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    George Peele

    This volume collects together for the first time the best contemporary published work on the dramatist and author George Peele. Written by renowned scholars, the reprinted essays discuss Peele's prolific…

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    Doctor Faustus and Other Plays

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    Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is the most important of Shakespeare’s contemporaries. This edition offers his five major plays, which show…

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    Medieval Drama

    This reprint (with updated ‘Suggestions for Further Reading’) of the Houghton Mifflin edition makes David Bevington’s classic anthology of medieval drama available again at an affordable price.

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    Complete Works of Shakespeare, The

    David Bevington

    This student-friendly introduction to Shakespeare offers a balanced editorial approach, expanded coverage of stage performance and film, updated notes and glossaries and a general introduction providing historical and cultural contexts.

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    Henry IV, Parts I and II: Critical Essays

    Originally published in 1986. This volume points to the rich variety of critical responses to the Henry IV plays and their complexity. Organised chronologically, the collection then ends with two…

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    George Peele

    Looks at the literary achievement of George Peele, dramatist and author, who was born in London some time around 1556-8, was educated at Oxford, and returned to London to become…

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    Henry IV, Parts I and II: Critical Essays

    Originally published in 1986. This volume points to the rich variety of critical responses to the Henry IV plays and their complexity. Organised chronologically, the collection then ends with two…

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    How to Read a Shakespeare Play

    David Bevington

    This clear and succinct book is designed for general readers who want to know how to go about reading Shakespeare’s works for pleasure.

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    How to Read a Shakespeare Play

    David Bevington

    This clear and succinct book is designed for general readers who want to know how to go about reading Shakespeare’s works for pleasure.

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    Shakespeare: The Seven Ages of Human Experience

    David Bevington

    * Second edition of this highly innovative introduction to the extraordinary phenomenon of Shakespeare. * Offers readers insights into what makes Shakespeare great, and why we still read and perform…

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    Shakespeare’s Ideas

    David Bevington

    Shakespeare was not, strictly speaking, a philosopher. That is, he did not write essays or treatises arguing philosophical positions or proposing an all-embracing philosophical scheme.

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    Shakespeare’s Ideas

    David Bevington

    Shakespeare was not, strictly speaking, a philosopher. That is, he did not write essays or treatises arguing philosophical positions or proposing an all-embracing philosophical scheme.

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    This Wide and Universal Theater: Shakespeare in Performance, Then and Now

    David Bevington

    Explores how Shakespeare’s plays were produced both in his own time and in succeeding centuries. This book explains how the Elizabethan playhouse conveyed a sense of place using minimal scenery…

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    This Wide and Universal Theater: Shakespeare in Performance, Then and Now

    David Bevington

    Explores how Shakespeare’s plays were produced both in his own time and in succeeding centuries. This book explains how the Elizabethan playhouse conveyed a sense of place using minimal scenery…

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    Troilus and Cressida: Third Series, Revised Edition

    William Shakespeare

    Offers a complete edition of the play. Each volume in the series has been prepared from the original texts and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a full…

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    The Oxford Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part One

    William Shakespeare

    During Shakespeare’s lifetime Henry IV, Part I was his most reprinted play and Falstaff still towers among Shakespeare’s comic inventions. David Bevington analyses the play’s richly textured language in a…

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    Troilus and Cressida: Third Series, Revised Edition

    William Shakespeare

    The second edition of Troilus and Cressida featuring a revised and updated Introduction and new illustrations.

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    The Politics of the Stuart Court Masque

    A collection which takes a new look at the courtly masque in early seventeenth-century England.

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    Antony and Cleopatra

    William Shakespeare

    For this second edition, David Bevington has included in his introductory section a thorough consideration of recent critical and stage interpretations of Antony and Cleopatra, demonstrating how the theatrical design…

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    Henry IV, Part I: The Oxford Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare

    As Henry’s throne is threatened by rebel forces, England is divided. The characters reflect these oppositions, with Hal and Hotspur vying for position, and Falstaff leading Hal away from his…

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    The Politics of the Stuart Court Masque

    This 1998 book takes an alternative look at the courtly masque - a unique combination of music, dance, speech and elaborate costume - in early seventeenth-century England. The essays are…

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    Endymion: John Lyly

    John Lyly

    John Lyly was the master of the private theatre stage in the 1570s and 1580s, and this play represents his individual Euphuistic style. It is a love comedy, mimicking Queen…

