William Shakespeare

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• Nov-2018
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An enlightening and entertaining collection of the most esteemed love poems in the English canon, retold in contemporary language everyone can understand � James Anthony has long enjoyed poetry with a strict adherence to beat, rhythm, and rhyming pat...

• Jan-2018
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In this edition of Shakespeare an attempt is made to present the greater plays of the dramatist in their literary aspect, and not merely as material for the study of philology or grammar. Criticism purely verbal and textual has only been included to ...

• Sep-2015
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a play written (at least in part) by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite some questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. Many modern editors bel...

• Sep-2015
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Titus Andronicus may be Shakespeare's earliest tragedy; it is believed to have been written sometime between 1584 and the early 1590s. It depicts a Roman general who is engaged in a cycle of revenge with his enemy Tamora, the Queen of the Goths. The ...

• Sep-2015
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Venus and Adonis is a poem by William Shakespeare, written in 1592-93, with a plot based on passages from Ovid's Metamorphoses. It is a complex, kaleidoscopic work, using constantly shifting tone and perspective to present contrasting views of the na...

• Mar-2015
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Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1599. It tells the story of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Ye...

• Mar-2015
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

• Nov-2014
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

• Oct-2014
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" ...]Jonson's earliest comedy, and we have just learned that he was already reputed one of "our best in tragedy." Indeed, one of Jonson's extant comedies, "The Case is Altered," but one never claimed by him or published as his, must certainly have p...

• Sep-2014
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

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• Sep-2014
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From Ophelia's lament for lost love to Ariel's joyful paean to fairy life, this elegant collector's edition encompasses songs from Shakespeare's plays as well as all of the Bard's sonnets. The book is graced with images by Charles Robinson, a well-kn...

• Jun-2014
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

• Jun-2014
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

• Dec-2013
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A lively contemporary translation of Shakespeare's sexiest play.   In Antony and Cleopatra, Christopher Chen tackles the sweeping epic of love and betrayal at the center of the story of the rulers Antony of Rome and Cleopatra of Egypt. In this c...

• Sep-2013
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Mischief is in the air when the King and Queen of the Fairies quarrel and Puck is left in charge of the love potion. Four young people are lost in the woods on midsummer's night. Will they find each other and true love, or will Puck's meddling leave ...

• May-2013
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1. Book includes an over 40 page William Shakespeare biography2. Book includes 10 images to help capture Shakespeare's creative visionRomeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers...

• Apr-2013
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This prize-winning work provides a facsimile of the 1609 Quarto printed in parallel with a conservatively edited, modernized text, as well as commentary that ranges from brief glosses to substantial critical essays. Stephen Booth's notes help a moder...

• Mar-2013
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The secret marriage of Desdemona, daughter of a powerful senator, and Othello, a general in the Venetian army and a Moor, stirs up a whirlwind of jealousy, of suspicions, passion, deception, and murder......

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• Dec-2012
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RICHARD. Speak thou for me, and tell them what I did. Throwing down SOMERSET'S head] YORK. Richard hath best deserv'd of all my sons. But is your Grace dead, my Lord of Somerset? NORFOLK. Such hope have all the line of John of Gaunt RICHARD. Thus d...

• Nov-2012
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Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. Enter CLARENCE, guarded, and BRAKENBURY....

• Nov-2012
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It portrays the 44 BC conspiracy against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, his assassination and the defeat of the conspirators at the Battle of ...

• Oct-2012
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This re-set edition of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare contains all the plays and poems; the plays are arranged in the chronological order of their composition, not gathered into comedies, histories and tragedies - the traditional method...

• May-2012
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The love affair between Cleopatra and Mark Anthony has been recounted many times--but none with the same tragic grandeur as William Shakespeare. Unfortunately, hundreds of years have made it difficult for many modern readers to see the sensual juicin...

• Mar-2012
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A Midsummer's Night Dream is one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies--so why aren't you laughing? Let's face it..if you don't understand Shakespeare, then you are not alone. If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then we can help y...

• Aug-2011
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Witness a tale of love, fairies, and betrayal in this classic tale retold in graphic-novel format. Theseus, duke of Athens is preparing for his marriage when Hermia, and her father, Egeus, burst into his court and beg for Theseuss judgment regarding ...

• Aug-2011
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Retold in graphic-novel format, the epic tale of Julius Caesars rule over Rome. Brutus and Cassius, friends and supporters of Julius Caesar, brood and worry over his increasing ambitions. Caesars pursuit of power leads the two men to worry that Caesa...

• Aug-2011
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The epic tale of Macbeth retold in graphic-novel format. Macbeth and Banquo are Scottish generals returning home from a victorious war campaign. Their journey is interrupted when three strange witches come upon them and predict their futures. They cl...

