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All's Well That Ends Wellby William Shakespeare , Susan SnyderISBN 0192836048 (0-19-283604-8)
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Antony and Cleopatraby William Shakespeare , Michael NeillISBN 0192834258 (0-19-283425-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Antony and Cleopatra'Book summary:Now available in beautiful World's Classics editions--with handsome, four-color covers and new low prices--The Oxford Shakespeare offers new and authoritative edions of Shakespeare's plays. In each volume, an introductory essay provides all relevant background information together with an appraisal of critical views and the play's performance history. In addition, the detailed commentaries pay particular attention to the language and staging. These editions are perfect for all readers, whether actors needing stage directions, students desiring comprehensive (yet inobtrusive) notes, or the reader of classic literature returning to the Bard's timeless writings.
The most formally ambitious and poetically brilliant of Shakespeare's tragedies, Anthony and Cleopatra is also one of his most critically contentious plays in terms of the degree and nature of its success. Always alert to the play's theatricality and boldly experimental design, the wide-ranging introduction offers a fresh critical account of the play, exploring its paradoxical treatment of gender and identity as well as the rich complexity and tensions of its much-loved poetic language. With a generous appendix of Shakespeare's source materials, this edition also offers a full stage history. [via]More editions of Antony and Cleopatra:
As You Like Itby William Shakespeare , Alan BrissendenISBN 0192834193 (0-19-283419-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Cymbelineby William Shakespeare , Roger WarrenISBN 0192833502 (0-19-283350-2)
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Hamletby William Shakespeare , G. R. HibbardISBN 0192834169 (0-19-283416-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:This edition of Hamlet represents a radically new text of the best known and most widely discussed of all Shakespearean tragedies. Arguing that the text currently accepted is not, in fact, the most authoritative version of the play, this new edition turns to the First Folio of 1623--Shakespeare's "fair copy"--that has been preserved for us in the Second Quarto. Introducing fresh theatrical momentum, this revision provides, as Shakespeare intended, a better, more practical acting script. [via]
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Henry IVby William Shakespeare , Rene WeisISBN 0192831437 (0-19-283143-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry IV'Book summary:During Shakespeare's lifetime, Henry IV was his most popular play. Today, Sir John Falstaff still towers above Shakespeare's other comic inventions. This edition considers the play in the context of various critical approaches, offers a history of the play in performance from Shakespeare's time to ours, and provides useful information on its historical background. Readers will also find detailed commentary on individual words and phrases, and selections from Shakespeare's sources. [via]
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- Henry IV: ISBN 0192834215 (0-19-283421-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Henry V: ISBN 0192834231 (0-19-283423-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Life and Death of King John/The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII: 2 in 1: ISBN 0192836072 (0-19-283607-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Henry IV: ISBN 0192831437 (0-19-283143-7)
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The History of King Learby William Shakespeare , Stanley WellsISBN 0192839926 (0-19-283992-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of King Lear'Book summary:King Lear , widely considered Shakespeare's most deeply moving, passionately expressed, and intellectually ambitious play, has almost always been edited from the revised version printed in the First Folio of 1623, with additions from the quarto of 1608. Now for the first time, this new volume presents the full, scholarly edition to be based firmly on the quarto, now recognized as the base text from which all others derive. A thorough, attractively written introduction suggests how the work grew slowly in Shakespeare's imagination, fed by years of reading, thinking, and experience as a practical dramatist. This editition consists of a new, modern-spelling text; a full index to the introduction and commentary; production photographs and related art. The on-page commentary and detailed notes to this edition offer critical help in understanding the language and dramaturgy in relation to the theaters in which King Lear was first performed. Additional sections reprint the early ballad, which was among the play's earliest sources, and provide additional guides to understanding and appreciating one of the greatest masterworks of Western civilization. [via]
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King Henry VIII, or All Is Trueby William Shakespeare , Jay L. HalioISBN 0192840363 (0-19-284036-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Henry VIII, or All Is True'Book summary:This is the first fully annotated modern-spelling edition of King Henry VIII to appear for over a decade and includes up-to-date scholarship on all aspects of the play, including dating authorship, printing, sources and stage history. The editor accepts the view that the play is a collaboration between Shakespeare and Fletcher. Unique to this edition is the frequent reference to Cavendish's biography of Wolsey, neglected in earlier editions. This edition includes a fully detailed commentary and a selective collation of major variant readings appear immediately beneath the text. Special attention has been paid to the frequent allusion to scripture and proverb law. An index to all words glossed and authorities cited appears at the end of the volume. [via]
