Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twel fth NightRandom House Publishing Group, 2009 M08 26 - 736 páginas 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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... Gremio is far less savage than in Supposes, where the “pantaloon,” Dr. Cleander, is a villainously corrupt lawyer epitomizing the depravity of “respectable” society. Despite Shakespeare's modifications, however, the basic plot remains ...
... Gremio is far less savage than in Supposes, where the “pantaloon,” Dr. Cleander, is a villainously corrupt lawyer epitomizing the depravity of “respectable” society. Despite Shakespeare's modifications, however, the basic plot remains ...
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... Gremio, the aged wealthy wooer, is actually labeled a “pantaloon” in the text (3.1.36-7) to stress his neoclassical ancestry. (Lean and foolish old wooers of this sort were customarily dressed in pantaloons, slippers, and spectacles on ...
... Gremio, the aged wealthy wooer, is actually labeled a “pantaloon” in the text (3.1.36-7) to stress his neoclassical ancestry. (Lean and foolish old wooers of this sort were customarily dressed in pantaloons, slippers, and spectacles on ...
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... Gremio or the laughably inept Hortensio. She rightly fears that her father wishes to dispose of her so that he may auction off Bianca to the wealthiest competitor. Kate's jaded View of such marriage brokering is entirely defensible. Not ...
... Gremio or the laughably inept Hortensio. She rightly fears that her father wishes to dispose of her so that he may auction off Bianca to the wealthiest competitor. Kate's jaded View of such marriage brokering is entirely defensible. Not ...
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... Gremio (Joseph Cawthorn) of the wedding itself, as in Shakespeare's text (3.2.157-79), this film shows us Fairbanks at the top of his form in a nearly wordless sequence as he abuses the priest, calls for wine, throws the sops in the ...
... Gremio (Joseph Cawthorn) of the wedding itself, as in Shakespeare's text (3.2.157-79), this film shows us Fairbanks at the top of his form in a nearly wordless sequence as he abuses the priest, calls for wine, throws the sops in the ...
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... around them, some of them very capable actors, especially Michael Hordern as Baptista Minola, Cyril Cusack as Gremio, and Michael York (in his first film) as Lucentio-turned-Tranio. Throughout, Zeffirelli's interest is.
... around them, some of them very capable actors, especially Michael Hordern as Baptista Minola, Cyril Cusack as Gremio, and Michael York (in his first film) as Lucentio-turned-Tranio. Throughout, Zeffirelli's interest is.
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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