William Shakespeare
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Measure for MeasureRead & Co. Classics presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "Measure for Measure". Featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare, it is a must for Shakespeare enthusiasts and newcomers alike. This story's main themes are the conflicts between corruption...
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Hamlet (Collector's Editions)Hamlet is not only one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, but also the most fascinatingly problematical tragedy in world literature. First performed around 1600, this a gripping and exuberant drama of revenge, rich in contrasts and conflicts. Its violence alternates with introspection, its melancholy with...
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Afterlives of Endor: Witchcraft, Theatricality, and Uncertainty from the Malleus Maleficarum to ShakespeareAfterlives of Endor offers an analysis of the way early modern English literature addressed the period's anxieties about witchcraft and theatricality. What determined whether or not a demonologist imagined a trial as a spectacle? What underlying epistemological constraints governed such choices and what conceptions...
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Macbeth (Collector's Edition)Shakespeare's Macbeth is one of the greatest tragic dramas the world has known. Macbeth himself, a brave warrior, is fatally impelled by supernatural forces, by his proud wife, and by his own burgeoning ambition. As he embarks on his murderous course to gain and...
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Edward the Second: Christopher MarloweThe introduction to this edition contains an analysis of the first quarto (including new evidence of its original dating) and a reconsideration of the play's complex relation to the Shakespearean histories that preceded and followed it. Charles R. Forker offers a discussion of Marlowe's...
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A Theatre of EnvyIn this groundbreaking work a foremost literary and cultural critic turns to the major figure in English literature William Shakespeare and proposes a dramatic new way of reading and performing his works. The key to A Theatre of Envy is Ren Girards's original expression...
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Hamlet: Shakespeare RetoldHAMLET: SHAKESPEARE RETOLDShakespeare's 400-year-old language can be tough to understand...but, with Shakespeare Retold, it's easy!Written line-by-line in the same iambic pentameter versification of the originals, it offers a contemporary interpretation of the Bard's lines in the same form and pacing.Quickly understand each character, each...
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The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from OblivionThe unlikely true story of why we know the name William Shakespeare today, and the four-hundred-year-old book that made it possible. Four hundred years ago, no one bothered to write down the exact words of stage plays. Characters' lines were scribbled on small rolls...
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Creative Shakespeare: The Globe Education Guide to Practical ShakespeareThis unique book desribes the ways in which educational practitioners at Shakespeare's Globe theatre bring Shakespeare to life for students of all ages.The Globe approach is always active and inclusive - each student finds their own way into Shakespeare - focussing on speaking, moving...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again]Originally performed by its creators, this 1987 Edinburgh Fringe hit remains the second longest-running West End comedy in history and has been translated into over thirty languages. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is not so much a play as it is a...
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EmiliaWinner of the Noel Coward Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy at the 2020 Olivier Awards In 1611 Emilia Bassano wrote a volume of radical, feminist and subversive poetry. It was one of the first published collections of poetry written by a woman in...
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Romeo and Juliet: A Norton Critical EditionBy carefully selecting extracts from sources, scholars, and scriptwriters, Gordon McMullan tells a series of stories about Romeo and Juliet, globally and from their legend's origins to the present day. The Norton Critical Edition includes: - Introductory materials and explanatory annotations by Gordon McMullan...
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The Arden Dictionary of Shakespeare QuotationsWho said "Neither a lender or borrower be", who loved "not wisely but too well" and whose "salad days" are now behind her? If you have ever struggled to remember a Shakespeare quote, this is the book for you. It has over 3,000 quotes...
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King Henry V: Third SeriesDistinguished editor T.W. Craik makes an independent and balanced examination of the many textual problems of Henry V, providing many new emendations. Craik's commentary is particularly ample and detailed, with careful attention to the play's language, textual problems, the interpretation of stage directions, and...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Shakespeare's Greatest StoriesEnchanted by the magical world of fairies, A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comic tale about the entwined destinies of four lovers amid the spirit of nature. Shakespeare's writing inspires young minds to contemplate concepts represented by the comic interplay of wise characters, emotional...
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Afterlives of Endor: Witchcraft, Theatricality, and Uncertainty from the Malleus Maleficarum to ShakespeareAfterlives of Endor offers an analysis of the way early modern English literature addressed the period's anxieties about witchcraft and theatricality. What determined whether or not a demonologist imagined a trial as a spectacle? What underlying epistemological constraints governed such choices and what conceptions...
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Shakespeare's House: A Window Onto His Life and LegacyIn the wide realm of Shakespeare worship, the house in Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 - known colloquially as the 'Birthplace' - remains the chief shrine. It's not as romantic as Anne Hathaway's thatched cottage, it's not where he wrote any...
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Measure for MeasureLike every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, Measure for Measure has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version of Measure for Measure aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you...
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Lady Romeo: The Radical and Revolutionary Life of Charlotte Cushman, America's First CelebrityFinalist for a Lambda Literary Award Finalist for the Publishing Triangle's Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction Finalist for the Marfield Prize For fans of Book of Ages and American Eve, this "lively, illuminating new biography" (The Boston Globe) of 19th-century queer actress Charlotte...
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King Henry VIII: Third SeriesKing Henry VIII has one of the fullest theatrical histories of any play in the Shakespeare canon, yet has been consistently misrepresented, both in performance and in criticism. This edition offers a new perspective on this ironic, multi-layered, collaborative play, revealing it as a...
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