Books by William Shakespeare

'I wish I had copies like this at Drama School. Essential notes on the language for those who will get up and speak it, not purely for those who will sit and study it. An incredibly useful tool with room on every page to make notes. Next time I'm in rehearsal on a Shakespeare play, I have no doubt that a copy from this series will be in my hand.' ADRIAN LESTER, Actor, Director and Writer Arden Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play's possibilities and meanings to actors and students. Each edition offers: -Facing-page notes -Short, clear definitions of words -Easily accessible information about key textual variants -Notes on pronunciation of difficult names and unfamiliar words -An easy to read layout -Space to write notes -A short introduction to the play

Julius Caesar is a key link between Shakespeare's histories and his tragedies. Unlike the Caesar drawn by Plutarch in a source text, Shakespeare's Caesar is surprisingly modern: vulnerable and imperfect, a powerful man who does not always know himself. The open-ended structure of the play insists that revealing events will continue after the play ends, making the significance of the history we have just witnessed impossible to determine in the play itself. John D. Cox's introduction discusses issues of genre, characterization, and rhetoric, while also providing a detailed history of criticism of the play. Appendices provide excerpts from important related works by Lucretius, Plutarch, and Montaigne.

Frontmatter -- Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor -- Handelnde Personen -- Erster Aufzug -- Zweiter Aufzug -- Dritter Auszug -- Vierter Aufzug -- Fünfter Aufzug -- Anmerkungen -- Abhandlung über das Lustspiel: die lustigen Weiber von Windsor -- Die beiden Veroneser -- Personen -- Erster Aufzug -- Zweyter Aufzug -- Dritter Aufzug -- Vierter Aufzug -- Fünfter Aufzug -- Anmerkungen -- Abhandlung über das Lustspiel: die beiden Veroneser

Frontmatter -- Der heilige drei Königs Abend, oder was ihr wollt -- Die Komödie der Irrthümer

Frontmatter -- Othello, Der Mohr von Venedig -- Anmerkungen -- Abhandlung über das Trauerspiel: Othello, der Mohr von Venedig -- Ueber Shakespear

Frontmatter -- König Heinrich der Fünfte -- Personen -- Erster Aufzug -- Zweiter Aufzug -- Dritter Aufzug -- Vierter Aufzug -- Fünfter Aufzug -- Anmerkungen -- Abhandlung über das Drama: König Heinrich der Fünfte -- König Heinrich der Sechste. Erster Theil -- Personen -- Erster Aufzug -- Zweiter Aufzug -- Dritter Aufzug -- Vierter Aufzug -- Fünfter Aufzug -- Anmerkungen -- Abhandlung

A Midsummer Night's Dream is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1763.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Like many of Shakespeare's comedies, this one centres on mistaken identity performed by Siobhan McKenna, Paul Schofield and cast. For the first time as a digital download. Like many of Shakespeare's comedies, this one centres on mistaken identity. The leading character, Viola, is shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria during the opening scenes. She loses contact with her twin brother, Sebastian, whom she believes is dead. Masquerading as a young page under the name Cesario, she enters the service of Duke Orsino through the help of the sea captain who rescues her. Orsino is in love with the bereaved Lady Olivia, whose father and brother have recently died, and who will have nothing to do with any suitors, the Duke included. Orsino decides to use "e;Cesario"e; as an intermediary to tell Olivia about his love for her. Olivia, believing Viola to be a man, falls in love with this handsome and eloquent messenger. Viola, in turn, has fallen in love with the Duke, who also believes Viola is a man, and who regards her as his confidant. Olivia (1888) by Edmund Blair Leighton. Much of the play is taken up with the comic subplot, in which several characters conspire to make Olivia's pompous head steward, Malvolio, believe that his lady Olivia wishes to marry him. It involves Olivia's uncle, Sir Toby Belch; another would-be suitor, a silly squire named Sir Andrew Aguecheek; her servants Maria and Fabian; and her father's favorite fool, Feste. Sir Toby and Sir Andrew get drunk and disturb the peace of their lady's house by continuously singing catches late into the night at the top of their voices, prompting Malvolio to chastise them. This is the basis for Sir Toby's, Sir Andrew, and Maria's revenge on Malvolio.

