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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... Fairies complicate the love relationships of the four lovers in A Midsummer Night's Dream and have their own quarrels as well; a beggar turns lord for a day in The Taming of the Shrew and beholds a play presented in his honor; Portia's ...
... Fairies complicate the love relationships of the four lovers in A Midsummer Night's Dream and have their own quarrels as well; a beggar turns lord for a day in The Taming of the Shrew and beholds a play presented in his honor; Portia's ...
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... Shakespeare the comic artist is a creator of illusion that is at once unsubstantial and immortal, like the fairies themselves, and his comedies celebrate this magic of his art. This early copy of a drawing by Johannes de Witt.
... Shakespeare the comic artist is a creator of illusion that is at once unsubstantial and immortal, like the fairies themselves, and his comedies celebrate this magic of his art. This early copy of a drawing by Johannes de Witt.
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... fairies, and the “rude mechanicals” or would-be actors. Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for the play evokes the contrasting textures of the various groups: Т11е5е115'з hunting horns and ceremonial wedding marches, the lovers ...
... fairies, and the “rude mechanicals” or would-be actors. Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for the play evokes the contrasting textures of the various groups: Т11е5е115'з hunting horns and ceremonial wedding marches, the lovers ...
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... fairy queens, men transformed to beasts by evil spells: these were the stuff of oral tales circulated by firesides 011 ... fairies come to Athens to celebrate Theseus's wedding, they exchange jealous accusations: Oberon accuses his queen ...
... fairy queens, men transformed to beasts by evil spells: these were the stuff of oral tales circulated by firesides 011 ... fairies come to Athens to celebrate Theseus's wedding, they exchange jealous accusations: Oberon accuses his queen ...
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... the desire to kill; the final resolution of this plot would not be possible if Demetrius were not left under the spell of the fairy love juice. Thus, Theseus's wedding provides a ceremonial occasion of harmony and reconciliation.
... the desire to kill; the final resolution of this plot would not be possible if Demetrius were not left under the spell of the fairy love juice. Thus, Theseus's wedding provides a ceremonial occasion of harmony and reconciliation.
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Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew/a Midsummer Night's Dream/the ... William Shakespeare Náhled není k dispozici. - 1988 |
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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