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3) Macbeth
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English
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Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. It is frequently performed at both amateur and professional levels, and has been adapted for opera, film, books, stage and screen. Often regarded as archetypal, the play tells of the dangers of the lust for power and the betrayal of friends. For the plot Shakespeare drew loosely on the historical account...
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English
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Featuring the images of some of the world's most famous stage and film actors, these additions to the all-new Oxford School Shakespeare introduce--and enthrall--young people to one of the greatest writers of all time. This season brings revised editions of five of the Bard's most famous plays--As You Like It, Othello, Hamlet, Love's Labour Lost and The Taming of the Shrew. Designed specifically for students unfamiliar with Shakespeare's rich literary...
6) The tempest
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Language
English
Description
Prospero, exiled on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, raises a magical tempest to wash ashore a ship carrying the enemies who usurped his dukedom years ago -- his brother Antonio and Alonso, the king of Naples. Alonso's son Ferdinand is feared dead but has washed to another part of the island, where he meets and falls in love with Miranda. Prospero punishes the usurpers and regains his dukedom, as Miranda gains a royal husband.
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Series
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English
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Professor Evans helps the reader to visualise the stage action of Romeo and Juliet . His history of the play in the theatre is followed by a lucid commentary which alerts the reader to the difficulties of language, thought and staging. For this updated edition Thomas Moisan has added an account of the number of important professional theatre productions and the large output of scholarly criticism on the play which have appeared in recent years.
13) Hamlet
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated, abridged version of the Shakespeare tragedy with background information and explanatory stage directions.
15) Twelfth night
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated, abridged version of the Shakespeare comedy with background information and explanatory stage directions.
16) Romeo and Juliet
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated, abridged version of the Shakespeare tragedy with background information and explanatory stage directions.
18) Hamlet
Author
Publisher
Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Shakespeare's play in which Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, is urged by his father's ghost to avenge his murder by his wife and his brother who has seized the throne.
20) Macbeth
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated, abridged version of Shakespeare's historical tragedy with background information and explanatory stage directions.
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