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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…
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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…
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Will Tosh
An alternative biography of Shakespeare seen through the lens of queer Elizabethan England. From the Head of Research at The Globe, London.
William Shakespeare
The New Oxford Shakespeare edition of Titus Andronicus provides a friendly yet authoritative introduction to Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedy.
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
A new edition of one of Shakespeare's most complex and enigmatic plays.
Jacqueline Springfield
Black Playwrights and Heightened Text: When Shakespeare Ain't Enuf breaks down the misconception that heightened text sits only within a white tradition and brings the work of Black playwrights from…
Nora J. Williams
Argues that Shakespeare's plays are dramaturgically misogynist and that surface-level interventions cannot remediate them or make them 'feminist'.
Grace Tiffany
"Witty, resilient, and fiercely intelligent, Judith emerges as a heroine for the ages. Her journey, rich in historical authenticity and imaginative storytelling, offers insights that resonate across the centuries."-Christina Baker…
Danielle Rosvally
Explores the value of Shakespeare for theatrical businesspeople and audiences in nineteenth-century New York City.
Liz Evers
The ultimate guide to Shakespeare, covering everything from his characters, essential plotlines and the famous lines, to illuminating information on history's most influential and renowned playwright.
This new volume in the Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition increases our knowledge of how Twelfth Night was received and understood by critics, editors and general readers. The volume offers, in…
Danielle A St Hilaire
The connection between reading literature and developing an ethical self
The late 16th and early 17th centuries in England were a time of substantial anxiety over the value of reading…
The concepts of trust and risk provide important insights into the social and cultural life of early modern England but remain relatively unexplored in early modern literary studies.
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An updated edition of collected criticism offering a unique account of the critical history of one of Shakespeare's most problematic plays. This edition features a new supplementary introduction.
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.
Various
Rivers were the arteries of our first civilizations - the Tigris and Euphrates of Mesopotamia, India’s Ganges, Egypt’s Nile, the Yellow River of China - and have nourished modern cities…
Stephen Porter
New paperback edition - Life in the Tudor metropolis for both commoner and king alike. Everyday Life in Tudor London vividly recreates this colourful city.
Shakespeare
Dieses klassische Buch wurde urspruenglich vor Jahrzehnten unter dem Titel "Mucedorus". Es wurde jetzt von Writat fuer seine franzoesischsprachigen Leser in die franzoesische Sprache uebersetzt. Bei Writat liegt uns die…
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Ce livre classique a ete initialement publie il y a plusieurs decennies sous le titre "Mucedorus". Il a maintenant ete traduit par Writat en langue francaise pour ses lecteurs francophones…
Peter Raj
The religious truth behind England's Reformation was preserved in the plays of William Shakespeare. It was the only way to secure the truth from the grubby paws of plagiarisers and…
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Bill Bryson
From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet.
Deborah C. Payne, Drew Lichtenberg
This behind-the-scenes account analyzes the evolution of the premier classical theatre company in the U.S. against the changing social and economic landscape of Washington, D.C.
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Martin Bodek
It be the Passover Haggadah, as Shakespeare would hast writ it, hadst the idea occurred to him.
Art thee a teenager? Most wondrous. How about a tweenager? Coequal better. Perhaps…
Anonymous
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Walter W Skeat
Tim Crouch
Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, and The Tempest... in a way you've never seen them before.
Away from the rest of their plays, Malvolio, Cinna, Peaseblossom…
Mukesh K Sharma
"Mastering Shakespeare: Macbeth and As You Like It" by Mukesh K Sharma is your ultimate guide for conquering two of Shakespeare's most iconic plays and excelling in your RPSC exam…
Graf Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on Shakespeare, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha…
David Anonby
This cutting-edge book explores Shakespeare's negotiation of Reformation controversy about theories of salvation. While twentieth century literary criticism tended to regard Shakespeare as a harbinger of secularism, the so-called "turn…
Sanghamitra Dasgupta
William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is one of the finest studies of human psychology and its range of personalities is exciting - there is the egotistical Caesar himself whose "wisdom is…
John Leonard
In February 1616, William Shakespeare finds himself on the brink of financial ruin and trapped in an unhappy marriage. Desperate for a way out, he agrees to resume his clandestine…
