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Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare plays, texts

Bring on the Bard - Active Drama Approaches for Shakespeare's Diverse Student Readers (Paperback): Kevin Long, Mary T.... Bring on the Bard - Active Drama Approaches for Shakespeare's Diverse Student Readers (Paperback)
Kevin Long, Mary T. Christel
R990 Discovery Miles 9 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Macbeth: Arden Performance Editions (Paperback): William Shakespeare Macbeth: Arden Performance Editions (Paperback)
William Shakespeare; Edited by Katherine Steele Brokaw 1
R316 Discovery Miles 3 160 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'I wish I had copies like this at Drama School. Essential notes on the language for those who will get up and speak it, not purely for those who will sit and study it. An incredibly useful tool with room on every page to make notes. Next time I'm in rehearsal on a Shakespeare play, I have no doubt that a copy from this series will be in my hand.' ADRIAN LESTER, Actor, Director and Writer Arden Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play's possibilities and meanings to actors and students. Each edition offers: -Facing-page notes -Short, clear definitions of words -Easily accessible information about key textual variants -Notes on pronunciation of difficult names and unfamiliar words -An easy to read layout -Space to write notes -A short introduction to the play

The Tragedy of King Lear (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition): William Shakespeare The Tragedy of King Lear (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
William Shakespeare; Introduction by Lois Potter; Edited by Jay Halio
R281 Discovery Miles 2 810 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

For this updated critical edition of King Lear, Lois Potter has written a completely new introduction, taking account of recent productions and reinterpretations of the play, with particular emphasis on its afterlife in global performance and adaptation. The edition retains the Textual Analysis of the previous editor, Jay L. Halio, shortened and with a new preface by Brian Gibbons. Professor Halio, accepting that we have two versions of equal authority, the one derived from Shakespeare's rough drafts, the other from a manuscript used in the playhouses during the seventeenth century, chooses the Folio as the text for this edition. He explains the differences between the two versions and alerts the reader to the rival claims of the quarto by means of a sampling of parallel passages in the Introduction and by an appendix which contains annotated passages unique to the quarto.

"the Merry Wives of Windsor" (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition): William Shakespeare "the Merry Wives of Windsor" (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)
William Shakespeare; Edited by Giorgio Melchiori
R2,963 Discovery Miles 29 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare's only thoroughly English comedy, created an archetypal literary figure in the shape of the devious, irrepressible John Falstaff. This stimulating new edition celebrates the play as a joyous exploration of language, but also places elements of its plot firmly in a continental, specifically Italian, tradition of romantic comedy. It draws out the complexities of Merry Wives as a multi-plot play, and takes a fresh and challenging look at both textual and dating issues; a facsimile of the first Quarto is included as an appendix. The play's extensive performance history, both dramatic and operatic, is fully explored and discussed.'This is a significant and substantive edition, in that nothing has been taken for granted, everything has been opened to reconsideration. The commentary is exceptionally detailed and attentive to questions of language and meaning.'John Jowett, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, Shakespeare Quarterly

Coriolanus - Third Series (Paperback, New): William Shakespeare Coriolanus - Third Series (Paperback, New)
William Shakespeare; Edited by Peter Holland 1
R285 Discovery Miles 2 850 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

This Roman play is one of Shakespeare's last tragedies, best known for its political and military themes. Its hero, Coriolanus, is a proud General who does not hesitate to show his arrogant and outspoken contempt of the Roman rabble. The Tribunes banish him and he raises an army to take his revenge on Rome. He finally concedes to the pleas of his mother to spare the city and leaves only to be publicly killed by his former allies.

Peter Holland is a former Director of the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon and President of the Shakespeare Association of America. He is a pre-eminent international scholar. His comprehensive introduction and commentary notes open up the language, themes and ideas in this complex yet richly rewarding play for the student and teacher. The play is discussed in its historical and critical contexts and its theatrical history is analysed too.

