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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... of Venice, Officers of the Court of Justice, Jailor, Servants to Portia, and other Attendants Scene: Partly at Venice and partly at Belmont, the seat of Рота] [1 . 1] "DCU Enter Antonio, Salerio, and Salanio. ANTONIO.
... of Venice, Officers of the Court of Justice, Jailor, Servants to Portia, and other Attendants Scene: Partly at Venice and partly at Belmont, the seat of Рота] [1 . 1] "DCU Enter Antonio, Salerio, and Salanio. ANTONIO.
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... Salerio, and Salanio. ANTONIO In 500111, I know not why I am so sadl. It wearies me, you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or сате Ьу 11, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn5; And such a want-wit ...
... Salerio, and Salanio. ANTONIO In 500111, I know not why I am so sadl. It wearies me, you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or сате Ьу 11, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn5; And such a want-wit ...
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... SALERIO My wind cooling my broth Would blow me to an ague23 when I thought What harm a wind too great might do at sea. I should not see the sandy hourglass run But I should think of shallows and of flat526, And see my wealthy Andrew27 ...
... SALERIO My wind cooling my broth Would blow me to an ague23 when I thought What harm a wind too great might do at sea. I should not see the sandy hourglass run But I should think of shallows and of flat526, And see my wealthy Andrew27 ...
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... well. We leave you now with better company. SALERIO I would have stayed till I had made you merry, 11 11011111е1 friends had not preventedól me. ANTONIO Your worth is very dear in my regard. I take it your Own business calls on you, And.
... well. We leave you now with better company. SALERIO I would have stayed till I had made you merry, 11 11011111е1 friends had not preventedól me. ANTONIO Your worth is very dear in my regard. I take it your Own business calls on you, And.
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... SALERIO Good morrow, my good lords. BASSANIO Good Signors both, when shall we laugh?66 Say, when? You grow exceeding strange. Must it be so?67 SALERIO We'll make our leisures to attend on yours68. Exeunt Salerio and Solanio. LORENZO My ...
... SALERIO Good morrow, my good lords. BASSANIO Good Signors both, when shall we laugh?66 Say, when? You grow exceeding strange. Must it be so?67 SALERIO We'll make our leisures to attend on yours68. Exeunt Salerio and Solanio. LORENZO My ...
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Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew/a Midsummer Night's Dream/the ... William Shakespeare Sin vista previa disponible - 1988 |
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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