Cambridge University Press, 2014, 203, 978-1-107-61549-6 This Macbeth is part of the Cambridge School Sharespeare series. Like every other play in the series, it has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges.
Pofile Books, 2015. — 231 p. — ISBN: 978-1-781253-37-4. Shakespeare is the world's greatest writer. In this lively and authoritative introduction, Paul Edmondson presents Shakespeare afresh as a dramatist and poet, and encourages us to take ownership of the works for ourselves as words to be spoken as well as discussed. We get a wide sense of what his life was like, his rich...
Publisher New York: Riverhead Books. Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations: King Lear — New Edition. Copyright 2010 by Infobase Publishing. Introduction 2010 by Harold Bloom. Contributor Internet Archive. Language English. 181 p. King Lear is a cosmos falling into chaos. So are Othello, Macbeth, and Paradise Lost, but they do not match King Lear, the unique eminence in the...
Greenwich House, New York, 1988. — 2461 p. Three Volumes in One: The Comedies; The Histories, Sonnets, and Other Poems; The Tragedies and Romances. Edited, with Introductions, Notes, a Biography and Bibliography by A.L.Rowse. Illustrated in Color by Hans Printz.
Edited by R. Warwick Bond. — The Arden Shakespeare. General editor: W. J. Craig. — London: Methuen and Co., 1906. The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1589 and 1593. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and...
The content of this edition include a list of the illustrations featured within the text and a preface by the editor on her work with the play. The thorough introduction discusses the tragicomedy as a genre, the writers thought to have collaborated on this play and the question of its authorship, and the significance of collaboration and censorship in the era when the play was...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 23 p. "A Lover's Complaint" is a narrative poem published as an appendix to the original edition of Shakespeare's sonnets. It is given the title "A Lover's Complaint" in the book, which was published by Thomas Thorpe in 1609. Although published as Shakespeare's work, the poem's authorship has become a matter of critical...
EMC, 1998. — 120 p. — (The EMC Masterpiece Series Access Editions). “The lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact.” In A Midsummer Night's Dream, one of his finest and most imaginative comedies, Shakespeare explores the madness of love. The story is set in a wood outside Athens, where two young couples in romantic confusion encounter a band of mischievous...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 219 p. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 346 p. All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare. It is traditionally believed to have been written between 1604 and 1605, and was originally published in the First Folio in 1623. Though originally the play was classified as one of Shakespeare's comedies, the play is now considered by some critics to be...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 418 p. Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Sicilian revolt to Cleopatra's suicide during the...
Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Life of Marcus Antonius and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Parthian War to Cleopatra's suicide. The...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 311 p. As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the First Folio, 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility. As You Like It follows its heroine...
London UK: Arden Shakespeare,.2006.—457 p.—ISBN: 1-904271-21-9 English. Edited by Dussenberry Julliet. The Arden Shakespeare is now over one hundred years old. Newly edited from the original quarto and folio editions, the texts are presented in fully modernized form, with a textual apparatus that records all substantial divergences from those early printings. The notes and...
Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press,.2000.—232 p.—ISBN: 0-521-22232-X English. The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Edited by Hattaway Michael, professor of English Literature, University of Sheffield. This edition is supported by recent encyclopaedic works of reference: Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor, William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion, 1987, Kenneth S. Rothwell and...
Delphi Classics. 2011. — 42986 p. William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, 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". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately...
New York USA: Modern Library Paperback Edition,.2011.—488 p.—ISBN: 978-1-58836-881-2 English. Coriolanus (pronounced [korioˈlaːnus]) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus.
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 415 p. Coriolanus (pronounced [korioˈlaːnus]) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus.
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 382 p. Cymbeline, also known as Cymbeline, King of Britain or The Tragedy of Cymbeline, is a play by William Shakespeare, set in Wales and based on legends concerning the early Celtic British King Cunobeline. Although listed as a tragedy in the First Folio, modern critics often classify Cymbeline as a romance. Like Othello...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 434 p. The Tragedy of Hamlett, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the...
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius for murdering the old King Hamlet, Claudius's own brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the throne and marrying...
