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Title: King Henry V (cambridge School Shakespeare S.): Description:
*PAPERBACK* 2000 by Cambridge University Press.

Title: King Richard Ii (wordsworth Classics): Description:
One of Shakespeare's finest history plays, Richard II deals with one of the most sensitive and politically explosive issues of its day--the rights and wrongs of deposing a legitimately appointed king. Forerunner to the two parts of Henry IV, the play deals with the abdication of King Richard II in 1399, the subsequent succession of Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV, and Richard's death in the spring of 1400. But the play has been celebrated above and beyond its stature as historical drama. Richard II begins with a portrait of Richard as a pompous, arrogant and self-regarding sovereign, with little sense of his people or his political responsibilities. As he consistently miscalculates in his attempts to destroy Bolingbroke, and watches his own power wane, he becomes a far more appealing, Hamlet-like figure, more interested in "talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs", and "sad stories of the death of kings". Richard's speeches become increasingly lyrical and poetic as his supporters desert him, until he finally takes on the stature of the pilloried Christ in the climax of the play, the deposition scene, one of the most politically risky scenes in all of Shakespeare. The play remains most famous for John of Gaunt's "This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle" speech, but historians believe that the play was also performed in the streets of London in 1601 in support of the Earl of Essex's attempt to depose Elizabeth I. Whilst the plot failed, it showed the power of the theatre of the time, and the politically controversial nature of Shakespeare's play. --Jerry Brotton

Title: Much Ado About Nothing (penguin Popular Classics): Description:
Complete and unabridged.

Title: Macbeth (penguin Popular Classics): Description:
Macbeth is a feat of dramatic genius compelling as it does, the audience to sympathize with a cold-blooded murderer.

Title: Hamlet (penguin Popular Classics): Description:
Undoubtedly the most famous of all of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet remains one of the most enduring but also enigmatic pieces of western literature. The story of Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, his tortured relationship with his mother, and his quest to avenge his father's murder at the hand of his brother Claudius has fascinated writers and audiences ever since it was written around 1600. For many years interest focused on both Hamlet's inability to avenge his father's death, claiming that "the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought", and, according to none other than Freud, his oedipal fixation with his mother. However, more recently critics have turned their attention to Hamlet's bold theatrical self-reflexivity (most famously reflected in the performance of "The Mousetrap"), its fascination with issues of theology and Renaissance humanism, and its dense, complex poetic language. What is so remarkable about the play is the way in which it tends to uncannily reflect the concerns of different epochs. As a result, Hamlet has been at different moments defined as a romantic rebel, an angst-ridden existentialist, a paralysed intellectual and an ambivalent New Man. Whatever subsequent generations make of Hamlet, they are unlikely to exhaust the possibilities of this most extraordinary play. --Jerry Brotton

Title: The Tempest (new Penguin Shakespeare S.): Description:
One of Shakespeare's most famous but also enigmatic plays, for many years the story of Prospero's exile from his native Milan, and life with his daughter Miranda on an unnamed island in the Mediterranean, was seen as an autobiographical dramatisation of Shakespeare's departure from the London stage. The Epilogue, spoken by Prospero, claims that "now my charms are all o'erthrown", appeared to reflect Shakespeare's own renunciation of his magical dramatic powers as he retired to Stratford. But The Tempest is far more than this, as recent commentators have pointed out. The dramatic action observes the classical unities of time, place and action, as Prospero uses his "rough magic" to lure his wicked usurping brother, Antonio, and King Alonso of Naples to his island retreat to torment them before engineering his return to Milan. However, the play is full of extraordinary anomalies and fantastic interludes, including Gonzalo's fantasy of a utopian commonwealth, Prospero's magical servant Ariel, and the "poisonous slave" Caliban. The creation of Caliban has particularly fascinated critics, who have noticed in his creation a colonial dimension to the play. In this respect Caliban can be seen as an American Indian or African slave, who articulates a particularly powerful strain of anti-colonial sentiment, telling Prospero that "this island's mine, by Sycorax my mother,/ Which thou tak'st from me". This has led to an intense reassessment of the play from a post-colonial perspective, as critics and historians have debated the extent to which the play endorses or criticises early English colonial expansion. --Jerry Brotton

Title: Comedies (modern Library): Description:
comedies of shakespeare, lovely book with gold leaf edge pages.

