Shakespeare category: 1671 books

One of Shakespeare's "dark comedies," Measure for Measure is as noteworthy for its fascinating political and social implications as for its compelling characters: a duke masquerading as a monk, a would-be nun ordered to sacrifice her chastity to save her brother's life, and a self-righteous courtier,...

One of William Shakespeare’s most farcical comedies, “The Comedy of Errors” is notable for its use of mistaken identity to achieve a slapstick comedic effect. Ripe with the bard’s characteristic word play, the comedy concerns the lives of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated...

ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guía de lectura Romeo y Julieta, la historia de amor más famosa de la literatura inglesa, escrita por el célebre William Shakespeare. Esta obra de teatro en cinco actos nos cuenta el destino trágico de dos jóvenes amantes cuyas familias, los Montesco...

Titus Andronicus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and possibly George Peele, believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy, and is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were extremely popular with audiences throughout the sixteenth century

Three Early Comedies Love's Labor's Lost Farce and fun follow when a young king and his three friends vow to give up women for a year—just as a pretty princess and her three ladies-in-waiting arrive—in a delightful play that ends with one of Shakespeare’s loveliest songs. The Two...

Two years after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC, three men—Octavius Caesar, Lepidus, and Mark Antony—rule the Roman Republic. Antony should be in Rome, helping to stop Pompey's rebel army, but he rarely leaves the side of his lover, Egypt's beautiful Queen Cleopatra. With war against...

The play is set in a duchy in France, but most of the action takes place in a location called the Forest of Arden. Arden, Warwickshire, near Shakespeare's home town, which was the ancestral origin of his mother's family—who incidentally were called Arden. It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees...

“El sueño de una noche de verano” es una magnífica obra de William Shakespeare en la que encontramos un claro ejemplo de tragicomedia. Shakespeare revela que el amor puede ser muy voluble y antojadizo, basando la historia en la Antigua Atenas. La obra está plagada de fantasía, sueños, amor...

An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful...

The Phoenix and the Turtle William Shakespeare, english poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist (1564-1616) This ebook presents «The Phoenix and the Turtle», from William Shakespeare. A dynamic table...

Versão otimizada para KoboBooks. Perfeita e bonita formatação, navegação funcional entre as partes da obra. Com ilustrações.  *** Lançamento da 2. Edição Fevereiro/2015 - Novo formato EPUB3, revisão e correção...

Shakespeare comedy in English with line numbers and translated to French and German. According to Wikipedia: "As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the First Folio, 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain,...

Shakespeare tragedy, in German translation. According to Wikipedia: "The Life of Timon of Athens is a play by William Shakespeare about the fortunes of an Athenian named Timon (and probably influenced by the philosopher of the same name, as well), generally regarded as one of his most obscure and difficult works."

Die Komödie Ein Sommernachtstraum oder Ein Mittsommernachtstraum (engl. A Midsummer Night's Dream) wurde 1595 oder 1596 von William Shakespeare geschrieben und vor 1600 uraufgeführt. Das Stück ist eines der meistgespielten Shakespeare-Stücke. In den englischsprachigen Ländern ist der Sommernachtstraum ein Klassiker für Schul- und Laientheaterinszenierungen. (aus wikipedia.de)