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All's Well that Ends WellISBN 0671722549 (0-671-72254-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All's Well that Ends Well'Book summary:Completely re-edited, the New Folger Library editions of Shakespeare's plays put readers in touch with current ways of thinking about Shakespeare. Each freshly edited text is based directly on what the editors consider the best early printed version of the play. Each volume contains full explanatory notes on pages facing the text of the play, as well as a helpful introduction to Shakespeare's language. The accounts of William Shakespeare's life, his theater, and the publication of his plays present the latest scholarship, and the annotated reading lists suggest sources of further information. The illustrations of objects, clothing, and mythological figures mentioned in the plays are drawn from the Library's vast holdings of rare books. At the conclusion of each play there is a full essay by an outstanding scholar who assesses the play in light of today's interests and concerns. [via]
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Antony and Cleopatraby William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat , Paul WerstineISBN 0671039164 (0-671-03916-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Antony and Cleopatra'Book summary:The play that scholars see as a forerunner of the less comedies that followed, The Two Gentlemen of Verona remains one of the early Shakespeare finest achievements. A romp between two Veronese friends of this title, this classic romantic parody leaps to life. In Antony and Cleopatra, a grand drama of love and war, Shakespeare presents one of his greatest female characters -- the beautiful and cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
The New Folger Library editions feature introductions to Shakespeare's language, illustrations from the Folger collection, scene-by-scene plot summaries, and explanatory notes. Exhibiting a profound concern for stimulating a popular interest in the Elizabethan period, the esteemed and accessible Folger Library Shakespeare editions are favored by teachers, students, and scholars alike. [via]
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As You Like Itby William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat , Paul WestineISBN 0671722565 (0-671-72256-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'As You Like It'Book summary:Putting readers in touch with current ways of thinking about Shakespeare, this series used text based directly on what the editors consider the best early printed version of the play. This book contains full explanatory notes on pages facing the text of the play and a helpful introduction to Shakespeare's language. At the conclusion is a full essay assessing the play in the light of today's interests and concerns. [via]
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The Comedy of Errorsby Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671722573 (0-671-72257-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Comedy of Errors'Book summary:Generally believed to be Shakespeare's first comedy, The Comedy of Errors was first performed at the London Inns of Court in 1594, and has been unfairly dismissed as a piece of knockabout farce from Shakespeare's apprentice years. The play's action is very funny, especially in performance. Shipwrecked many years before the start of the play, Egeon of Syracuse searches vainly for his lost wife, one of his twin sons and one of their twin servants. Landing in Ephesus he falls foul of an obscure law condemning him to death unless he pays an enormous fine within 24 hours. The clock starts ticking and the action of the play begins to unfold. Egeon is not aware that his son Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio have also landed in Ephesus, but even worse, it soon becomes clear to the audience that Ephesus is also the home of the lost twin and servant, Antipholus and Dromio of Ephesus.
So begins the comedy of errors, as the pairs of twins are repeatedly and hilariously mistaken for each other, much to the consternation of their friends, creditors and lovers. Yet the play is also shot through with more serious issues. The sentence of death hangs over the father from the very beginning of the play, strange things happen to time as the play progresses, and the space of trade and the marketplace are never far away. The laughter of mistaken identity also gives way to more profound questions of identity, as when Antipholus of Syracuse says of himself that "I to the world am like a drop of water/That in the ocean seeks another drop." The Comedy of Errors is a much neglected play which is only now achieving the critical and theatrical attention it deserves. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Cymbelineby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 067172259X (0-671-72259-X)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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Hamletby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671042866 (0-671-04286-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:Undoubtedly the most famous of all of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet remains one of the most enduring but also enigmatic pieces of western literature. The story of Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, his tortured relationship with his mother, and his quest to avenge his father's murder at the hand of his brother Claudius has fascinated writers and audiences ever since it was written around 1600.