Title: King Richard Iii (arden Shakespeare): Description:
The Arden Shakespeare, founded in the 1890's has, with a continuing process of revision, established itself as the standard scholarly edition of Shakespeare's works. Each play appears in a separate volume with critical notes, apparatus, appendices giving extracts from the relevant sources, and a full introduction. For the general reader and the students who want something more substantial than school texts or a one volume Shakespeare, the Arden edition, edited to the highest standards of modern scholarship has continued to prove invaluable.

Title: William Shakespeare (illustrated Poets S.): Description:
A selection of poems introduced by peter porter. Some well known others less so.

Title: The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (wordsworth Royals): Description:
This volume is a reprint of the Shakespeare Head Press edition, and it presents all the plays in chronological order in which they were written. It also includes Shakespeare's Sonnets, as well as his longer poems "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece".

Title: Hamlet (new Penguin Shakespeare): Description:
Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Hamlet" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company. About the Author G. R. Hibbard is dead

Title: The Merchant Of Venice (the New Penguin Shakespeare): Description:
Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "The Merchant of Venice" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company. From the Back Cover Although this play is a romantic comedy, as the story of a young merchant who cannot repay a debt to vindictive money lender, it has a very dark obstacle in the character of Shylock, one of the most vivid and memorable characters in Shakespeare's works. The CliffsComplete The Merchant of Venice is a revised and expanded study edition. It contains Shakespeare's original play, a glossary, and expert commentary in a unique, 2-column format. To enhance your learning, notes and definitions appear directly opposite the line in which they occur, and a review section follows the play. This edition also introduces you to the life, works, and times of William Shakespeare. About the Author Jay L. Halio is Professor of English, University of Delaware

Title: Richard Iii (3rd): Description:
Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "King Richard III" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Title: Macbeth (new Penguin Shakespeare): Description:
Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Macbeth" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company. About the Author Nicholas Brooke is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of East Anglia.

Title: Julius Caesar (wordsworth Classics): Description:
This book is edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, research Professor of English, University of Sussex. "Julius Caesar" is among the best of Shakespeare's historical and political plays. Dealing with events surrounding the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., the drama vividly illustrates the ways in which power and corruption are linked. The cry 'Peace, freedom and liberty!' is used to exculpate brutal realities, while personal ambitions taint public actions. Rich in characterization and replete with eloquent rhetoric, "Julius Caesar" remains engrossing and topical: a play for today. From the Author It's two, two, two plays in one!Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar" is the only tragedy he wrote where the title character dies in the third act. The real "tragic hero" is Brutus, who is the last to die in the play.It's also interesting to note Marc Antony, a minor character in the first two acts, who comes to the forefront in his funeral oration. But his nobility declines in Act 4, where Shakespeare shows him to be influenced by power.There is no direct confrontation between the protagonists and the antagonists in the play. Both Cassius and Brutus come to their ends by their own hands. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. From the Back Cover Dramatizing the political battles in Rome during the height of the Pax Romanum, Shakespeare pits Caesar against an untold number of conspirators and lets the daggers fly. Antony comes in at the end to clean up the mess and carry on the rule of the Caesars. The CliffsComplete Julius Caesar is a revised and expanded study edition. It contains Shakespeare's original play, a glossary, and expert commentary in a unique, 2-column format. To enhance your learning, notes and definitions appear directly opposite the line in which they occur, and a review section follows the play. This edition also introduces you to the life, works, and times of William Shakespeare. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. About the Author Arthur Humphreys is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Leicester. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Title: Hamlet (arden Shakespeare): Description:
An arden classic