Romeo and Juliet (English, German, Paperback): William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet (English, German, Paperback)
William Shakespeare
R272 Discovery Miles 2 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Christopher Marlowe at 450 (Paperback): Sara Munson Deats, Robert A. Logan Christopher Marlowe at 450 (Paperback)
Sara Munson Deats, Robert A. Logan
R1,418 Discovery Miles 14 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

There has never been a retrospective on Christopher Marlowe as comprehensive, complete and up-to-date in appraising the Marlovian landscape. Each chapter has been written by an eminent, international Marlovian scholar to determine what has been covered, what has not, and what scholarship and criticism will or might focus on next. The volume considers all of Marlowe's dramas and his poetry, including his translations, as well as the following special topics: Critical Approaches to Marlowe; Marlowe's Works in Performance; Marlowe and Theatre History; Electronic Resources for Marlovian Research; and Marlowe's Biography. Included in the discussions are the native, continental, and classical influences on Marlowe and the ways in which Marlowe has interacted with other contemporary writers, including his influence on those who came after him. The volume has appeal not only to students and scholars of Marlowe but to anyone interested in Renaissance drama and poetry. Moreover, the significance for readers lies in the contributors' approaches as well as in their content. Interest in the biography of Christopher Marlowe and in his works has bourgeoned since the turn of the century. It therefore seems especially appropriate at this time to present a comprehensive assessment of past and present traditional and innovative lines of inquiry and to look forward to future developments.

One-Hour Shakespeare - The Comedies (Hardcover): Julie Fain Lawrence-Edsell One-Hour Shakespeare - The Comedies (Hardcover)
Julie Fain Lawrence-Edsell
R4,468 Discovery Miles 44 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The One-Hour Shakespeare series is a collection of abridged versions of Shakespeare's plays, designed specifically to accommodate both small and large casts. This volume, The Comedies, includes the following plays: As You Like It Love's Labour's Lost Much Ado About Nothing Twelfth Night These accessible and versatile scripts are supported by: an introduction with emphasis on the evolution of the series and the creative process of editing; the One-Hour projects in performance, a chapter on implementing money-saving ideas and suggestions for production whether in or outside a classroom setting; specific lesson plans to incorporate these projects successfully into an academic course; and cross-gender casting suggestions. These supplementary materials make the plays valuable not only for actors, directors and professors, but for any environment, cast or purpose. Ideal for both academics and professionals, One-Hour Shakespeare is the perfect companion to teaching and staging the most universally read and performed playwright in history.

Othello (Paperback): William Shakespeare Othello (Paperback)
William Shakespeare; Introduction by Tom McAlindon; Revised by Tom McAlindon
R246 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R22 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Enter Roderigo and Iago.] RODERIGO Tush, never tell me; I take it much unkindly That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this, - IAGO 'Sblood, but you will not hear me: - If ever I did dream of such a matter, Abhor me. RODERIGO Thou told'st me thou didst hold him in thy hate. IAGO Despise me, if I do not. Three great ones of the city, In personal suit to make me his lieutenant, Off-capp'd to him: -and, by the faith of man, I know my price, I am worth no worse a place: - But he, as loving his own pride and purposes, Evades them, with a bombast circumstance Horribly stuff'd with epithets of war: And, in conclusion, nonsuits My mediators: for, "Certes," says he, "I have already chose my officer." And what was he? Forsooth, a great arithmetician, One Michael Cassio, a Florentine, A fellow almost damn'd in a fair wife; That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster; unless the bookish theoric, Wherein the toged consuls can propose As masterly as he: mere prattle, without practice, Is all his soldiership. But he, sir, had the election: And I, -of whom his eyes had seen the proof At Rhodes, at Cyprus, and on other grounds, Christian and heathen, -must be belee'd and calm'd By debitor and creditor, this counter-caster; He, in good time, must his lieutenant be, And I-God bless the mark his Moorship's ancient. RODERIGO By heaven, I rather would have been his hangman. IAGO Why, there's no remedy; 'tis the curse of service, Preferment goes by letter and affection, And not by old gradation, where each second Stood heir to the first. Now, sir, be judge yourself Whether I in any just term am affin'd To love the Moor.

Coriolan (French, Hardcover): William Shakespeare Coriolan (French, Hardcover)
William Shakespeare
R890 Discovery Miles 8 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Cette uvre (edition relie) fait partie de la serie TREDITION CLASSICS. La maison d'edition tredition, basee a Hambourg, a publie dans la serie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de deux millenaires. Ils etaient pour la plupart epuises ou uniquement disponible chez les bouquinistes. La serie est destinee a preserver la litterature et a promouvoir la culture. Avec sa serie TREDITION CLASSICS, tredition a comme but de mettre a disposition des milliers de classiques de la litterature mondiale dans differentes langues et de les diffuser dans le monde entier.

