Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twel fth NightRandom House Publishing Group, 26.08.2009 - 736 Seiten 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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... hear you play tonight. But I am doubtful of your modestiesg3, Lest, overeyeing of94 his odd behaviorFor yet His Honor never heard a playYou break into some merry passion96 And so offend him; for I tell you, sirs, If you should smile, he ...
... hear you play tonight. But I am doubtful of your modestiesg3, Lest, overeyeing of94 his odd behaviorFor yet His Honor never heard a playYou break into some merry passion96 And so offend him; for I tell you, sirs, If you should smile, he ...
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... hear him call the drunkard husband, And howl33 my men will Stay themselves from laughter When they do homage to this simple peasant. I'll 111135 to counsel them. Haply my presence May well abate the overmerry Spleen136 Which otherwise ...
... hear him call the drunkard husband, And howl33 my men will Stay themselves from laughter When they do homage to this simple peasant. I'll 111135 to counsel them. Haply my presence May well abate the overmerry Spleen136 Which otherwise ...
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... hear, I speak, I smell sweet savors, and I feel soft things. Upon my life, I am a lord indeed, And not a tinker nor Christopher Sly. Well, bring our lady hither to our sight, And once again a pot o'th' smallest ale. SECOND SERVINGMAN ...
... hear, I speak, I smell sweet savors, and I feel soft things. Upon my life, I am a lord indeed, And not a tinker nor Christopher Sly. Well, bring our lady hither to our sight, And once again a pot o'th' smallest ale. SECOND SERVINGMAN ...
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... hear a play And frame your mind to mirth and merriment, Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life. SLY Marry, I will let them play it. Is not a cornonty]33 a Christmas gambold134 or a tumbling-trick? PAGE No, my good lord, it is ...
... hear a play And frame your mind to mirth and merriment, Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life. SLY Marry, I will let them play it. Is not a cornonty]33 a Christmas gambold134 or a tumbling-trick? PAGE No, my good lord, it is ...
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... [aside to Tranio] Hark, Tranio, thou mayst hear Minerva84 speak. HORTENSIO Signor Baptista, will you be so strange85? Sorry am I that our good will effects86 Bianca's grief. GREMIO Why will you mew87 her up, Signor Baptista, for.
... [aside to Tranio] Hark, Tranio, thou mayst hear Minerva84 speak. HORTENSIO Signor Baptista, will you be so strange85? Sorry am I that our good will effects86 Bianca's grief. GREMIO Why will you mew87 her up, Signor Baptista, for.
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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