• Aug-2011
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The tragic story of two star-crossed lovers from different worlds comes to life in graphic novel format. Romeo, from the Montague family, and Juliet, of the Capulet clan, fall deeply in love at first sight. Fearful of punishment from their respective...

• Jan-2011
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Includes the unabridged text of Shakespeare's classic play plus a complete study guide that helps readers gain a thorough understanding of the work's content and context. The comprehensive guide includes scene-by-scene summaries, explanations and dis...

• Oct-2010
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In the beginning, Timon is a wealthy and generous Athenian gentleman. He hosts a large banquet, attended by nearly all the main characters. Timon gives away money wastefully, and everyone wants to please him to get more, except for Apemantus, a churl...

• Sep-2010
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The terms of the loan are unusual, to say the least. If Antonio can't repay his debt on time, he will owe the grasping moneylender a pound of flesh! All seems hopeless- until a clever young woman named Portia dares to impersonate a judge at Antonio's...

• Sep-2010
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Iago is bitter over the loss of an important job promotion. How can he get revenge? Aha! Nothing could hurt Othello worse than the ruin of his own marriage.Timeless Shakespearedesigned for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of ...

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• Jun-2010
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A BBC Radio production of Othello, starring Lenny Henry in the title role. Love, racism, jealousy and desire are at the emotional core of Shakespeare's monumental tragedy, a tender love story shattered by one man's obsessive hatred of another. Othell...

• Apr-2010
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Tim Slover brings fresh clarity to his contemporary version of Shakespeare's final play. Playwright, poet, and novelist Tim Slover presents William Shakespeare's and John Fletcher's collaboration, The Two Noble Kinsmen, in a modern translat...

• Oct-2009
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Shakespeare's sonnets are lyrical, haunting, beautiful, and often breathtaking, representing one of the finest bodies of poetry ever penned. They demonstrate the writer's skill in capturing the full range of human emotions within a carefully prescrib...

• Jan-2009
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The latest in the breakout series Manga Shakespeare, introducing teens to a new kind of Bard.Shipwrecks, long-lost families, and a powerful magician make Shakespeare's masterpiece perfect for the Manga Shakespeare. Miranda and her father, Prospero, h...

• Nov-2008
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The world may change -- but Shakespeare's words are eternal. No writer has expressed the truth of our human condition with as much eloquence as he, or captured the essence of love quite as beautifully. Here, in a spectacular keepsake volume to treasu...

• Sep-2008
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Pericles is a play by William Shakespeare that was first performed in 1609. The play is set in the city of Athens and tells the story of Pericles, a young prince who is exiled from his homeland. The play chronicles Pericles' journey to the city of Ty...

• Apr-2008
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Upon publication in 1997, The Norton Shakespeare set a new standard for teaching editions of Shakespeare's complete works.

• Apr-2008
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Lucrece is described as if she were a work of art, objectified in as if she were a material possession. Tarquin's rape of her is described as if she were a fortress under attack -- conquering her various physical attributes. Although Lucrece is raped...

• Oct-2007
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Henry the Fourth, Part 2, edited by Samuel B. Hemingway. With Notes and Appendices: "Sources for the Play," "The History of the Play," "Suggestions for Collateral Reading," "The Text of the Present Edition," and "Index of Words Glossed."...

• Oct-2007
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Henry the Sixth, Part 1. Edited by Tucker Brooke. With Notes and Appendices: "Sources for the Play," "The History of the Play," "The Authorship of the Play," "Suggestions for Collateral Reading," "The Text of the Present Edition," and "Index of Words...

• Oct-2007
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Included in this volume are "Venus and Adonis," "The Rape of Lucrece," "Sonnets," "A Lover's Complaint," and "The Passionate Pilgrim." Edited by William George Clarke, M.A., and William Aldis Wright, M.A....

• Sep-2006
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• Sep-2006
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"For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

Romeo and Juliet is the tragic story of "star-crossed lovers" from feuding families. Complete with a masquerade ball, a duel, a secret marriage, a sleeping potion, and pushy ...

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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preser...

• Aug-2002
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The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's vision of the Trojan War.

This story of doomed love explores the relationship between Troilus, a prince of Troy, and Cressida, the daughter of a Trojan traitor. An unconvential tragedy set a...

• Nov-2001
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A funky, energetic multimedia approach to the Bard, in an integrated book, CD-ROM and web-linked package. Unabridged texts of each play. nCD-ROM activities cover character, plot, language and stage settings, with role-playing games and puzzles. nWeb-...

