Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twel fth NightRandom House Publishing Group, 26 aug. 2009 - 736 pagini The Taming of the Shrew Robust and bawdy, The Taming of the Shrew captivates audiences with outrageous humor as Katharina, the shrew, engages in a contest of wills–and love–with her bridegroom, Petruchio, in a comedy of unmatched theatrical brilliance, filled with visual gags and witty repartee. A Midsummer Night's Dream Fairy magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood turn the mismatched rivalries of four young lovers into a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment, all touched by Shakespeare’s inimitable vision of the intriguing relationship between dreams and the waking world. The Merchant of Venice This dark comedy of love and money contains one of the truly mythic figures in literature–Shylock, the Jewish moneylender. The “pound of flesh” he demands as payment of Antonio’s debt has become a universal metaphor for vengeance. Here, pathos and farce combine with moral complexity and romantic entanglements, to display the extraordinary power and range of Shakespeare at his best. Twelfth Night Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy juxtaposes a romantic plot involving separated twins and mistaken identity with a more satiric one about the humiliation of a pompous killjoy. The hilarity is touched with melancholy, and the play ends, not with laughter, but with a clown’s plaintive song. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • 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 film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
Din interiorul cărții
Rezultatele 1 - 5 din 98
Pagina
... [Exeunt] [IHCILICÍÍOILZ] @5U Enter aloft the drunkard [Sly], with attendants; some with apparel, basin, and ewer and other appurtenances; and Lord. SLY For God's sake, a pot of small1 ale. FIRST SERVINGIVIAN Will't please Your Lordship ...
... [Exeunt] [IHCILICÍÍOILZ] @5U Enter aloft the drunkard [Sly], with attendants; some with apparel, basin, and ewer and other appurtenances; and Lord. SLY For God's sake, a pot of small1 ale. FIRST SERVINGIVIAN Will't please Your Lordship ...
Pagina
... Exeunt ambo. Manent146 Tranio and Lucentio. TRANIO I pray, sir, tell me, i5 it possible That love should of a sudden take such hold? LUCENTIO Oh, Tranio, till I found it to be true, I never thought it possible or likely. But see, while ...
... Exeunt ambo. Manent146 Tranio and Lucentio. TRANIO I pray, sir, tell me, i5 it possible That love should of a sudden take such hold? LUCENTIO Oh, Tranio, till I found it to be true, I never thought it possible or likely. But see, while ...
Pagina
... Exeunt. The presenters above speak. FIRST SERVINGMAN My lord, you nod. You do not mind249 the play. SLY Yes, by Saint Anne, do I. A good matter, surely. Comes there any more of it? PAGE [as lady] My lord, 'tis but begun. SLY 'Tis a very ...
... Exeunt. The presenters above speak. FIRST SERVINGMAN My lord, you nod. You do not mind249 the play. SLY Yes, by Saint Anne, do I. A good matter, surely. Comes there any more of it? PAGE [as lady] My lord, 'tis but begun. SLY 'Tis a very ...
Pagina viii
... Exeunt. [2. 1] "DCU Enter Katharina and Bianca [with her hands tied]. BIANCA Good sister, wrong me not, nor wrong yourself, To make a bondmaid and a slave of me. That I disdain. But for these other goodsß, Unbind4 my hands, I'll pull ...
... Exeunt. [2. 1] "DCU Enter Katharina and Bianca [with her hands tied]. BIANCA Good sister, wrong me not, nor wrong yourself, To make a bondmaid and a slave of me. That I disdain. But for these other goodsß, Unbind4 my hands, I'll pull ...
Pagina xvii
... Exeunt. Manet168 Petruchio. I'll attend her here, And woo her with some spirit when she comes. Say that she rail, why then I'll tell her plain She sings as sweetly as a nightingale. Say that she frown, I'll say she looks a5 clear172 A5 ...
... Exeunt. Manet168 Petruchio. I'll attend her here, And woo her with some spirit when she comes. Say that she rail, why then I'll tell her plain She sings as sweetly as a nightingale. Say that she frown, I'll say she looks a5 clear172 A5 ...
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew/a Midsummer Night's Dream/the ... William Shakespeare Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 1988 |
Termeni și expresii frecvente
actors Antonio Athens audience BAPTISTA Bassanio Bianca BIONDELLO BOTTOM Christian comedy daughter Demetrius director doctor of laws doth Duke Egeus Enter Exeunt Exit eyes FABIAN fair fairies father FESTE film fool friends gentleman give GOBBO GRATIANO GREMIO hast hath hear heart Helena Hermia Hippolyta HORTENSIO husband Jessica Julina Kate KATHARINA lady Lancelot lion look lord LORENZO lovers Lucentio Lysander madam MALVOLIO MARIA marriage marry master Merchant of Venice Midsummer Night’s Dream mistress moon Nerissa never o’er Oberon OLIVIA ORSINO PETRUCHIO play’s PORTIA pray production Puck Pyramus and Thisbe Queen QUINCE SALERIO Sebastian servant Shakespeare Shakespeare’s play Shrew Shylock Signor Ansaldo Signor Giannetto Silla Silvio SIR ANDREW SIR TOBY sleep SOLANIO speak stage swear sweet Taming tell theater thee There’s THESEUS thou art Thou shalt Titania TRANIO Twelfth Night unto Vincentio VIOLA What’s wife young апс1