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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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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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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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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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The Comedy of Errors

William Shakespeare,David M Bevington

Shakespeare’s comic play about the separation and eventual reuniting of twin brothers.

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King John and Henry VIII

William Shakespeare,David M. Bevington

Presents the texts of two of Shakespeare’s historical dramas, with notes on the text.

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Measure for Measure, All’s Well That Ends Well, Troilus and Cressida

William Shakespeare,David M Bevington

Three of Shakespeare’s plays dramatize political corruption, a king’s promise, and the breakdown of society.

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The Late Romances: Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest

William Shakespeare,David M. Bevington

Contains Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest.

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Henry IV

William Shakespeare,David M Bevington

Shakespeare’s play about Prince Hal’s rejection of his past and preparation to become king.

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Richard II

William Shakespeare,David M Bevington

The classic tragedy about the downfall of King Richard II is presented with critical commentary and historical background.

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Richard III

William Shakespeare,David M. Bevington

A brief discussion of the background and performance accompanies the text of Shakespeare’s play about a cunning, manipulative villian.

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The Poems

William Shakespeare,David M Bevington

Critical notes and scholarly comments accompany Venus and Adonis, the rape of Lucrece, the phoenix and turtle, A lover’s complaint, and Sonnets.

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Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare,David M Bevington

The classic tragedy about the doomed young lovers.

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The Oxford Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

William Shakespeare

In his introduction to this new edition, Peter Holland traces the material out of which Shakespeare constructs his world of night and shadows, and the amalgam he makes of them…

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Love’s Labor’s Lost: The Pelican Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now repackaged in award-winning modern covers to inspire Shakespearians of all ages.

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The Oxford Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakepeare’s plays. It brings together aristocrats, workers, and fairies in a wood outside Athens, and from there the enchantment begins…

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Coriolanus: Third Series

William Shakespeare

One of Shakespeare’s last tragedies. Coriolanus is a proud General who does not hesitate to show his arrogant and outspoken contempt of the Roman rabble. The comprehensive Introduction and commentary…

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Coriolanus: Third Series

William Shakespeare

This Roman play is one of Shakespeare’s last tragedies, best known for its political and military themes.The Introduction and commentary notes open up the language, themes and ideas in this…

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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 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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Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s drama of Caesar’s assassination and the defeat of the conspirators by Mark Antony, Octavius Caesar, and Lepidus.

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Much Ado About Nothing: The Pelican Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

The repackaging of the acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series continues with more dazzling new covers to excite Shakespearians of all ages

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Cymbeline

William Shakespeare

Ten new volumes are now offered in the completely revised Pelican ShakespeareSeries.

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Love’s Labor’s Lost

William Shakespeare

A revised edition of this play.

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Richard III

William Shakespeare

Featuring a new overview of Shakespeare’s works by Sylvan Barnet, former Chairman of the English Department at Tufts University, this Signet classic also includes a comprehensive stage and screen history…

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Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sir William Davenant and the Duke’s Company

Amanda Eubanks Winkler (Syracuse University, USA),Professor Richard Schoch (Queen's University Belfast, UK)

Eubanks Winkler and Schoch reveal how - and why - the first generation to stage Shakespeare after Shakespeare’s lifetime changed absolutely everything. Founder of the Duke’s Company, Sir William Davenant…

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