Classic plays / drama
Classical Comics Henry V Plain Text
Book SynopsisIt's the 15th century and the Archbishop of Canterbury, worried over impending legislation that would effectively rob the Church in England of its power and wealth, convinces Henry V to forego this pursuit in favour of laying claim to France. This title presents the historic tale of war and peace between England and France in the reign of Henry V.
£9.99
Classical Comics Macbeth Graphic Novel Audio Collection
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£27.74
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG A Commentary on the Aspis of Menander: Part One:
Book SynopsisThis commentary on the comedy Aspis des Menander mainly deals with text-critical and linguistic questions. The introduction also deals with observations on the dramaturgy, the actors and the Attic law. It provides highly insightful insights into Menander's linguistic art and uses the analysis of numerous parallel texts to refer to the gradations of expression from colloquial colloquialism to paratro-tragedy, which are used in accordance with the dramatic situation. As a result, the commentary is very suitable as an introduction to the Menander reading, but also offers considerable new knowledge for the connoisseur.
£52.19
Wartelsteiner GmbH Hamlet Minibook: Gilt Edged Edition: Prince of
Book SynopsisBook & slipcase. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet''s father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude, Hamlet''s mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness -- from overwhelming grief to seething rage -- and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption.
£21.24
Wartelsteiner GmbH As You Like It Minibook
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Wartelsteiner GmbH As You Like It Minibook -- Limited Gilt-Edge
Book SynopsisBook in slipcase. Welcome to the world of miniature books! Experience the true meaning of a miniature book. It is not just about the size! These books will impress you with their readability and perfect quality right down to the last detail. Features: Unabridged original text; Complete new typesetting for an optimum of readability; Hardcover books with slipcases; Standard & Limited Edition gilt-edged editions available.
£21.24
Wartelsteiner GmbH Henry VIII Minibook
Book SynopsisWelcome to the world of miniature books! Experience the true meaning of a miniature book. It is not just about the size! These books will impress you with their readability and perfect quality right down to the last detail. Features: Unabridged original text; Complete new typesetting for an optimum of readability; Hardcover books with slipcases; Standard & Limited Edition gilt-edged editions available.
£17.99
Wartelsteiner GmbH Henry VIII Minibook -- Limited Gilt-Edged Edition
Book SynopsisBook in slipcase. Welcome to the world of miniature books! Experience the true meaning of a miniature book. It is not just about the size! These books will impress you with their readability and perfect quality right down to the last detail. Features: Unabridged original text; Complete new typesetting for an optimum of readability; Standard & Limited Edition gilt-edged editions available.
£21.24
Wartelsteiner GmbH The Merry Wives of Windsor
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£17.99
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Macbeth
Book SynopsisMacbeth and Banquo meet witches who predict Macbeth's rise to power. Fueled by ambition and Lady Macbeth's encouragement, Macbeth turns to deceit and murder to become King of Scotland.
£999.99
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Twelfth Night
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£8.92
Pilgrims Publishing A Shakespeare Anthology
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£4.99
Museum Tusculanum Press Angles on the English Speaking World: Volume 5:
Book SynopsisThis volume contains 11 new papers on Shakespeare written by members of the Department of English at the University of Copenhagen and other Danish universities plus a few international Shakespeare scholars. They fit into an overall theme and are included because they are about Shakespeare -- as text, as theatre, in his age, and through the ages. Beside showing many different ways of thinking and writing about Shakespeare, the eleven articles fall into a pattern if read together in the order they are printed. The papers are varied and wide-ranging: contemporary contexts, tradition, language and style, performance, translation and modern appropriation.
