As You Like It

Shakespeare, William

Othello has long been recognised as one of the most powerful of Shakespeare's tragedies. This is an intense drama of love, deception, jealousy and destruction. Desdemona's love for Othello, the Moor, transcends racial prejudice; but the envious Iago conspires to devastate their lives. In its vivid rendering of racism, sexism, contested identities, and the savagery lurking withi...

Shaw , George Bernard

When professor of phonetics Henry Higgins wagers with Colonel Pickering that he could teach even a gutter-mouthed flower seller how to speak like a duchess, little does he expect that his social experiment will be riddled with difficulties, and that behind her cockney parlance the girl in question, Eliza Doolittle, has a mind, ideas and aspirations of her own. Things come to a ...

Chekhov, Anton

The most widely staged dramatist after Shakespeare, Chekhov left a deep mark both on the development of Russian literature and world theatre, with plays that were remarkable not just for their dialogue but their atmosphere and the tensions expressed between the lines.Collected in this volume are Chekhov's four most celebrated plays - The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and ...

Shakespeare, William

The magnificent, timeless drama is the world's most famous tale of "star-crossed lovers." The young, unshakable love of Juliet and Romeo defies the feud that divides their families—the Capulets and Montagues—as their desperate need to be together, their secret meetings, and finally their concealed marriage drive them toward tragedy. A masterwork that has long captured the heart...

Shakespeare, William

In the hope of saving her brother's life, should a woman submit to rape? Should the law be respected when its administrator is corrupt? How powerful in the state should religion become? Although Measure for Measure ends like a comedy, with reconciliations, forgiveness and marriages, it has often been regarded as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. The drama shows the difficulty...

Shakespeare, William

In Henry IV, Part 1, the King is in a doubly ironic position. His rebellion against Richard II was successful, but now he himself is beset by rebels, led by the charismatic Harry Hotspur. The King's son, Prince Hal, seems to be more concerned with the pleasures of the tavern world and the company of the fat rogue, Falstaff, than with concerns of state. Eventually, however, Hal ...

Shakespeare, William

Sumérgete en la lectura de este clásico de la literatura y disfruta al mismo tiempo de las exquisitas ilustraciones del pequeño teatro de papel. La historia de amor más famosa y trágica de todos los tiempos en una edición elegante y original, en la que los protagonistas salen de las páginas del libro y cobran vida en un pequeño teatro con las principales escenas de la historia...

Shakespeare, William

Unánimemente considerada una de las obras más influyentes de la literatura universal, la complejidad de su protagonista y la profundidad de sus razonamientos hacen de esta sublime tragedia un clásico que sigue y seguirá conmoviendo a millones de lectores de todo el mundo. Hamlet, legendario príncipe de Dinamarca, se enfrenta a la muerte de su padre y a la sospecha de que su tío...

Shakespeare, William

William Shakespeare compuso para la eternidad 154 sonetos que hoy forman parte del legado más sublime de la literatura inglesa. En esta cuidada selección se recogen aquellos en los que el amor —en todas sus formas— brilla con una intensidad lírica pocas veces igualada. Cada palabra ha sido cincelada con maestría, dando forma a un sentimiento que, aún hoy, sigue latiendo en cada...

Shakespeare, William

Coriolano condensa de un modo extraordinario las características del Shakespeare universal.Coriolano, una de las obras más políticas de William Shakespeare, ha sugerido en el mundo contemporáneo interpretaciones antagónicas. Sin embargo, no es un teatro de ideas, sino de personajes y «caracteres». Es, quizá, la última tragedia de su autor y, como tal, refleja los rasgos más car...

Shakespeare, William

Othello has long been recognised as one of the most powerful of Shakespeare's tragedies. This is an intense drama of love, deception, jealousy and destruction. Desdemona's love for Othello, the Moor, transcends racial prejudice; but the envious Iago conspires to devastate their lives. In its vivid rendering of racism, sexism, contested identities, and the savagery lurking withi...

Shakespeare, William

Es la última obra de Shakespeare y, para muchos, la culminación de todo su proceso creador. Pieza alegórica, utópica, realista, romántica, pastoril y mítica, se nos presenta como un cuento maravilloso que encierra algún enigma o significado huidizo. Su composición parece inspirada en un célebre naufragio ocurrido en 1609 cerca de las Bermudas. El pasaje, que se creía muerto, se...