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William Shakespeare
The ideal gift for lovers of Shakespeare to enjoy the intrinsic beauty of the Bard's prose and poetry. Part of a beautiful three-set edition, with the works laid out in…
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Kim Bradley
"Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful." -Measure for Measure, act 3, scene 1
Shakespeare's plays and poems remain as beloved in the twenty-first century as they were in the…
Michael Morpurgo
Ten stunning Shakespeare retellings from the master storyteller, with an introduction by Benedict Cumberbatch
Paul Hammond
In Shakespearean tragedy, language is used to bring about the downfall of characters, but there is also a tragedy which affects language itself through the decomposition of the fundamental concepts…
David Sterling Brown
Exploring the racially white 'others' whom Shakespeare illustrates in characters like Hamlet, Antony and the Macbeths - figures who are never quite 'white enough' - this urgent, compelling work shows…
One of Shakespeare's last plays, The Winter's Tale provides tragedy and comedy in equal measure. The King of Sicily, Leontes, accuses Queen Hermione, his wife, of adultery and sets off…
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
The First Folio (1623) text of Twelfth Night, with annotations and marginal glosses. Natasha Korda's expert introduction and list of textual edits made to the…
William Shakespeare, Andy Hung
"I love your Majesty according to my bond; no more nor less."
The aging King Lear of Britain has decided to abdicate his throne and divide his realm among his…
Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright.
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Judi Dench
Discover the real Judi Dench through a series of intimate conversations about the love of her life - Shakespeare
Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig…
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Paperblanks
This gold-tooled design comes from a unique binding attributed to Christian Samuel Kalthoeber, a German bookbinder working in London. He created the beautiful new cover for this copy of Shakespeare…
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This stately gold-tooled design comes from a unique binding attributed to Christian Samuel Kalthoeber, a German bookbinder working in London. He created the beautiful new cover for this copy of…
Product Specification: Paperblanks; William Shakespeare; Pencil; 12 PACK; 180 x 44
Product Specification: Paperblanks; William Shakespeare; Pencil; 4 PACK; 205 x 46
All is True is Shakespeare's retelling of one of the most defining periods in English history, the marriage and divorce of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon.
A new edition of Shakespeare's dramatic retelling of the deposition of Richard II.
The New Oxford Shakespeare edition of The Comedy of Errors provides a friendly yet authoritative introduction to Shakespeare's beloved comedy.
A new edition of Shakespeare's tragedy, Cymbeline, a tale of homicidal jealousy and villainous plots.
Greg Doran
This book charts the journey of Greg Doran through an account of his experiences either directing or producing each of Shakespeare's plays in the First Folio.
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Marjorie Garber
The untold story of Shakespeare's profound influence on Virginia Woolf and the rest of the Bloomsbury Group
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Ramie Targoff
This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to…
STAGED- Timeless tropes, enduring stories - a new Puffin Classics collection
'I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.'
Love, deception and discord…
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With a foreword by Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright Places and Breathless
'For never was a story…
'It will have blood, they say- blood will have blood.'
On a bleak, stormy night, three witches prophesy- Macbeth…
'The course of true love never did run smooth ...'
Hermia loves Lysander. But she must marry Demetrius or…
'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.'
When Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, discovers his father was murdered, he…
'We that are true lovers run into strange capers.'
Banished from her ambitious uncle's court, the lovesick Rosalind flees…
Nicholas Shakespeare
A fascinating new biography of the man behind James Bond, by an award-winning biographer and novelist who has unprecedented access to the Fleming Archive.
Richard III is one of Shakespeare's enduring villains as the troubled and troubling figure at the heart of this popular succession drama. Traversing the familiar terrain of scheming plots, proposals…
The New Oxford Shakespeare edition of Julius Caesar provides a friendly yet authoritative introduction to Shakespeare's famous Roman tragedy.
Nicholas Rowe
The first biography of Shakespeare. Written by Nicholas Rowe with assistance from Thomas Betterton. They researched and interviewed widely to collect as much information about Shakespeare as possible.
Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore
Shakespeare's Othello like you've never seen it - or read it - before! Classics in Graphics: Othello has been adapted into a graphic novel by expert authors, Steve Skidmore and…
Elizabeth Winkler
A delightful romp through the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him became the greatest taboo in literature... and who the Bard…
Fintan O'Toole
The works of Shakespeare have become staples of literature. They are everywhere, from our early schooling to the lecture rooms of academia, from classic theatre to modern adaptations on stage…
The New Oxford Shakespeare edition of Titus Andronicus provides a friendly yet authoritative introduction to Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedy.
A captivating picture book retelling by Shakespeare's Globe for very young readers. William Shakespeare's comedy about four lovers' mishaps in an enchanted forest is unforgettably re-imagined by Shakespeare's Globe as…
Zinnie Harris
The revised and updated edition of Zinnie Harris's powerful reimagining of Shakespeare's brutal tragedy, telling Lady Macbeth's story as it has never been heard before.
Clint Bracknell, Kylie Bracknell
The first adaption of a complete Shakespeare play entirely in one Australian Aboriginal language, this books track the passionate project of language recovery and restoration into a highly successful mainstage…
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Colin Salter
Immerse yourself in the sublime language of Shakespeare every night of the year with this whimsical and accessible anthology.
William Shakespeare, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Dr. Anjna Chouhan, Emily Sutton (illus.)
The first-ever illustrated children's edition of William Shakespeare's First Folio, published to celebrate its 400th anniversary – a sumptuous gift book to treasure for ever.
Discover the spellbinding magic of A Midsummer Night's Dream in this musical reimagining of one of Mendelssohn's most famous suites - push the button in each scene to hear the…
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Discover the fascinating stories of the bold and brave women in Shakespeare's plays. Stories of twelve of Shakespeare's courageous, strong-willed and determined characters, including Viola, Cleopatra, Portia, Lady Macbeth and…
The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed to encourage new interpretations of the plays and poems.
A new edition of one of Shakespeare's most complex and enigmatic plays.
The New Oxford Shakespeare edition of Henry IV Part I provides a friendly yet authoritative introduction to Shakespeare's famous history play.
The New Oxford Shakespeare edition of The Tempest provides a friendly yet authoritative introduction to Shakespeare's famous play.
