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All the World's a Grave
Penguin Group US 2008; US$ 12.00Read John Reed's posts on the Penguin Blog. An epic tragedy of love, war, murder, and madness, plucked from the pages of Shakespeare In All the World?s a Grave , John Reed reconstructs the works of William Shakespeare into a new five-act tragedy. The language is Shakespeare?s, but the drama that unfolds is as fresh as the blood on the stage.... more...
Antony and Cleopatra
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This booktable of contents linked to every act and scene. *****************. Antony and Cleopatra is a play by William Shakespeare, often considered a tragedy although this is debated and originally printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based or thought to... more...
King Lear
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 8.00A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. The king and others pay dearly for their shortcomings?as... more...
Shakespeare After All
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2008; US$ 22.00A brilliant and companionable tour through all thirty-eight plays, Shakespeare After All is the perfect introduction to the bard by one of the country?s foremost authorities on his life and work. Drawing on her hugely popular lecture courses at Yale and Harvard over the past thirty years, Marjorie Garber offers passionate and revealing readings of... more...
Hamlet
The Floating Press 2008; US$ 3.95Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Hamlet's mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned... more...
The Merchant of Venice
The Floating Press 2008; US$ 3.95The Merchant of Venice is classed as one of Shakespeare's comedies, but is more often remembered for its dramatic characters and situations. Though the villain of the piece, the Jewish moneylender Shylock is often the most prominent and well-remembered character of the play. As he can be played and directed either sympathetically or wholly villainous,... more...
Much Ado about Nothing
The Floating Press 2008; US$ 3.95Shakespeare's comedy play Much Ado About Nothing pivots around the impediments to love for young betrothed Hero and Claudio when Hero is falsely accused of infidelity and the "lover's trap" set for the arrogant and assured Benedick who has sworn of marriage and his gentle adversary Beatrice. The merry war between Benedick and Beatrice... more...
King Lear
The Floating Press 2008; US$ 3.95King Lear is considered one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. King Lear decides to step down and divide his kingdom between his three daughters. When his youngest and favorite daughter refuses to compete and perform her love for him, he is enraged and disowns her. She remains loyal to him, however, though he slides into madness and his other children... more...
Twelfth Night
The Floating Press 2008; US$ 3.95Another case of mistaken identity from the king of the plot twist, Twelfth Night tells the tale of the beautiful young Viola who is separated from her twin brother, Sebastian, when their ship is lost at sea. Believing Sebastian to be dead Viol poses as a man and enters service with the Duke Orisino. When Olivia, the woman that Orisino loves, falls... more...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Floating Press 2008; US$ 3.95Midsummer Night's Dream is Shakespeare's classic tale of two couples who can't quite pair up to everyone's satisfaction. Demetrius and Lysander love Hermia. Hermia loves Lysander but has been promised to Demetrius by her father. Hermia's best friend Helena loves Demetrius, but in his obsession for Hermia Demetrius barely even notices... more...









