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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... pray, Or so devote to Aristotle's checks32 As Ovid33 be an outcast quite abjured. Balk logic with acquaintance34 that you have, And practice rhetoric in your common talk35. Music and poesy use to quicken you36; The mathematics and the ...
... pray, Or so devote to Aristotle's checks32 As Ovid33 be an outcast quite abjured. Balk logic with acquaintance34 that you have, And practice rhetoric in your common talk35. Music and poesy use to quicken you36; The mathematics and the ...
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... pray you, 5ir, i5 it your will To make a stale of me amongst these mate558? HORTENSIO “Mate5,” maid? How mean you that? No mates for y0u, Unless you were of gentler, milder mold. KATHARINA I'faith, sir, you shall never need to fear ...
... pray you, 5ir, i5 it your will To make a stale of me amongst these mate558? HORTENSIO “Mate5,” maid? How mean you that? No mates for y0u, Unless you were of gentler, milder mold. KATHARINA I'faith, sir, you shall never need to fear ...
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... pray, sir, tell me, i5 it possible That love should of a sudden take such hold? LUCENTIO Oh, Tranio, till I found it to be true, I never thought it possible or likely. But see, while idly I stood looking on, I found the effect of love ...
... pray, sir, tell me, i5 it possible That love should of a sudden take such hold? LUCENTIO Oh, Tranio, till I found it to be true, I never thought it possible or likely. But see, while idly I stood looking on, I found the effect of love ...
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... pray, awake, sir. If you lOve the maid, Bend thoughts and wits to achieve her. Thus it stands: Her elder sister is so curst and shrewdl81 That till the father rid his hands of her, Master, your love must live a maid at home183, And ...
... pray, awake, sir. If you lOve the maid, Bend thoughts and wits to achieve her. Thus it stands: Her elder sister is so curst and shrewdl81 That till the father rid his hands of her, Master, your love must live a maid at home183, And ...
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... Pray, what'5 the news? LUCENTIO Sirrah, come hither. 'Tis no time to jest, And therefore frame227 your manners to the time. Your fellow Tranio here, to save my life, Puts my apparel and my countenance229 on, And I for my escape have put ...
... Pray, what'5 the news? LUCENTIO Sirrah, come hither. 'Tis no time to jest, And therefore frame227 your manners to the time. Your fellow Tranio here, to save my life, Puts my apparel and my countenance229 on, And I for my escape have put ...
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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