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Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was (and continues to be) classified as comedy, but its mood defies those expectations. Some critics have labelled it as one of Shakespeare's problem plays.     Originally published in...

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur...

William Shakespeare tarafından 1599-1600 yıllarında yazıldığına inanılan pastoral bir komedyadır. Diğer birçok eserinde olduğu gibi bu eserinde de Shakespeare geçmiş yazarlardan ve şairlerden etkilenmiş ve eserini kendi üslubuyla oluşturmuştur. Bu pastoral eser Arden Ormanı'nda...

Hamlet, William Shakespeare tarafından 1599-1601 yılları arasında yazıldığına inanılan bir trajedidir. Oyunun konusu Hamlet'in babasını öldüren, annesiyle evlenen ve Danimarka tahtına geçen amcası Caludius'tan intikam alma çabasıdır. Oyun gerçek bir kederden bir gazaba dönüşen...

Venedik Taciri, William Shakespeare tarafından 1596-98 yılları arasında yazıldığına inanılan trajikomik bir eserdir. Eser, başlığını Yahudi tüccar Shylock'tan değil, Shylock'un rakibi olan Venedikli Hıristiyan tüccar Antonio'dan almaktadır. Oyunun kötü adamı, tefeci Shylock'tur. Bütün...

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers. wiki

The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, some modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. WIKI

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare between 1590 and 1597. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals) who...

Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays with love and power. The Countess Olivia, a woman with her own household, attracts Duke (or Count) Orsino. Two other would-be suitors are her pretentious steward, Malvolio, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Onto...

Much Ado About Nothing includes two quite different stories of romantic love. Hero and Claudio fall in love almost at first sight, but an outsider, Don John, strikes out at their happiness. Beatrice and Benedick are kept apart by pride and mutual antagonism until others decide to play Cupid. The...

Putting romance onstage, The Tempest gives us a magician, Prospero, a former duke of Milan who was displaced by his treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero is exiled on an island, where his only companions are his daughter, Miranda, the spirit Ariel, and the monster Caliban. When his enemies are among...

**The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition Gold Medal Winner of the 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 14** This edition of Macbeth is edited with an introduction by series...

**The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition** This edition of The Taming of the Shrew is edited with an introduction and notes by series editor Stephen Orgel and was recently...

Set in the earliest days of the Roman Republic, Coriolanus begins with the common people, or plebeians, in armed revolt against the patricians. The people win the right to be represented by tribunes. Meanwhile, there are foreign enemies near the gates of Rome. The play explores one reason that...