonio del duque de Atenas, Teseo, Hipólita. Estos incluyen las aventuras de cuatro jóvenes amantes atenienses y un grupo de seis actores aficionados (mecánicas), que son controlados y manipulados por las hadas que habitan el bosque en el que la mayor parte del juego se establece. La obra es una de las obras más populares de Shakespeare para la etapa y se lleva a cabo ampliamente en todo el mundo.
Romeo y Julieta
William Shakespeare
Eterno simbolo del amor que brota incontenible contra toda fuerza opuesta, Romeo y Julieta dramatiza una leyenda popularizada en el Renacimiento por incontables relatos italianos, franceses e ingleses, en prosa y verso, pero que apenas seria hoy recordada si no hubiera inspirado esta primera gran pieza teatral de Shakespeare, donde resabios de la lucha feudal y destellos comicos de sirvientes y camaradas se entremezclan magistralmente con el mas bello canto al amor. Romeo y Julieta es una de las obras mas populares de Shakespeare; la desgraciada historia de los amantes de Verona ha trascendido la literatura para situarse en el terreno de lo legendario y de lo mitico. En medio de la lucha entre familias rivales, dos personajes juveniles viven un amor tan apasionado como imposible. La reconciliacion llegara tarde, cuando ya se ha consumado la tragedia. La traicion, la lealtad, el odio, los celos, la pasion, son algunos de los temas que William Shakespeare llevo a las tablas permitiendo a sus personajes la libertad de elegir entre los caminos posibles, para luego atenerse a las consecuencias de su proceder. Escrita en cinco actos, Romeo y Julieta expresa de modo insuperable el mito del amor romantico arque tipico en la civilizacion moderna.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare In Plain and Simple English (Translated)
William Shakespeare
If you’ve always wanted to read Shakespeare, but are intimidated by the older language, then this is the perfect edition for you! Every single Shakespeare play is included in this massive anthology! Each play contains the original language with modern language underneath!
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Illustrated, Inline Footnotes)
William Shakespeare
Ebook specifically formatted for kindle devices and tested with all Kindle 5 way navigation functions and Kindle table of contents button. Ebook comes with main table of contents and interlinked sub table of contents.
• Each play Illustrated with Illustrations unique to this release, over 350 Illustrations in total.
• Biography and literary critique includes annotated inline footnotes.
The Plays.
The Comedies of William Shakespeare.
• All's Well That Ends Well. (Illustrated)
• As You Like It. (Illustrated)
• Comedy of Errors. (Illustrated)
• Cymbeline. (Illustrated)
• Love's Labour's Lost. (Illustrated)
• Measure for Measure. (Illustrated)
• Merchant of Venice. (Illustrated)
• Merry Wives of Windsor. (Illustrated)
• Midsummer Night's Dream. (Illustrated)
• Much Ado about Nothing. (Illustrated)
• Taming of the Shrew. (Illustrated)
• Tempest. (Illustrated)
• Troilus and Cressida. (Illustrated)
• Twelfth Night. (Illustrated)
• Two Gentlemen of Verona. (Illustrated)
• Winter's Tale. (Illustrated)
The Histories of William Shakespeare.
• Henry IV, Part 1. (Illustrated)
• Henry IV, Part 2. (Illustrated)
• Henry V. (Illustrated)
• Henry VI, Part 1. (Illustrated)
• Henry VI, Part 2. (Illustrated)
• Henry VI, Part 3. (Illustrated)
• Henry VIII. (Illustrated)
• King John. (Illustrated)
• Pericles. (Illustrated)
• Richard II. (Illustrated)
• Richard III. (Illustrated)
The Tragedies of William Shakespeare.
• Antony and Cleopatra. (Illustrated)
• Coriolanus. (Illustrated)
• Hamlet. (Illustrated)
• Julius Caesar. (Illustrated)
• King Lear. (Illustrated)
• Macbeth. (Illustrated)
• Othello. (Illustrated)
• Romeo and Juliet. (Illustrated)
• Timon of Athens. (Illustrated)
• Titus Andronicus. (Illustrated)
The Sonnets of William Shakespeare.