Claudius, King of Denmark. Hamlet, Son to the former, and Nephew to the present King. Polonius, Lord Chamberlain. Horatio, Friend to Hamlet. Laertes, Son to Polonius. Voltimand, Courtier. Cornelius, Courtier. Rosencrantz, Courtier.
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 331 p. Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second play in Shakespeare's tetralogy dealing with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV (two plays), and Henry V. Henry IV, Part 1 depicts a span of history that begins with Hotspur's...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 363 p. Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed written between 1596 and 1599. It is the third part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II and Henry IV, Part 1 and succeeded by Henry V. The play picks up where Henry IV, Part One left off. Its focus is on Prince Hal's journey toward kingship, and...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 291 p. Henry VI, Part 1 (often written as 1 Henry VI), is a history play by William Shakespeare, and possibly Thomas Nashe, believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas 2 Henry VI deals with the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, and the...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 346 p. Henry VI, Part 2 (often written as 2 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas 1 Henry VI deals primarily with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 337 p. Henry VI, Part 3 (often written as 3 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas 1 Henry VI deals with loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the...
A special edition for English-speaking schoolchildren and students of English literature. Full text with explanations and exercises. Cliffs Complete. All-In-One Resource! The Complete Original Play Plus - Expert Commentary - Notes and Definitions - Exclusive Character Map - Handy Review Exercices Edited by Sidney Lamb, Associate Professor of English Sir George Williams...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 253 p. 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...
Longman Group United Kingdom, 1990. — 320 p. Series: New Swan Shakespeare. Advanced Series ISBN10: 0582527465 ISBN13: 978-0582527461 This is a critical study of Shakespeare's "King Lear" for "A" level students. King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The titular character descends into madness after disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on...
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606, and is considered one of his greatest works. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological pre-Roman Celtic king. It has been widely adapted for stage and screen, with the part of Lear being played by many of the world's most accomplished actors.
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 404 p. King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological pre-Roman Celtic king. It has...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 274 p. King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377–1399) and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 329 p. Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s for a performance at the Inns of Court before Queen Elizabeth. It follows the King of Navarre and his three companions as they attempt to foreswear the company of women for three years of study and...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 269 p. Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. Set in Scotland, the play dramatizes the corrosive psychological and political effects produced when evil is chosen as a way to fulfil the ambition for power. The play is believed to have been written...
Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1606, with 1607 being the very latest possible date.
Yale University Press, 2005. — 256 p. Series: The Annotated Shakespeare ISBN10: 0300106548 ISBN13: 978-0300106541 Perhaps no other Shakespearean drama so engulfs its readers in the ruinous journey of surrender to evil as does Macbeth. A timeless tragedy about the nature of ambition, conscience, and the human heart, the play holds a profound grip on the Western imagination.
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 324 p. Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was (and continues to be) classified as comedy, but its mood defies those expectations. As a result and for a variety of reasons, some critics have labelled it as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. Originally...
ACT I. Scene I. Athens. The palace of Theseus. Scene II. Athens. Quince’s house. ACT II. Scene I. A wood near Athens. Scene II. Another part of the wood. ACT III. Scene I. The wood. Titania lying asleep. Scene II. Another part of the wood. ACT IV. Scene I. The same. Scene II. Athens. Quince’s house. ACT V. Scene I. Athens. The palace of Theseus.
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 327 p. Much Ado About Nothing is a comedic play by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623. Much Ado About Nothing is generally considered one of Shakespeare's best comedies,...
Yale University Press, 1917. — 138 p. Edited by Tucker Brooke. Much Ado About Nothing , comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written probably in 1598–99 and printed in a quarto edition from the author’s own manuscript in 1600. The play takes an ancient theme — that of a woman falsely accused of unfaithfulness — to brilliant comedic heights. Shakespeare used as his main...
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Series: Get Shakespeare! Fast and Easy. Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero. Benedick and Beatrice are engaged in a very "merry war"; they are both very glib and proclaim their scorn for love, marriage, and each other. In contrast, Claudio and Hero are sweet young people who are...
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University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 397 p. The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story Un Capitano Moro ("A Moorish Captain") by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565. The work revolves around four central...
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University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 261 p. Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. Whilst various arguments support that Shakespeare is the sole author of the play...
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University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 409 p. Richard III is a historical play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1592. It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of Richard III of England. The play is grouped among the histories in the First Folio and is most often classified as such. Occasionally,...