Title: Othello (new Penguin Shakespeare): Description:
Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Othello" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Title: King Henry V (the New Cambridge Shakespeare): Description:
This new edition of Shakespeare's most celebrated war play points to the many inconsistencies in the presentation of Henry V. Andrew Gurr's substantial introduction explains the play as a reaction to the decade of war which preceded its writing, and analyses the play's double vision of Henry as both military hero and self-seeking individual. Professor Gurr shows how the patriotic declarations of the Chorus are contradicted by the play's action. He places the play's more controversial sequences in the context of Elizabethan thought, in particular the studies of the laws and morality of war written in the years before Henry V. He also studies the variety of language and dialect in the play. The appendices summarise Shakespeare's debt to his dramatic and historical sources, while the stage history shows how subsequent centuries have received and adapted the play on the stage and in film. About the Author Gary Taylor is Professor of English, Brandeis University. Associate Editor of the Complete Oxford Shakespeare, he is also the author of several critical studies of Shakespeare and his works. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Title: Othello (new Cambridge Shakespeare) (the New Cambridge Shakespeare): Description:
Lively, instructive access to Shakespeare's rich and complex works. Professor Sanders provides a full analysis of the textual problem and theories of transmission of Othello, and offers possible solutions to the stylistic and racial problems which face modern readers and spectators. His edition includes contemporary maps of Venice and Cyprus, photographs of famous actors who have played the leading roles, and reconstructions of staging at the Globe and Blackfriars Theatres. For this updated edition, Scott McMillin has added a new section on the key events in both scholarship and theatre since the 1980s, including political, feminist and postcolonial treatments in various parts of the world. The influence of new historicism and cultural materialism are also taken into account, and a description of performances of the play on stage, film and television tackles the issue of black/white casting of the main characters.

Title: The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare: Description:
Every word bard none!

Title: Romeo And Juliet (penguin Popular Classics): Description:
A young man and woman meet by chance and fall instantly in love. But their families are bitter enemies, and in order to be together, the two lovers must be prepared to risk everything. Set in a city torn apart by feuds and gang warfare, "Romeo and Juliet" is a dazzling combination of passion and hatred, bawdy comedy and high tragedy.

Title: Romeo And Juliet (penguin Shakespeare): Description:
Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Romeo and Juliet" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Title: Hamlet (arden Shakespeare): Description:
The text of the classic tragedy about the struggle of Prince Hamlet to avenge his father's murder is accompanied by extensive critical notes and historical commentary. About the Author G. R. Hibbard is dead --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Title: As You Like It (arden Shakespeare): Description:
William Shakespeare's play.

Title: King Lear (penguin Popular Classics): Description:
An ageing king makes a capricious decision to divide his realm among his three daughters according to the love they express for him. When the youngest daughter refuses to take part in this charade, she is banished, leaving the king dependent on her manipulative and untrustworthy sisters. In the scheming and recriminations that follow, not only does the king's own sanity crumble, but the stability of the realm itself is also threatened.

Title: York Notes Hamlet: Description:
York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. From the Author How this book came into existence.I have been running teacher-training workshops on Shakespeare for years and was talking to a British Council Conference in Oxford about the highs and lows. I mentioned the sad prevalence of study AIDS amongst A-level students and how hard one had to work to steer students clear of pre-digested responses to the plays, their characters and Shakespeare's methods. A tactful publisher observed to me afterwards that since study AIDS wouldn't go away why didn't I try to write a goodish one to help limit the damage? This book was the result of that attempt: the most author-demanding textbook Lynn & I have written. Pruning seven hundred pages to just a hundred a fifty... What is there? As accurate a synopsis as we could manage, scene summaries and commentaries which attempt to point the way discussion might develop; some preliminary textual analyses for students to build on. We hope this will be a useful workbook for students to access alongside their studies of the play rather than read only at the revision stage (or instead of working the text at all). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Title: Macbeth & Areopagitica.: Description:
Readings for dicussion. First year course.

Title: King Lear (arden Shakespeare: Third): Description:
In this edition, R.A. Foakes brings to bear a number of historical perspectives and critically addresses recent explorations of "King Lear" as a play of redemption, a play of despair and a play that destabilises all commentary. Included is a composite text of Quarto and Folio versions, which allows readers to make their own editorial judgements.