£999.99
Penguin Publishing Group King John
Book SynopsisThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With definitive texts and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 title
£18.00
Penguin Publishing Group The Merry Wives of Windsor
Book SynopsisThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With definitive texts and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 title
£11.59
Penguin Publishing Group Henry Vi Part 2 Revised Edition Pelican Shakespeare
Book SynopsisThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With definitive texts and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 title
£11.40
Penguin Publishing Group Henry Vi Part 3 Revised Edition The Pelican Shakespeare
Book SynopsisThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With definitive texts and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 title
£11.40
Penguin Random House Australia Pericles
Book SynopsisThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With definitive texts and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 title
£10.00
Penguin Publishing Group Cymbeline
Book SynopsisI feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation. (Patrick Stewart)The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged.Each volume features:* Authoritative, reliable texts* High quality introductions and notes* New, more readable trade trim size* An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and essays on Shakespeare's life and the selection of texts
£11.23
Penguin Random House Australia Coriolanus
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£11.79
Penguin Publishing Group The Narrative Poems Revised Edition The Pelican Shakespeare
Book SynopsisThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With definitive texts and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 title
£11.40
Penguin Publishing Group The Life of Timon of AthensRevised Edition The Pelican Shakespeare
Book SynopsisThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With definitive texts and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 title
£11.59
Penguin Publishing Group Portable Shakespeare The Penguin Classics
Book SynopsisA selection of The Bard's greatest writings edited by the great Shakespearean Stephen OrgelWilliam Shakespeare's plays revolutionized the English language and created some of the most important scenes in Western literature: Hamlet contemplating his mortality, Romeo romancing Juliet, Lear railing against his insanity into the storm, and King Henry V wandering among his soldiers on the eve of battle. With introductions and context from leading Shakespearean scholar Stephen Orgel, the essential works of the most important figure in English literature are collected here: nine complete plays, the most popular scenes and poems, as well as a glossary of 1,000 key words. With clear and authoritative texts from the Pelican Shakespeare series, this user-friendly edition will inspire students, thespians, poets, and general readers alike.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,7
£19.10
Penguin Publishing Group Verdis Shakespeare
Book SynopsisLook out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017.Riveting . . . a double-barreled salvo that hits two bull's-eyes. —The New York Times Book ReviewThis dazzling study of the three operas that Giuseppe Verdi adapted from Shakespeare's plays takes readers on a wonderfully engaging journey through opera, music, literature, history, and the nature of genius. Verdi's Shakespeare explores the writing and staging of Macbetto (Macbeth), Otello (Othello), and Falstaff, operas by Verdi, an Italian composer who could not read a word of English but who adored Shakespeare. Delving into the fast-paced worlds of these men and the hands-on life of the stage that at once challenged them and gave flight to their brilliance, Wills, in his inimitable way, illuminates the birth of artistic creation.Trade ReviewA Booklist Editors Choice Pick for 2011 “Wonderfully illuminating. This book is the product of a lifetime of listening and watching….No lover of Verdi—or Shakespeare, for that matter—will want to miss it.” —Opera News “Riveting…a double-barreled salvo that hits two bull’s-eyes. Shakespeare scholarship is one of the world’s thriving industries, with no factories but worldwide workshops. While you are reading this, there must be hundreds (thousands?) of worthies turning out articles and books from pole to pole. But Garry Wills has upped the ante. There is a fair, but not daunting, amount of musical analysis, as well as much acknowledged borrowing and quoting from other relevant writers. This only makes the book more useful, what with burrowings (rather than borrowings) a worm would be proud of, and a panorama worthy of a fly’s multifaceted eye. “Nomen est omen” goes a Latin adage: the name is a signifier. So the noun “Wills” suggests manifold motivation, multiple resolve. Whatever Garry undertakes, trust Wills to get done.” —John Simon, The New York Times “Wills’s joyously engaged, scholarly yet personable essay is not just a treat but also a banquet succulent enough to make Shakespeareans and Verdians of all who partake of it.” —Booklist, starred review “Opera aficionados will delight in Wills’s thoughtful, deeply rehearsed essays. . . . [His] detailed depictions of the operas’ subtleties, sublimely rendered for opera fans, endlessly elucidate the work of these ‘creative volcanoes.’” —Publishers Weekly “Wills brilliantly explores the evolution, development, and performance histories of the three plays (actually, four, counting both Henry IV and Merry Wives of Windsor as inspirations for Falstaff), the three operas, and the connections among them. As essential purchase. ” —Library Journal, starred review “Wills’s insights into both Verdi’s acute understanding of Shakespeare and his ingenious methods of conveying it are thrilling—particularly his account of