William Shakespeare books

The Complete Works (1990)

Edward IIIFor anyone saying, "Huh?" right now, let me say that EIII is one of the "Apocryphal Plays" that have been credited wholly or in part to Shakespeare at one time or another but that do not have conclusive proof of authorship by Big Bill Rattlepike. In the Second Edition of the Oxford Shak...

Hamlet: An Authoritative Text, Intellectual Backgrounds, Extracts from the Sources, Essays in Criticism (1992)

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-directs a brillant ensemble performance. Three ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2004)

"The course of true love never did run smooth;" is a famous, often-quoted line - a truism throughout all ages and cultures. Where does it come from? It is spoken by a character called Lysander, in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, and articulates possibly the play's most important th...

Twelfth Night (2004)

A few years ago I read a review of some film that had come out and I was sure I would never see – read the review almost carelessly while flicking through the arts section of the paper on a Saturday morning, no, I must have been clicking over The Age Home Page. The woman who wrote the review com...

Henry VIII (2007)

We may well wonder how our greatest playwright took one of England’s most colourful monarchs and made one of his most colourless plays. This is not to say that Henry VIII is a bad play. It has many points of interest, and is certainly a vast improvement on the puerile Titus Andronicus, Shakespear...

Romeo and Juliet (2004)

Who does not know the story of Romeo and Juliet? And these immortal lines,"O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?""But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.""Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow,That I shall say good night till it...

Romeo y Julieta (2006)

A pesar del odio que separa a sus dos familias (los Capuleto y los Montesco), Romeo y Julieta se aman, logran reunirse y contraer matrimonio; sin embargo, la fatalidad los arrastra a la muerte.

Much Ado About Nothing (2004)

Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, in Spain, is coming to Messina, the capital of Sicily, for a little R&R, just having defeated his treacherous half- brother, in battle, (with few casualties, nobody important), Don John (the "Bastard"), they are now reconciled again ! His army needs it, Rest and Rel...

The Tempest (2004)

Shakespeare's Final Play2 April 2015tIt can be really annoying as you read a book and pick up all of these wonderful ideas about the themes and suddenly discover that you have forgotten them by the time you get around to writing the review. Honestly, it happens to me all the time, and it is even ...

Othello (2004)

To celebrate William Shakespeare on his birthday in April, my plan is to locate a staging of six plays. I'll listen to and watch these on my MacBook, following along to as much of the original text as is incorporated by the production. Later, I'll read the entire play in the modern English versio...

Julius Caesar (2004)

In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings—“Beware the ides of March”—and of moving public oratory—“Friends,...

King Henry IV, Part 1 (2002)

You stiffly force the turn of the revolving door flanked by glass panels flashing the buzz of the downtown street. You traverse the shimmering lobby floor and sway with your shifting weight as you await the arrival of the elevator. When it arrives, you leap from the doors as a rush of people floo...

Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens (1986)

Shakespeare's gory revenge play, "Titus Andronicus" seems like the Tarantino flick of its day, complete with amputations, cannibalism and every note of human cruelty and resentment. The titular character is a honor-fixated Roman general who returns from years of warfare to a populace that wants t...

Macbeth (Norton Critical Edition) (2003)

The Norton Critical Edition of Macbeth, Shakespeare's terrifying depiction of a man and woman's fall into evil, derives from the First Folio (1623), the only authoritative text of the play. The edition includes an introduction, annotations, and textual notes. A rich "Sources and Contexts" sectio...

Macbeth: Texts and Contexts (1999)

This teaching edition of Shakespeare’s Macbeth reprints the Bevington edition of the play accompanied by six sets of primary documents and illustrations thematically arranged to offer a richly textured understanding of early modern culture and Shakespeare’s work within that culture. The texts inc...

Love Poems and Sonnets (1957)

Reading the sonnets was an entirely different experience than I had anticipated. I often had to re-read a poem three or four times before the meaning finally revealed itself. That wasn't the unexpected part, however. I was surprised by the similarity of the sonnets. For example, at least ten of t...

Shakespeare's Sonnets (1997)

For we which now behold these present days,Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. This Pow’rful Rhyme EternalTennyson is famously to have declared Shakespeare 'greater in his sonnets than in his plays'. While the reader who might not soar as easily along the paths described by these So...

Richard III (2001)

Whether you consider King Richard III to be a villainous hog or a tragic hero, there is no denying that William Shakespeare has immortalized a character driven by hate, greed and evil in its purest form. As is common knowledge, Shakespeare was a playwright living during the Elizabethan (and Jacob...

King Richard III (1981)

The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays.This edition of King Richard III provides, a clear and authoritati...