Title: Macbeth (new Swan Shakespeare): Description:
Macbeth

Title: Othello (cambridge School Shakespeare): Description:
A prose retelling of Shakespeare's play in which a jealous general is duped into thinking that his wife has been unfaithful, with tragic consequences.

Title: The Oxford Shakespeare: Hamlet (oxford World's Classics): Description:
Hamlet's combination of violence and introspection is unusual among Shakespeare's tragedies. It is also full of curious riddles and fascinating paradoxes, making it one of his most widely discussed plays. Professor Hibbard's illuminating and original introduction explains the process by which variant texts were fused in the eighteenth century to create the most commonly used text of today. Drawing on both critical and theatrical history, he shows how this gusion makes Hamlet seem a much more 'problematic' play than it was when it originally appeared in the First Folio of 1623. The Oxford Shakespeare edition presents a radically new text, based on that First Folio, which printed Shakespeare's own revision of an earlier version. The result is a 'theatrical' and highly practical edition for students and actors alike. About the Author G. R. Hibbard is dead

Title: The History Of King Lear (oxford Shakespeare): Description:
The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers - a new, modern-spelling text, based on the Quarto text of 1608 - on-page commentary and notes explain meaning, staging, allusions and much else - detailed introduction considers composition, sources, performances and changing critical attitudes to the play - illustrated with production photographs and related art - includes 'The Ballad of King Lear' and related offshoots - full index to introduction and commentary - durable sewn binding for lasting use 'not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare. This is a major achievement of twentieth-century scholarship.' Times Literary Supplement About the Author Stanley Wells ran the Oxford Shakespeare Department within OUP while the Complete Works was in preparation. He is a former Director of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Title: Hamlet (wordsworth Classics): Description:
Edited, Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, Professor of English Literature, University of SussexHamlet is not only one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, but also the most fascinatingly problematical tragedy in world literature. First performed around 1600, this a gripping and exuberant drama of revenge, rich in contrasts and conflicts. Its violence alternates with introspection, its melancholy with humour, and its subtlety with spectacle. The Prince, Hamlet himself, is depicted as a complex, divided, introspective character. His reflections on death, morality and the very status of human beings make him ' the first modern man'. About the Author G. R. Hibbard is dead

Title: Hamlet (new Swan Shakespeare): Description:
These editions of Shakespeare's plays are designed especially for students at Senior Secondary and University level. Each edition includes the General Editor's preface, the introduction, the text of the play and a glossary. The introduction explains the historical, social and philosophical background to the play and the Elizabethan theatre, and certain points are clarified by illustrations taken from contemporary sources. The text of the play has a general note on each scene and detailed notes are set facing the text to which they refer. The glossary at the back gives the location of all the difficult or unusual words in the text together with a brief explanation of their meaning. The treatment of the play is detailed, but throughout the aim has been to ensure that the reader fully understands and appreciates the play itself.

Title: King Henry Iv Part 2 (arden Shakespeare): Description:
Paperback

Title: Illustrated Stratford Shakespeare: Description:
All of his plays as well as sonnets

Title: The Tragedy Of King Lear (the New Cambridge Shakespeare): Description:
Lively, instructive access to Shakespeare's rich and complex works. For this updated critical edition of King Lear, Professor Halio has added a new introductory section on recent stage, film, and critical interpretations of the play. He gives a comprehensive account of Shakespeare’s sources and the literary, political and folkloric influences at work in the play; a detailed reading of the action; and a substantial stage history of major productions. Professor Halio chooses the Folio as the text for this edition. He explains the differences between the quarto and Folio versions and alerts the reader to the rival claims of the quarto by means of a sampling of parallel passages in the Introduction and by an appendix which contains annotated passages unique to the quarto. An updated reading list completes the edition.

Title: Titus Andronicus (the New Cambridge Shakespeare): Description:
The great strength of Hughes's edition is its attention to the theatrical aspects of the play … his discussion of the play in performance is illuminating.