how, when composing “Otello,” Verdi encapsulated the six hundred and eighty-six lines of the play’s first act within a few minutes of music.” —The New Yorker “Fascinating.” —Commonweal Magazine “One genius interprets another: English to Italian, words to lyrics, immortal drama to overpowering opera. . . . While the book has an enormous amount to teach devotees of either Shakespeare or Verdi, opera fans in particular will enjoy the author’s close and illuminating attention to backstage history, as well as words, music and phrasing.” —Kirkus“Despite the novelty of the subject in VERDI'S SHAKESPEARE, Wills’s writing is characteristically clear and marked with literate ping. . . . Throughout, he demonstrates an innate understanding of drama and music and how they can work together. His analysis of melody, harmony and orchestration are as solid as his examination of theatrical practice and technique. And his research is thorough. He draws on the considerable store of data unearthed by others, citing in his more than one hundred footnotes a veritable Who’s Who of opera and theater scholars.” —The Washington Independent Review of Books
£21.47
Oxford University Press The Oxford Shakespeare The History of King Lear
Book SynopsisBased on the 1608 quarto of "King Lear", this commentary aims to help readers understand the language and dramaturgy of the play, in relation to the theatres in which it was performed.Table of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; TEXTUAL INTRODUCTION AND EDITORIAL PROCEDURES; ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCES; KING LEAR; THE BALLAD OF KING LEAR; OFFSHOOTS OF KING LEAR; ALTERATIONS TO LINEATION; INDEX
£215.00
Oxford University Press, USA The Shakespeare First Folio The History of the Book Volume II A New World Census of First Folios 2
Book SynopsisThis major reference book for Shakespeare scholars and bibliographers is the second part of the story of 'the greatest book' in the English language. Listing 228 copies of the First Folio, the Census gives concise descriptions of each, covering condition, special features, provenance, and binding. It traces the search for copies, and much more.Trade Review... here is evidence gathered on a scale that has been accorded to no other book. * Times Literary Supplement *The sheer extent and reach of West's researches, which have seen him in transit across the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Rest of the World not only suggest the excitement of following leads and locating copies, but say more of the hard work and hard travelling that has gone into the production of his book. * The Library *As an exercise in census-making, West's book is exemplary ... As a piece of functional scholarship that will prompt and enable future Shakespearean scholars securely to embark upon this and other projects, West's Census is warmly to be welcomed. * The Library *Review from Volume I: Genuinely monumental ... Through a combination of careful archival research and tireless legwork, West has located 228 copies - a remarkable 70 more than were listed in Sidney Lee's 1902 Census ... This is an essential reference work for Shakespeareans, librarians, book-collectors, and antiquarian book dealers ... a monumental achievement. * Eric Rasmussen, Shakespeare Survey *"[A] work of painstaking scholarship that will be the standard reference tool for the field." * Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 *'(West's) thorough and comprehensive census...provides not only a fresh and reliable work of reference, but also an indispensible tool for future researchers...All future workers in the field will owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. West both for his impressive achievement and for the stimulus to further and different investigations that they will derive from his invaluable books.' Richard Proudfoot, from the Foreword to Volume IIFrom Volume I 'a magisterial study of the posthumous history of a book . . . Dr West's enterprise is comparable in scope to that of the compilers of the Folio itself. . . . his monumental study forms a major contribution to the shelf of volumes essential to the Shakespeare scholar.' * Stanley Wells, Foreword to Volume I *Review from Volume I: An amazing piece of scholarship ... West's study is the first comprehensive study of the book as book and as cultural object. One wonders why we had to wait nearly four centuries for such a study. * Notes and Queries *
£275.00
Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare
Book SynopsisSituated within the Oxford Handbooks to Literature series, the group of Oxford Handbooks to Shakespeare are designed to record past and present investigations and renewed and revised judgments by both familiar and younger Shakespearean specialists. Each of these volumes is edited by one or more internationally distinguished Shakespeareans; together, they comprehensively survey the entire field. An essential resource for the study of Shakespeare, The Oxford Handbook to Shakespeare is edited by esteemed scholar Arthur Kinney and contains forty specially written essays. It provides fresh and imaginative readings of his plays and poems, reflects on the current state of Shakespeare Studies, and suggests the likely future directions it will take. The Handbook is divided into five sections: ''Texts'' explores how Shakespeare wrote, who he collaborated with, the ways in which his works were transmitted, and the reactions of his early readers; ''Conditions'' examines the economic, social, artisTrade Reviewinventive and inspiring. * Julia Reinhard Lupton, Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 *Table of ContentsI. TEXTS; II. CONDITIONS; III. WORKS; IV. PERFORMANCES; V. CURRENT SPECULATIONS
£34.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Henry V The RSC Shakespeare
Book SynopsisFrom the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's great exploration of patriotism and war.
