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Twelfth Night, Or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, based on the short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich. It is named after the Twelfth Night holiday of the Christmas season. It was written around 1601 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The main title is believed to be an afterthought, created after John Marston premiered a play titled What You Will during the course of the writing.

Una de las últimas tragedias de Shakespeare, un lúcido y ambiguo retrato del poder totalmente vigente. La trama de Coriolano, una tragedia de gran envergadura, gira alrededor de un militar romano, Gayo Marcio, acerrimo partidario del patriciado y enemigo de la plebe. Honrado por su superior, el general Cominio, debido a sus victorias militares, se le concede un tercer nombre, Coriolano. En vista de su gloriosa carrera presenta su candidatura a consul pero su ideologia antiplebeya y antidemocratica es aprovechada por sus enemigos para acusarle de traidor y es condenado al destierro. A partir de aqui, inicia una marcha contra Roma.

King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to be written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richards successors: Henry IV, part 1, Henry IV, part 2, and Henry V. It may not have been written as a stand-alone work.

Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second of Shakespeares tetralogy that deals with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV (2 plays), and Henry V. Henry IV, Part 1 depicts a span of history that begins with Hotspurs battle at Homildon against the Douglas late in 1402 and ends with the defeat of the rebels at Shrewsbury in the middle of 1403. From the start it has been an extremely popular play both with the public and the critics.Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed written between 1596 and 1599. It is the third part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II and Henry IV, Part 1 and succeeded by Henry V.

Dentro de la amplia galería de personajes que a lo largo de las obras de William Shakespeare (1564-1616) encarnaron las más universales y comunes pasiones que mueven la naturaleza humana, Otelo ha pasado a representar el hombre destruido por los celos. Sin embargo, el tema crucial y mas general de la obra es la desconfianza. Movida por este veneno que se esparce por sus dialogos e impregna las relaciones entre parejas, entre hombres y mujeres, entre jefes y subordinados, esta tragedia sigue resultando, hoy como ayer, una lectura tan subyugante como poderosa.

Sin duda una de las más famosas y mejores obras de William Shakespeare (1564-1616), El mercader de Venecia se estructura en torno a la anécdota del fracaso de un aval y la sanguinaria reclamación del usurero Shylock, y la relacion amorosa entre el noble Bassanio y Porcia, rica y hermosa huerfana. Pese a estar teñida del antisemitismo propio de la epoca, el judio Shylock se revela como uno de los grandes tipos shakespearianos y el personaje de mas fuste y vigor de la obra. Y si las tres parejas de amantes que acaban felizmente unidas en el ultimo acto representan el lado amable del drama, para nuestros tiempos -apunta en su prologo Vicente Molina Foix- son los personajes del arruinado y derrotado Shylock y de Antonio, el mercader de Venecia , tan desdichado al final con su ganancia como el judio con su perdida, los autenticos protagonistas del mismo.

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. `sound and often admirable piece of scholarship. It deals judiciously with the problems of text, authorship and sources, and with the business of clearly and concisely annotating the text'' Emrys Jones, Literary Review ''Stanley Wells'' OUP Complete Works of Shakespeare is now eight years old and has spawned a new Oxford Shakespeare which appears now in splendidly affordable volumes in that nonpareil of libraries of good reading The World''s Classics.'' The Oxford

“¿Quién vive?” He aquí una preciosa edición en español de Hamlet. Empresa inhabitual que hace jugar por partes iguales una comprensión política del arte de traducir y un discernimiento artístico de l

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) This wonderful story of fairies, dreams and lovers is as popular today as it was in Shakespeares time. In a wood outside Athens, four young people are following their dreams, while fairies play strange games with them. Their world seems unreal but is it really very different from our own

Dominoes are full colour readers with extensive Activities and Project pages. They are suitable for students who need more support in their reading than is provided by traditional readers. The Activities and Projects can be used either in class or as homework. * Graded from Starter to Level 3 (Pre-Intermediate) of the Bookworms grading system. * Two pages of Activities at the end of every chapter. * Five pages of poject work. * Glossary on the page to provide full vocabulary support.

William Shakespeare, Sheldon P Zitner (Editor)Sparkling with the witty dialogue between Beatrice and Benedicts, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's most enjoyable and theatrically successful comedies. This edition offers a newly edited text and an exceptionally helpful and critically aware introduction. Paying particular attention to analysis of the play's minor characters, Sheldon P Zitner discusses Shakespeare's transformation of his source material. He rethinks the attitudes to gender relations that underlie the comedy and determine its view of marriage. Allowing for the play's openness to reinterpretation by successive generations of readers and peformers, Zitner provides a socially analytic stage history, advancing new views for the actor as much as for the critic.

Coriolanus is perhaps the most brilliant political play ever written. Set in Ancient Rome, it remains a gripping psychological study of the relationship between personality and politics. The introduction to this new edition considers Shakespeare's adaptation of his historical material (Plutarch's Lives) in relation to the social and political conditions in London and Stratford at the time of the play's composition, also offering new evidence that it was written in 1608. Professor Parker examines the play's history and particularly its staging at the Blackfriars theatre, where it was probably the first of Shakespeare's plays to be presented and for which it may have been written. A thorough commentary pays special attention to the needs of actors and directors.