Die berühmten 154 Sonette des weltbekannten Dichters William Shakespeare: Inhaltlich mit dem übergeordneten Thema Liebe an die Sonette des Italieners Petrarca angelehnt, jedoch als englische Sonette in der Form abweichend, gehört dieser Gedichtzyklus zu den Klassikern der Weltliteratur. Neben Liebe geht es u.a. um das Älterwerden und Eifersucht. Die Sonette 1-126 richten sich an einen jungen Mann („fair boy"), der ab dem nächsten Sonett von einer dunklen Gegenspielerin, der „dark lady", abgelöst wird.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) war ein englischer Dichter, Dramatiker und Schauspieler und gilt als einer der weltweit bekanntesten Lyriker. Er lebte vermutlich ab 1590 ohne seine Frau und seine drei Kinder in London, wo er eine wichtige Rolle in der Theaterwelt sowohl als Schauspieler als auch als Dramatiker spielte und Mitbesitzer des Globe Theatre war. Zu seinen bekanntesten Werken gehören u.a. „Hamlet", „Macbeth", „Romeo und Julia" und seine Sonette.

When in love, our heart overflows. Whether love is requited or remains a hope and dream, love compels us to express ourselves. This original collection, culled from William Shakespeare's works, testifies to the essential link between love and language, between the experience of falling in love and the urge to express this unique feeling with our beloved and the world. Shakespeare's inventiveness and facility with words is such that even brief lines seem to contain whole galaxies of meaning. This allows us to read the brilliant passages gathered in this book without needing the whole context-the way we can marvel at a gem mined from a vast mountain without accounting for all that compressed it into a spark of beauty. Since their first publication more than four hundred years ago, Shakespeare's lines describe the pangs, pains, and pleasure of love like no other writer before or after him.

Shakespeare everyone can understand--now in new DELUXE editions! Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, these popular guides make Shakespeare accessible to everyone. They introduce Shakespeare's world, significant plot points, and the key players. And now they feature expanded literature guide sections that help students study smarter, along with links to bonus content on the Sparknotes.com website. A Q&A, guided analysis of significant literary devices, and review of the play give students all the tools necessary for understanding, discussing, and writing about Tempest. The expanded content includes: Five Key Questions: Five frequently asked questions about major moments and characters in the play. What Does the Ending Mean?: Is the ending sad, celebratory, ironic . . . or ambivalent? Plot Analysis: What is the play about? How is the story told, and what are the main themes? Why do the characters behave as they do? Study Questions: Questions that guide students as they study for a test or write a paper. Quotes by Theme: Quotes organized by Shakespeare's main themes, such as love, death, tyranny, honor, and fate. Quotes by Character: Quotes organized by the play's main characters, along with interpretations of their meaning.

Shakespeare everyone can understand--now in new DELUXE editions! Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, these popular guides make Shakespeare accessible to everyone. They introduce Shakespeare's world, significant plot points, and the key players. And now they feature expanded literature guide sections that help students study smarter, along with links to bonus content on the Sparknotes.com website. A Q&A, guided analysis of significant literary devices, and review of the play give students all the tools necessary for understanding, discussing, and writing about Merchant of Venice. The expanded content includes: Five Key Questions: Five frequently asked questions about major moments and characters in the play. What Does the Ending Mean?: Is the ending sad, celebratory, ironic . . . or ambivalent? Plot Analysis: What is the play about? How is the story told, and what are the main themes? Why do the characters behave as they do? Study Questions: Questions that guide students as they study for a test or write a paper. Quotes by Theme: Quotes organized by Shakespeare's main themes, such as love, death, tyranny, honor, and fate. Quotes by Character: Quotes organized by the play's main characters, along with interpretations of their meaning.

Macbeth is Book One in the eight-book series called Shakespeare At Home.Carmen Khan and Jack Armstrong, in their thirty years at The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, have created dozens of Shakespeare productions. Time and again they have seen that, although there are already several major editions of these luminous classics in print, each with its own valuable contribution to make, there is none that provides everything the reader needs to understand the play.So, they have created their own edition, from a director''s viewpoint, which distills their detailed notes on every line of the play - what is being said, why it''s being said, what the drama of the scene is, and why Shakespeare included it. In other words, everything you need, whether to perform the play in front of an audience of thousands, or just to read it to yourself.The Shakespeare At Home series is an ideal addition to the libraries of homeschooling parents as well any school library.

Shakespeare's orignal script edited down for performance in under an hour. Commissioned by Saltley Academy, Birmingham for their Year 8 production.

This set comprises the complete print edition of The New Oxford Shakespeare: the Modern Critical Edition, for students and playgoers; the Critical Reference Edition, which emphasizes book history and the documentary origins of each text; and the Authorship Companion, which illuminates the work and methodology underpinning the editions.