The Poems of William Shakespeare.
The Biographies of William Shakespeare.
• Some Account Of The Life Of Mr. William Shakespeare By Nicholas Rowe.
• Shakespeare His Life, Art, And Characters By Henry Norman Hudson.
• The People For Whom Shakespeare Wrote By Charles Dudley Warner.
• Life Of William Shakespeare By Sir Sidney Lee.
• Shakespeare's Family By Mrs. C. C. Stopes. (Inline Footnotes)
• The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story by Frank Harris.
• Shakespearean Playhouses: A History Of English Theatres Joseph Quincy Adams, Jr. (Illustrated / Inline Footnotes)
The Critical Works of William Shakespeare.
• Notes To Comedies By Samuel Johnson.
• Notes To Tragedies By Samuel Johnson.
• A Study Of Shakespeare By Algernon Charles Swinburne.
• Preface To Shakespeare And Notes On Plays By Samuel Johnson.
• Eighteenth Century Essays On Shakespeare By D. Nichol.
• Shakespeare's Attitude Toward The Working Classes By Ernest Crosby.
• Shakespearean Tragedy by A. C. Bradley. (Inline Footnotes)
• Leo Tolstoy on Shakespeare - A Critical Essay. (Inline Footnotes)
• Shakespeare By Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
• Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by William Hazlitt.
Romeo e Giulietta
William Shakespeare
Testo inglese a fronte
Ispirato, come molti testi elisabettiani, alla novellistica italiana, Romeo e Giulietta intreccia numerosi elementi nella vicenda dei due innamorati "nati sotto contraria stella". Dalla "morta viva", che affascinò e ispirò i preromantici e i romantici, al drammatico scontro tra due generazioni - la lotta tra le ragioni dell'odio e le ragioni dell'amore - il dramma si arricchisce di temi la cui complessità va oltre la vicenda d'amore.
Tuttavia è questa a fare di Romeo e Giulietta l'opera forse più celebre e più amata di Shakespeare; e nel contrasto tra la purezza, l'appassionata consapevolezza dell'amore (singolarmente quale si esprime nella figura di Giulietta, la prima elle "grandi innamorate" di Shakespeare) e l'inesorabile concatenarsi delle circostanze funeste va cercata la grandezza del dramma, la chiave della sua autentica dimensione tragica, annunciata nel Prologo grazie alla contrapposizione dei due termini amore e contraria stella. Qui infatti, forse per la prima volta in modo completo, il linguaggio shakespeariano si fa mirabilmente funzionale alla vicenda, trascorrendo dai preziosismi eufuistici di Romeo innamorato alla semplice immediatezza della passione di Giulietta fino al barocco, drammatico splendore delle scene finali.
Richard III, Roméo et Juliette, Hamlet
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare: Selected Poems
William Shakespeare
The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations From Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Complete Works
William Shakespeare
Romeo y Julieta / Romeo and Juliet (Spanish Edition)
William Shakespeare
En midsommarnattsdröm
William Shakespeare
En fruktbarhetsrit, ett sagospel eller ett elisabetanskt hovspektakel? En midsommarnattsdröm är allt detta och mycket mer. Varje generation läsare och åskådare hittar nya perspektiv på pjäsen som är Shakespeares mest älskade komedi.
Den tolkning som Göran O Eriksson ger av detta fantastiska drömspel är på en gång fri och trogen originalet, fräck och lyrisk, romantisk och burlesk. För honom är kärlek och fruktbarhet det centrala temat: ”Kvinnligt ställs mot manligt, odling mot erövring, förnyelse mot utarmning… Så efter många förvecklingar slutar alltsammans i fruktbarhet och försoning. Detta förlopp är så starkt framhållet att man lätt kan tänka sig att pjäsen spelas för att åstadkomma det, alltså som en ritual för att övervinna de livshotande krafterna och frambesvärja nytt liv”, skriver han i sitt förord.
Macbeth: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English
William Shakespeare
This No Fear Shakespeare ebook gives you the complete text of Macbeth and an easy-to-understand translation.
