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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... swear she bleeds, And at that sight shall sad Apollo weep, So workmanlyöo the blood and tears are drawn. LORD Thou art a lord, and nothing but a lord. Thou hast a lady far more beautiful Than any woman in this waning63 age. FIRST ...
... swear she bleeds, And at that sight shall sad Apollo weep, So workmanlyöo the blood and tears are drawn. LORD Thou art a lord, and nothing but a lord. Thou hast a lady far more beautiful Than any woman in this waning63 age. FIRST ...
Pagina ix
... swear I'll plead for you myself but you shall have 11111115. KATHARINA Oh, then belike]6 you fancy riches more. You will have Gremio to keep you fair17. BIANCA Is it for him you do envy me so? Nay, then, you jest, and now I well ...
... swear I'll plead for you myself but you shall have 11111115. KATHARINA Oh, then belike]6 you fancy riches more. You will have Gremio to keep you fair17. BIANCA Is it for him you do envy me so? Nay, then, you jest, and now I well ...
Pagina xx
... swear I'll cuff you if you strike again. KATHARINA So may you lose your arms. If you strike me, you are no gentleman, And if no gentleman, why then nO arm5223. PETRUCHIO A herald, Kate? Oh, put me in thy books224! KATHARINA What is your ...
... swear I'll cuff you if you strike again. KATHARINA So may you lose your arms. If you strike me, you are no gentleman, And if no gentleman, why then nO arm5223. PETRUCHIO A herald, Kate? Oh, put me in thy books224! KATHARINA What is your ...
Pagina lviii
... swear that your mistress Bianca Loved none in the world so well as Lucentio. TRANIO Oh, despiteful14 love! Unconstant womankind! I tell thee, Litio, this is wonderfull? HORTENSIO Mistake no more. I am not Litio, Nor a musician, as I ...
... swear that your mistress Bianca Loved none in the world so well as Lucentio. TRANIO Oh, despiteful14 love! Unconstant womankind! I tell thee, Litio, this is wonderfull? HORTENSIO Mistake no more. I am not Litio, Nor a musician, as I ...
Pagina lxxxvii
... swear this is the right Vincentio. PEDANT Swear, if thou dar'st. GREMIO Nay, I dare.
... swear this is the right Vincentio. PEDANT Swear, if thou dar'st. GREMIO Nay, I dare.
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Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew/a Midsummer Night's Dream/the ... William Shakespeare Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 1988 |
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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