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Developed in partnership with The Royal Shakespeare Company, this fresh new Complete Works combines the very latest scholarship with elegant writing and design. It boasts a wealth of features that will appeal to public and academic libraries, teachers, students and lovers of Shakespeare everywhere, including: A definitive modernized edition of Shakespeare's text based on the 1623 First Folio (the first and original Complete Works lovingly assembled by Shakespeare's fellow actors and the version of Shakespeare's text preferred by many actors and directors today); Thought-provoking essays on each play and a superb general introduction by Professor Jonathan Bate; Jargon-free on-page notes which explain words or references unfamiliar to modern audiences; Photographs of classic or unusual performances; Clear, single-column page design, with plenty of space for writing notes; A key facts 'box' for each play which summarises the plot, major roles, language and sources. Leading the editorial team is renowned Shakespearean scholar Professor Jonathan Bate who has worked in close collaboration over many years with the artists and archivists at the RSC. His introductions and notes draw on a unique wealth of experience and resources and will help the reader to understand Shakespeare's plays as they were originally intended - as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed.

Esta obra shakesperiana fue estrenada en 1595 y desde entonces se lee y se representa por doquier. cuenta la historia de dos amantes pertenecientes a familias rivales, los montesco y los capuleto, en la verona del xvi. Los jóvenes hijos de ambos clanes se enamoran contra la autoridad de sus padres y deciden llevar su amor y su historia hasta la muerte. Amor adolescente y puro sumado al egoísmo del poder la trágica historia de romeo y julieta es un clásico de todos los tiempos.

These updated editions of classic plays feature new cover art along with the complete text of each work, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books. Reissue. (Plays/Drama)

En una noche de verano, cuatro desdichados enamorados vagan por un bosque en las cercanías de la ciudad d Atenas. Ninguno de ellos se imagina que se encuentran en las tierras mágicas de Oberón, rey de los silfos, y de su orgullosa reina Titania. En el sitio pululan las hadas y los duendes. Uno de ellos, el desfachatado Puckc encanta a los personajes con una magica flor roja. Asi comienza un turbulento embrollo pleno de bromas y hechicerias La popular comedia de William Shakespeare, Sueño de una noche de verano, ha sido adaptada aqui por Barbara Kindermann, quien nos entrega una atractiva fabula que conduce a los lectores, pequeños o grandes, al magico mundo de las hadas, silfos y duendes. Almud Kunert ilustro el relato con luminosas imagenes de una belleza de ensueño. Una fantastica lectura, plena de magicos detalles, que asombrara al lector.

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous love stories in the world. But it is more than a great love story. It is also about life and death, happiness and sadness, and the terrible hate between two great families. Shakespeare's beautiful tale is still as popular today as it was more than 400 years ago.

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) This wonderful story of fairies, dreams and lovers is as popular today as it was in Shakespeare's 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

A complete, annotated edition of all Shakespeare's non-dramatic verse, including the SONNETS, VENUS AND ADONIS and THE RAPE OF LUCRECE, with an introduction by Helen Vendler.

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of "The Taming of the Shrew "on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare containsThe complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of "Twelfth Night" on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary

Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, this is a new paperback edition of Shakespeare's complete works. The hardback edition has sold over 45,000 copies. Bate's social, political and biographical context to the plays, and there are exemplary notes at the foot of each page that translate verbal and topical obscurities. Perfect for actors and directors, as well as the general reader.

"No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels" is a series based on the translated texts of the plays found in "No Fear Shakespeare." The original "No Fear" series made Shakespeare's plays much easier to read, but these dynamic visual adaptations are impossible to put down. Each of the titles is illustrated in its own unique style, but all are distinctively offbeat, slightly funky, and appealing to teen readers. Each book will feature: Illustrated cast of characters A helpful plot summary Line-by-line translations of the original play Illustrations that show the reader "exactly" what's happening in each scene--making the plot and characters even clearer than in the original "No Fear Shakespeare" books

Series Description Read Shakespeare in all its brilliance and actually understand what it means. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains the complete text of the original play, a line-by-line translation, a complete list of characters, and plenty of helpful commentary. No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of "Antony and Cleopatra" on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare containsThe complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary

Durante su juventud, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) compuso numerosos Sonetos que fueron publicados en 1609. Centrados principalmente en torno a las figuras de un amigo y de la llamada dama oscura, estos poemas unicos sobresalen por el apasionado acento de su experiencia vivida y por la profundidad con la que hace brillar los motivos universales del amor -el sufrimiento, los celos, los reproches, las traiciones, el hastio, la melancolia incurable, la fugacidad del tiempo contra la que lucha desesperadamente el amor-. La version de esta edicion bilingue corre a cargo de Antonio Rivero Taravillo .

La Royal Shakespeare Company acaba de autentificar la existencia de una obra escrita por William Shakespeare y su colaborador John Fletcher, inspirada en Cardenio, uno de los personajes de la primera parte del Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes. El hallazgo no desvela si el genio ingles y el español se conocieron personalmente, pero evidencia que Shakespeare leyo con admiracion la gran obra de Cervantes. Estrenada el 20 de mayo de 1613 y perdida posteriormente, la erudicion y teson investigador del hispanista Charles David Ley, hoy tristemente desaparecido, le permitieron descubrir esta joya olvidada y traducirla por primera vez al español. El editor Jose Esteban, amigo y confidente de David Ley durante la busqueda del Cardenio, se ha hecho cargo de esta edicion, que rescata la obra mas cervantina del genio ingles.

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of "Henry IV Part One and Two" on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare containsThe complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary

The Signet Classic Shakespeare series contains the preeminent mass market books of the complete works of Shakespeare. This reissue features a new Overview by Sylvan Barnet, former chairman of the English Department at Tufts University, an updated Bibliography, suggested references, and stage and film history.