Books by William Shakespeare

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. She behaves unpleasantly to him but he pretends not to notice. In the end he marries her and ' tames' her by treating her roughly until she becomes as easy to control as wives were expected to be at that time.

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a history play and tragedy by William Shakespeare first performed in 1599. Although the play is named Julius Caesar, Brutus speaks more than four times as many lines as the title character, and the central psychological drama of the play focuses on Brutus. Julius Caesar is a tragedy, as it tells the story of an honourable hero who makes several critical errors of judgment by misreading people and events, leading to his own death and a bloody civil war that consumes his nation. The entire play centres around Brutus upholding the truth of two moral statements: First, that monarchy is intrinsically tyrannical; and secondly, that killing Caesar, an as-yet-innocent man, is morally acceptable if it prevents Rome from becoming a monarchy.

The Merry Wives of Windsor or Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or before 1597. Falstaff decides to fix his financial woe by seducing the wives of two wealthy merchants. The wives find he sent them identical letters and take revenge by playing tricks on Falstaff when he comes calling. The wives, however, trick Falstaff and Ford. As Falstaff visits Mistress Ford, Mistress Page announces that Ford is coming. Falstaff hides in a basket of dirty laundry and is thrown in the river. Another visit ends similarly: Falstaff disguises himself as "the fat woman of Brentford," whom Ford hates.

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. After both being separated from their twins in a shipwreck, Antiholes and his slave Dromio go to Ephesus to find them. The other set of twins lives in Ephesus, and the new arrivals cause a series of incidents of mistaken identity. The main themes of this play are family loyalties, persistence, identity and coincidence. As in all Shakespeare's plays, the theme of love and the relationships between men and women is prominent.

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601-1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Twelfth Night is a fast-paced romantic comedy with several interwoven plots of romance, mistaken identities and practical jokes. Separated from her twin brother Sebastian in a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a boy, calls herself Cesario, and becomes a servant to the Duke Orsino.

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. Hamlet is based on a Norse legend composed by Saxo Grammaticus in Latin around 1200 AD. The sixteen books that comprise Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, or History of the Danes, tell of the rise and fall of the great rulers of Denmark, and the tale of Amleth, Saxo's Hamlet, is recounted in books three and four.

The Tempest is a play by English playwright William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610-1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote alone. The Tempest is a play about magic, betrayal, love and forgiveness. It is set on an island somewhere near Italy where Prospero, the one-time Duke of Milan, and his beautiful daughter, Miranda, live with a sprite called Ariel and a strange Wildman called Caliban. The Tempest is unlike any other play in Shakespeare's body of work. It takes place all in one day; it is filled with magic and spirits; it revisits many themes Shakespeare has tackled before; and it focuses on Prospero, a main character who is totally in control of his own story.

Othello is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman-Venetian War fought for the control of the Island of Cyprus, since 1489 a possession of the Venetian Republic. The port city of Famagusta finally fell to the Ottomans in 1571 after a protracted siege. The play is set in motion when Othello, a heroic black general in the service of Venice, appoints Cassio and not Iago as his chief lieutenant. Jealous of Othello's success and envious of Cassio, Iago plots Othello's downfall by falsely implicating Othello's wife, Desdemona, and Cassio in a love affair.

Titus Andronicus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593, probably in collaboration with George Peele. The main themes in Titus Andronicus are the cycle of revenge, masculine and feminine honor, and Romans and barbarians. The cycle of revenge: Titus Andronicus demonstrates the futile and cyclical nature of vengeance, the pursuit of which results in the deaths of nearly all the characters involved. Titus Andronicus, an early, experimental tragedy by William Shakespeare, written sometime in 1589-92 and published in a quarto edition from an incomplete draft in 1594.

Otelo, o Mouro de Veneza é uma das mais comoventes tragédias shakespearianas. Por tratar de temas universais - como ciúme, traição, amor, inveja e racismo -, ela pode ser ponto de partida para diversas reflexões e interpretações.A peça estreou em 1604 e levou para os palcos um casamento inter-racial - assunto polêmico para a época! Na trama, Otelo é um general mouro a serviço do reino de Veneza, casado com Desdêmona, moça de pele clara e filha de um rico senador. Eles se uniram às escondidas e o genro só é aceito pelo sogro porque o casamento já está consumado.

