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 |
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... fool the real Vincentio, but it nearly succeeds in fooling everyone else. Baptista Minola is about to commit Vincentio to jail for the infamous slander of asserting that the supposed Lucentio is only a servant in disguise. Vincentio, as ...
... fool the real Vincentio, but it nearly succeeds in fooling everyone else. Baptista Minola is about to commit Vincentio to jail for the infamous slander of asserting that the supposed Lucentio is only a servant in disguise. Vincentio, as ...
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... fool's motley. Both of them carry whips. Even in the exchanges of Pickford and Fairbanks, flamboyant antics largely take the place of witty dialogue; as silent-film stars, they both express themselves best in pantomimic gestures. In ...
... fool's motley. Both of them carry whips. Even in the exchanges of Pickford and Fairbanks, flamboyant antics largely take the place of witty dialogue; as silent-film stars, they both express themselves best in pantomimic gestures. In ...
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... fool. If Echo were as fleet, I would esteem him worth a dozen such. But sup them well27 and look unto them all. Tomorrow I intend to hunt again. FIRST HUNTSMAN I will, my lord. LORD [seeing Sly] What's here? One dead, or drunk? See ...
... fool. If Echo were as fleet, I would esteem him worth a dozen such. But sup them well27 and look unto them all. Tomorrow I intend to hunt again. FIRST HUNTSMAN I will, my lord. LORD [seeing Sly] What's here? One dead, or drunk? See ...
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... And paint65 your face, and use you like a fool. HORTENSIO From all such devils, good Lord deliver us! GREMIO And me too, good Lord! TRANIo [ASIDE To LUCENTIO] Husht, master, here's some good pastime towardös. That wench is.
... And paint65 your face, and use you like a fool. HORTENSIO From all such devils, good Lord deliver us! GREMIO And me too, good Lord! TRANIo [ASIDE To LUCENTIO] Husht, master, here's some good pastime towardös. That wench is.
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... , i'faith you are too angry. KATHARINA If I be waspish, best beware my sting. PETRUCHIO My remedy is then to pluck it out. KATHARINA Ay, if the fool could find it where it lies. PETRUCHIO Who knows not where a wasp does wear his.
... , i'faith you are too angry. KATHARINA If I be waspish, best beware my sting. PETRUCHIO My remedy is then to pluck it out. KATHARINA Ay, if the fool could find it where it lies. PETRUCHIO Who knows not where a wasp does wear his.
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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