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King Lear by William Shakespeare
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A moving tragedy of political intrigue and family strife, William Shakespeare's King Lear is edited by George Hunter, with an introduction by Kiernan Ryan in Penguin Shakespeare. 'How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!' The ageing King Lear, tired of office, decides to split ...Show more
King Lear (No Fear Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare; John Crowther, ed.
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
Macbeth (Black Classic) by William Shakespeare
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Referred to by superstitious actors as 'the Scottish play', William Shakespeare's Macbeth is a tragedy in which appalling earthly crimes have lasting supernatural repercussions. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by George Hunter with an introduction by Carol Rutter. 'By the pricking of my thumb ...Show more
Macbeth (Cambridge School Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
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An improved, larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays, extensively rewritten, expanded and produced in an attractive new design. An active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare's imaginative world in accessible and creative ways. Students are en ...Show more
Macbeth (Oxford School Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare, Roma Gill
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Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and describes the rise of the royal commander Macbeth to the King of Scotland, his transformation into a tyrant and his fall. In his drama Shakespeare linked historical facts about the historic Scottish King Macbeth and the contemporary English King James I wi ...Show more
Macbeth (Shakespeare Stories) by William Shakespeare retold by Andrew Matthews
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Out, damned spot! A brilliant retelling of this classic tale of witches, murder and madness. With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Evil in Macbeth.
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
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Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Comedy turns to tragedy as two couples fall in and out of love in Much Ado About Nothing, one of Shake ...Show more
Much Ado About Nothing: Black Penguin Classics by William Shakespeare
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With a dazzling display of William Shakespeare's fondness for wit and wordplay, Much Ado About Nothing is a high-spirited comedy, edited with notes by R.A. Foakes, and an introduction by Janet Dillon. 'Some, Cupid kills with arrows, some, with traps'. Proud, vivacious Beatrice and a high-spirited rake B ...Show more
New Cambridge: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Category: Fiction
A new section of the Introduction to this updated edition considers important professional theater productions and the large output of scholarly criticism on the play which have appeared in recent years. The Reading List has been revised and augmented to reflect the scope of the revised edition. First ...Show more
New Cambridge Shakespeare Series - Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
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Much Ado has always been popular on the stage. This edition pays especial attention to the history and range of theatrical interpretation, in which the most famous actors, from the time of Garrick to the present, have appeared as the sparring lovers Benedick and Beatrice. A full commentary includes anno ...Show more
Othello by William Shakespeare
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Othello William Shakespeare Othello, The Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare based on the short story "Moor of Venice" by Cinthio, believed to have been written in approximately 1603. The work revolves around four central characters: Othello, his wife Desdemona, his lieutenant Cassio, and ...Show more