TESEO.¿No está lejos, hermosa Hipólita, la hora de nuestras nupcias, y dentro de cuatro felices días principiará la luna nueva; pero ¡ah!, ¡con cuánta lentitud se desvanece la anterior! Provoca mi impaciencia como una suegra o una tía que no acaba de morirse nunca y va consumiendo las rentas del heredero. HIPÓLITA.¿Pronto declinarán cuatro días en cuatro noches, y cuatro noches harán pasar rápidamente en sueños el tiempo; y entonces la luna, que parece en el cielo un arco encorvado, verá la noche de nuestras solemnidades. TESEO.¿Ve, Filóstrato, a poner en movimiento la juventud ateniense y prepararla para las diversiones: despierta el espíritu vivaz y oportuno de la alegría y quede la tristeza relegada a los funerales. Esa pálida compañera no conviene a nuestras fiestas.(Sale FILÓSTRATO.)Hipólita, gané tu corazón con mi espada, causándote sufrimientos; pero me desposaré contigo de otra manera: en la pompa, el triunfo y los placeres.

‘500 Quotes to Stimulate Creativity’ is the ideal read for anyone struggling to get their artistic juices flowing. From Shakespeare to Einstein, this collection is sure to provide interesting reflections on a plethora of topics from some of the greatest minds known to man. Packed with memorable maxims from writers, poets, scientists, and artists, it’s an ideal gift for anyone with a creative soul.Born in Lyon, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900 – 1944) was a pioneering pilot, who went on to establish a career as a respected poet, author, and journalist. Renowned as one of the world's greatest playwrights, William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) wrote 38 plays and over 150 poems. Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) was a theoretical physicist, who is best remembered for developing the Theory of Relativity. Born in Italy, Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) was an artist, inventor, scientist, and sculptor, who is best known for painting the ‘Mona Lisa.’ Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) is considered one of the most important poets, playwrights, and wits of all time.

Som dramatiker er der ingen, der når op på siden af William Shakespeare. Han mestrede både genrene komedie og tragedie til fulde, og hans skuespil bliver endnu i dag opført verden over for fulde huse. I "Shakespeares samlede dramatiske værker" får vi ikke blot hans mest ikoniske stykker som "Hamlet", Romeo og Julie" og "Macbeth", men også hans mindre kendte stykker som "Den arrige kvinde der blev tam", "Kong Johan" og "Cymbeline".Første bind indeholder skuespillene "Romeo og Julie", "Othello", "Moren i Venedig", "Timon i Athen", "Coriolanus", "Julius Cæsar" og "Antonius og Cleopatra".Den engelske skuespilforfatter William Shakespeare (1564-1616) er bredt anerkendt som verdens største dramatiker. Hans skuespil er oversat til alle moderne sprog og bliver opført mere end nogen anden skuespilforfatters stykker. Udover virket som forfatter arbejdede Shakespeare som skuespiller, og han er endvidere en af Englands allerstørste digtere nogensinde. Han står bag 39 skuespil, 154 sonetter og flere andre digte.

Som dramatiker er der ingen, der når op på siden af William Shakespeare. Han mestrede både genrene komedie og tragedie til fulde, og hans skuespil bliver endnu i dag opført verden over for fulde huse. I "Shakespeares samlede dramatiske værker" får vi ikke blot hans mest ikoniske stykker som "Hamlet", Romeo og Julie" og "Macbeth", men også hans mindre kendte stykker som "Den arrige kvinde der blev tam", "Kong Johan" og "Cymbeline".Tredje bind indeholder skuespillene "Når enden er god er alting godt", "Helligtrekongers Aften eller Hvad man vil", "Som man behager", "Cymbeline", "Et vintereventyr", "Stort besvær for ingenting" og "De lystige koner i Windsor".Den engelske skuespilforfatter William Shakespeare (1564-1616) er bredt anerkendt som verdens største dramatiker. Hans skuespil er oversat til alle moderne sprog og bliver opført mere end nogen anden skuespilforfatters stykker. Udover virket som forfatter arbejdede Shakespeare som skuespiller, og han er endvidere en af Englands allerstørste digtere nogensinde. Han står bag 39 skuespil, 154 sonetter og flere andre digte.

