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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... caskets in order to gain the hand of the fair lady; Illyria in Twelfth Night is (as its name suggests) a place of illusion and delirium, where Viola disguises herself as a young man and is mistaken The Playhouse THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.
... caskets in order to gain the hand of the fair lady; Illyria in Twelfth Night is (as its name suggests) a place of illusion and delirium, where Viola disguises herself as a young man and is mistaken The Playhouse THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.
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... lady. That done, conduct him to the drunkard's chamber, And call him “madam,” do him obeisance107. Tell him from me, as he willl08 win my love, He bear himself with honorable action Such as he hath observed in noble ladies Unto their ...
... lady. That done, conduct him to the drunkard's chamber, And call him “madam,” do him obeisance107. Tell him from me, as he willl08 win my love, He bear himself with honorable action Such as he hath observed in noble ladies Unto their ...
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... she know me not. If she say I am not fourteen pence 01122 111е score for sheer ale, score me up for23 the lyingest knave in Christendom. What, I am not bestraught24: here'sTHIRD SERVINGIVIAN Oh, this it is that makes your lady mourn!
... she know me not. If she say I am not fourteen pence 01122 111е score for sheer ale, score me up for23 the lyingest knave in Christendom. What, I am not bestraught24: here'sTHIRD SERVINGIVIAN Oh, this it is that makes your lady mourn!
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... lady mourn! SECOND SERVINGMAN Oh, this i5 it that makes your servants droop! LORD Hence comes it that your kindred shuns your house, A529 beaten hence by your strange lunacy. Oh, noble lord, bethink thee of thy birth. Call home thy ...
... lady mourn! SECOND SERVINGMAN Oh, this i5 it that makes your servants droop! LORD Hence comes it that your kindred shuns your house, A529 beaten hence by your strange lunacy. Oh, noble lord, bethink thee of thy birth. Call home thy ...
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... lady far more beautiful Than any woman in this waning63 age. FIRST SERVINGMAN And till the tears that she hath shed for thee Like envious65 floods 0'errun her lovely face, She was the fairest creature in the world; And yet67 she is ...
... lady far more beautiful Than any woman in this waning63 age. FIRST SERVINGMAN And till the tears that she hath shed for thee Like envious65 floods 0'errun her lovely face, She was the fairest creature in the world; And yet67 she is ...
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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