Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twel fth NightRandom House Publishing Group, 26. 8. 2009 - Počet stran: 736 The Taming of the Shrew Robust and bawdy, The Taming of the Shrew captivates audiences with outrageous humor as Katharina, the shrew, engages in a contest of wills–and love–with her bridegroom, Petruchio, in a comedy of unmatched theatrical brilliance, filled with visual gags and witty repartee. A Midsummer Night's Dream Fairy magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood turn the mismatched rivalries of four young lovers into a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment, all touched by Shakespeare’s inimitable vision of the intriguing relationship between dreams and the waking world. The Merchant of Venice This dark comedy of love and money contains one of the truly mythic figures in literature–Shylock, the Jewish moneylender. The “pound of flesh” he demands as payment of Antonio’s debt has become a universal metaphor for vengeance. Here, pathos and farce combine with moral complexity and romantic entanglements, to display the extraordinary power and range of Shakespeare at his best. Twelfth Night Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy juxtaposes a romantic plot involving separated twins and mistaken identity with a more satiric one about the humiliation of a pompous killjoy. The hilarity is touched with melancholy, and the play ends, not with laughter, but with a clown’s plaintive song. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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... Athens. There the lovers must learn what it is to be lost, rejected, and misunderstood before they can find their true selves in marriage. The opposing worlds of revelry and sobriety, carnival and Lent, are contained within Olivia's ...
... Athens. There the lovers must learn what it is to be lost, rejected, and misunderstood before they can find their true selves in marriage. The opposing worlds of revelry and sobriety, carnival and Lent, are contained within Olivia's ...
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... Athens to celebrate Theseus's wedding, they exchange jealous accusations: Oberon accuses his queen of being overly partial to Theseus, while she is critical 0f Oberon's attentions to Hippolyta. These plots 0f the Athenian and the fairy ...
... Athens to celebrate Theseus's wedding, they exchange jealous accusations: Oberon accuses his queen of being overly partial to Theseus, while she is critical 0f Oberon's attentions to Hippolyta. These plots 0f the Athenian and the fairy ...
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... Athens as the place where they will rehearse their performance of “Pyramus and Thisbe” in anticipation of the wedding festivities. The tragic love story of Pyramus and Thisbe, although it seems absurdly ill Suited to a wedding, reminds ...
... Athens as the place where they will rehearse their performance of “Pyramus and Thisbe” in anticipation of the wedding festivities. The tragic love story of Pyramus and Thisbe, although it seems absurdly ill Suited to a wedding, reminds ...
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... Athens and the court, their experiences assume the unreality of a remembered dream, like “far-off mountains turned into clouds” (4.1.187). When they thus awaken and return to the daylight world of Athens and the court, their renewed ...
... Athens and the court, their experiences assume the unreality of a remembered dream, like “far-off mountains turned into clouds” (4.1.187). When they thus awaken and return to the daylight world of Athens and the court, their renewed ...
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... Athens (admittedly not that of Theseus's era) by showing the Acropolis Surrounded by marble temples and the theater of Bacchus. A dummy Puck flew through the air to the accompaniment of Mendelssohn's music, and one evening, when the ...
... Athens (admittedly not that of Theseus's era) by showing the Acropolis Surrounded by marble temples and the theater of Bacchus. A dummy Puck flew through the air to the accompaniment of Mendelssohn's music, and one evening, when the ...
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actors Antonio Athens audience BAPTISTA Bassanio Bianca BIONDELLO BOTTOM Christian comedy daughter Demetrius director doctor of laws doth Duke Egeus Enter Exeunt Exit eyes FABIAN fair fairies father FESTE film fool friends gentleman give GOBBO GRATIANO GREMIO hast hath hear heart Helena Hermia Hippolyta HORTENSIO husband Jessica Julina Kate KATHARINA lady Lancelot lion look lord LORENZO lovers Lucentio Lysander madam MALVOLIO MARIA marriage marry master Merchant of Venice Midsummer Night’s Dream mistress moon Nerissa never o’er Oberon OLIVIA ORSINO PETRUCHIO play’s PORTIA pray production Puck Pyramus and Thisbe Queen QUINCE SALERIO Sebastian servant Shakespeare Shakespeare’s play Shrew Shylock Signor Ansaldo Signor Giannetto Silla Silvio SIR ANDREW SIR TOBY sleep SOLANIO speak stage swear sweet Taming tell theater thee There’s THESEUS thou art Thou shalt Titania TRANIO Twelfth Night unto Vincentio VIOLA What’s wife young апс1