Each No Fear Shakespeare contains
The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary
Othello. Englischer Text mit deutschen Worterklärungen. B2 (GER): Shakespeare, William – Originalversion; Erläuterungen; Literaturhinweise – 19882 (Reclams Universal-Bibliothek)
William Shakespeare
Re Lear
William Shakespeare
The Sonnets
William Shakespeare
Come vi piace
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Collins Classics)
William Shakespeare
Amleto
William Shakespeare
Four Great Tragedies: Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth
William Shakespeare
BBC Radio Shakespeare Roman plays
William Shakespeare
Twelth Night, or What You Will. the Originals.
William Shakespeare
Sonnet 29 (When in disgrace with Fortune and men’s eyes)
William Shakespeare
Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Leatherbound Classic Collection) by William Shakespeare (2010) Leather Bound
William Shakespeare
El sueño de una noche de Verano. La fierecilla domada
William Shakespeare
El sueño de una noche de verano
William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English
William Shakespeare
Otelo
William Shakespeare
Romeu e Julieta
William Shakespeare
Hamlet - Hasan Ali Yücel Klasikler Dizisi(Paperback)
William Shakespeare
This above all: to thine own self be true;
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
The searing tragedy of young student Hamlet, tormented by his father's death and confronting each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world.
Romeo ve Juliet
William Shakespeare
Oyunları ve şiirlerinde insanlık durumlarını dile getiriş gücüyle yaklaşık 400 yıldır bütün dünya okur ve seyircilerini etkilemeyi sürdüren efsanevi yazar, Romeo ve Juliet'te birbirinden farklı pek çok toplumda benzerleriyle karşılaşılan trajik bir ilişkiyi, düşman ailelerin çocukları arasında doğan aşkı ele alır. Romeo ile Juliet'in umutsuz aşkını romantik örgüsünün yarı karanlık örtüsüyle sarmalayan eser, buna rağmen insan ilişkilerini gerçekçi bir anlayışla gözler önüne serer.
William Shakespeare Tragedies (Word Cloud Classics)
William Shakespeare
King Henry V
William Shakespeare
Distinguished editor T.W. Craik makes an independent and balanced examination of the many textual problems of Henry V, providing many new emendations. He begins his illustrated introduction with a commentary on the date and sources of the play, before taking up the problem of the Quarto and Folio texts; in Craik's view, the Quarto texts are evolving and incomplete versions of the play, with the First Folio best representing what was written by Shakespeare himself and performed to the public. Following his own substantial critical analysis King Henry V, the editor surveys other critical approaches to the play and lays out its performance history. Preceding the play itself is an explanation of Craik's text, with more analysis of the Quarto and Folio versions shedding light on the arduous process of compiling an edition of Shakespeare. Five appendices follow the play: The First Quarto of 1600, a map of France and the south of England, a map of the route of Henry V's army from 13 August to 17 November 1415, a genealogical table, and a doubling chart. The edition also includes a list of abbreviations used for reference.
Manga Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
A Tempestade
William Shakespeare
Repleta de mistérios, esta peça tem como cenário uma ilha habitada por um poderoso feiticeiro em busca de vingança. Embora seja um dos textos mais breves do autor, sua trama é cheia de reviravoltas que abordam os temas universais da liberdade e do perdão.
Considerado o último texto escrito pelo lendário William Shakespeare, A tempestade segue provocando interpretações radicalmente diversas, que vão da releitura fantástica de Neil Gaiman, passando pela psicanálise e chegando ao feminismo pós-colonial de Silvia Frederici.
Em uma ilha desabitada que pertencia a uma velha bruxa, Próspero, o antigo duque de Milão, provoca uma tempestade sobrenatural que naufraga o navio onde se encontra seu irmão, que lhe usurpou o título real. É o primeiro passo de um projeto de vingança que sofre diversos imprevistos ― em parte graças à figura misteriosa de Calibã, um dos personagens mais instigantes do autor. Escravo deformado, filho da bruxa que governara a ilha, seu ódio pelo duque é interpretado pelos críticos contemporâneos à luz da revolta dos povos colonizados.