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Love's Labour's Lostby William Shakespeare , G. R. HibbardISBN 0192838806 (0-19-283880-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Love's Labour's Lost'Book summary:Love's Labour's Lost, now recognized as one of the most delightful and stageworthy of Shakespeare's comedies, came into its own both on the stage and in critical esteem only during the 1930s and 1940s--after nearly three hundred years of neglect by the theater and misuse by critics. In this new critical edition, Hibbard pays particular attention to this process of rehabilitation. Based on the quarto of 1598, and drawing on recent scholarly analysis, he proposes that the quarto goes back, probably by way of a "lost" quarto, to an authorial manuscript that represents the play in a state prior to "fair copy." He offers numerous original readings of difficult and disputed passages, and a helpful commentary to the play's scintillating language. [via]
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Measure for Measureby William Shakespeare , N. W. BawcuttISBN 0192834223 (0-19-283422-3)
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The Merchant of Veniceby William Shakespeare , Jay L. HalioISBN 019283424X (0-19-283424-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Merchant of Venice'Book summary:This edition of The Merchant of Venice, based on a fresh examination of the early editions, includes an exceptionally lucid and accessible introduction which addresses Shakespeare's attitude toward Semitism and establishes the cultural, historical, and literary context in which Shakespeare wrote the play. An interesting range of production photographs and drawings of Renaissance merchants and Jews, and a survey of the play's stage history ranging from discussions of its early staging to important twentieth-century productions and performances outside England, particularly Israel, makes this an ideal edition for students, actors, and the general reader. [via]
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The Merry Wives of Windsorby William Shakespeare , T. W. CraikISBN 0192836080 (0-19-283608-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'Book summary:When a new play was required at short notice for a court occasion in 1597, Shakespeare created The Merry Wives of Windsor, a warm-hearted and spirited "citizen comedy" filled with boisterous action, situational irony, rich characterization--and the likes of Falstaff, Pistol, Mistress Quickly, and Justice Shallow. In his introduction and commentary, Craik examines a wide range of topics, including the play's probable occasion, its relationship to Shakespeare's English history plays and to other sources, its textual history, with particular reference to the widely diverging 1623 Folio and 1602 Quarto, and its quality as drama. In light of various topical, critical, and theatrical interpretations of the play, Craik pays particular attention to defining the literal sense, proposing some new readings, and evoking the many aspects of the stage business. [via]
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare , Peter HollandISBN 0192834207 (0-19-283420-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Book summary:Traditionally seen as one of Shakespeare's more romantic and enchanting plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream has more recently been seen as a darker and more sinister play than generations of schoolchildren have ever imagined. The play has usually been seen as a comical tale and confused identities and the fickleness of youthful love, as the young lovers, Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena escape parental control and the "sharp Athenian law" of their elders by eloping into the forest outside the city. Unfortunately they stumble into civil war in fairyland, where King Oberon and Queen Titania fight over possession of a beautiful young Indian "changeling" boy. The appearance of the "rude mechanicals", a group of Athenian workers, including the weaver Nick Bottom, compounds the confusion. Chaos, confusion and "shaping fantasies" reign before the final settlement of the play, but underneath all the hilarity many critics have discerned more ambivalent attitudes towards coercive parental control, bestial sexuality and the destructive power of desire. These approaches in no way detract from the exquisite lyricism of many sections of the play, but make it a more complex and effective comedy than has often been appreciated. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Much Ado About Nothingby William Shakespeare , Sheldon P. ZitnerISBN 0192834185 (0-19-283418-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Much Ado About Nothing'Book summary:Sparkling with witty dialogue, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's most enjoyable and theatrically successful comedies. This up-to-date edition offers a newly edited text and an exceptionally helpful and critically aware introduction which discusses Shakespeare's social transformation of his source material, and rethinks the attitudes to gender relations that underlie the comedy and determine its view of marriage. [via]
