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Скачать книгу (размер 6 476 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1271) Аннотация: This is an attractive genuine bonded leather edition, with gilt-edged pages and gold ribbon marker that will make an elegant addition to any home library. This is a beautiful collection of Shakespeare's works that will be treasured forever; a wonderful gift idea. William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. His plays…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps Shakespeare's most popular play, particularly as a first introduction to Shakespeare for children--filled as it is with a marvelous mixture of aristocrats, workers, and fairies. For this edition, Peter Holland's introduction looks at dreams and dreamers, tracing the materials out of which Shakespeare constructs his world of night and shadows.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: «Usually classified as a «problem comedy», All's Well that Ends Well is a psychologically disturbing presentation of an aggressive, designing woman and a reluctant husband wooed by trickery. In her introduction Susan Snyder makes the play's clashing ideologies of class and gender newly accessible, and offers a fully reconsidered, annotated text for both readers and actors.»

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Perhaps the most brilliant political play ever written, Coriolanus is a gripping psychological study of the relationship between personality and politics, and its Roman hero one of the most memorable Shakespeare ever created. The introduction to this new edition offers the first full stage history and analysis of the original production of Coriolanus at the Blackfriars theater, and also examines…

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: A dark, rainy day in Scotland, long ago. Returning from battle, Macbeth and his friend Banquo meet three witches. 'Macbeth, the king!' they say, but Macbeth is not a king, he is just a simple soldier. Macbeth and Banquo cannot forget the witches' words. Soon Macbeth is king, but his wife walks in her sleep at night, and dreams of blood. What lies in the future for Banquo? And how many people must…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 131 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 223) Аннотация: Pour mener à bien sa vengeance sans éveiller les soupçons, Hamlet feint la folie. Lorsque le fantôme de son père lui révèle que Claudius, souverain actuel et frère du défunt roi, est le meurtrier de celui-ci, on s'attend à une stratégie ingénieuse, d'autant que le prince semble plein de courage, d'insolence et d'esprit. Or, durant quatre…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Love's Labour's Lost, the first work to bear Shakespeare's name on its title page, differs greatly from his other early plays both for its highly unorthodox ending and its extraordinary use of language. This new edition presents a highly readable, modernised text of the play, freshly edited from the first quarto published in 1598. A thorough but concise scholarly and critical commentary provides…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 294 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 255) Аннотация: Shakespeare's As You Like It can appear bright or sombre in performance: a feast of language and a delight for comic actors; or a risk-taking exploration of gender roles. This updated edition, containing a brand new Introduction, provides an account of what makes this popular play both innocent and dangerous. There is a section on recent critical, stage and film interpretations of the play, an…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 252) Аннотация: King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular and frequently performed plays. Janis Lull's introduction to this new edition, based on the First Folio, emphasises the play's tragic themes — individual identity, determinism and choice — and stresses the importance of women's roles in the play. It also underscores the special relationship between Richard III and Macbeth, demonstrating that…

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: There are two love stories in this fast-moving comedy. Brave young Claudio and Leonato's pretty daughter Hero are in love and want to marry, but Don John has a wicked plan to stop their wedding. Will he succeed, or will the truth come out? Will Claudio and Hero marry, after all? Beatrice and Benedick are always arguing with each other, but how do they really feel? Perhaps they are more interested…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: «Memorable historical drama concerns rebellion against King Henry led by Harry Percy («Hotspur») and other nobles, complicated by the king's difficulties with his wayward son, Prince Hal. Superb blend of courtly intrigue, battlefield action, and low comedy featuring Sir John Falstaff, all expressed in fine blank verse and stirring prose.»

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Running an emotional gamut from betrayal and broken hearts to romance and reconciliation, this 1611 tragicomedy begins with the tyrannical actions of a jealous king, whose baseless suspicions destroy his own family. The play's second half takes place 16 years later, when the lively plot takes a lighthearted turn, abounding in song and dance.

Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: Classic / British English Bassanio wants to get married, but he has no money and a lot of debts. He asks his friend Antonio for a loan, but Antonio is waiting for his ships to return. Until then, he has nothing to lend. To help Bassanio, he borrows money from a money-lender and agrees to an unusual condition. If Antonio cannot repay the loan in three months, the money-lender will cut a pound of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: This is the most extensively annotated edition of Macbeth currently available, offering a thorough reconsideration of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. A full and accessible updated introduction studies the immediate theatrical and political contexts of Macbeth's composition, especially the Gunpowder Plot and the contemporary account of an early performance at the Globe. It treats such…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: This full colour graphic novel presents The Scottish Play in as few words as possible whilst keeping the essence of the story. Macbeth is probably the most dramatic of Shakespeare's tragedies and this version will give you a brand new and totally fulfilling view of the sheer genius of Shakespeare's story telling.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Shakespeare's enduring characters are set adrift in present-day Athens, but a present with a massive difference — an alternative history. Rigid class systems and 'god given' monarchies of the past have not been lost. Modern technologies meet ancient tradition; and the citizens of Athens are frustrated by continuing restrictions and hierarchies. Only the forest, home to the fairies and fey spirits…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Samurai warriors have reclaimed a future post-nuclear world of mutants in the original manga version of Shakespeare's tale of skulduggery. The series keeps true to Shakespeare's original text, but is specially abridged for use in the manga, which makes it ideal for students to use as a primer and a way of getting to grips with the themes in Shakespeare's plays. A fusion of classic Shakespeare…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: This manga recreation of Shakespeare's text transfers the action from Ancient Rome to a future Iraq, once again facing dictatorship after its prolonged struggles to establish a democracy. Part of the successful Manga Shakespeare series, a fusion of classic Shakespeare with manga visuals. The titles available in the series so far are Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Richard III, The Tempest, A Midsummer…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: The Winter's Tale is Shakespeare's most perfectly realized tragi-comedy, as notable for its tragic intensity as for its comic grace and, throughout, for the richness and complexity of its poetry. It concludes, moreover, with the most daring and moving reconciliation scene in all Shakespeare's plays. Though the title may suggest an escapist fantasy, recent criticism has seen in the play a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: As You Like It is Shakespeare's most light-hearted comedy, and its witty heroine Rosalind has his longest female role. In this edition, Alan Brissenden reassesses both its textual and performance history, showing how interpretations have changed since the first recorded production in 1740. He examines Shakespeare's sources and elucidates the central themes of love, pastoral, and doubleness.…