Title: Troilus And Cressida (arden Shakespeare: Third): Description:
This volume offers a comprehensive edition of Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida". The introduction places the play in its late Elizabethan context, examines and assimilates the wide variety of critical responses the play has elicited, and argues its importance in the context of late 20th-century culture as an experimental and open-ended work.

Title: King Lear (new Penguin Shakespeare): Description:
The story of a man who mistakes his loving youngest daughter as uncaring when she is simply more truthful than her two sisters.

Title: Twelfth Night (heinemann Shakespeare): Description:
One of the Bard's best loved plays.

Title: Antony And Cleopatra (new Penguin Shakespeare): Description:
Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Romeo and Juliet" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Title: Romeo And Juliet (arden Shakespeare): Description:
With all the crtitical knowlege and notes etc., that you would expect from an Arden Book by Methuen.

Title: Twelfth Night (new Longman Shakespeare Series): Description:
complete script and explanations notes and exam questions really usefull

Title: The Tempest: Description:
The Arden Shakespeare is the finest edition of Shakespeare you can find.

Title: Macbeth: Cartoons: Description:
London: Oval Projects, 1982. 'The complete text of Macbeth in stunning full colour cartoon'. Illustrated by Von.

Title: Antony And Cleopatra (penguin Popular Classics): Description:
classic

Title: The Tempest (penguin Shakespeare): Description:
This book includes a general introduction to Shakespeare's lufe and the Elizabethan theatre, a seperate introduction to The Tempest, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary.

Title: Hamlet (oxford School Shakespeare): Description:
This book is part of a series of books that is intended for the reader's further understanding of Shakespeare's plays.

Title: York Notes On Shakespeare's Othello - York Notes Advanced: Description:
Great for deeper understanding and analysis of Shakespeare's Othello RRP £5.99

Title: Othello (cambridge School Shakespeare): Description:
Othello is one of the ten most popular titles from the best-selling Cambridge School Shakespeare series now available in a new edition. The new edition includes new and revised activities throughout, new black and white photos from the widest selection of stage and film interpretations of the plays, and a larger glossary providing extra support with the language of Shakespeare. In addition, expanded sections on characters, language, and performance history offer the best support for the KS3 SATs and GCSE coursework. The new edition also includes exciting new features to bring the play to life such as a visually stunning eight-page section packed with full-colour production photographs and a striking new cover design. The new edition remains faithful to the Cambridge School Shakespeare active approach, which treats the play as theatre and the text as a script to be acted, explored and enjoyed. RRP - £5.95

Title: Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (collins Classics): Description:
The Collins edition of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, edited by the late professor Peter Alexander, has long been established as one of the world's most favourite single volume editions of Shakespeare's works and was chosen by the BBC as the basis for its major revised cycle of the plays.

Title: The Tempest (penguin Popular Classics): Description:
Deposed from his dukedom and cast out to sea, the powerful Prospero lives with his daughter on a magical island. He causes a shipwreck, and his usurping brother's party from Milan is swept ashore. Through the power of love and enchantment, Prospero gradually trnasforms chaos into order.

Title: Much Ado About Nothing (arden Shakespeare: Second Series): Description:
Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, perfect for school or university as complete with comprehensive introduction.

Title: Othello (wordsworth Classics): Description:
This is an intense drama of love, deception, jealousy and destruction. Desdemona's love for Othello, the Moor, transcends racial prejudice; but the envious Iago conspires to devastate their lives. In its vivid rendering of racism, sexism, contested identities, and the savagery lurking within civilisation, Othello is arguably the most topical and accessible tragedy from Shakespeare's major phase as a dramatist.

Title: King Richard Iii (wordsworth Classics): Description:
This play charts the rise and fall of a Machiavellian villain who, by scheming and by infanticide, claws his way to the throne of England. It contains a mixture of poetry and politics, tragedy and sardonic wit.

Title: Much Ado About Nothing Advanced York Notes Advanced: Description:
York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts.