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Romeo and Juliet: Oxford Bookworms Playscripts Stage 2by William Shakespeare , Clare West, Alistair McCallumISBN 0194228525 (0-19-422852-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo and Juliet: Oxford Bookworms Playscripts Stage 2'Book summary:What's in a name? Does it really matter if you are called Montague or Capulet? When Romeo, son of Lord and Lady Montague, falls in love with the most beautiful girl he's ever seen, he finds out that it does matter. It makes all the difference in the world, because both families hate each other bitterly. For a time, Romeo and Juliet manage to keep their love secret. But when Romeo is sent away from Verona, and arrangements are made for Juliet to marry Paris, a friend of her father's, hope begins to die. Can any of their friends help the young lovers to be together for ever? [via]
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The Stories of Shakespeare's Playsby Anthony Toyne, William Shakespeare , Clarke HuttonISBN 0194222470 (0-19-422247-0)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Taming of the Shrewby William ShakespeareISBN 0192836099 (0-19-283609-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Taming of the Shrew'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most rollicking and beloved comedies, The Taming of the Shrew was also one of his earliest, probably written about 1592. The introduction to this edition offers a full and original consideration of the play's textual problems, a study of sources, a survey of scholarship and criticism, with the editor's own critical appreciation, and a study of the comedy's fortunes in the theatre. [via]
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The Tempestby William Shakespeare , Stephen OrgelISBN 0192834142 (0-19-283414-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tempest'Book summary:Though written near the end of his career, The Tempest stands first in Shakespeare's First Folio of 1623. Recently redefined by modern criticism as a romance, the play has been read as an escapist fantasy, a political allegory, and a celebratory fiction. Most often, however, The Tempest is interpreted as a summary of Shakespeare's view of his own art of playwriting. In this edition, Stephen Orgel reassesses the evidence for each of these critical speculations, and finds the play to be both more open and more historically determined than traditional views have allowed. The text has been newly edited, and includes a stage history of its production, from the radical revisions of Davenant, Dryden, and Shadwell to the recent stagings of Peter Hall, Jonathan Miller, and Peter Brook. [via]
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Titus Andronicusby William Shakespeare , Eugene M. WaithISBN 0192836102 (0-19-283610-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Titus Andronicus'Book summary:The introduction reviews the few known facts about this early Shakespeare play and discusses the puzzling problems of its date and authorship. The text has been freshly edited with the aim of presenting the play as revised for the first recorded performance in 1594, with the addition of stage business from the prompt-copy from which the Folio edition derives. [via]
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Tragedy of Coriolanusby William Shakespeare , R.B. ParkerISBN 0192836056 (0-19-283605-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tragedy of Coriolanus'Book summary:Perhaps the most brilliant political play ever written, Coriolanus is a gripping psychological study of the relationship between personality and politics, and its Roman hero one of the most memorable Shakespeare ever created. The introduction to this new edition offers the first full stage history and analysis of the original production of Coriolanus at the Blackfriars theater, and also examines Shakespeare's adaptation of his historical material while emphasizing the wide range of interpretations that are possible in performance. [via]
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare , Arthur HumphreysISBN 0192836064 (0-19-283606-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'Book summary:The most famous of Shakespeare's Roman tragedies, Julius Caesar was written and first performed in 1599, and was apparently one the plays his contemporaries enjoyed most. Recounting the death of Caesar on the steps of the Senate house, the play offers some of Shakespeare's finest scenes: Antony's skillful speech at Caesar's funeral, and the quarrel and reconciliation between Brutus and Cassius with the news of Portia's death. This edition includes a fresh consideration of the play's date and its place in the Shakespeare canon and examines how Shakespeare reshaped his sources (primarily North's translation of Plutarch's Lives). [via]
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The Tragedy of King Richard IIIby William Shakespeare , John JowettISBN 0192839934 (0-19-283993-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of King Richard III'Book summary:Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successfully for film. This new and innovative edition recognizes the play's pre-eminence as a performance work: a perspective that informs every aspect of the editing. Challenging traditional practice, the text is based on the 1597 Quarto which, brings us closest to the play as it would have been staged in Shakespeare's theater. The introduction, which is illustrated, explores the long performance history from Shakespeare's time to the present. The commentary gives detailed explanation of matters of language, staging, text, and historical and cultural contexts, providing coverage that is both carefully balanced and alert to nuance of meaning.
