Shakespeare William: 2151 books

Faccenda molto spinosa, nell’Inghilterra elisabettiana, trattare in teatro personaggi della storia recente come, ad esempio, Tommaso Moro, umanista amato e stimato, ma anche mite e tenace oppositore del nuovo matrimonio di Enrico VIII con Anna Bolena, madre di Elisabetta I. Tuttavia la sua ascesa...

La trilogia dell’Enrico VI racconta il lungo e turbolento regno dell’ultimo sovrano della dinastia dei Lancaster, sul trono dal 1422 al 1471. La parte terza riparte dai postumi della battaglia di St. Albans, in cui il re era stato sequestrato dai nemici, ripercorre la fase dell’accordo temporaneo...

La trilogia dell’Enrico VI racconta il lungo e turbolento regno dell’ultimo sovrano della dinastia dei Lancaster, sul trono dal 1422 al 1471. Nella parte seconda lo scontro tra i nobili comincia a produrre i primi frutti avvelenati: la morte violenta del saggio duca di Gloucester (lo zio del re,...

Hamlet: Who's There is a tightly written highly theatrical adaptation of Shakespeare's great play. Reimagining the action to take place over the course of one night, the play can be produced to last ninety minutes for a small cast of six actors. Featuring much of the original language and the...

Justice, mortality, mercy in Vienna, dichotomy between corruption and purity. Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. Mercy and virtue prevail, as the play does not end tragically, with virtues such as compassion and forgiveness being exercised at the end of the production. This edition of 'Measure...

Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand...

Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand...

New adaptation of 'Hamlet' for a modern black theatrical production. Remember me… Denmark, a Black Empire of modern England, where an intelligent young student discovers the world he once knew has crumbled. Implored to defend what is left of his father’s decaying legacy, Hamlet now faces...

The portrait of a monarchy in crisis, this historical drama concerns the famous king's efforts to secure a divorce from his dignified and popular queen in order to marry an enchanting courtesan and produce a male heir. The play ranks among Shakespeare's most sumptuous and spectacular works, offering...

One of Shakespeare's "dark comedies," Measure for Measure is as noteworthy for its fascinating political and social implications as for its compelling characters: a duke masquerading as a monk, a would-be nun ordered to sacrifice her chastity to save her brother's life, and a self-righteous courtier,...

Collection containing Cymbeline, Pericles, The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, the best Shakespeare's romances.

Collection containing All’s Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labour ’s Lost, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, the best Shakespeare's comedies.

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 one of Shakespeare’s loveliest songs. The Two...

The play is set in a duchy in France, but most of the action takes place in a location called the Forest of Arden. Arden, Warwickshire, near Shakespeare's home town, which was the ancestral origin of his mother's family—who incidentally were called Arden. It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees...