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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... lion. Of course, it is an absurdly bad play, full of lame epithets, bombastic alliteration, and bathos. 111 ра11 ... lion as they did because these simple men are so responsive to the terrifying power of art. A lion might frighten the ...
... lion. Of course, it is an absurdly bad play, full of lame epithets, bombastic alliteration, and bathos. 111 ра11 ... lion as they did because these simple men are so responsive to the terrifying power of art. A lion might frighten the ...
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... Lion, director George Footit Stacia Napierkowska 3. 1913 (Italy, 45 minutes) Artistic Cinema 01 San Remo (Italy) Paulo Azzuri, director Lysander-Socrate Tommasi Helena-Bianca Maria Hubner 4. 1913, Ein Sommernachtstraum in unserer Zeit ...
... Lion, director George Footit Stacia Napierkowska 3. 1913 (Italy, 45 minutes) Artistic Cinema 01 San Remo (Italy) Paulo Azzuri, director Lysander-Socrate Tommasi Helena-Bianca Maria Hubner 4. 1913, Ein Sommernachtstraum in unserer Zeit ...
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... , representing THIsBE sNUG, a joiner, wALL ROBIN sTARvELING, a tailor, LION MooNsHINE Lords and Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta SCENE: Athens, and a wood near it] «s» [1 . 1] "DCU Enter Theseus, Hippolyta, [and Philastrate,] with.
... , representing THIsBE sNUG, a joiner, wALL ROBIN sTARvELING, a tailor, LION MooNsHINE Lords and Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta SCENE: Athens, and a wood near it] «s» [1 . 1] "DCU Enter Theseus, Hippolyta, [and Philastrate,] with.
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... lion's part; and I hope here is a play fitted. SNUG Have you the lion'5 part written? Pray you, if it be, give it me, for I am slow of study. QUINCE You may do it extempore, for it is nothing but roaring. BOTTOM Let me play the lion too ...
... lion's part; and I hope here is a play fitted. SNUG Have you the lion'5 part written? Pray you, if it be, give it me, for I am slow of study. QUINCE You may do it extempore, for it is nothing but roaring. BOTTOM Let me play the lion too ...
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... lion, bear, Or wolf, or bull, On meddling monkey, Or on busy ape, She shall pursue it with the soul of love. And ere I take this charm from off her sight, As I can take it with another herb, I'll make her render up her page to me. But ...
... lion, bear, Or wolf, or bull, On meddling monkey, Or on busy ape, She shall pursue it with the soul of love. And ere I take this charm from off her sight, As I can take it with another herb, I'll make her render up her page to me. But ...
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Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew/a Midsummer Night's Dream/the ... William Shakespeare Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1988 |
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