The general editors of the new series of forty volumes--the renowned Shakespeareans Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA--have assembled a team of six eminent scholars who have, along with the general editors themselves, prepared new introductions and notes to all of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Redesigned in an easy-to-read format that preserves the favorite fea…
When Romeo and Juliet meet at a masked ball it's love at first sight. But their families are sworn enemies, and the very next day a deadly brawl breaks out between the Montagues and Capulets. