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After squandering his wealth with prodigal generosity, a rich Athenian gentleman finds himself deep in debt. Unshaken by the prospect of bankruptcy, he is certain that the friends he has helped so often will come to his aid. But when they learn his wealth is gone, he quickly finds that their promises fall away to nothing in this tragic exploration of power, greed, and loyalty betrayed.

La mort qui a sucé le miel de ton haleine n'a pas encore eu de pouvoir sur ta beauté: elle ne t'a pas conquise; la flamme de la beauté est encore toute cramoisie sur tes lèvres et sur tes joues, et le pâle drapeau de la mort n'est pas encore déployé...

Maintenant tous mes charmes sont détruits; Je n'ai plus d'autre force que la mienne. Elle est bien faible; et en ce moment, c'est la vérité, Il dépend de vous de me confiner en ce lieu Ou de m'envoyer à Naples. Puisque j'ai recouvré mon duché, Et que...

A robust and bawdy battle of the sexes, this ever popular comedy captivates audiences with outrageous humor as Katharina, the shrew, engages in a contest of wills–and love–with her bridegroom, Petruchio. Their boisterous conflict is set off against a more conventional romantic plot involving the...

Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy devises a romantic plot around separated twins, misplaced passions, and mistaken identity. Juxtaposed to it is the satirical story of a self-deluded steward who dreams of becoming “Count Malvolio” only to receive his comeuppance at the...

One of the greatest plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the tormented young prince of Denmark continues to capture the imaginations of modern audiences worldwide. Confronted with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, and with his mother’s infidelity, Hamlet must find a means of reconciling...

A battle-hardened soldier, Antony is one of the three leaders of the Roman world. But he is also a man in the grip of an all-consuming passion for the exotic and tempestuous queen of Egypt. And when their life of pleasure together is threatened by the encroaching politics of Rome, the conflict between love and duty has devastating consequences.

A character anaylsis of Shakespeare's Henry vi part one and part two by historian Jared William Carter.

A young prince meets with his father's ghost, who alleges that his own brother, now married to his widow, murdered him. The prince devises a scheme to test the truth of the ghost's accusation, feigning wild madness while plotting a brutal revenge until his apparent insanity begins to wreak havoc on...

A peça, passada na Dinamarca, reconta a história de como o Príncipe Hamlet tenta vingar a morte de seu pai Hamlet, o rei, executando seu tio Cláudio, que o envenenou e em seguida tomou o trono casando-se com a mãe de Hamlet. A peça traça um mapa do curso de vida na loucura real e na loucura...

“La tragedia de Hamlet, príncipe de Dinamarca”, cúspide de la tragedia shakespeariana fue publicada en 1601. Trata de los acontecimientos posteriores a la muerte del Rey Hamlet, claramente asesinado por su hermano Claudio, cuyo fantasma pide al príncipe Hamlet que vengue su muerte. Así la...

The finest and fullest guide to the peculiarities of Elizabethan syntax, grammar, and prosody, this volume addresses every idiomatic usage found in Shakespeare's works (with additional references to the works of Jonson, Bacon, and others). Its informative introduction, which compares Shakespearian...