Documentation of the extensive textual variants is organized for maximum clarity: the readings of the Folio and the Quarto are presented in separate sections, and more specific information is given at the back of the book. Appendices also include selected passages from the main source and a special index of actors and other theatrical personnel. [via]More editions of The Tragedy of King Richard III:
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Tragedy of Macbethby William Shakespeare , Nicholas BrookeISBN 0192834177 (0-19-283417-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tragedy of Macbeth'Book summary:A play of darkness originally conceived for daylight performance at the Globe, Macbeth is a tour de force of theatrical illusion from the supernatural to mere delusion. In this fully annotated edition, Brooke investigates the great appeal of the play's use of illusion, relating its changing theatrical fortunes to changes within society and in theatrical conditions. Offering a fresh reconsideration of textual problems, the book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play within aesthetic history. [via]
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Troilus and Cressidaby William Shakespeare , Kenneth MuirISBN 0192836110 (0-19-283611-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Troilus and Cressida'Book summary:Given the wealth of formal debate contained in this tragedy, Troilus and Cressida was probably written in 1602 for a performance at one of the Inns of the Court. Shakespeare's treatment of the age-old tale of love and betrayal is based on many sources, from Homer and Ovid to Chaucer and Shakespeare's near contemporary Robert Greene. In the introduction the various problems connected with the play, its performance, and publication, are considered succinctly; its multiple sources are discussed in detail, together with its peculiar stage history and its renewed popularity in recent years. [via]
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Twelfth Night; Or, What You Willby William Shakespeare , Stanley Wells, Roger WarrenISBN 0192834150 (0-19-283415-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's finest comedies, Twelfth Night, was written at the same time as Hamlet and Troilus and Cressida, and while it shares their fascination with sex, death and confused identities, its exuberant comedy and linguistic inventiveness rises above the introspection of these plays. Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are separated in a storm that washes them both up at different points on the shores of Illyria. Believing each other to be dead, both attempt to survive by using their wits. Viola cross-dresses and enters the service of the lovesick Orsino, in love with Olivia, an heiress in mourning for the loss of her brother. Orsino's saucy young page Cesario (Viola) soon falls in love with "his" master, who tells "him", "all is semblative a woman's part". Unfortunately, while Viola falls in love with Orsino, Olivia falls in love with her alter ego, Cesario, while also being pursued at the same time by her pompous servant Malvolio. Olivia's house is also turned upside down by the antics of her drunker uncle, Sir Toby Belch, and the whole crazy situation reaches boiling point when Sebastian reappears.
Despite the madcap plot, Twelfth Night remains one of Shakespeare's most complex and inventive comedies, fascinated with questions of cross-dressing, gender confusion, language and inversion, as well as retaining a darker edge to some of its laughter. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Two Gentlemen of Veronaby William Shakespeare , Roger WarrenISBN 0192831429 (0-19-283142-9)
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The Two Noble Kinsmenby William Shakespeare , John Fletcher, Eugene M. WaithISBN 0192836129 (0-19-283612-9)
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The Winter's Taleby William Shakespeare , Stephen OrgelISBN 0192838776 (0-19-283877-6)
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