William Shakespeare

This critical edition of Shakespeare's The Tempest contains the play and 21 additional selections representing major critical and cultural controversies surrounding the work providing you with more insight into the play's critical issues and cultural debates about literature itself.

Witches, murder, ghosts, and madness -- one of Shakespeare's finest tragedies is also a perfect fit for the graphic novel format. This compelling adaptation depicts every blood-curdling scene in easy-to-follow illustrations, accompanied by Shakespeare's original text. An illustrated cast of characters reminds readers who's who, and fascinating background information on Shakespeare and the real Macbeth adds historical context.

Shakespeare's rousing tale of war and peace between England and France during the reign of Henry V springs to life in this plain English, full-color graphic adaptation. Every scene, every speech, and every battle is here, from "Once more unto the breach" to the decisive Battle of Agincourt, all in modern day English. The lively illustrations accurately depict the era's costumes and settings.

Witches, murder, ghosts, and madness -- one of Shakespeare's finest tragedies is also a perfect fit for the graphic novel format. This compelling adaptation depicts every blood-curdling scene in easy-to-follow illustrations, accompanied by Shakespeare's original text. An illustrated cast of characters reminds readers who's who, and fascinating background information on Shakespeare and the real Macbeth adds historical context.

Witches, murder, ghosts, and madness -- one of Shakespeare's finest tragedies is also a perfect fit for the graphic novel format. This compelling adaptation depicts every blood-curdling scene in easy-to-follow illustrations, accompanied by Shakespeare's original text. An illustrated cast of characters reminds readers who's who, and fascinating background information on Shakespeare and the real Macbeth adds historical context.

Deutsch von Frank Günther Mit einem Essay von Kurt Tetzeli Romeo und Julia: die Namen stehen längst für einen Mythos, den Mythos der tragischen Leidenschaft. Die Geschichte hat unzählige Nachahmer gefunden, und der Aufruhr der Gefühle darin gehört heute, trivialisiert und ausschnittsweise, zum Repertoire nicht weniger Seifenopern: der tödliche Zwist zweier Familien; der Blitzschlag der unerlaubten Liebe zwischen den Kindern dieser Häuser; das Ungestüm und die Zärtlichkeit, mit denen sich beide dieser Liebe versichern; der Todesmut, mit dem Julia in den Plan einwilligt, sich als Scheintote ?entführen? zu lassen, um damit einer anderweitigen Vermählung zu entgehen und Romeo nachzufolgen. Und dann natürlich die tragischste aller Szenen, der Liebestod: Romeo, durch einen fatalen Zufall nur unzureichend über den Plan informiert, glaubt Julia tot und vergiftet sich in ihrer Gruft; Julia erwacht und ersticht sich mit Romeos Dolch. Das alles scheint eher romantisch als elisabethanisch, und durch die gewohnte Brille des 19. Jahrhunderts (als das Stück als Tragödie zum großen Erfolg wurde, während man es im 18. ohne Bedenken auch mal glücklich enden ließ) sehen wir heute noch jene ?große Liebe?, die von der ? Gesellschaft? nicht gewollt wird. Shakespeare aber erfand zu seiner Zeit mit >Romeo und Julia< etwas völlig Unbekanntes: die erste englische Liebestragödie.

George Lyman Kittredge's insightful editions of Shakespeare have endured in part because of his eclecticism, his diversity of interests, and his wide-ranging accomplishments, all of which are reflected in the valuable notes in each volume. These new editions have specific emphasis on the performance histories of the plays (on stage and screen). Features of each edition include: The introduction to the original Kittredge EditionEditor's Introduction to the Focus Edition. An overview on major themes of the plays, and sections on the play's performance history on stage and screen. Explanatory Notes. The explanatory notes either expand on Kittredge's superb glosses, or, in the case of plays for which he did not write notes, give the needed explanations for Shakespeare's sometimes demanding language. Performance notes. These appear separately and immediately below the textual footnotes and include discussions of noteworthy stagings of the plays, issues of interpretation, and film and stage choices. How to read the play as Performance Section. A discussion of the written play vs. the play as performed and the various ways in which Shakespeare's words allow the reader to envision the work "off the page." Comprehensive Timeline. Covering major historical events (with brief annotations) as well as relevant details from Shakespeare's life. Some of the Chronologies include time chronologies within the plays. Topics for Discussion and Further Study Section. Critical Issues: Dealing with the text in a larger context and considerations of character, genre, language, and interpretative problems. Performance Issues: Problems and intricacies of staging the play connected to chief issues discussed in the Focus Editions' Introduction. Select Bibliography & FilmographyImages from major productions, for comparison and scene study.

This is mating ground. There's tension around the pool table, cues in hand. A world of broken glass and beatings in the car park. It's dog eat dog. And it's about to kick off. The country's leading movement theatre company Frantic Assembly, presents this electrifying take on Shakespeare's most brutal and gripping thriller-tragedy of paranoia, jealousy, sex and murder.