A tempestade evoca tanto discussões extremamente atuais sobre a relação entre os seres humanos e a natureza, que segue misteriosa para os olhos científicos e desencantados do homem ocidental, quanto questões de disputas políticas, desforra e até uma história de amor temperada pela magia, mantendo um movimento constante no enredo e divertindo os leitores de todas as épocas.
A tradução do premiado José Francisco Botelho valoriza a métrica, dando características oratórias diferentes a cada personagem e reconstruindo o marejar das ondas que circundam a ilha onde se passa a ação. Ao mesmo tempo, sua fluidez e clareza oferecem um Shakespeare acessível para leitores de todas as idades e para aqueles que nunca leram uma obra do autor.
“A magia em A tempestade é real (…) O livro traz muitas questões sem resposta.” ― Margaret Atwood
“Uma obra que apela à imaginação.”― Samuel Coleridge
Roméo et Juliette
William Shakespeare
Henry the Fifth by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
A Megera Domada
William Shakespeare
Romeo i Julija: uzvišena i tugaljiva tragedija Romea i Julije
William Shakespeare
Najraniju od slavnih tragedija Romeo i Julija engleskoga dramatičara i pjesnika Williama Shakespearea donosimo u novom prijevodu Mate Marasa, koji je za ovu prigodu napisao i pogovor u kojemu je znalački i s puno duha skicirao kontekst u kojemu valja čitati Shakespearea, naglašavajući osobitosti Engleske potkraj 16. stoljeća i elizabetanskog kazališta.
Giulio Cesare
William Shakespeare
Noite de Reis
William Shakespeare
A Lover's Complaint, And, the Phoenix and Turtle
William Shakespeare
The Two Gentleman of Verona
William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part 1
William Shakespeare
Family relationships are at the center of Henry IV, Part 1. King Henry IV and Prince Hal form one major father-son pair, with Henry in despair because Hal lives a dissolute life. The father-son pair of Hotspur (Lord Henry Percy) and his father, the Earl of Northumberland, is in seeming contrast; the king envies Northumberland “his Harry,” wishing he could claim the gallant Hotspur as his own. Meanwhile, Hal has entered into a quasi-father-son relationship with a disreputable but amusing knight, Sir John Falstaff.
Another strand of action centers on still more family relationships. Hotspur’s stand against Henry focuses on Hotspur’s brother-in-law, Mortimer. Mortimer, who fought against the Welsh magician Owen Glendower, was defeated and captured and has married Glendower’s daughter. King Henry pronounces Mortimer a traitor whom he will not ransom. Hotspur, in declaring war on Henry, sees himself as fighting for Mortimer, his wife’s brother.
The authoritative edition of Henry IV, Part 1 from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:
-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
-Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
-Scene-by-scene plot summaries
-A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases
-An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language
-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books
-An annotated guide to further reading
Essay by Alexander Leggatt
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.
MACBETH EDICION BILINGUE
William Shakespeare
Sonho de uma Noite de Verão
William Shakespeare
Numa noite de verão, num bosque, quatro jovens enamorados encontram-se e desencontram-se: Lisandro ama Hérmia que ama Lisandro e é amada por Demétrio, que é amado por Helena; depois, Demétrio ama Helena, que ama Demétrio e é amada por Lisandro, que é amado por Hérmia. Na manhã seguinte, tudo se resolve, e há um casamento triplo, pois casam-se também o Duque de Atenas e a Rainha das amazonas. Na festa, no palácio do Duque, apresenta-se uma peça de teatro amador, escrita e encenada por trabalhadores locais. É hilariante de tão ruim a "comédia trágica", que teve ensaio naquela noite de verão, naquele bosque, habitado por fadas e duendes que têm seu Rei e sua Rainha, que disputam a guarda de um menino indiano, e por isso esta Rainha apaixona-se, naquela noite de verão, por um mortal com cabeça de burro.
King Lear: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English
William Shakespeare
This No Fear Shakespeare ebook gives you the complete text of King Lear and an easy-to-understand translation.