Romeo and Juliet: Side by Sides (2004)

Visually engages readers by placing the original dialogue on the left-hand side of the page, and a modern prose interpretations on the right. As a result, it is easy for readers to cross reference as they move through the play and finally "get" Shakespeare.

Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare on the Double!) (2006)

"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 parents, the play packs a lot of action and emotio...

Henry V (2004)

Even for those whose introduction to Shakespeare has afforded them a positive experience -- thanks, perhaps, to a solid production of "Macbeth" or "Midsummer's Night's Dream" -- I think there's some trepidation about the history plays. I was no exception, feeling that my complete ignorance of the...

The Annotated Shakespeare: The Comedies, Histories, Sonnets and Other Poems, Tragedies and Romances Complete (Three Volume Set in Slipcase) (1988)

The complete theatrical works of the immortal bard, uniquely supplemented with annotation and critical analysis by a host of eminent scholars and critics -- from Samuel Coleridge to Samuel Johnson. Plus a biography of Shakespeare himself. For the collection of the Shakespeare enthusiast, and the ...

The Merchant of Venice (2005)

This edition of The Merchant of Venice 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 w...

Julius Caesar for Young People (Shakespeare for Young People Series, Vol 5) (1990)

Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare's most majestic works. Set in the tumultuous days of ancient Rome, this play is renowned for its memorable characters and political intrigue, and it has been captivating audiences and readers since it was first presented more than 400 years ago. This invaluable...

The Complete Works of Shakespeare (2003)

A balanced editorial approach, a highly respected editor, and proven apparatus combine to make Bevington the most student-friendly introduction to Shakespeare on the market. - Expanded coverage of stage performance and film. Introductory essays for each play have been revised and updated to inclu...

Romeo and Juliet (Third Series) (2012)

In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a world of violence and generational conflict in which two young people fall in love and die because of that love. The story is rather extraordinary in that the normal problems faced by young lovers are here so very large. It is not simply that the familie...

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (2005)

CHORUS. Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventur'd piteous over...

The Taming of the Shrew (Arkangel Complete Shakespeare) (2005)

Padua has many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister Kate is wed. Is any man up to the challenge? The witty adventurer Petruchio undertakes the task. His tough-love transformation of the shrewish Kate from fishwife into loving wife is the hea...

As You Like It (1968)

The New Penguin Shakespeare offers a complete edition of the plays and poems. Each volume hs been newly prepared from the original texts and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a full and helpful commentary, and a short account of the textual problems of the play.

The Tempest (New Penguin Shakespeare) (1968)

Romeo & Juliet: The Contemporary Film, the Classic Play (1996)

Award-winning director Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom) has updated Shakespeare's classic tragedy of young love and teen suicide in a unique new film, in which the warring Capulets and Montagues are gangsters who carry guns instead of swords. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grap...

Romeo and Juliet Red Reader (2002)

[Red Reader] When lovely Juliet refers to ?thy suit? in Act II of this classic, she isn?t describing Romeo?s clothing. In fact, she?s talking about Romeo?s love for her. Imagine that your students could miss this subtle, yet profound detail! Consider how Shakespeare?s play has endured over time,...

A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Applause Shakespeare Library (2000)

An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insigh...

Hamlet (New Folger Library) (2003)

Folger's Shakespeare Library presents these definitive editions of Shakespeare's classic tragedies, featuring scene-by-scene plot summaries, full explanatory notes, and much more. Original. (Plays/Drama)

The Taming of the Shrew (2003)

'Thompson ... makes admirable use of the play's stage history to show that its depiction of the woman-tamer has always disturbed people ... hers remains the introductory essay I would most want my students to read.' - English An international team of scholars offers: modernised, easily a...

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Performed by Warren Mitchell & Cast (Classic Drama) (1997)

A blend of comedy, magic, mystery, mischief and a satisfying set of contrasts make this one of Shakespeare's most popular plays.

Globe Illustrated Shakespeare: Complete Works (1979)

The complete theatrical works of the immortal Bard, uniquely supplemented with annotations and critical analysis by a host of eminent scholars, including Samuel Coleridge and Samuel Johnson, plus a biography of Shakespeare himself. For the collection of the Shakespeare enthusiast, and the edifica...

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1998)

Many consider the tragedy of "Hamlet" to be Shakespeare's masterpiece and one of the greatest plays of all time. It has entertained audiences for centuries and the role of Hamlet is one of the most sought after by actors. It is the story of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark who learns of the death of...

A Midsummer Night's Dream (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) (1999)

The New Folger Library edition features brief and simple clarification of seventeenth-century language, scene-by-scene plot summaries, and explanatory notes illuminating obscure and obsolete expressions.

