Two Gentlemen of Verona is commonly agreed to be Shakespeare's first comedy, and probably his first play. A comedy built around the confusions of doubling, cross - dressing and identity, it is also a play about the ideal of male friendship and what happens to those friendships when men fall in love.William Carroll's engaging Introduction focuses on the traditions and sources that stand behind the play and explores Shakespeare's unique and bold treatment of them. Special attention is given to the strong female figure of Julia and the controversial final scene.
Two Gentlemen of Verona is commonly agreed to be Shakespeare's first comedy, and probably his first play. A comedy built around the confusions of doub...
The first volume of Shakespeare's comedies contains: The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love's Labour Lost, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The first volume of Shakespeare's comedies contains: The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love's Labour Lost, R...
William Shakespeare, Dr. Pamela Mason, Sandra Clark (Sandra Clark, University of London, UK)
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most performed and studied tragedies. This major new Arden edition offers students detailed on-page commentary notes highlighting meaning and theatrical ideas and themes, as well as an illustrated, lengthy introduction setting the play in its historical, theatrical and critical context and outlining the recent debates about Middleton's possible co-authorship of some scenes.
A comprehensive and informative edition ideal for students and teachers seeking to explore the play in depth, whether in the classroom or on the stage.
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most performed and studied tragedies. This major new Arden edition offers students detailed on-page commenta...
William Shakespeare, Prof Kent Cartwright (University of Maryland, USA)
Shakespeare's dextrous comedy of two twin masters and two twin servants continually mistaken for one another is both farce and more than farce. The Comedy of Errors examines the interplay between personal and commercial relationships, and the breakdown of social order that follows the disruption of identity. As well as detailed on-page commentary notes, this new edition has a long, illustrated introduction exploring the play's performance and crtitical history, as well as its place in the comic tradition from Classical to modern times.
Shakespeare's dextrous comedy of two twin masters and two twin servants continually mistaken for one another is both farce and more than farce. The...
Wie ein elisabethanischer Superman herrscht der Zauberer Prospero über Natur, Geister und Menschen. Anstatt Rache an seinen Feinden zu nehmen, läßt er sie im Sturm überleben und zeigt damit den Weg zu Menschlichkeit und Selbsterkenntnis: "Wir sind vom Stoff, aus dem die Träume sind; und unser kleines Leben beginnt und schließt ein Schlaf."§Der Klassiker in der Neuübersetzung von Frank Günter.
Wie ein elisabethanischer Superman herrscht der Zauberer Prospero über Natur, Geister und Menschen. Anstatt Rache an seinen Feinden zu nehmen, läßt...
Ein besonderes Schmuckstck im Rahmen der neuen zweisprachigen Shakespeare-Edition bei dtv: Smtliche Sonette in einer modernen bertragung. Shakespeares berhmter Zyklus, in dem ein alternder Dichter einen schnen jungen Mann liebt und zugleich einer dark lady verfallen ist, entfaltet die ganze Skala der Gefhle, von Selbstmitleid und Wut bis zu Anbetung und Leidenschaft. Christa Schuenkes Neubersetzung, die in einzigartiger Weise dem klaren Ton und der emotionalen Intensitt dieser Dichtung gerecht wird, wurde mit dem renommierten Martin-Wieland-bersetzerpreis ausgezeichnet.
Ein besonderes Schmuckstck im Rahmen der neuen zweisprachigen Shakespeare-Edition bei dtv: Smtliche Sonette in einer modernen bertragung. Shakespeares...
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'Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.'
Considered one of Shakespeare's most rich and enduring plays, the depiction of its hero Hamlet as he vows to avenge the murder of his father by his brother Claudius is both powerful and complex. As Hamlet tries to find out the truth of the situation, his troubled relationship with his mother comes to the fore, as do the paradoxes in his personality. A play of carefully crafted conflict and tragedy, Shakespeare's intricate dialogue continues to...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
'Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.'
Banished from Italy, Prospero lives on a remote island with his daughter. Using his magic, he vows to seek revenge on the injustice dealt to him by his brother, but in doing so Shakespeare questions the difficulty of distinguishing 'men' from 'monsters', and the realities of justice.
Banished from Italy, Prospero lives on a remote island with his daughter. Using his magic, he vows to seek revenge on the injustice dealt to him by hi...
When four young lovers flee from Athens and become lost in an enchanted wood, they stumble into a fairy world where King Oberon and Queen Titania are feuding over ownership of a young Indian prince. Seeking his revenge on Titania, Oberon and his servant Puck begin a chain of events where all become interwoven.
When four young lovers flee from Athens and become lost in an enchanted wood, they stumble into a fairy world where King Oberon and Queen Titania are ...