Each No Fear Shakespeare contains
The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary
As You Like It: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English
William Shakespeare
This No Fear Shakespeare ebook gives you the complete text of As You Like It and an easy-to-understand translation.
Each No Fear Shakespeare contains
The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary
Richard III: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English
William Shakespeare
This No Fear Shakespeare ebook gives you the complete text of Richard III and an easy-to-understand translation. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains
The Tempest: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English
William Shakespeare
This No Fear Shakespeare ebook gives you the complete text of The Tempest and an easy-to-understand translation.
Each No Fear Shakespeare contains
The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary
Henry V: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English
William Shakespeare
Henry V is Shakespeare’s most famous “war play”; it includes the storied English victory over the French at Agincourt. Some of it glorifies war, especially the choruses and Henry’s speeches urging his troops into battle. But we also hear bishops conniving for war to postpone a bill that would tax the church, and soldiers expecting to reap profits from the conflict. Even in the speeches of Henry and his nobles, there are many chilling references to the human cost of war.
The Taming of the Shrew: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English
William Shakespeare
Taming Of The Shrew : No Fear Shakespeare - Sparknotes
Sogno di una notte di mezza estate
William Shakespeare
Agostino Lombardo prima di morire stava lavorando alla traduzione del Sogno di una notte di mezza estate, ma non ha potuto portare a termine l'opera. Nadia Fusini, che in passato era stata sua allieva, riprende la traduzione dove il suo maestro l'ha interrotta. Il risultato è nel bellissimo dramma che sa unire in felice miscela il mondo classico e quello nordico fiabesco, le allegorie rinascimentali, i romanzi cavallereschi, la tradizione greco-latina, in una vicenda dove diversi fili si intrecciano: la commedia degli equivoci con gli amori incrociati di Ermia e Lisandro, Demetrio ed Elena, il bosco fatato di Oberon e Titania (che rievocano nei loro litigi quelli di Giove e Giunone), la malizia del folletto Puck (che reputa folli gli uomini e non fa altro che far innamorare le coppie sbagliate coi filtri del suo signore), la recita degli attori-artigiani che rappresentano l'opera nell'opera (il dramma di Tiramo e Tisbe), infine il matrimonio mitologico di Teseo e Ippolita.
The Complete Pelican Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series has sold five million copies. Now Penguin is proud to offer this fully revised new hardcover edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare.
Since the series debuted more than forty years ago, developments in scholarship have revolutionized our understanding of William Shakespeare, his time, and his works. With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date research and debate, this revised edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare will be the premier choice for students, professors, and general readers for decades to come.
The general editors of the series: world-renowned Shakespeareans Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA: devoted seven years to preparing introductions and notes with a team of eminent scholars to the forty volumes of Shakespeare’s plays and poems. Now, the new series is complete and available in one lavish and complete edition.
* Authoritative and meticulously researched texts
* Illuminating new introductions and notes by distinguished authors
* Essays on Shakespeare’s life, the theatrical world of his time, and the selection of texts
* A handsome new design inside and out
* Deluxe packaging, including a full-linen case, ribbon marker, Smyth-sewn binding, printed endpapers, acid-free paper, and illustrations throughout
* Photos and drawings reflecting Shakespeare’s theatrical legacy
* Line numbers marking every tenth line and footnote references
* Both glossorial and explanatory notes appearing conveniently at the foot of the page
Tragedias. Obra completa 2
William Shakespeare
Tragedias es el segundo volumen de una colección de cinco que reúne las mejores traducciones contemporáneas, respetando el verso y la prosa originales. Un festín para los amantes de las buenas letras.Edición de Andreu JaumeTito Andrónicoversión de Alejandro SalasRomeo y Julietaversión de Josep Maria JaumàJulio Césarversión de Alejandra RojasHamletversión de Tomás SegoviaOteloversión de María Enriqueta González PadillaEl rey Learversión de Vicente Molina FoixMacbethversión de Agustín García CalvoAntonio y Cleopatraversión de María Enriqueta González PadillaTimón de Atenasversión de Nicolás SuescúnCoriolanoversión de María Enriqueta González Padilla
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