Title: Much Ado About Nothing (arden Shakespeare: Second Series): Description:
Part of the "New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this book offers a complete edition of "Much Ado About Nothing". It has been prepared from the original texts and is accompanied by an introduction, a list of further reading, a full commentary, and a short account of the textual problems of the play.

Title: Twelfth Night (simply Shakespeare): Description:
v class="productDescriptionWrapper"> Books in this brand-new, illustrated series contain complete texts of Shakespeare's plays. However, the lines are set up so students can see the bard's original poetic phrases printed side-by-side and line-by-line with a modern "translation" on the facing page. The plays have endured, but over the course of 400+ years, the English language has changed in many ways - which is why today's students often find Shakespeare's idiom difficult to comprehend. Simply Shakespeare offers an excellent solution to their problem. Introducing each play is a general essay covering Shakespeare's life and times.At the beginning of each act in every play, a two-page spread describes what is about to take place with - - An Introduction: Explains the story's background - Characters: Briefly describes key people who will appear in the act - Things to Watch For: Summarizes how important characters react to events taking place - Historical and Social Context: Discusses how widely held ideas in Shakespeare's time are reflected in the play's action - Staging: Explains how Shakespeare's Globe Theatre was suited for the play - Language: Includes brief discussion of puns, plays on words, and poetic images Identifying icons preceding each of these study points are printed in a second color, then are located again as cross-references in the play's original text. Following each act, a closing spread presents questions and discussion points for use as teachers' aids. Guided by the inspiring format of this fine new series, both teachers and students will come to understand and appreciate the genius of Shakespeare as never before.

Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor: Applause First Folio Editions (folio Texts): Description:
If there ever has been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be the Applause Folio Texts. If there has ever been an accessible version of the Folio, it is this edition, set for the first time in modern fonts.The Folio is the source of all other editions. The Folio text forces us to re-examine the assumptions and prejudices which have encumbered over four hundred years of scholarship and performance. Notes refer the reader to subsequent editorial interventions, and offer the reader a multiplicity of interpretations. Notes also advise the reader on variations between Folios and Quartos.The heavy mascara of four centuries of Shakespearean glossing has by now glossed over the original countenance of ShakespeareÕs work. Never has there been a Folio available in modern reading fonts. While other complete Folio editions continue to trade simply on the facsimile appearance of the Elizabethan "look," none of them is easily and practically utilized in general Shakespeare studies or performances.

Title: Much Ado About Nothing (the New Cambridge Shakespeare): Description:
An international team of scholars offers: - modernised, easily accessible texts - ample but unobtrusive academic guidance - attention to the theatrical qualities of each play and its stage history - informative illustrations, including reconstructions of early performances Much Ado has always been popular on the stage. This edition pays special attention to the history and range of theatrical interpretation. The most famous actors, from the time of Garrick to the present, have appeared as the sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick. In recent times the play's matched plots of two pairs of lovers have been of interest to feminist critics. A full commentary includes annotation of the many sexual jokes in the play that have been obscured by the complexity of Elizabethan language.

Title: The Tempest (the New Cambridge Shakespeare): Description:
The Tempest is one of Shakespeare's most suggestive, yet most elusive plays. It is a magical romance, yet deeply embedded in seventeenth-century debates about authority and power. This edition attends to the implications of Prospero's magic, his political and paternal ambitions, and the controversial issue of his "colonialist" control of Caliban. The Tempest was also Shakespeare's response to the new opportunities offered by the Blackfriars theatre, and careful attention is accordingly given to the play's dramatic form, stage-craft, and use of music and spectacle, to demonstrate its uniquely experimental nature.

Title: Twelfth Night : (wordsworth Classics): Description:
Edited, Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, Professor of English, University of Sussex The gentle melancholy and lyrical atmosphere of Twelfth Night have long made the play a favourite with Shakespearian audiences. The plot revolves around mistaken identities and unrequited love, but is further enlivened by a comic sub-plot of considerable accomplishment. In it, Sir Toby Belch and his companion outwit the pretentious Malvolio, who despite suffering their most outrageous and insulting practical jokes, emerges as an almost noble figure.

