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Antony and Cleopatra
The Floating Press 1753; US$ 3.99Antony and Cleopatra is a tragic play by Shakespeare, which tells the ill-fated love story between Antony and Cleopatra and the antagonistic role played by Julius Caesar, future Emperor of Rome. "I will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfumed... more...
Bloom's How to Write about Shakespeare's Romances
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 54.00The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, Measure for Measure, and All's Well That Ends Well have fascinated scholars for centuries for, among other aspects, the ways they resist an obvious genre classification. While these stories of love and familial recognition bear elements of romantic conflict, Shakespeare integrated aspects of the comedic and tragic... more...
Talking Theatre
Nick Hern Books 2013; US$ 14.57A superlative account of how theatre is made, in the words of the very people who make it. In Talking Theatre , Richard Eyre uses his unrivalled access to leading theatre people to allow us to eavesdrop on the stories behind many of the most important productions and performances in the theatre of recent times: John Gielgud ? Peter Brook ? Margaret... more...
Shakespeare on Stage
Nick Hern Books 2013; US$ 21.86Thirteen leading actors take us behind the scenes, each recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare?s major roles. Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus in Deborah Warner?s visceral RSC production Judi Dench on being directed by Franco Zeffirelli as a twenty-three-year-old Juliet Ralph Fiennes on Shakespeare?s least sympathetic... more...
Shakespearean Films/Shakespearean Directors
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 115.00Originally published in 1990, this book brought a new rigor and subtlety to the interpretation of film adaptations of Shakespeare. Drawing on traditional literary analysis, psychoanalysis, and current film theory about gender and subjectivity, the author combines close readings of seven films with historical and biographical studies of the directors... more...
Male Friendship in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 32.00A study of the topic of friendship in the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. more...
Hamlet
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. *****************. Hamlet 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,... more...
Family Life in the Age of Shakespeare
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 105.00From the star-crossed romance of Romeo and Juliet to Othello's misguided murder of Desdemona to the betrayal of King Lear by his daughters, family life is central to Shakespeare's dramas. This book helps students learn about family life in Shakespeare's England and in his plays. The book begins with an overview of the roots of Renaissance... more...
The Winter's Tale
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 50.00First performed in May 1611, The Winter's Tale is a play about reconciliation, atonement, and the healing effects of time. Leontes, a paranoid tyrant, suffers from his own rash behavior and jealous delusions. When his long-lost daughter returns and the statue of his dead wife magically comes back to life, order is restored, the family is reunited,... more...
A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare, New Edition
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 54.00Presents critical essays on Shakespeare's comedy of fairies, lovers, and amateur actors in the woods outside Athens. more...