Macbeth (York Notes Advanced) (2005)

This complete, line-by-line Macbeth translation makes the language of Shakespeare's play more modern while preserving the metrical rhythm, complexity, and poetic qualities of the original. The aim is to capture the sound and sense of Shakespeare's tragedy without the need for glosses or notes--to...

Twelfth Night: or, What You Will (1998)

Love, comedy, and false identities take the stage in this play about Orsino, Duke of Illyria; the countess he romantically pursues; and Viola--the woman disguised as a man who comes between them. This Signet edition includes such additional features as an overview of Shakespeare's life and times;...

Hamlet (Shakespeare collection) (2001)

Written for ages seven to ten, The Shakespeare Collection is an irresistible retelling of Shakespeare's most popular plays in storybook form. Written by experienced children's authors, the stories have been reviewed by Kathy Elgin of the Royal Shakespeare Company and contain extracts from the ori...

Romeo et Juliette, édition bilingue (français-anglais) (1993)

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) est considéré comme l'un des plus grand poètes, dramaturges et écrivains de la culture anglo-saxonne. Il est réputé pour sa maîtrise des formes poétiques et littéraires; sa capacité Ã

Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Made Easy) (1985)

A paperback copy of Shakespeare's popular romance play, Romeo and Juliet, which provides the original text side-by-side with a more modernized version of the material, which can aid readers in understanding the content.

Othello (Barnes & Noble Shakespeare) (2007)

Othello, by William Shakespeare, is part of the Barnes & Noble Shakespeare series.  This unique series features newly edited texts prepared by leading scholars from America and Great Britain, in collaboration with one of the world’s foremost Shakespeare authorities, David Scott Kastan of Columbia...

Macbeth (New Swan Shakespeare Series) (1986)

This complete, line-by-line Macbeth translation makes the language of Shakespeare's play more modern while preserving the metrical rhythm, complexity, and poetic qualities of the original. The aim is to capture the sound and sense of Shakespeare's tragedy without the need for glosses or notes--to...

King Henry V (2015)

The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you to a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of King Henry V provides, a clear and authoritati...

Romeo and Juliet: Performed by Michael Sheen & Cast (Classic Drama) (2004)

The "star-crossed lovers" of this great romantic tragedy continue to fascinate audiences year after year. This recording uses the New Cambridge Shakespeare text (Cambridge University Press 1985).

Hamlet (The Arden Shakespeare: Third Series) (2005)

This self-contained, free-standing volume gives readers the Second Quarto text. In his illustrated introduction to the play's historical, cultural, and performance contexts, Neil Taylor presents a thorough survey of critical approaches to the play. He addresses the challenges faced in reading, ed...

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Texts and Contexts (1999)

This edition of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream reprints the Bevington edition of the play accompanied by four sets of primary documents and illustrations thematically arranged to offer a richly textured understanding of early modern culture and Shakespeare’s work within that culture. The...

Ado about Nothing (2015)

'Set in a courtly world of masked revels and dances, this play turns on the archetypal story if a lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, spurned by her bridegroom, and finally vindicated and reunited with him. Villainy, schemes, and deceit threatens to darken the brilliant humor and sparkling wo...

William Shakespeare: His True Chronicle Historie of The Life And Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters (1995)

One of Shakespeare's finest tragedies, the work displays a pessimism and nihilism that make it a 20th-century favorite. The aging King Lear decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, allotting each a portion in proportion to the eloquence of her declaration of love. The hypocritical...

A Midsummers Night's Dream (Barnes & Noble Shakespeare) (2007)

A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, is part of the Barnes & Noble Shakespeare series.  This unique series features newly edited texts prepared by leading scholars from America and Great Britain, in collaboration with one of the world’s foremost Shakespeare authorities, David Scott ...

Storm. Burja. Genrih VIII. Venera i Adonis. Lukretsija (2015)

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Julius Caesar: A Radio 3 Full-cast Dramatisation. Starring Gerard Murphy & Cast (BBC Radio Collection) (1999)

In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings—“Beware the ides of March”—and of moving public oratory—“Friends,...

Hamlet (2011)

evoking the themes of identity, uncertainty and existence which indicate that this is a reflective play, often with more emphasis on thought and speech than on action. The information that it is midnight reinforces setting, with ideas of night and darkness and the associated themes of secrecy/dec...

William Shakespeare: The Complete Works 2nd Edition

ROMEO Amen, amen. But come what sorrow can, It cannot countervail the exchange of joy That one short minute gives me in her sight. Do thou but close our hands with holy words, Then love-devouring death do what he dare—It is enough I may but call her mine. FRIAR LAURENCE These violent delights hav...

