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Twelfth Night
Simon & Schuster 2011; US$ 5.99The authoritative edition of Twelfth Night from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, is now available as an eBook. Features include: · The exact text of the printed book for easy cross-reference · Hundreds of hypertext links for instant navigation · Freshly edited text based... more...
Richard III
A&C Black 2009; US$ 6.49Tony Bradman brings the tension and danger of a thriller to Shakespeare's history play, Richard III.The deformed Richard weaves a web of intrigue, removing all obstacles that stand between him and the throne of England. An atmosphere of insecurity pervades, no one dare reveal their thoughts and danger lurks in the shadows. Once Richard achieves... more...
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Penguin Books Ltd 2005; Not AvailableLeaving behind both home and beloved, a young man travels to Milan to meet his closest friend. Once there, however, he falls in love with his friend's new sweetheart and resolves to seduce her. Love-crazed and desperate, he is soon moved to commit cynical acts of betrayal. And comic scenes involving a servant and his dog enhance the play's exploration... more...
Julius Caesar
Penguin Books Ltd 2005; Not AvailableWhen it seems that Julius Caesar may assume supreme power, a plot to destroy him is hatched by those determined to preserve the threatened republic. But the different motives of the conspirators soon become apparent when high principles clash with malice and political realism. As the nation plunges into bloody civil war, this taut drama explores the... more...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Penguin Books Ltd 2005; Not AvailableA young woman flees Athens with her lover: only to be pursued by her would-be husband and by her best friend. Unwittingly: all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where fairies and sprites soon take an interest in human affairs: dispensing magical love potions and casting mischievous spells. In this dazzling comedy: confusion ends in harmony:... more...
Much Ado About Nothing
Penguin Books Ltd 2005; Not AvailableA vivacious woman and a high-spirited man both claim that they are determined never to marry. But when their friends trick them into believing that each harbours secret feelings for the other, they begin to question whether their witty banter and sharp-tongued repartee conceals something deeper. Schemes abound, misunderstandings proliferate and matches... more...
Macbeth
Penguin Books Ltd 2005; Not AvailablePromised a golden future as ruler of Scotland by three sinister witches, Macbeth murders the king to ensure his ambitions come true. But he soon learns the meaning of terror ? killing once, he must kill again and again, and the dead return to haunt him. A story of war, witchcraft and bloodshed, Macbeth also depicts the relationship between husbands... more...
Shakespearean Tragedy
Penguin Books Ltd 2005; Not AvailableA.C. Bradley put Shakespeare on the map for generations of readers and students for whom the plays might not otherwise have become "real" at all' writes John Bayley in his foreword to this edition of Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth . Approaching the tragedies as drama, wondering about their characters as... more...
Shakespeare's Language
Penguin Books Ltd 2001; Not AvailableThe true biography of Shakespeare - and the only one we really need to care about - is in the plays. Sir Frank Kermode, Britain's most distinguished literary critic, has been thinking about them all his life. This book is a distillation of that lifetime's thinking. The great English tragedies were all written in the first decade of the seventeenth... more...
All's Well That Ends Well
Penguin Books Ltd 2005; Not AvailableA poor physician's daughter cures the King of France, and in return is promised the hand of any nobleman she wishes. But the man she chooses, the proud young Count of Rosillion, refuses to consummate the forced marriage and flees to Florence. Depicting the triumph of trickery over youthful arrogance, All's Well that Ends Well is among Shakespeare's... more...









