A 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, as love is transformed, misplaced, and - ultimately - restored.
An excellent introduction to Shakespeare for the junior reader.
This new edition is based on the quarto, the version closest to the original manuscript. The introduction illminates the plays' origins and practicalities of composition, its reception and influence. Detailed notes pay especial attention to language and staging, and the volume includes King Lear's first derivative, a contemporary ballad, and guides to appreciation of the play and its multiple offshoots.
The Arden Shakespeare has long been acclaimed as the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's work. Now being totally reedited for the third time, Arden editions offer the very best in contemporary scholarship. Each volume provides a clear and authoritative text, edited to the highest standards; detailed textual notes and commentary on the same page of the text; full contextual, illustrated introduction, including an in-depth survey of critical and performance approaches to the play; and selected bibliography.
This edition of Romeo and Juliet is part of the groundbreaking Cambridge School Shakespeare series established by Rex Gibson. Remaining faithful to the series' active approach it treats the play as a script to be acted, explored and enjoyed. As well as the complete script of the play, you will find a variety of classroom-tested activities, an eight-page colour section and a selection of notes including information on characters, performance, history and language.
As You Like It is one of Shakespeare's finest romantic comedies, variously lyrical, melancholy, satiric, comic and absurd.
A simplified version of William Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'.With notes on: Shakespeare and the Globe TheatreAppearance in Twelfth Night
Caso unico nel teatro di Shakespeare, La bisbetica domata (opera di difficile datazione, ma appartenente alla fase iniziale del suo percorso drammatico) è, esplicitamente, una commedia nella commedia, rappresentata come parte della beffa giocata da un ricco aristocratico ad un calderaio ubriaco. Singolare "esplosione" del tema della beffa, strettamente legato a quello della finzione teatrale, questa commedia, nell'incerto intreccio fra le due trame (il matrimonio della bisbetica Katherina e le rivalità e gli equivoci tra i pretendenti di Bianca, sorella "buona" della bisbetica), non sarebbe altro che una farsa del troppo artificioso moltiplicarsi degli equivoci, se non fosse per la presenza di Katherina, figura che, mentre riprende un tema fortemente presente nelle prime prove teatrali di Shakespeare, ossia il rapporto donna-potere, annuncia nel suo improvviso e aspro risvegliarsi all'amore futuri personaggi femminili di ben più articolata complessità.
Romeo a Julie. Hamlet. Othello. Makbeth. Král Lear
Pět stěžejních dramat autorovy tvorby – Romeo a Julie, Hamlet, Othello, Makbeth, Král Lear – které načrtávají celistvý oblouk lidského života. Tragický životní pocit a neodvratné vědomí smrti se zde snoubí s humorem a nevázanou legrací, dobro se zlem či individuální prospěch se společenským prospěchem.
HAMLET: Hamlet je tragédie o dánském královském rodu, kde po smrti krále Dánska jeho ovdovělá žena, Královna, provdá se za králova bratra Claudia, nyní Krále. Příběh začíná dva měsíce po králově smrti, kdy Horacio, jeden z nejvěrnějších služebníků, přivolá Hamleta na cimbuří, kde stráž viděla ducha, jenž vypadá jako bývalý král. Hamlet se dozvídá, že Claudius jeho otce zabil tím, že mu nakapal jed do ucha ve spánku. Hamlet slibuje pomstu za otcovu smrt. Hra ukazuje, jak touha po moci nezná mezí; ušlechtilí zabíjejí, poddaní se klaní a čest či ctnost jsou výsadami hrdinů. KRÁL LEAR: Král Lear je jednou z největších Shakespearových tragédií, kde se drama lidského údělu odehrává na obrovských pláních země i nebe. Hra je konkrétní, s důrazem na fyzické detaily, a zároveň univerzální, zkoumá svět otřásající se v základech. V srdci této tragédie je obraz poutníka a cesty; Lear putuje ze svého sídla do Doveru, ale jeho cesta má hlubší význam. Putuje od svých dcer Regan a Goneril k Kordelii, od pýchy k pokoře, od autoritářství k soucitu a od koruny, symbolu moci, k odpuštění.