King John & Henry VIII (2012)

    Methinks I see this hurly all on foot171:     And O, what better matter breeds172 for you     Than I have named! The Bastard Falconbridge     Is now in England, ransacking the Church,     Offending charity: if but a dozen French     Were there in arms, they would be as a call176     To train1...

The Comedy of Errors

W., On the Compositorial Genetics of The Comedy of Errors (1965). Magisterial study in which Shakespeare’s use of sources is explored in order to throw light on his methods of composition and body of work generally. Bryant, J. A., Jr., Shakespeare and the Uses of Comedy (1986). First chapter on T...

The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2011)

By examining a range of productions, we may gain a sense of the extraordinary variety of approaches and interpretations that are possible—a variety that gives Shakespeare his unique capacity to be reinvented and made “our contemporary” four centuries after his death. We begin with a brief overvie...

Complete Plays, The

THE SAME.     SCENE II. THE SAME.     Enter Nym, Bardolph, Pistol, and Boy Bardolph On, on, on, on, on! to the breach, to the breach!     Nym Pray thee, corporal, stay: the knocks are too hot; and, for mine own part, I have not a case of...

Antony and Cleopatra (2009)

MENECRATES    Know, worthy Pompey,        That what they do delay, they not deny4. POMPEY    Whiles we are suitors to their throne, decays        The thing we sue for5. MENECRATES    We, ignorant of ourselves,        Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers        Deny us for our good: so f...

All's Well That Ends Well (2011)

The Works of Shakespeare, ed. Samuel Johnson (1765), vol. 3, p. 399. 2. A. W. Schlegel, Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature (1808–11), in The Romantics on Shakespeare, ed. Jonathan Bate (1992), p. 260. 3. George Bernard Shaw, letter to Janet Achurch, 23 April 1895. On Helen as proto-Ibsenite ...

Titus Andronicus & Timon of Athens (2011)

speaker’s name) List of parts adapted from “THE ACTORS NAMES” at end of F text 1.1.27 gum, which oozes = Ed. F = Gowne, which vses 101 hands = F2. F = hand fly = Ed. F = sit 200 SD Apemantus often spelled Apermantus in F 236 cost = F3. F = cast 310 I’ll … company. Later editors have assigned this...

Richard II (2006)

GAUNT    I have, my liege7. KING RICHARD    Tell me, moreover, hast thou sounded8 him,    If he appeal the duke on ancient9 malice,    Or worthily, as a good subject should,    On some known ground11 of treachery in him? GAUNT    As near as I could sift12 him on that argument,    On some apparent...

King Lear (2011)

Enter Kent and a Gentleman, severally3 KENT    Who’s there, besides foul weather? GENTLEMAN    One minded like the weather, most unquietly2. KENT    I know you. Where’s the king? GENTLEMAN    Contending4 with the fretful elements; Bids the wind blow the earth into the sea Or swell the curlèd wate...

Cymbeline (2011)

By examining a range of productions, we may gain a sense of the extraordinary variety of approaches and interpretations that are possible—a variety that gives Shakespeare his unique capacity to be reinvented and made “our contemporary” four centuries after his death. We begin with a brief overvie...

The Winter's Tale (2009)

CAMILLO     It is fifteen3 years since I saw my country. Though I       have for the most part been aired4 abroad, I desire to lay my       bones there. Besides, the penitent king, my master, hath sent       for me, to whose feeling6 sorrows I might be some allay, or I       o’erween7 to think so...

The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011)

Evans with a sword in one hand and a book in the other, Simple carrying Evans’ gown EVANS    I pray you now, good master Slender’s serving-man, and friend Simple by your name, which way have you looked for Master Caius, that calls himself doctor of physic3? SIMPLE    Marry, sir, the Petty-ward, t...

Romeo & Juliet & Vampires (2010)

She had been dressed in the gorgeous silk dupioni gown her nurse had laid out for her the night before her unconscious body had been found. The clergyman had closed her eyes shut before he began the proceedings, so all she could do now was hear. And Juliet had heard plenty during her eulogy. More...

Macbeth (2009)

Arden of Faversham (possible part authorship) 1589–92 The Taming of the Shrew 1589–92 ? Edward the Third (possible part authorship) 1591 The Second Part of Henry the Sixth, originally called The First Part of the Contention betwixt the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster (element of co-author...

The Sonnets and Other Poems (2009)

But if the first heir of my invention prove deformed, I shall be sorry it had so noble a godfather and never after ear so barren a land, for fear it yield me still so bad a harvest. I leave it to your honourable survey, and your honour to your heart’s content, which I wish may always answer your ...