Partint del text original de l’any 1623, Lluís Soler Auladell (actor professional) ens presenta una traducció de La tragèdia del rei Lear on preval mantenir la intentencionalitat de l’autor i de les

Shakespeares sonnets are lyrical, haunting, beautiful, and often breathtaking, representing one of the finest bodies of poetry ever penned. They demonstrate the writers skill in capturing the full range of human emotions within a carefully prescribed form and creating something unique in every one. Some are familiarShall I compare thee to a summers day?others unexpected, but together they form an extraordinary meditation on the nature of love, lust, beauty, and time.

Tomando como base una antigua leyenda acerca de la rivalidad entre dos familias –Capuletos y Montescos– de la Italia medieval, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) encarnó en la tragedia de Romeo y Juliet

Ricardo II pertenece a la serie de dramas históricos ingleses escritos por Shakespeare, drama en la que el genial autor británico va más allá de los avatares del juego político e indaga en el comportamiento de los hombres y en las razones de sus actos. Angel-Luis Pujante, catedratico de la Universidad de Murcia y reconocido especialista en la obra de Shakespeare, es autor de esta excelente traduccion, que ofrece arropada por un riguroso analisis de la base historica del drama y de sus singulares caracteristicas literarias. Narra los acontecimientos que tuvieron lugar a raiz de la usurpacion del trono por Ricardo en 1399 y el consiguiente advenimiento de la dinastia de los Lancaster. El drama gira en torno a la perdida, conservacion y conquista del poder, pero, a diferencia de las anteriores obras historicas. Su estilizado lenguaje, reflejo de la ceremonia y la pompa de la corte medieval, al dejar un resquicio para expresar el lamento, coexiste con el tono elegiaco y personal tan caracteristico de este drama.

Since the rediscovery of Elizabethan stage conditions early this century, admiration for Measure for Measure has steadily risen. It is now a favourite with the critics and has attracted widely different styles of performance. At one extreme, the play is seen as a religious allegory; at the other, it has been interpreted as a comedy protesting against power and privilege. Brian Gibbons focuses on the unique tragi-comic experience of watching the play, the intensity and excitement offered by its dramatic rhythm, the reversals and surprises which shock the audience even to the end. His introduction considers how the play''s critical reception and stage history have varied according to prevailing social, moral and religious issues, which have remained highly sensitive. This updated edition contains a new introductory section by Angela Stock, which describes recent stage, film and critical interpretations, and an updated reading list.

King Richard III is one of Shakespeare''s most popular and frequently performed plays. Janis Lull''s introduction to this new edition, based on the First Folio, emphasises the play''s tragic themes - individual identity, determinism and choice - and stresses the importance of women''s roles in the play. It also underscores the special relationship between Richard III and Macbeth, demonstrating that the later tragedy re-examines issues raised in the earlier one. A thorough performance history of stage and film versions of Richard III shows how the text has been cut, rewritten and reshaped by directors and actors to enhance the role of Richard at the expense of other parts, especially those of the women. This updated edition contains a new introductory section covering recent criticism and performances - including the RSC cycles of the history plays - of this perennially popular play. The notes define the play''s language in terms easily accessible to contemporary readers.

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is instructed to enact on his uncle Claudius. Claudius had murdered his own brother, Hamlets father King Hamlet, and subsequently seized the throne, marrying his deceased brothers widow, Hamlets mother Gertrude.Hamlet is Shakespeares longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others." The play seems to have been one of Shakespeares most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his most-performed, topping the performance list of the Royal Shakespeare Company and its predecessors in Stratford-upon-Avon since 1879. It has inspired writers from Goethe and Dickens to Joyce and Murdoch, and has been described as "the worlds most filmed story after Cinderella".The story of Hamlet ultimately derives from the legend of Amleth, preserved by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum as subsequently retold by 16th-century scholar François de Belleforest. Shakespeare may also have drawn on an earlier (hypothetical) Elizabethan play known today as the Ur-Hamlet, though some scholars believe he himself wrote the Ur-Hamlet, later revising it to create the version of Hamlet we now have. He almost certainly created the title role for Richard Burbage, the leading tragedian of Shakespeares time. In the 400 years since, the role has been performed by highly acclaimed actors from each successive age. Three different early versions of the play are extant, the First Quarto (Q1, 1603), the Second Quarto (Q2, 1604), and the First Folio (F1, 1623). Each version includes lines, and even entire scenes, missing from the others. The plays structure and depth of characterisation have inspired much critical scrutiny. One such example is the centuries-old debate about Hamlets hesitation to kill his uncle, which some see as merely a plot device to prolong the action, but which others argue is a dramatisation of the complex philosophical and ethical issues that surround cold-blooded murder, calculated revenge, and thwarted desire. More recently, psychoanalytic critics have examined Hamlets unconscious desires, and feminist critics have re-evaluated and rehabilitated the often maligned characters of Ophelia and Gertrude.