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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... , director Puck-Leane Lyson Bottom-Oliver Szczypka Lysander-Danny Bishop Hermia-Jamie Peachey Helena-Jessica Fowler Oberon-Dominic Haywood-Benge Titania-Rajouana Zalal A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM @§52 [Dramatis Personae «s» THESEUS, Duke.
... , director Puck-Leane Lyson Bottom-Oliver Szczypka Lysander-Danny Bishop Hermia-Jamie Peachey Helena-Jessica Fowler Oberon-Dominic Haywood-Benge Titania-Rajouana Zalal A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM @§52 [Dramatis Personae «s» THESEUS, Duke.
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... quite so clear-cut: Venice contains much compassionate friendship, whereas Belmont is subject to the arbitrary command of Portia's dead father. (Portia somewhat resembles Jessica in being imprisoned by her father's will.) Even.
... quite so clear-cut: Venice contains much compassionate friendship, whereas Belmont is subject to the arbitrary command of Portia's dead father. (Portia somewhat resembles Jessica in being imprisoned by her father's will.) Even.
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... Jessica in being imprisoned by her father's will.) Even though Portia descends to Venice in the angelic role of mercy giver, 511е also remains very human: sharp-tongued and even venomous in caricaturing her unwelcome wooers, crafty in ...
... Jessica in being imprisoned by her father's will.) Even though Portia descends to Venice in the angelic role of mercy giver, 511е also remains very human: sharp-tongued and even venomous in caricaturing her unwelcome wooers, crafty in ...
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... Jessica, who must break with her faith and her father in order to find marital happiness. The two women are alike, however, in that they experience the play's central paradox of losing the world in order to gain the world. Through them ...
... Jessica, who must break with her faith and her father in order to find marital happiness. The two women are alike, however, in that they experience the play's central paradox of losing the world in order to gain the world. Through them ...
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... Jessica similarly embraces Christianity as Lorenzo'5 wife and is received into the happy comradeship of Belmont. Shylock is forced to accept Christianity, presumably for the benefit 0f his eternal soul (though today we find this deeply ...
... Jessica similarly embraces Christianity as Lorenzo'5 wife and is received into the happy comradeship of Belmont. Shylock is forced to accept Christianity, presumably for the benefit 0f his eternal soul (though today we find this deeply ...
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