Title: The Comedies: Description:
The Comedies:.Distributed by Heron Books. Printed by Hazell Watson @ Viney Ltd.

Title: The Histories: Description:
Part of a set of four making up the complete works of William shakespeare.Distributed by heron Books.Printed by Hazell Watson @ Viney Ltd.

Title: The Tradegedies: Description:
third book in a set of four;The complete works of William Shakespeare.Distributed by Heron Books. Printed by Hazell Watson @Viney Ltd.

Title: The Tragedies And The Poems: Description:
The fourth book in a set of four; The Complete works of William Shakespeare.Distributed by Heron Books.Printed and bound by Hazell Watson @ Viney Ltd.

Title: Twelfth Night: Or,what You Will (penguin Popular Classics): Description:
Separated from her twin brother Sebastian after a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a boy to serve the Duke of Illyria. Wooing a countess on his behalf, she is stunned to find herself the object of his beloved's affections. With the arrival of Viola's brother, and a trick played upon the countess' steward, confusion reigns in this romantic comedy of mistaken identity.

Title: Notes On The Tempest (york Notes Advanced): Description:
York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts.

Title: The Merchant Of Venice (arden Shakespeare): Description:
This text is part of a series of selected Shakepeare texts designed for student use. The introduction provides criticsim, covering themes, characters and dramatic structure, and helpful notes are provided at the right level on every page, facing the text.

Title: Letts Explore Othello: 'a' Level (letts Explore For A Level): Description:
Written for English Literature A-Level pupils, this text on Shakespeare's "Othello" provides: an exploration of the main characters and themes; background and context to the text; examiner's tips; key quotes to learn and explore; self-test quizzes; and example questions and outline answers.

Title: Twelfth Night Or What You Will (the New Cambridge Shakespeare): Description:
Penny Gay has written a new Introduction to this updated edition of Shakespeare's popular comedy. She stresses the play's theatricality, its elaborate linguistic games and its complex use of Ovidian myths. In addition, Gay analyzes its delicate balancing of romance and realism and exploration of gender, sexuality and identity. First Edition Hb (1985): 0-521-22752-6 First Edition Pb (1985): 0-521-29633-1

Title: Wonders Of The World: Hamlet (penguin Classics): Description:
Part of the Wonders of the World series, this volume presents William Shakespeare's famous tragedy - "Hamlet".

Title: The Merchant Of Venice (oxford School Shakespeare): Description:
Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. In this edition of The Merchant of Venice, illustrations have been extended and updated; the preliminary notes have been expanded; reading lists have been updated, and include websites; and the classroom notes have been brought in line with recent practice. The Merchant of Venice is a set text for 11-14 year olds in England and remains one of the most accessible and popular of Shakespeare's plays for secondary students the world over.

Title: Romeo And Juliet (oxford School Shakespeare): Description:
The Oxford School Shakespeare is a well-established series which helps students understand and enjoy Shakespeare's plays. As well as the complete and unabridged text, each play in this series has an extensive range of students' notes. These include detailed and clear explanations of difficult words and passages, a synopsis of the plot, summaries of individual scenes, and notes on the main characters. Also included is a wide range of questions and activities for work in class, together with the historical background to Shakespeare's England, a brief biography of Shakespeare, and a complete list of his plays. For this new edition, the text of the play, the notes, and the introductory matter have all been revised so as to make them clearer and more accessible. In addition, the entire text of the book has been redesigned and reset to make it easier to read. Photographs of recent stage production have been included and there is a new, attractive cover design. Roma Gill, the series editor, has taught Shakespeare at all levels. She has acted in and directed Shakespeare's plays, and has lectured on Shakespeare all over the world.

