Shakespeare: 2188 books

A charismatic politician's assassination leads to a civil war in Shakespeare's drama of ancient Rome. Written in 1599 about an event from more than 2,000 years ago, this historical play continues to captivate modern audiences with its memorable characters, poetic speeches, and profound examination...

Even those who have never read or seen Romeo and Juliet recognize the star-crossed lovers' names as symbols of forbidden romance. Shakespeare's enduring drama takes place during a sultry Italian summer, in a city already boiling with the enmity between two families. Tensions rise further when an irresistible...

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.  The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's early...

“A young man married is a man that’s marr’d.” —All’s Well That Ends Well ** ** Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this classic play about gender, desire, and sexual love.   THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES...

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But famine threatens the city, the citizens' hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people. This...

Five of William Shakespeares best known and beloved comedies are collected here--in plain and simple english! If you have struggled with Shakespeare in the past, then this anthology is for you. Plays include: Much Ado About Nothing The Merchant of Venice As You Like It The Taming of the Shrew A Midsummer Nights Dream

A triumphant general returns to Rome from a war against the Goths and descends into a vicious circle of revenge by refusing to show mercy to his conquered enemy. Blood begets more blood in Titus Andronicus, a fictional drama drawn from a tale by Ovid. Shakespeare styled this early play in the manner...

Shakespeare non è solo il più grande drammaturgo di lingua inglese, ma è anche uno degli autori più citati di tutti i tempi. Il suo teatro mette in scena lo spettacolo della vita e scava nel cuore dell’uomo per indagarne tutte le passioni, dalle più vitali alle più oscure. Pagina dopo pagina...

A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters—the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is a man torn between pleasure and virtue, between sensual...

Romeo y Julieta es una de las obras más populares de Shakespeare; la desgraciada historia de los amantes de Verona ha trascendido la literatura para situarse en el terreno de lo legendario. En medio de la lucha entre familias rivales, dos personajes juveniles viven un amor tan apasionado como...

The Shakespeare tragedy, in English with line numbers, and translated by German by Christoph Martin Wieland. According to Wikipedia: "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on...

The Shakespeare tragedy, in English, with line numbers, and translated to German by Christoph Martin Wieland and Dorothy Tieck. According to Wikipedia: "The Tragedy of Macbeth (commonly called Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare about a man who commits regicide so as to become king and then...

The Shakespeare tragedy, in English with line numbers and translated to French and German. According to Wikipedia: "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story Un Capitano Moro...

The Shakespeare tragedy, translated to German by Christoph Martin Wieland. According to Wikipedia: "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story Un Capitano Moro ("A Moorish...