For many years interest focused on both Hamlet's inability to avenge his father's death, claiming that "the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought", and, according to none other than Freud, his oedipal fixation with his mother. However, more recently critics have turned their attention to Hamlet's bold theatrical self-reflexivity (most famously reflected in the performance of "The Mousetrap"), its fascination with issues of theology and Renaissance humanism, and its dense, complex poetic language. What is so remarkable about the play is the way in which it tends to uncannily reflect the concerns of different epochs. As a result, Hamlet has been at different moments defined as a romantic rebel, an angst-ridden existentialist, a paralysed intellectual and an ambivalent New Man. Whatever subsequent generations make of Hamlet, they are unlikely to exhaust the possibilities of this most extraordinary play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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King Learby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0606310029 (0-606-31002-9)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Macbethby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671042874 (0-671-04287-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth'Book summary:The New Folger Library edition features brief and simple clarification of seventeenth-century language, scene-by-scene plot summaries, and explanatory notes illuminating obscure and obsolete expressions. [via]
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby Barbara A. Mowat , Paul WerstineISBN 0671042904 (0-671-04290-4)
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0606311955 (0-606-31195-5)
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Much Ado About Nothingby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0606309373 (0-606-30937-3)
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Old Age : Journey into Simplicityby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0609805908 (0-609-80590-8)
Softcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Othelloby Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine, William ShakespeareISBN 0671042890 (0-671-04289-0)
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Romeo and Julietby Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine, William ShakespeareISBN 0671042882 (0-671-04288-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:This is undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, spawning a host of imitators on stage and screen, including Leonard Bernstein's smash musical West Side Story, Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet filmed in 1968, and Baz Luhrmann's postmodern film version Romeo + Juliet. The tragic feud between "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona", the Montagues and Capulets, which ultimately kills the two young "star-crossed lovers" and their "death-marked love" creates issues which have fascinated subsequent generations. The play deals with issues of intergenerational and familial conflict, as well as the power of language and the compelling relationship between sex and death, all of which makes it an incredibly modern play. It is also an early example of Shakespeare fusing poetry with dramatic action, as he moves from Romeo's lyrical account of Juliet--"she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" to the bustle and action of a 16th-century household (the play contains more scenes of ordinary working people than any of Shakespeare's other works). It also represents an experimental attempt to fuse comedy with tragedy. Up to the third act, the play proceeds along the lines of a classic romantic comedy. The turning point comes with the death of one of Shakespeare's finest early dramatic creations--Romeo's sexually ambivalent friend Mercutio, whose "plague o' both your houses" begins the play's descent into tragedy, "For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On : The Autobiography and Journals of Helen M. Lukeby Helen M. Luke, Barbara A. Mowat , Charles H. TaylorISBN 0609805894 (0-609-80589-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On : The Autobiography and Journals of Helen M. Luke'Book summary:90 photographs. Explores the inner life through dream and imagery, story and symbol. The first half of the book covers Lukes life from her earliest recollections until the age of seventy. It weaves together dreams and symbolic images from her inner life with accounts of personal events, including her seminal meeting with Jung. The books second half is comprised of selections from the journals she kept during her last years. [via]
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Three Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew/A Midsummer Night's Dream/Twelfth Nightby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671722603 (0-671-72260-3)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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Three Tragedies: Romeo and Juliet/Hamlet/macbethby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671722611 (0-671-72261-1)
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Timon of Athensby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671479555 (0-671-47955-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Timon of Athens'Book summary:FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY
THE WORLD'S LEADING CENTER FOR SHAKESPEARE STUDIES
Each edition includes:
- Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
- Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
- Scene-by-scene plot summaries
- A key to famous lines and phrases
- An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
- An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
- Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
Essay by Coppélia Kahn
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.
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Titus Andronicus 1594by William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0197290426 (0-19-729042-6)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Titus Andronicus 1594'Book summary:This Malone Society Reprint contains the 1594 Quarto of Titus Andronicus, the rarest of Shakespeare quartos. It was discovered in Sweden in 1902 and now resides in the Folger Shakespeare Library. The last edited single-volume facsimile appeared in 1936. [via]
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarkby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 067172262X (0-671-72262-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'Book summary:Undoubtedly the most famous of all of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet remains one of the most enduring but also enigmatic pieces of western literature. The story of Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, his tortured relationship with his mother, and his quest to avenge his father's murder at the hand of his brother Claudius has fascinated writers and audiences ever since it was written around 1600.
For many years interest focused on both Hamlet's inability to avenge his father's death, claiming that "the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought", and, according to none other than Freud, his oedipal fixation with his mother. However, more recently critics have turned their attention to Hamlet's bold theatrical self-reflexivity (most famously reflected in the performance of "The Mousetrap"), its fascination with issues of theology and Renaissance humanism, and its dense, complex poetic language. What is so remarkable about the play is the way in which it tends to uncannily reflect the concerns of different epochs. As a result, Hamlet has been at different moments defined as a romantic rebel, an angst-ridden existentialist, a paralysed intellectual and an ambivalent New Man. Whatever subsequent generations make of Hamlet, they are unlikely to exhaust the possibilities of this most extraordinary play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0606310002 (0-606-31000-2)
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The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet: Folger Editionby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0606301135 (0-606-30113-5)
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The Two Gentlemen of Veronaby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671039547 (0-671-03954-7)
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