Title: Twelfth Night (shorter Shakespeare): Description:
A shortened version, in the original language, with modern links

Title: The Comedies: Description:
The complete Comedies of William Shakespeare

Title: The Taming Of The Shrew (cambridge School Shakespeare): Description:
A new look at Shakespeare's play in accordance with the work of the Shakespeare and Schools Project, the National Curriculum for English, developments at GCSE and A-level, and the probable development of English and Drama throughout the 1990s. Cambridge School Shakespeare considers the play as theatre and the text as script, enabling pupils to inhabit the imaginative world of the play in an accessible, meaningful and creative way. Cambridge School Shakespeare approaches the plays in a new way, encouraging students to participate actively in examining them, to work in groups as well as individually, to treat each play as a script to be re-created, and to explore the theatrical/dramatic qualities of the text. The editorial comments cater for pupils of all ages and abilities, providing clear, helpful guidelines for school study. The format of the plays is also designed to help all teachers, whether experienced or inexperienced.

Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Complete Study Edition (cliffs Notes): Description:
Shakespeare wrote this romantic comedy to show that love hath no law but his own." The story of young lovers being toyed with by forest sprites is purely an entertaining fantasy, neither realistic nor tragic, and a popular drama the world over." CliffsComplete combines the full original text of A Midsummer Night's Dream with a helpful glossary and CliffsNotes-quality commentary into one volume. You will find:A unique pedagogical approach that combines the complete original text with expert commentary following each chapterA descriptive bibliography and historical background on the author, the times, and the work itselfAn improved character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the charactersSidebar glossaries

Title: Much Ado About Nothing (the New Penguin Shakespeare): Description:
Part of the "New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this book offers a complete edition of "Much Ado About Nothing". It has been prepared from the original texts and is accompanied by an introduction, a list of further reading, a full commentary, and a short account of the textual problems of the play.

Title: Measure For Measure (new Penguin Shakespeare): Description:
Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Measure for Measure" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Title: Othello (penguin Popular Classics): Description:
If anything, "Othello" has increased its stature as one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies ever since it was first written, between 1603 and 1604, due to the victimisation suffered by its tragic hero, Othello, as a result of his skin colour. Othello is a "noble Moor", a North African Muslim who has converted to Christianity and is deemed one of the Venetian state's most reliable soldiers. However, his ensign Iago harbours an obscure hatred against his general, and when Othello secretly marries the beautiful daughter of the Venetian senator Brabanzio, Iago begins his subtle campaign of vilification, which will inevitably lead to the deaths of more than just Othello and Desdemona.

Title: The Winter's Tale (wordsworth Classics): Description:
Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex The Winter's Tale, one of Shakespeare's later romantic comedies, offers a striking and challenging mixture of tragic and violent events, lyrical love-speeches, farcical comedy, pastoral song and dance, and, eventually, dramatic revelations and reunions. Thematically, there is a rich orchestration of the contrasts between age and youth, corruption and innocence, decline and regeneration. Both Leontes' murderous jealousy and Perdita's love-relationship with Florizel are eloquently intense. In the theatre, The Winter's Tale often proves to be diversely entertaining and deeply moving.

Title: Measure For Measure (wordsworth Classics): Description:
Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex In the hope of saving her brother's life, should a woman submit to rape? Should the law be respected when its administrator is corrupt? How powerful in the state should religion become? Although Measure for Measure ends like a comedy, with reconciliations, forgiveness and marriages, it has often been regarded as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. The drama shows the difficulty of effecting an appropriate balance between judicial severity and mercy, between sexual repression and decadence, and between political vigilance and social manipulation. These problems remain topical, and, in Measure for Measure, they are given immediacy by vivid character-conflicts and memorably intense poetry. This is one of Shakespeare's most probing and powerful works.

Title: Book Of Quotations On Life (arden Shakespeare Series): Description:
Know then thyself If you are interested in human nature If you are looking for the right thought at the right moment If you are looking for that perfect phrase that expresses your thoughts better than you can Then The Arden Shakespeare Book of Quotations on Life is for you. Packed with Shakespeare's most acute insights into what it means to be human, both in our inmost selves and in relation to the world around us, this book offers everything from the brief and telling phrase to some of Shakespeare's finest and most profound poetry on the human condition.