Som dramatiker er der ingen, der når op på siden af William Shakespeare. Han mestrede både genrene komedie og tragedie til fulde, og hans skuespil bliver endnu i dag opført verden over for fulde huse. I "Shakespeares samlede dramatiske værker" får vi ikke blot hans mest ikoniske stykker som "Hamlet", Romeo og Julie" og "Macbeth", men også hans mindre kendte stykker som "Den arrige kvinde der blev tam", "Kong Johan" og "Cymbeline".Femte bind indeholder skuespillene "Kong Henrik den Fjerde II", "Kong Henrik den Femte", "Kong Henrik den Sjette", "Kong Richard den Tredjes Liv og Død" og "Kong Henrik den Ottende".Den engelske skuespilforfatter William Shakespeare (1564-1616) er bredt anerkendt som verdens største dramatiker. Hans skuespil er oversat til alle moderne sprog og bliver opført mere end nogen anden skuespilforfatters stykker. Udover virket som forfatter arbejdede Shakespeare som skuespiller, og han er endvidere en af Englands allerstørste digtere nogensinde. Han står bag 39 skuespil, 154 sonetter og flere andre digte.

Som dramatiker er der ingen, der når op på siden af William Shakespeare. Han mestrede både genrene komedie og tragedie til fulde, og hans skuespil bliver endnu i dag opført verden over for fulde huse. I "Shakespeares samlede dramatiske værker" får vi ikke blot hans mest ikoniske stykker som "Hamlet", Romeo og Julie" og "Macbeth", men også hans mindre kendte stykker som "Den arrige kvinde der blev tam", "Kong Johan" og "Cymbeline".Andet bind indeholder skuespillene "Macbeth", "Kong Lear", "Hamlet, Prins af Danmark", "Troilus og Cressida", "Tvillingerne", "De to Herrer fra Verona" og "Elskovs Gækkeri".Den engelske skuespilforfatter William Shakespeare (1564-1616) er bredt anerkendt som verdens største dramatiker. Hans skuespil er oversat til alle moderne sprog og bliver opført mere end nogen anden skuespilforfatters stykker. Udover virket som forfatter arbejdede Shakespeare som skuespiller, og han er endvidere en af Englands allerstørste digtere nogensinde. Han står bag 39 skuespil, 154 sonetter og flere andre digte.

Ready yourself for this carefully crafted collection of quotes from some of the greatest minds the world has ever seen!Featuring world-famous playwrights, philosophers, activists, Presidents and physicists, from Churchill and Shakespeare to Gandhi and Einstein, this is an entertaining and inspiring compilation covering everything from Ancient Rome to modern-day Britain.‘3500 Final Quotes’ is ideal for those wanting a bit of extra philosophical guidance and inspiration throughout their day.Denis Diderot, Søren Kierkegaard, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Marcel Proust, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Plato, Lao Zi, Immanuel Kant, Mahatma Gandhi, Buddha, Albert Einstein, Anne Frank, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Leonardo da Vinci, Confucius, Baruch Spinoza, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Marcus Aurelius, Socrates, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Cicero, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Napoleon Bonaparte, Fyodor Dostoevski, Oscar Wilde, Voltaire, Ontesquieu, Nicolas de Chamfort, Beaumarchais.

The First Folio, published in 1623 by Shakespeare's colleagues, was the first complete and faithful publication of plays by the Bard. As the pages were printed, they were checked for errors, and if any were found, they were corrected. But the pages with errors were not thrown away; instead, they were kept and used, which means that no volumes of the First Folio are perfect, and no two of them are identical.In the 1960s, Charlton Hinman invented his famous collator to compare the pages of fifty-five First Folio volumes at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. In 1968 he published the Norton Facsimile, which included photographs of all the corrected pages he had identified. But many additional copies of the First Folio were not available to Hinman; today, some can even be found online. Might it be possible to identify the corrections in those copies and produce an even more accurate version of the plays? The scholarly team at PlayShakespeare.com has done exactly that, making this the most faithful transcription of the First Folio ever published. It includes:All of the corrected readings identified by Charlton Hinman in the Norton Facsimile.All of the corrected readings identified in copies of the First Folio not available to Hinman.The original breaks in the players' lines.The original spellings, down to the character.Special typographical characters (such as the long s).Historical ligatures (such as those for ct and AE).This new edition also emulates the look of the original text, using the beautiful Fell Types digitally reproduced by Igino Marini. Although not identical to the fonts used in the original, they are very close; the Fell Types were commissioned by Oxford Bishop John Fell in about 1672, nearly fifty years after the First Folio was printed but still very much in the style of type used in Shakespeare's time.If you've always wanted to read Shakespeare's plays as they were originally published but couldn't get past the faded and uneven page scans of the photographic facsimiles, this is the edition for you.