The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets (Paperback, Revised): Helen Vendler The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets (Paperback, Revised)
Helen Vendler
R836 Discovery Miles 8 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Helen Vendler, widely regarded as our most accomplished interpreter of poetry, here serves as an incomparable guide to some of the best-loved poems in the English language. In detailed commentaries on Shakespeare's 154 sonnets, Vendler reveals previously unperceived imaginative and stylistic features of the poems, pointing out not only new levels of import in particular lines, but also the ways in which the four parts of each sonnet work together to enact emotion and create dynamic effect. The commentaries--presented alongside the original and modernized texts--offer fresh perspectives on the individual poems, and, taken together, provide a full picture of Shakespeare's techniques as a working poet. With the help of Vendler's acute eye, we gain an appreciation of "Shakespeare's elated variety of invention, his ironic capacity, his astonishing refinement of technique, and, above all, the reach of his skeptical imaginative intent."

Shakespeare's Early Readers - A Cultural History from 1590 to 1800 (Hardcover): Jean-Christophe Mayer Shakespeare's Early Readers - A Cultural History from 1590 to 1800 (Hardcover)
Jean-Christophe Mayer
R2,827 Discovery Miles 28 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Who were Shakespeare's first readers and what did they think of his works? Offering the first dedicated account of the ways in which Shakespeare's texts were read in the centuries during which they were originally produced, Jean-Christophe Mayer reconsiders the role of readers in the history of Shakespeare's rise to fame and in the history of canon formation. Addressing an essential formative 'moment' when Shakespeare became a literary dramatist, this book explores six crucial fields: literacy; reading and life-writing; editing Shakespeare's text; marking Shakespeare for the theatre; commonplacing; and passing judgement. Through close examination of rare material, some of which has never been published before, and covering both the marks left by readers in their books and early manuscript extracts of Shakespeare, Mayer demonstrates how the worlds of print and performance overlapped at a time when Shakespeare offered a communal text, the ownership of which was essentially undecided.

Macbeth - Large Print (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition): William Shakespeare Macbeth - Large Print (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
William Shakespeare
R301 Discovery Miles 3 010 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Titus Andronicus (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): William Shakespeare Titus Andronicus (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
William Shakespeare; Edited by Alan Hughes; Contributions by Sue Hall-Smith
R1,978 Discovery Miles 19 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. For this second edition of Titus Andronicus Sue Hall-Smith has written a new section on recent scholarship and important contemporary performances of the play. The edition retains the text prepared by Alan Hughes, based on the first quarto and supplemented by crucial additions and stage directions from the Folio. In the introduction, Hughes contradicts the historically popular view that Titus Andronicus is a poor play of dubious authorship. Joining the growing ranks of critics who take the play seriously, Hughes applauds its thematic unity and grim humour, and demonstrates that it is the work of a brilliant stage craftsman, confident in his mastery of space, movement and verse.

Der Sturm (Grossdruck) (German, Hardcover): William Shakespeare Der Sturm (Grossdruck) (German, Hardcover)
William Shakespeare
R831 Discovery Miles 8 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Much Ado About Nothing (Paperback): Emma Vieceli Much Ado About Nothing (Paperback)
Emma Vieceli; Originally written by William Shakespeare; Richard Appignanesi 1
R286 R270 Discovery Miles 2 700 Save R16 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This manga recreation of Shakespeare's tricksiest comedy plays out its serial deceptions and counterfeits against the operatic backdrop of a later Italian landscape. But don't believe everything you hear...

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Paperback, New edition): William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream (Paperback, New edition)
William Shakespeare 2
R110 Discovery Miles 1 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Among the most popular of all Shakespeare's comedies, this play humorously celebrates the vagaries of love. With its several pairs of lovers, on-again, off-again romances, magic spells, fairies, and a bumbling troupe of would-be actors, the play continues to enchant audiences. Unabridged reprint of an authoritative British edition, complete with explanatory footnotes.

North by Shakespeare - A Rogue Scholar's Quest for the Truth Behind the Bard's Work (Hardcover): Michael Blanding North by Shakespeare - A Rogue Scholar's Quest for the Truth Behind the Bard's Work (Hardcover)
Michael Blanding
R918 R852 Discovery Miles 8 520 Save R66 (7%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
The Taming of the Shrew (Paperback, Ed): William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew (Paperback, Ed)
William Shakespeare; Introduction by M.J. Kidnie; Revised by M.J. Kidnie 1
R215 R199 Discovery Miles 1 990 Save R16 (7%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'I pity the man who cannot enjoy Shakespeare' George Bernard Shaw The beautiful and witty Katherina has sworn never to accept the demands of any would-be husband. But when she is pursued by the wily Petruchio, it seems that she has finally met her match. As he meets her caustic words with capricious cruelty, Katherina is forced to reconsider her position, in one of the greatest and most contentious of all comic battles of the sexes. Used and Recommended by the National Theatre General Editor Stanley Wells Edited by G. R. Hibbard Introduction by M. J. Kidnie

