William Shakespeare: 2151 books

Tragicommedia scritta a quattro mani con John Fletcher, I due nobili cugini rilancia il dramma storico all’antica ravvivandolo con spettacolari elementi romanzeschi tipici degli ultimi romances di Shakespeare. La favola classica, già nota al medioevo e trasformata da Chaucher in una storia di cavalleria,...

Ultima prova di Shakespeare nel genere tragico, Timone d’Atene è anche il più impietoso momento della sua riflessione intorno alla grande crisi ideologica e sociale che tra Cinquecento e Seicento accompagna, in Inghilterra, la nascita dell’uomo moderno. Più ancora che nel Re Lear, nell’Otello...

Tutto è bene quel che finisce bene viene annoverata – insieme con Misura per misura e Troilo e Cressida – tra le dark comedies, ossia quelle commedie che, pur senza arrivare a conclusioni tragiche, presentano una visione pessimistica della vita. Traendo ispirazione da una novella del Decameron di...

Cimbelino, rappresentato in vita dell’autore ma pubblicato solo postumo nel 1623, è un dramma romanzesco che curiosamente combina un episodio di storia britannica all’epoca della dominazione romana con una novella del Decamerone. Protagonista del dramma è la bella e innocente figlia di Cimbelino,...

Nedir bu erkek egemen denilen toplum ya da ataerkil denilen bu düzen? Shakespeare bu düzeni öyle bir anlatıyor ki bizlere, hem de bizleri güldürerek. Esasında Hırçın Kız, hırçın bir kızın kocası tarafından nasıl ehlileştirildiğinin anlatıldığı bir komedi oyunudur. Ancak...

No dramatist has ever seen with more frightening clarity into the heart and mind of a murderer than has Shakespeare in this compelling tragedy of evil. Taunted into asserting his “masculinity” by his ambitious wife, Macbeth chooses to embrace the Weird Sisters’ prophecy and kill his king–and...

In this quintessential Shakespeare tragedy, a young prince's halting pursuit of revenge for the murder of his father unfolds in a series of highly charged confrontations that have held audiences spellbound for nearly four centuries. Those fateful exchanges, and the anguished soliloquies that precede...

First performed about 1805, King Lear is one of the most relentlessly bleak of Shakespeare's tragedies. Probably written between Othello and Macbeth, when the playwright was at the peak of his tragic power, Lear's themes of filial ingratitude, injustice, and the meaninglessness of life in a seemingly...

This is one of Shakespeare’s darkest comedies, for the romantic story of a young man, Bassanio, who has squandered his fortune and must borrow money to woo the wealthy lady he loves is set against the more disturbing story of the Jewish moneylender Shylock and his demand for the “pound of flesh”...

“Why, then the world’s mine oyster.” —The Merry Wives of Windsor   Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this popular comedy of love, laughter, and merriment—along with more than a hundred pages of exclusive features, including   •...

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most performed and studied tragedies. This major new Arden edition offers students detailed on-page commentary notes highlighting meaning and theatrical ideas and themes, as well as a lengthy introduction setting the play in its historical, theatrical and critical context...

Es la última obra de Shakespeare y, para muchos, la culminación de todo su proceso creador. Pieza alegórica, utópica, realista, romántica, pastoril y mítica, se nos presenta como un cuento maravilloso que encierra algún enigma o significado huidizo. Su composición parece inspirada en...

One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare’s Hamlet is unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. Now the first fully annotated version of Hamlet makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century. It has been carefully assembled with students,...

"Othello" is one of Shakespeare's finest dramas and one of the greatest tragedies ever written. It is the story of its title character, Othello, a Moor general who draws the ire of Iago, his ensign, when he passes him over for a promotion. Othello also makes an enemy of Roderigo, a wealthy gentleman,...