Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
The Great Comedies and Tragedies
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781840221459
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
The collection of the finest of Shakespeare's plays presents Shakespeare's comedies with introductions by Judith Buchanan and tragedies with introductions by Emma Smith
The Comedies
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Smithmark Publishers
ISBN: 9780765116925
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
"A collection of comedies written by William Shakespeare"--Provided by cataloger
The Comedies of William Shakespeare
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama (Comedy)
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakespeare
Author: William ShakespeareThe Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of Wm. Shakspere
Author: Wm ShakespeareThe Annotated Shakespeare
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN: 9780517535066
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"In this authoritative three-volume annotated edition, A. L. Rowse, the noted Elizabethan scholar, sets forth his extraordinary knowledge of William Shakespeare and his time. All Shakespeare's plays and poems are included. His comedies (Volume I), histories, sonnets and other poems (Volume II), and tragedies and romances (Volume III) are photographically reproduced from the highly praised Globe edition of 1904. Dr. Rowse has written a biography of Shakespeare, introductionsto each volume and each play, as well as supervised the annotations and the selection of the 4,200 illustrations. The introductions to the volumes describe the evolution of Shakespeare's art, his approach to comedy and tragedy, his themes and poetic impulse. The introductions to the plays place each in the perspective of the entire range of his work and his milieu. The annotations elucidate not only Shakespeare's language, but the biographical, historical, topical, literary, and symbolic aspects of the plays and poems themselves. The great merit of the annotations is that they help the reader, the actor, the producer, the student to understand and appreciate better the plays of Shakespeare, and to get new meaning and insight from them. The 4,200 illustrations make this also an incomparable visual edition of Shakespeare. They show actual scenes of the plays in photographs as well as in paintings by Delacroix, Gainsborough, Blake, and others, and pictures of historic figures such as Henry VI, Henry IV, and famous Shakespearean performers from the earliest days to the present. In addition, these volumes include set and costume designs, prints, facsimiles of title pages of first editions, and many other pertinent reproductions." -Publisher.
The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: Tragedies
Author: William ShakespeareFour Comedies
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Bantam Classics
ISBN: 0307420590
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
The Taming of the Shrew Robust and bawdy, The Taming of the Shrew captivates audiences with outrageous humor as Katharina, the shrew, engages in a contest of wills–and love–with her bridegroom, Petruchio, in a comedy of unmatched theatrical brilliance, filled with visual gags and witty repartee. A Midsummer Night's Dream Fairy magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood turn the mismatched rivalries of four young lovers into a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment, all touched by Shakespeare’s inimitable vision of the intriguing relationship between dreams and the waking world. The Merchant of Venice This dark comedy of love and money contains one of the truly mythic figures in literature–Shylock, the Jewish moneylender. The “pound of flesh” he demands as payment of Antonio’s debt has become a universal metaphor for vengeance. Here, pathos and farce combine with moral complexity and romantic entanglements, to display the extraordinary power and range of Shakespeare at his best. Twelfth Night Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy juxtaposes a romantic plot involving separated twins and mistaken identity with a more satiric one about the humiliation of a pompous killjoy. The hilarity is touched with melancholy, and the play ends, not with laughter, but with a clown’s plaintive song. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography
Author: William Shakespeare
Author: William Shakespeare