• Feb-2000
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(Applause Books). The Applause First Folio Editions compare the differences between the first printings and the best modern texts of Shakespeare's works, with special emphasis on issues relevant to each particular play. Footnotes discuss many of the ...

• Feb-2000
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Shakespeare's poetic meditations on love

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' The language of Shakespeare's sonnets has become inseparable from the language of love in English; but the force and tenderness of these poems is undiminished b...

• Feb-2000
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If there has ever been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be THE APPLAUSE FOLIO TEXTS. If there has ever been an accessible version of the Folio, it is this edition, set for the first t...

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• Feb-1999
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A 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, challe...

• Feb-1999
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Our Signet Classic Shakespeare Series was extensively revised in 1998. We offer the best of everything -- unforgettable works edited by eminent Shakespeare scholars, comprehensive notes on the text, an essay on Shakespeare's life and times, source ma...

• Oct-1998
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The Signet Classics edition of the tragedy that features one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters.

A magnificent drama of passion and war, this riveting play presents the complicated relationship between the seductive, cunning Egyptian ...

• Apr-1998
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Edward III is a major new addition to the Shakespearean canon. Melchiori claims that Shakespeare is the author of a significant part of the play, the extent of which is discussed in detail. The introduction explores the play's historical background a...

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• Apr-1997
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William Shakespeare's last four plays carry us across space and time -- from classical antiquity to Roman Britain to pagan Sicily to a remote island -- and they move as well into a wilder geography of the imagination, one dominated by the wondrous...

• Apr-1996
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Shakespeare's later comedies were written at the astonishing pace of about two plays a year. In them, he moves beyond the farce of his earlier comedies to richer and more varied dramas. These range from the famous "problem plays," which blend humo...

• Jan-1996
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Shakespeare's skillful manipulation of events and people makes Richard III a chilling incarnation of the lure of evil and the temptation of power.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with ...

• May-1995
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Much Ado About Nothing is a play written by William Shakespeare. The play is set in the town of Messina in Sicily and revolves around the relationships between two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero. The play is full of witt...

• Apr-1995
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Among Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is considered the jewel in the crown of a triumphant theatrical career. Now Kenneth Branagh plays the leading role and co-di...

• Nov-1994
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William Shakespeare arrived at his splendid maturity as an artist in his second cycle of history plays. With their superb battle scenes; their magnificent major and minor characters; their stories of ambition, usurpation, guilt, and redemption; an...

• Oct-1994
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Shakespeare's histories -- containing within their crowded tableaux all of the tragedies, confusions, and beauties of human life -- are not only drama of the highest order. They also serve as windows through which generations have made the...

• Sep-1994
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A rousing contemporary translation of Shakespeare's classic exploration of early English monarchy.   In this modern take on Shakespeare's King John, Brighde Mullins navigates the political twists and turns of early English monarchy. Mullins's tr...

• Nov-1993
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We read Shakespeare line by line for his supernatural mastery of all the poetic resources of the English language, and play by play for his utterly human, utterly intimate feeling for our condition as individuals and as social beings.� Through the...

• Oct-1993
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Alison Carey brings the confusion and mischief of Shakespeare's comedy into the twenty-first century.    Shakespeare's Twelfth Night centers on power and love. One of the most perennially produced of Shakespeare's comedies, it talks about s...

• May-1993
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Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, King Henry V has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version of Henry V aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to b...

• Nov-1992
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Shakespeare's four greatest tragedies were written in a remarkably short period of time, between 1598 and 1606. Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear are each so singular an achievement that any rereading of them reinforces the awe and a...

• Jan-1991
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Over 150 exquisite poems deal with love, friendship, the tyranny of time, beauty's evanescence, death, and other themes in language of remarkable power, precision, and beauty. Glossary of archaic terms....

• Jan-1991
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• May-1990
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This book considers and illustrates the stage history of the play, and provides an account of the authorship controversy from the mid-nineteenth century, when John Fletcher's name was first put forward as a collaborator, to recent scholarship, which ...

• Jan-1989
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Playwright Lloyd Suh reimagines the political intrigue and high drama of Henry V for twenty-first-century audiences. Shakespeare's Henry V is a play about nationalism, war, and how we remember history. Known for its rousing s...

• Mar-1988
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• Jan-1988
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These two history plays -- one written in the early days of Shakespeare's career and one at the very end -- are alike in the complexity of their political vision. King John probes the nature of good and evil as self-interest and ruthless ambition pro...

• Jan-1988
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Pericles
The first of Shakespeare's late romances moves spectacularly from one dramatic period to another as the hero, Pericles, sails off to adventure and love, and experiences what for him is a miracle.

Cymbeline
A favorite romantic dr...

