William Shakespeare
1) Pericles
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Blackstone Audio is proud to present the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2015 production of Pericles, Shakespeare's first romance. This stunning work of audio theater, fully dramatized with performances by the OSF cast, is a must-listen. Pericles, Prince of Tyre, sets out to woo a princess and sails headlong into harrowing adventure. Pursued by an evil king, Pericles is blown from port to exotic port. Along the way, he finds the love of his life, then...
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Titus Andronicus * Timon of Athens * Coriolanus
Each Edition Includes:
Comprehensive explanatory notes placed on pages facing the text of the play
Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship
Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English
Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories
An interpretive essay on...
Each Edition Includes:
Comprehensive explanatory notes placed on pages facing the text of the play
Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship
Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English
Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories
An interpretive essay on...
3) Three Early Comedies: Love's Labor's Lost, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor
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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 Gentlemen of Verona
In this lyrical comedy, two friends are infatuated with the same woman, while a jilted...
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 Gentlemen of Verona
In this lyrical comedy, two friends are infatuated with the same woman, while a jilted...
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Contains a modern English version side-by-side with the original text of William Shakespeare's play in which exiled royals--including a duke's daughter, disguised as a man--and country folk, learn lessons about class and gender through a series of love triangles in the Forest of Arden.
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Retold in graphic-novel format, the epic tale of Julius Caesar's rule over Rome. Brutus and Cassius, friends and supporters of Julius Caesar, brood and worry over his increasing ambitions. Caesar's pursuit of power leads the two men to worry that Caesar will crown himself Emperor, which would ruin Rome's Republic of the people. Behind closed doors, Cassius and Brutus begin to concoct a scheme that will irrevocably alter the fate of the Roman empire....
6) Sonette
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Wer Shakespeare in heutiger Zeit neu kennen lernen möchte, sollte sich dieses Hörbuch zu Gemüte führen. Ein Mann der Bühne, Martin Flörchinger, hat die 154 Sonette neu übertragen, eine verständliche, bodenständige, kraftvolle Dichtung geschaffen. Der unmittelbare Zugang zum Werk des Klassikers führte den Schauspieler zwangsläufig zu den Sonetten, hinter denen die Persönlichkeit, der Künstler und Mensch Shakespeare, deutlicher hervortritt...
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A brilliant general in the service of Venice, Othello is also the new husband of the adoring - and young - Desdemona, whose innocent hero worship has blossomed into love. But can a beautiful girl, so much younger than her husband, truly be faithful? Othello's trusted ensign Iago seems to think not. Can Othello trust him? Can Othello trust anyone? Manga Classics presents Shakespeare's classic story of love, hate, vengeance, and betrayal, in its full,...
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Who can be closer -- or more at odds -- than children and their parents? Shakespeare's drama tells the story of a young man who can only come into his own with his father's death and the father who longs for immortality. Using only Shakespeare's words, this adaptation tells the deeply personal story of Prince Hal's coming of age and his relationships with two father figures: the mistrustful King Henry IV and the hilarious, irrepressible Falstaff.
...9) Srsly Hamlet
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"William Shakespeare's tragedy told in the style of texts, tweets, and status posts"--
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El genio de las letras inglesas, William Shakespeare, quien entre 1590 y 1612 compuso las numerosas obras teatrales que le han hecho inmortal, creó personajes en sus comedias y tragedias que se han convertido en paradigma de las pasiones humanas. El rey Lear fue una obra de plenitud, escrita tras las alegres comedias de juventud y después de algunas de sus tragedias. La historia está inspirada en una leyenda celta y en un cuento folklórico europeo,...
11) Tragedias
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"Las tragedias pertenecen al período de madurez en la vida y el arte de Shakespeare. En este volumen se han incluído cuatro de estas obras, inigualables en la dramática inglesa y en la literatura universal. Romeo y Julieta, que encierra virtualmente lo que constituye el arte de Shakespeare, es un himno de primavera y juventud, de fecundidad y alborada; Hamlet, Otelo y El Rey Lear son las otras tres obras que conforman este volumen."
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In this BBC full-cast production of The Merchant of Venice, love, bigotry, greed, and justice are entwined.
Shakespeare's classic play explores the eternal themes of love and hate, mercy and justice, with parallel stories centred on the moneylender, Shylock, and the lovers, Portia and Bassanio. Shylock's angry insistence on the repayment of his debt from Bassanio ends in the Venetian courts, where he demands his pound of flesh.
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These two great poems date from Shakespeare's early years and are full of passion and invention. In Venus and Adonis, the goddess of love pleads with the beautiful boy to submit to her advances and become her love – but he only wants to hunt boar. In the more serious Rape of Lucrece, Shakespeare draws on the Roman take of the Emperor Tarquin's desire for Lucrece and its tragic consequences.
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In this BBC full-cast production of All's Well That Ends Well, the trials of marriage are hilariously explored. Will Helena complete the Herculean tasks to win Bertram's love?
All's Well That Ends Well finds Helena rewarded for her ministries to the sick with the choice of any husband she wishes. Her choice, Bertram, is unwilling to have her as his wife and sets her a number of seemingly impossible tasks to complete before he will
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The present ebook comprises the complete writings of William Shakespeare. It comes with 150 original illustrations which are the engravings John Boydell commissioned for his Boydell Shakespeare Gallery. —————— Contents: COMEDIES: The Comedy of Errors The Taming of the Shrew The Two Gentlemen of Verona Love's Labor's Lost A Midsummer Night's Dream The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor Much Ado about Nothing As You Like It Twelfth...
16) Venus und Adonis
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Ein Klassiker der Liebesdichtung: Die Liebesgöttin Venus verliebt sich in den schönen Adonis und bietet all ihre Verführungskünste auf, um ihn für sich zu gewinnen. William Shakespeare gelingt mit "Venus und Adonis" eine Erzählung voller Sinnlichkeit und spielerischem Witz, die zu Shakespeares Lebzeiten die populärste seiner Dichtungen war.
17) Cymbeline
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The works of William Shakespeare come alive in these stunning graphic novels adaptation using the original Shakespearean dialog. The world-class art, rivalry, revenge, and romance of Cymbeline will capture the attention of reluctant readers. Supplement your traditional Shakespearean sources with the graphic novel adaptation that will help readers imagine the action like never before.
18) Romeo und Julia
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Das größte Liebesdrama der Weltliteratur: von jugendlichem Übermut und altem Hass.
Das um 1595/96 entstandene Drama gilt als erste Liebestragödie der englischen Literatur und ist bis heute eines der erfolgreichsten Stücke von William Shakespeare.
"Die Thalbach spricht alle Rollen, ist mit krächzender Stimme die komische Amme, gibt dunkel rauchig die verfeindete Clanjugend, findet rauschhaft zarte Töne fürs Liebespaar. Mitreißend." Tages...
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The Passionate Pilgrim, a collection of beautiful verses by Shakespeare and other contemporary poets, is here paired with the Bard's intriguing allegorical work The Phoenix and the Turtle, which focuses on the love and death of two birds a Phoenix and a Turtle Dove. Mysterious and haunting, these rarely recorded works are richly rewarding, performed to perfection by Gerard Logan. Highly praised for his performance of Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece,...
20) Comedy of Errors
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The works of William Shakespeare come alive in these stunning graphic novels adaptation using the original Shakespearean dialog. The world-class art, comedy, disguises, and romance of The Comedy of Errors will capture the attention of reluctant readers. Supplement your traditional Shakespearean sources with the graphic novel adaptation that will help readers imagine the action like never before.