£12.63
Cambridge University Press Much Ado about Nothing
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£12.63
Cambridge University Press Romeo and Juliet
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Cambridge University Press The Winters Tale
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£12.60
Faber & Faber Tartuffe
Book SynopsisLet's see how crafty a picture you paint. You're making a demon out of a saint.In this spectacular dramatic comedy, the villainous Tartuffe shocks and enthrals with his deceptive powers. Charming to some, a danger to others, one family risks losing everything if he gets his way. Molière''s exuberant seventeenth-century classic is brought back to life in an audacious contemporary Irish version by Frank McGuinness. Tartuffe premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in March 2023.
£9.49
£8.77
Accabonac Press A Guide To Reading Shakespeares Macbeth
£12.40
Johns Hopkins University Press The Theban Plays Oedipus the King Oedipus at Colonus Antigone
Book SynopsisThis elegant and uncommonly readable translation will make these seminal Greek tragedies accessible to a new generation of readers.Trade Review"I would recommend the translation without reservations. I expect that students and the general public will find these works newly exciting. This is clearly a translation well suited to success both in the classroom and in the theater." - Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Temple University"Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionMapTime LineOedipus the KingOedipus at ColonusAntigoneNotesGlossary of Terms from Greek TragedyGlossary of NamesSuggested for Further Reading
£22.50
Ohio State University Press Archive Feelings
£114.93
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Twelfth Night
Book SynopsisAims to promote sophisticated literary analysis through the concept of character. This study demonstrates the necessity of linking character analysis to texts' themes, issues and ideas, and encourages students to embrace the complexity of literary characters and the texts in which they appear.Trade Review"Each book in the ‘Character Studies' series edited by Ashley Chantler is a recommended pick for high school and college-level libraries alike, providing fine literary analysis through concept of character which makes this an excellent choice for drama as well as literary students." -Midwest Book Review -- James A. Cox'Great starting points for first-timers, and food for thought for familiars.' - Will Sharpe, The Shakespeare Bookshop Newslettermention in Bibliotheque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, Tome LXXII (2010) Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface; Introduction: An Overview of Twelfth Night; 1. 'Characters' in Early Modern Drama; 2. Orsino; 3. Viola; 4. Sir Toby, Maria and Sir Andrew Aguecheek (and Fabian); 5. Feste; 6. Malvolio; 7. Olivia; 8. Antonio and Sebastian; Conclusion: Through the Characters to the Key Themes and Issues Bibliography of Further Reading; Index.
£26.48
Gracewing A Theatre of Envy
£23.52
Full Measure Press Much Ado About Nothing A Verse Translation Enjoy Shakespeare
£11.33
Full Measure Press King Lear A Verse Translation
£12.02
Eximius Books Hamlet II King of Denmark A Play in Five Acts
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£11.07
Legare Street Press An Index to the Songs Snatches Passages in Shakespeare Which Have Been Set to Music
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LEGARE STREET PR Oedipus Trilogy
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LEGARE STREET PR Oedipus Trilogy
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LEGARE STREET PR The Tragedy of King Richard III
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LEGARE STREET PR The Works of William Shakespeare
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LEGARE STREET PR The Tragedy of King Richard III
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LEGARE STREET PR The Works of William Shakespeare
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