• Jan-1988
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The Poems

Shakespeare's greatest achievement in nondramatic verse was his collection of 154 magnificent sonnets that portray a tumultuous world of love, rivalry, and conflict among a poet, an aristocratic young man, a rival poet, and a mysteri...

• Jan-1988
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Three Early Comedies

Love's Labor's Lost
Farce and fun follow when a young king and his three friends vow to give up women for a year -- just as a pretty princess and her three ladies-in-waiting arrive -- in a delightful play that ends with...

• Aug-1986
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Experts in English Literature believe that William Shakespeare wrote his famous sonnets between 1595 and 1605. Literary critics also conclude that the great British playwright likely wrote Sonnets 1 to 126 for a talented, handsome young musician he g...

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• Dec-1981
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Each edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the playFull explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the playScene-by-scene plot summariesA key to famous lines and phrasesAn introduc...

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• Nov-1978
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The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth is a history play by William Shakespeare, based on the life of Henry VIII of England....

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Actor and director David Ivers presents As You Like It, as you'd like to hear it today. Presenting a new translation of Shakespeare into contemporary English, Ivers reimagines Shakespeare's comedy fro...

• 1600
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The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. This edition of 'The Comedy of Errors...

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William Shakespeare's tragic comedy fulfilled with humor and sadness at the same time....

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The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare that was written around 1623. The play is about a king who becomes jealous of his queen and orders her to be killed. The queen's baby is saved and brought up by another family. Years later, the queen...

All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare written  between 1601-1608. Originally classified as a comedy, though now often counted as one of his problem plays, so-called because they cannot be easily classified as tragedy or come...

CONTENTS The Tempest Two Gentlemen of Verona Merry Wives of Windsor Twelfth Night; or, What You Will Measure for Measure Much Ado About Nothing A Midsummer Night's Dream Love's Labour's Lost The Merchant of Venice As You Like It All's W...

A powerfully topical new translation of Shakespeare's study of military power and political folly. Bay Area director, actor, and producer Sean San José takes on the themes of power and politics in his version of Coriolanus, Shakespeare's exploration...

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To thine own text be true -- Lisa Peterson's translation of Hamlet into contemporary American English makes the play accessible to new audiences while keeping the soul of Shakespeare's writing intact. Lovers of Shakespeare's language t...

Picking up where Henry IV, Part One left off after the Battle of Shrewsbury, Henry IV, Part Two is the story of England's King Henry IV during his final months of life, his reconciliation with his wayward heir, and his eventual death....

All three parts of William Shakespeare's Henry VI are combined in this Signet Classics edition of the Bard's historical play.

When his father dies, young Henry VI ascends to the English throne. What comes next is a complex, thrilling tale of r...

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It is one of several plays written by Shakespeare based on true events from Roman history, which also include Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...

King Lear is a classic tale written by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramat...

A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for hims...

Measure for Measure is a classic play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was originally classified as a comedy, but is now also classified as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. The play deals with the issues of...

Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. Enter JUSTICE SHALLOW, SLENDER, and SIR HUGH EVANS....

Shakespeare's most spirited play, adapted for new audiences by Jeffrey Whitty.Tony Award -- winning and Oscar-nominated storyteller Jeffrey Whitty offers his adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, mindfully adapted into modern l...

Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are...

.Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander. Bad news is, Hermia's father wants Demetrius for a son-in-law. On the outside is Helena, who...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice, falls in love with Desdemona, the daughter of a Venetian senator. Othello's trusted aide, Iago, jealous of Othello's success and of Desdemona's love for him, plots to destroy their relationship....

The plays collected here follow: the journeys of Pericles, Prince of Tyre; the political and romantic betrayals of Cymbeline - a chieftain of ancient times; and a work based on Chaucer''s The Knight''s Tale....

Considered one of Shakespeare's greatest history plays, The Tragedy of King Richard II concerns the ill-fated reign of a king whose eventual overthrow marks the beginning of Shakespeare's history cycle, including Henry IV, Part I, Henry IV Part II; a...

The works of this great English writer seem to be timeless -- his books contain vital questions which are still relevant today just as they were in the XVI cen. The secret of the eternal youth of his books is in the characters who have not changed ...

Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. Lies down on the ground, and falls asleep....

The Tempest is often considered by many Shakespeare's parting gift to the world of theatre. A highly original piece with no real derivation, it explores the themes of revenge, forgiveness, love and redemption. It is also considered despite its theme ...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

Easy to Read Shakespeare - Classic William Shakespeare Series - The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot ...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

A contemporary translation of one of Shakespeare's earliest explorations of love and friendship.   In one of his earliest plays, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare began exploring themes of love and friendship that became the focus of some of ...