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  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood provide the materials for one of Shakespeare’s most delightful comedies. When four young lovers, fleeing the Athenian law and their own mismatched rivalries, take to the forest of Athens, their lives become entangled with a feud between the King and Queen of the Fairies. Some Athenian tradesmen, rehearsing a play for the forthcoming wedding of Duke Theseus ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • Murder Most Foul

    Hamlet Through the Ages

    by David Bevington ...
    What is it about Hamlet that has made it such a compelling and vital work? Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through the Ages is an account of Shakespeare's great play from its sources in Scandinavian epic lore to the way it was performed and understood in his own day, and then how the play has fared down to the present: performances on stage, television, and in film, critical evaluations, publishing ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Hamlet

    by William Shakespeare ...
    One of the greatest plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the tormented young prince of Denmark continues to capture the imaginations of modern audiences worldwide. Confronted with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, and with his mother’s infidelity, Hamlet must find a means of reconciling his longing for oblivion with his duty as avenger. The ghost, Hamlet’s feigned madness, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • Four Comedies

    The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night

    by William Shakespeare ...
    The Taming of the ShrewRobust 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 DreamFairy magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood turn the mismatched rivalries of ... Read more

    Was $5.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

  • Henry IV, Parts I and II

    Critical Essays

    Edited by David Bevington ...
    Series series Shakespearean Criticism
    Originally published in 1986. This volume points to the rich variety of critical responses to the Henry IV plays and their complexity. It includes selections from characteristic thought of the neoclassical age, character criticism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, historical and new criticism, theatrical interpretation and other pieces by the likes of Samuel Johnson and W. H. Auden. The ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Taming of the Shrew

    by William Shakespeare ...
    A robust and bawdy battle of the sexes, this ever popular comedy captivates audiences with outrageous humor as Katharina, the shrew, engages in a contest of wills–and love–with her bridegroom, Petruchio. Their boisterous conflict is set off against a more conventional romantic plot involving the wooing of Katharina’s lovely and compliant sister, Bianca. Rich with the psychological themes of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Four Tragedies

    Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth

    by William Shakespeare ...
    HamletOne of the most famous plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the young prince of Denmark who must reconcile his longing for oblivion with his duty to avenge his father’s murder is one of Shakespeare’s greatest works. The ghost, Ophelia’s death and burial, the play within a play, and the breathtaking swordplay are just some of the elements that make Hamlet a masterpiece of the theater ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • King Lear

    by William Shakespeare ...
    William Shakespeare’s dramatic tragedy that explores corruption, family, politics, madness, and redemptionA king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Troilus and Cressida

    Third Series, Revised Edition

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Series series The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
    A revised edition of this intriguing and complex play, updated to cover recent critical thinking and stage history. Troilus and Cressida is a tragedy often labelled a "problem" play because of its apparent blend of genres and its difficult themes. Set in the Trojan Wars it tells a story of doomed love and honour, offering a debased view of human nature in war-time and a stage peopled by generally ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Shakespeare and Biography

    by David Bevington ...
    Series series Oxford Shakespeare Topics
    OXFORD SHAKESPEARE TOPICS General Editors: Peter Holland and Stanley Wells Oxford Shakespeare Topics provide students and teachers with short books on important aspects of Shakespeare criticism and scholarship. Each book is written by an authority in its field, and combines accessible style with original discussion of its subject. Shakespeare and Biography is not a new biography of Shakespeare. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Shakespeare without Boundaries

    Essays in Honor of Dieter Mehl

    by Christa Jansohn, Stanley Wells, Ann Jennalie Cook, Paul Edmondson, Phyllis Rackin, Grace Ioppolo, R. A. Foakes, Brian Gibbons0, Alan Brissenden1, Peter Holland2, Ann Thompson3, John O. Thompson4, Bruce R. Smith5, Alexander Shurbanov6, Catherine Belsey7, Martin Orkin8, Piero Boitani9, David Bevington0, Hugh Macrae Richmond1, Chee-Seng Lim2, Werner Habicht3, Marta Gibinska4, Jesús Tronch5, Catherine M.S. Alexander6, Adrian Poole7, Georgianna Ziegler8, Velma Bourgeois Richmond9 ...
    Shakespeare without Boundaries: Essays in Honor of Dieter Mehl offers a wide-ranging collection of essays written by an international team of distinguished scholars who attempt to define, to challenge, and to erode boundaries that currently inhibit understanding of Shakespeare, and to exemplify how approaches that defy traditional bounds of study and criticism may enhance understanding and ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Shakespeare’s Auditory Worlds

    Hearing and Staging Practices, Then and Now

    by Laury Magnus, Elizabeth Brown, Benjamin Curns, Clio Doyle, Leslie Dunn, Sarah Fallon, Gayle Gaskill, Allison Glenzer, John Harrell, James Keegan0, Patrick Midgley1, Steven Urkowitz2, Walter W. Cannon4, Ralph Alan Cohen5, R. W. Jones6, Caroline D. Latta7, Jennifer Linhart Wood8, David Bevington9 ...
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    Inspired by the verbal exuberance and richness of all that can be heard by audiences both on and off Shakespeare’s stages, Shakespeare’s Auditory Worlds examines such special listening situations as overhearing, eavesdropping, and asides. It breaks new ground by exploring the complex relationships between sound and sight, dialogue and blocking, dialects and other languages, re-voicings, and, ... Read more

    $38.09 USD