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Publication details not specified. Romeo Montague was in love with Juliet Capulet. He went over to her. ‘I don’t know who you are’ he said. ‘But I know that I love you.’ ‘You’re very handsome,’ she replied. ‘I think I love you too.’ Romeo kissed Juliet and then they kissed again. They were in love. In this Reader you will find: - Information about William Shakespeare’s life -...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 324 p. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays....
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young "star-cross'd lovers"whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding families.
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University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 264 p. Shakespeare's sonnets are a collection of 154 sonnets, dealing with themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality, first published in a 1609 quarto entitled SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS.: Never before imprinted. (although sonnets 138 and 144 had previously been published in the 1599 miscellany The...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 209 p. The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's early plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. The Comedy of Errors (along with The Tempest) is one of only two of Shakespeare's...
Oxford World's Classics, 2002. — 768 p. — (The Oxford Shakespeare). — ISBN: 978-0199535798. This is the only fully annotated and modernized edition to bring together Shakespeare's sonnets as well as all his poems (including those attributed to him after his death) in one volume. A full introduction discusses his development as a poet, and how the poems relate to the plays, and...
Comedies: All's Well That Ends Well. As You Like It. The Comedy of Errors. Cymbeline. Love's Labours Lost. Measure for Measure. The Merry Wives of Windsor. The Merchant of Venice. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Much Ado About Nothing. Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Taming of the Shrew. The Tempest. Troilus and Cressida. Twelfth Night. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Winter's Tale. Histories:...
Comedies: All's Well That Ends Well. As You Like It. The Comedy of Errors. Cymbeline. Love's Labours Lost. Measure for Measure. The Merry Wives of Windsor. The Merchant of Venice. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Much Ado About Nothing. Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Taming of the Shrew. The Tempest. Troilus and Cressida. Twelfth Night. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Winter's Tale. Histories:...
Pages: 2191. Distribution content: Comedies. All's Well That Ends Well. As You Like It. The Comedy of Errors. Cymbeline. Love's Labours Lost. Measure for Measure. The Merry Wives of Windsor. The Merchant of Venice. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Much Ado About Nothing. Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Taming of the Shrew. The Tempest. Troilus and Cressida. Twelfth Night. Two Gentlemen of...
Wordsworth Editions, 1994. — 1263 p. — (The Wordsworth Poetry Library). William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time. He excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the great tragedies of Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth as well as the moving history plays and the comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, The...
"The Life and Death of Julius Caesar" is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It is one of several plays written by Shakespeare based on true events from Roman history, which also include Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra. Although the title is Julius Caesar, Caesar is not the most visible character in its action, appearing alive in only...
"The Life and Death of Richard II" is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377–1399) and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's successors: Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; and...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 348 p. Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1599. It tells the story of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years' War. In the First Quarto text, it was entitled The Cronicle...
It is a collaborative history play, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, based on the life of King 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...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 345 p. The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. The Windsor of the play's title is a reference to Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England, and though nominally set in the reign of Henry IV, the play makes no pretence to exist...
The Merry Wives of Windsor was almost certainly required at short notice for a court occasion in 1597: Shakespeare threw into it all the creative energy that went into his Henry IV plays. Falstaff is here, with Pistol, Mistress Quickly, and Justice Shallow, in a spirited and warm-hearted 'citizen comedy'. Boisterous action is combined with situational irony and rich...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 91 p. The Passionate Pilgrim (1599) is an anthology of 20 poems collected and published by William Jaggard that were attributed to "W. Shakespeare" on the title page, only five of which are considered authentically Shakespearean. These are two sonnets, later to be published in the 1609 collection of Shakespeare's sonnets,...
The Passionate Pilgrim (1599) is an anthology of 20 poems collected and published by William Jaggard that were attributed to "W. Shakespeare" on the title page, only five of which are considered authentically Shakespearean. These are two sonnets, later to be published in the 1609 collection of Shakespeare's Sonnets, and three poems extracted from the play Love's Labour's Lost....
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 549 p. The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Lucretia. In his previous narrative poem, Venus and Adonis (1593), Shakespeare had included a dedicatory letter to his patron, the Earl of Southampton, in which he promised to write a "graver work". Accordingly, The Rape of...
