The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Wordsworth Editions, 1996 - 1263 strán (strany)

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time. He excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the great tragedies of Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth as well as the moving history plays and the comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew and As You Like It with their magical combination of humour, ribaldry and tenderness.

This volume is a reprint of the Shakespeare Head Press edition, and it presents all the plays in chronological order in which they were written. It also includes Shakespeare's Sonnets, as well as his longer poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece.

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• THE FIRST PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH: 1
• THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH: 31
• THE THIRD PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH MACBETH: 65
• KING RICHARD THE THIRD: 98
• TITUS ANDRONICUS: 139
• THE COMEDY OF ERRORS: 166
• THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA: 187
• LOVES LABOURS LOST: 213
• ROMBO AND JULIET: 245
• A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM: 279
• KING JOHN: 302
• THE TAMING OF THE SHREW: 329
• KING RICHARD THE SECOND: 359
• THE MERCHANT OF VENICE: 388
• THE FIRST PART OF KING HENRY THE FOURTH: 416
• THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE LUCRECE: 449
• KING HENRY THE FIFTH: 485
• MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: 520
• THB MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR: 550
• JULIUS CAESAR: 1252

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William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616 Although there are many myths and mysteries surrounding William Shakespeare, a great deal is actually known about his life. He was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, son of John Shakespeare, a prosperous merchant and local politician and Mary Arden, who had the wealth to send their oldest son to Stratford Grammar School. At 18, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, the 27-year-old daughter of a local farmer, and they had their first daughter six months later. He probably developed an interest in theatre by watching plays performed by traveling players in Stratford while still in his youth. Some time before 1592, he left his family to take up residence in London, where he began acting and writing plays and poetry. By 1594 Shakespeare had become a member and part owner of an acting company called The Lord Chamberlain's Men, where he soon became the company's principal playwright. His plays enjoyed great popularity and high critical acclaim in the newly built Globe Theatre. It was through his popularity that the troupe gained the attention of the new king, James I, who appointed them the King's Players in 1603. Before retiring to Stratford in 1613, after the Globe burned down, he wrote more than three dozen plays (that we are sure of) and more than 150 sonnets. He was celebrated by Ben Jonson, one of the leading playwrights of the day, as a writer who would be "not for an age, but for all time," a prediction that has proved to be true. Today, Shakespeare towers over all other English writers and has few rivals in any language. His genius and creativity continue to astound scholars, and his plays continue to delight audiences. Many have served as the basis for operas, ballets, musical compositions, and films. While Jonson and other writers labored over their plays, Shakespeare seems to have had the ability to turn out work of exceptionally high caliber at an amazing speed. At the height of his career, he wrote an average of two plays a year as well as dozens of poems, songs, and possibly even verses for tombstones and heraldic shields, all while he continued to act in the plays performed by the Lord Chamberlain's Men. This staggering output is even more impressive when one considers its variety. Except for the English history plays, he never wrote the same kind of play twice. He seems to have had a good deal of fun in trying his hand at every kind of play. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, all published on 1609, most of which were dedicated to his patron Henry Wriothsley, The Earl of Southhampton. He also wrote 13 comedies, 13 histories, 6 tragedies, and 4 tragecomedies. He died at Stratford-upon-Avon April 23, 1616, and was buried two days later on the grounds of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. His cause of death was unknown, but it is surmised that he knew he was dying.

Bibliografické informácie

• Názov: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare; Complete Works Series; Shakespeare Head Press Edition; Shakespeare Head Press edition of William Shakespeare; Special Edition Using; The Shakespeare Head Press; Wordsworth Royals Series
• Autor: William Shakespeare
• Vydanie: dotlač, prepracované
• Vydavateľ: Wordsworth Editions, 1996
• Kód ISBN: 185326895X, 9781853268953
• Dĺžka: 1263 strán (strany)