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    The Spanish Tragedy

    Thomas Kyd,David Bevington

    The revenge play became the most durable and commercially successful type of drama on the Elizabethan stage. This example by Thomas Kyd, who was one of the originators of the…

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    The Jew of Malta: Christopher Marlowe

    Christopher Marlowe

    The Jew of Malta was influential on Shakespeare when he came to write The Merchant of Venice , the play exploring anti-Semitism and revenge. An introduction discusses the significance of…

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    Dr Faustus: the A- and B- Texts (1604, 1616): A Parallel-Text Edition

    Dr. Faustus is one of the jewels of early modern English drama, and is still widely performed today. Interestingly, the play has come down to the contemporary audience in two…

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    Antony and Cleopatra

    William Shakespeare

    For this second edition, David Bevington has included in his introductory section a thorough consideration of recent critical and stage interpretations of Antony and Cleopatra, demonstrating how the theatrical design…

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    As You Like it

    William Shakespeare

    Both a witty satire of literary clich and a tender meditation on the varieties of love, As You Like It continues to be one of Shakespeares most beloved and widely…

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    Action Is Eloquence

    David M Bevington, PH.D.

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    From Mankind to Marlowe

    David M Bevington, PH.D.

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    Tudor Drama and Politics

    David M Bevington, PH.D.

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    Twelfth Night

    William Shakespeare

    Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy about mistaken identity.

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    Hamlet

    William Shakespeare

    When the ghost of his father appears to Prince Hamlet of Denmark, urging him to avenge his murder upon his uncle, the tragic flaw of indecision leads Hamlet to ruin.

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    William Shakespeare

    Background information accompanies Shakespeare’s play about lovers’ triangles and the interaction of fairies and mortals.

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    The Theatrical City: Culture, Theatre and Politics in London, 1576-1649

    This collection of essays adopts a novel, interdisciplinary approach to a diverse group of texts composed in London during the Renaissance. Eight literary scholars and eight historians from two continents…

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    The Merchant of Venice

    William Shakespeare

    Presents the story of Antonio who risks his life to borrow money from his enemy, Shylock, and is saved by Portia, an heiress posing as a lawyer.

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    Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night

    William Shakespeare

    Contains The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night.

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    Four Tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth

    William Shakespeare

    Contains Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth.

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    As You Like It

    William Shakespeare

    Shakespeare’s comedy about the romantic struggles of Rosalind and Orlando.

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    Henry IV, Part One

    William Shakespeare

    Shakespeare’s play dealing with the beginning of Bolingbroke’s rule as Henry IV and Prince Hals friendship with Falstaff.

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    Henry V

    William Shakespeare

    The drama about King Henry V’s attempt to unite England under his rule is accompanied by information about the play’s background, style, and performance.

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    King Lear

    William Shakespeare

    An essay on the play in performance and source material and scholarship notes accompany the text of the tragedy.

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    Macbeth

    William Shakespeare

    Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare’s life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the…

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    Much Ado about Nothing

    William Shakespeare,David Bevington

    Depicts the humorous mishaps which follow when young Claudio is duped into believing his fiancee has been unfaithful.

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    Othello

    William Shakespeare,David Scott Kastan

    Tells of the naive Moor who is successfully manipulated by the ambitious and deceitful Iago.

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    The Taming of the Shrew

    William Shakespeare

    A comedy of Petruchio’s determination to subdue the irascible Katherine and to make her his wife.

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Shakespeare in Performance

    William Shakespeare,David Bevington,Peter Holland

    The Sourcebooks Shakespeare brings Shakespeare’s plays to life in a revolutionary new book and CD format. For the first time, text, audio and illustration come together to create a remarkable…

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    Doctor Faustus and Other Plays: Tamburlaine, Parts I and II; Doctor Faustus, A- and B-Texts; The Jew of Malta; Edward II

    Christopher Marlowe

    Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is the most important of Shakespeare’s contemporaries. This edition offers his five major plays, which show…

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    Doctor Faustus: A- and B- Texts 1604

    Christopher Marlowe,David Bevington,Eric Rasmussen

    This volume in the Revel Plays series, offers reading editions, with modern spelling, of the 1604 and 1616 editions of Marlowe’s play, arguing that the two cannot be conflated into…

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