The volume contains Richard II, Henry IV Part One, henry IV Part Two, and Henry V. Each play possesses its own distinctive mood, tone and style, and together they inhabit the turbulent period of change from the usurpation of the throne of Richard II by Bolingbroke to the triumph of heroic kingship in Henry V.

Contains >A Comedy Of Errors, The Taming Of The Shrew, The Two Gentlemen Of Verona, Love's Labour's Lost, Romeo And Juliet< and >A Midsummer Night's Dream.<

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 insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages.

La prima parte di 'Enrico IV' lascia un'impressione di vitalità esuberante, di ardimento individuale (nei personaggi) e creativo (nell'autore). Tutt'altra impressione suscita la 'Parte Seconda', che ha la stessa lunghezza di quella precedente, lo stesso numero di scene e la stessa struttura animata dagli stessi protagonisti. La differenza è che è rimasto un solo giovane, Hal, assente dal campo di battaglia, e i padri che si sono rattrappiti. Inoltre Shakespeare introduce altri due personaggi entrambi in là con gli anni: il Primo Giudice e il giudice di campagna Robert Shallow.

'Cimbelino' è uno dei più complessi e affascinanti dei cosiddetti 'romances' o 'drammi romanzeschi' dell'ultimo Shakespeare, il quale compie con esso lo sforzo straordinario di mescolare e sovrapporre diversi dei generi teatrali da lui praticati in precedenza per produrre un intreccio e una serie di temi originali. Raramente messo in scena e poco amato dalla critica, 'Cimbelino' presenta una trama ricca e articolata oltre alla presenza di alcuni dei versi tardivi più belli e interessanti ad opera del Bardo.

'L'Enrico VI, parte prima' appare nel grande in-folio del 1623 che raccoglie le opere di Shakespeare. Pur conservando una sua autonomia narrativa, esso forma, con la seconda e la terza parte dell'Enrico VI, una trilogia che ricostruisce il lungo e infelice regno del figlio di Enrico V, il vincitore dei francesi ad Agincourt, morto prematuramente nel 1422. Enrico VI viene incoronato re a soli nove mesi e resiste sul trono con alterna fortuna fino al 1471, quando il suo assassinio nella Torre di Londra pone fine alla supremazia della dinastia Lancaster.

REA's MAXnotes for William Shakespeare's Macbeth

The MAXnotes offers a comprehensive summary and analysis of Macbeth and a biography of William Shakespeare. Places the events of the play in historical context and discusses each act in detail. Includes study questions and answers along with topics for papers and sample outlines.

REA's MAXnotes for William Shakespeare's Hamlet

The MAXnotes offers a comprehensive summary and analysis of Hamlet and a biography of William Shakespeare. Places the events of the play in historical context and discusses each act in detail. Includes study questions and answers along with topics for papers and sample outlines.

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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 themselves familiar with crucial episodes in English history. For an Elizabethan England that had already emerged onto the stage of world power and was hungry to understand the sources and nature of its identity, Shakespeare provided a grandeur born of the transforming power of his art.

This volume contains Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3; Richard III; and King John. The texts, authoritatively edited by Sylvan Barnet, are supplemented with textual notes, bibliographies, a detailed chronology of Shakespeare's life and times, and a substantial introduction in which Tony Tanner discusses each play individually and in the context of Shakespeare's work.

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This edition of The Two Gentlemen of Verona is part of the Cambridge School Shakespeare series. Like every other play in the series, it has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version of The Two Gentlemen of Verona aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom through enjoyable activities that will help increase your understanding. You are encourage to make up your own mind about the play, rather than have someone else's interpretation handed down to you. Whatever you do, remember that Shakespeare wrote his plays to be acted, watched and enjoyed.

Set in a courtly world of masked revels and dances, this play turns on the archetypal story of a lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, spurned by her bridegroom, and finally vindicated and reunited with him. Villainy, schemes, and deceits threaten to darken the brilliant humor and sparkling wordplay–but the hilarious counterplot of a warring couple, Beatrice and Benedick, steals the scene as the two are finally tricked into admitting their love for each other in Shakespeare's superb comedy of manners.

Each Edition Includes:
• Comprehensive explanatory notes
• Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship
• Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English
• Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories
• An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography

An active approach to Shakespeare in the classroom. This edition of Antony and Cleopatra is part of the Cambridge School Shakespeare series. Like every other play in the series, it has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version of Antony and Cleopatra aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom through enjoyable activities that will help increase your understanding. You are encourage to make up your own mind about the play, rather than have someone else's interpretation handed down to you. Whatever you do, remember that Shakespeare wrote his plays to be acted, watched and enjoyed.

The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Shakespeare contains selections from Shakespeare's work, including his sonnets, his narrative poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, songs and speeches, and an index of first lines.