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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... Baptista Minola is about to commit Vincentio to jail for the infamous slander of asserting that the supposed Lucentio is only a servant in disguise. Vincentio, as the newly arrived stranger, is able to see matters as they really are ...
... Baptista Minola is about to commit Vincentio to jail for the infamous slander of asserting that the supposed Lucentio is only a servant in disguise. Vincentio, as the newly arrived stranger, is able to see matters as they really are ...
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... Baptista Minola is “the narrow-prying father” (3.2.145-6). Even though Shakespeare renders these characters far less unattractive than in Supposes, their worldly behavior still invites reprisal from the young. Since Baptista Minola ...
... Baptista Minola is “the narrow-prying father” (3.2.145-6). Even though Shakespeare renders these characters far less unattractive than in Supposes, their worldly behavior still invites reprisal from the young. Since Baptista Minola ...
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... actors around them, some of them very capable actors, especially Michael Hordern as Baptista Minola, Cyril Cusack as Gremio, and Michael York (in his first film) as Lucentio-turned-Tranio. Throughout, Zeffirelli's interest is.
... actors around them, some of them very capable actors, especially Michael Hordern as Baptista Minola, Cyril Cusack as Gremio, and Michael York (in his first film) as Lucentio-turned-Tranio. Throughout, Zeffirelli's interest is.
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... Baptista Minola. This version omits the frame plot of Christopher Sly and cuts some exchanges between the Widow and Bianca in the final scene, but is generally faithful to the text. At the start, Sonnet 18 is added to thematize ...
... Baptista Minola. This version omits the frame plot of Christopher Sly and cuts some exchanges between the Widow and Bianca in the final scene, but is generally faithful to the text. At the start, Sonnet 18 is added to thematize ...
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... Baptista-M. Gray Murray 4. 1929 United Artists / Pickford Corporation Mary Pickford, producer Sam Taylor, director Katharina-Mary Pickford Petruchio-Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Baptista-Edwin Maxwell Gremio-Joseph Cawthorn Westinghouse Studio ...
... Baptista-M. Gray Murray 4. 1929 United Artists / Pickford Corporation Mary Pickford, producer Sam Taylor, director Katharina-Mary Pickford Petruchio-Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Baptista-Edwin Maxwell Gremio-Joseph Cawthorn Westinghouse Studio ...
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