Shakespeare's sonnets are a collection of 154 sonnets, dealing with themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality, first published in a 1609 quarto entitled Shakespeares sonnets.: Never before imprinted. (although sonnets 138 and 144 had previously been published in the 1599 miscellany The Passionate Pilgrim). The quarto ends with "A Lover's Complaint", a...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 304 p. The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the Induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself....
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University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 246 p. The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion...
The Tempest John Dover Wilson’s New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge edition of Shakespeare’s plays and poems until the 1980s. The series, long since out-of-print, is now reissued. Each work is available both individually and as part of a set, and each contains a lengthy and lively introduction, main text, and substantial notes and...
Chicago; New York: Lyons & Carnahan, 1913. — 168 p. Two Types of Plot Analysis. A Study of Plot with Reference to Macbeth. Macbeth. Life of Shakespeare. Source of the Plot. Date of Composition. Duration of the Action. Explanatory Words and Phrases. A Restoration Version of Act III of Macbeth. Title Page of the Restoration Version of Macbeth. Reproduction of Act III of the...
Cambridge University Press, 1969. — 110 p. — (The Cambridge Dover Wilson Shakespeare. Volume 38. Edited by John Dover Wilson). — First published 1921; digitally printed 2009. The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1589 and 1593. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 267 p. The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1589 and 1592. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and motifs with which he would later deal in more...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 328 p. The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, some modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some critics consider it to be one of Shakespeare's "problem plays", because the first...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 289 p. Timon of Athens is a play by William Shakespeare about the fortunes of an Athenian named Timon (and probably influenced by the philosopher of the same name, as well), generally regarded as one of his most obscure and difficult works. Originally grouped with the tragedies, it is generally considered such, but some...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 262 p. Titus Andronicus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and possibly George Peele, believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy, and is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were extremely popular...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 402 p. Troilus and Cressida is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1602. It was also described by Frederick S. Boas as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. The play ends on a very bleak note with the death of the noble Trojan Hector and destruction of the love between Troilus and Cressida....
Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press ,.2004.—187 p.—ISBN: 0-521-82792-2 English. The New Cambridge Shakespaire. Edited by Donno Elizbeth. At our feast wee had a play called 'Twelve Night, or What You Will', much like the Commedy of Err or es, or Menechmi in Plautus, but most like and neere to that in Italian called Inganni. A good practice in it to make the Steward beleeve...
(Modern Library Classics) Edited by: Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen Westminster, MD, USA: Modern Library - 2010 - 207 p. ISBN: 9780812969238 Subjects: Shipwreck survival - Drama. Brothers and sisters - Drama. Mistaken identity - Drama. Twins - Drama. Illyria - Drama. A pair of twins are separated by a shipwreck, each believing the other has drowned. A lovesick duke woos a...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 310 p. Twelfth Night; or, What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements drawn from the...
University of Virginia Library. Electronic Text Center, 85 p. Venus and Adonis is a poem by William Shakespeare, written in 1592–1593, with a plot based on passages from Ovid's Metamorphoses. It is a complex, kaleidoscopic work, using constantly shifting tone and perspective to present contrasting views of the nature of love.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. — 3392 p. — ISBN: 978-0-19-959115-2. The Complete Works: Modern Critical Edition is part of the landmark New Oxford Shakespeare — an entirely new consideration of all of Shakespeare's works, edited afresh from all the surviving original versions of his work, and drawing on the latest literary, textual, and theatrical scholarship. In one...
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. — x, 3382 p. — ISBN: 978-0-19-959115-2. The Complete Works: Modern Critical Edition is part of the landmark New Oxford Shakespeare — an entirely new consideration of all of Shakespeare's works, edited afresh from all the surviving original versions of his work, and drawing on the latest literary, textual, and theatrical scholarship. In one...
Oxford University Press, 2005. — 1344 p. — ISBN10: 0199267189 Hailed by The Washington Post as "a definitive synthesis of the best editions" and by The Times of London as "a monument to Shakespearean scholarship," The Oxford Shakespeare is the ultimate anthology of the Bard's work: the most authoritative edition of the plays and poems ever published. Now, almost two decades...
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