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hardcover, New Edition): William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hardcover, New Edition)
William Shakespeare
R280 R261 Discovery Miles 2 610 Save R19 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Gorgeous, strange and magical, A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best-loved of Shakespeare's plays. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is illustrated throughout by Sir John Gilbert, and includes an introduction by Ned Halley. A young woman flees Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by her would-be husband and her best friend. Unwittingly, all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where fairies and sprites soon take an interest in human affairs, dispensing love potions and casting mischievous spells. In this dazzling comedy, confusion ends in harmony, as love is transformed, misplaced, and - ultimately - restored.

Hour-Long Shakespeare Volume II (Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and Julius Caesar) - Abridged edition (Paperback, Abridged Edition):... Hour-Long Shakespeare Volume II (Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and Julius Caesar) - Abridged edition (Paperback, Abridged Edition)
Matthew Jenkinson 1
R401 Discovery Miles 4 010 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Abridged specifically for all those interested in Shakespeare's plays, especially teachers and students of English and drama, these one-hour performance scripts maintain the arcs of Shakespeare's plots without compromising the integrity of his original language. What remains are manageable performance texts and the essential elements needed for an introduction to three of Shakespeare's most popular plays.

Masculinity and Emotion in Early Modern English Literature (Paperback): Jennifer C. Vaught Masculinity and Emotion in Early Modern English Literature (Paperback)
Jennifer C. Vaught
R1,708 Discovery Miles 17 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The first full length treatment of how men of different professions, social ranks and ages are empowered by their emotional expressiveness in early modern English literary works, this study examines the profound impact of the cultural shift in the English aristocracy from feudal warriors to emotionally expressive courtiers or gentlemen on all kinds of men in early modern English literature. Jennifer Vaught bases her analysis on the epic, lyric, and romance as well as on drama, pastoral writings and biography, by Shakespeare, Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Jonson and Garrick among other writers. Offering new readings of these works, she traces the gradual emergence of men of feeling during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, to the blossoming of this literary version of manhood during the eighteenth century.

Titus Andronicus (French, Hardcover): William Shakespeare Titus Andronicus (French, Hardcover)
William Shakespeare
R887 Discovery Miles 8 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Cette uvre (edition relie) fait partie de la serie TREDITION CLASSICS. La maison d'edition tredition, basee a Hambourg, a publie dans la serie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de deux millenaires. Ils etaient pour la plupart epuises ou uniquement disponible chez les bouquinistes. La serie est destinee a preserver la litterature et a promouvoir la culture. Avec sa serie TREDITION CLASSICS, tredition a comme but de mettre a disposition des milliers de classiques de la litterature mondiale dans differentes langues et de les diffuser dans le monde entier.

Julius Caesar (Hardcover, New Edition): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar (Hardcover, New Edition)
William Shakespeare
R274 Discovery Miles 2 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare uses the most notorious murder in classical history to tell a tragic tale of friendship, ambition and betrayal. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is illustrated throughout by Sir John Gilbert, and includes an introduction by Ned Halley. As the greatest figures of the Roman Republic are swept along on the tide of a terrifying conspiracy, a touchingly human story is revealed in some of the most beautiful poetry ever written.

Application of the Michael Chekhov Technique to Shakespeare's Sonnets, Soliloquies, and Monologues (Paperback): Mark Monday Application of the Michael Chekhov Technique to Shakespeare's Sonnets, Soliloquies, and Monologues (Paperback)
Mark Monday
R1,196 Discovery Miles 11 960 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Application of the Michael Chekhov Technique to Shakespeare's Sonnets, Soliloquies, and Monologues illustrates how to apply the Michael Chekhov Technique, through exercises and rehearsal techniques, to a wide range of Shakespeare's works. The book begins with a comprehensive chapter on the definitions of the various aspects of the Technique, followed by five chapters covering Shakespeare's sonnets, comedies, tragedies, histories, and romances. This volume offers a very specific path, via Michael Chekhov, on how to put theory into practice and bring one's own artistic life into the work of Shakespeare. Offering a wide range of pieces that can be used as audition material, Application of the Michael Chekhov Technique to Shakespeare's Sonnets, Soliloquies, and Monologues is an excellent resource for acting teachers, directors, and actors specializing in the work of William Shakespeare. The book also includes access to a video on Psychological Gesture to facilitate the application of this acting tool to Shakespeare's scenes.

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