I William Shakespeares nok mest berømte skuespil, "Hamlet", møder vi den unge danske prins, der netop har mistet sin far. En nat bliver Hamlet besøgt af sin fars genfærd, som fortæller, at det er hans bror, Claudius, der har myrdet ham. Claudius har efter sin brors død giftet sig med Hamlets mor og deler nu magten over kongeriget med hende.Opslugt af et behov for at skaffe retfærdighed for sin myrdede far og at vælte morderen og hans forræderiske brud af tronen begynder Hamlets liv og sind at falde fra hinanden.Shakespeares klassiker "Hamlet" er ikke bare et medrivende skuespil med et spændende plot. Det tegner også et psykologisk portræt af en kompliceret, dysfunktionel ung mand, der forgæves forsøger at navigere i en verden, hvor intet er, som det burde være.Skuespillet udkom første gang i 1603. Denne version er oversat af Johannes V. Jensen.Den engelske skuespilforfatter William Shakespeare (1564-1616) er bredt anerkendt som verdens største dramatiker. Hans skuespil er oversat til alle moderne sprog og bliver opført mere end nogen anden skuespilforfatters stykker. Udover virket som forfatter arbejdede Shakespeare som skuespiller, og han er endvidere en af Englands allerstørste digtere nogensinde. Han står bag 39 skuespil, 154 sonetter og flere andre digte.

‘2000 Final Quotations’ is an insightful and humorous collection of quotes from some of the world’s greatest thinkers, writers, artists, and statesmen. It contains contributions from Shakespeare, Gandhi and Carl Jung to Friedrich Nietzsche, Confucius and Leonardo da Vinci - and lots more!Stretching from Ancient Greece to 20th-century Germany, this wonderful compilation is guaranteed to inspire and entertain those who want a bit of extra philosophical guidance throughout their day.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Marcel Proust, Anton Chekhov, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Laozi, Immanuel Kant, Mahatma Gandhi, Buddha, Albert Einstein, Anne Frank, Leonardo da Vinci, Confucius, Baruch Spinoza, Marcus Aurelius, Carl Jung, Cicero, Emil Cioran.

L'action se déroule en Grèce et réunit pour mieux les désunir deux couples de jeunes amants, Lysandre, Démétrius, Hélène et Hermia. Hermia veut épouser Lysandre, mais son père, Égée, la destine à Démétrius, dont est amoureuse Hélèna. Lysandre et Hermia s'enfuient dans la forêt, poursuivis par Démétrius, luimême poursuivi par Hélèna. Pendant ce temps, Obéron, roi des fées, a ordonné à Puck de verser une potion sur les paupières de sa femme, Titania. Il entre dans la forêt avec Puck. Pendant la nuit, la confusion règne...

Tragicomédie en cinq actes. Le duc de Milan, Prospero, après avoir été déchu et exilé par son frère, se retrouve avec sa fille Miranda sur une île déserte. Grâce à la magie que lui confèrent ses livres, il maîtrise les éléments naturels et les esprits, notamment Ariel, esprit positif de l'air et du souffle de vie ainsi que Caliban, être négatif symbolisant la terre, la violence et la mort. La scène s'ouvre sur le naufrage, provoqué par Ariel, d'un navire portant le roi de Naples, son fils Ferdinand ainsi que le frère parjure de Prospero, Antonio. Usant de sa magie et de l'illusion, Prospero fera subir aux trois personnages échoués sur l'île diverses épreuves destinées à les punir de leur traîtrise, mais qui auront également un caractère initiatique...

Deux frères jumeaux ont deux esclaves, jumeaux comme eux, et qui portent le même nom... D'où le titre de cette pièce...