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The content of this edition include a list of the illustrations featured within the text and a preface by the editor on her work with the play. The thorough introduction discusses the tragicomedy as a genre, the writers thought to have collaborated on this play and the question of its authorship, and the significance of collaboration and censorship in the era when the play was written, as well as other notes on historical context. The editor goes

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Henry VIII - William Shakespeare - King Henry VIII has one of the fullest theatrical histories of any play in the Shakespeare canon, yet has been consistently misrepresented, both in performance and in criticism. This edition offers a new perspective on this ironic, multi-layered, collaborative play, revealing it as a complex meditation on the progress of Reformation which sees English life since Henry VIII's day as a series of bewildering changes...

The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Roman noblewoman Lucretia. In his previous narrative poem, Venus and Adonis (1593), Shakespeare had included a dedicatory letter to his patron, the Earl of Southampton, in which he promised to compose a "graver labour". Accordingly, The Rape of Lucrece has a serious tone throughout. The poem begins with a prose dedication addressed directly to the Earl of Southampton,...

Basada en la vida de un personaje histórico, Macbeth, rey de los escoceses entre 1040 y 1057. Macbeth es un noble escocés, valeroso militar. Haciendo caso de una profecía de las brujas y, ante la insistencia de su esposa, Lady Macbeth, comete regicidio y se convierte en rey de Escocia. Esta situación hace que Macbeth viva con ansiedad y miedo, y sea incapaz de confiar en sus nobles. Instaura un reinado de terror hasta ser derrotado por Lord Macduff,...

Hamlet, príncipe de Dinamarca, es tal vez la tragedia de mayor celebridad entre todas las obras de cualquier época. Su protagonista encarna el abismo que, a veces, separa al pensamiento de la acción. Inteligente, imaginativo, vivaz, valiente y noble, Hamlet se tortura en su querella moral. Del monólogo íntimo pasa a paroxismos verbales, enigmáticos profundos y brillantes. El príncipe Hamlet no es solamente "el hombre cuya duda insoluble cierra...

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Em "Romeu e Julieta" (1595-1596), a morte está presente de várias maneiras desde o início. Mas é no duelo entre Mercúcio e Tebaldo que ela realmente entra em cena e inicia a tomada da cidade à qual a tragédia...

Este livro contém 27 das principais obras de Shakespeare: - A Comédia dos Erros - A Megera Domada - As Alegres Senhoras de Windsor - Conto de Inverno - Medida por Medida - Muito Barulho por Nada - O Mercador de Veneza - Os Dois Cavalheiros de Verona - Sonho de uma Noite de Verão - Trabalhos de Amor Perdidos - Tudo Bem Quando Termina Bem - Henrique IV (parte 1) - Henrique IV (parte 2) - Henrique VIII - Vida e Morte do Rei João - Ricardo II - Ricardo...

“Henry VI, Part 3” (often written as 3 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1591 and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas “1 Henry VI” deals with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses and “2 Henry VI” focuses on the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, and the inevitability of armed...

Macbeth est une tragédie de William Shakespeare. Elle prend place dans l'Écosse médiévale et retrace de manière très romancée le règne de Macbeth (1040-1057). Dévoré d'ambition, le général Macbeth commet le crime de régicide pour s'emparer du pouvoir, poussé par son épouse Lady Macbeth, mais la culpabilité et la paranoïa les font peu à peu sombrer dans la folie. La date de rédaction de Macbeth est inconnue, mais elle pourrait se...

William Shakespeare's sonnets are some of his most enduring work and a treasure for all time. Mystery surrounds these magical poems. Who was Shakespeare's Dark Lady and who was the Fair Youth that Shakespeare addressed in so many of the sonnets? These Poems are both witty and poignant. Interestingly, Shakespeare chose to break many of the established rules when writing these. They are simply a joy to read. 'My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun,...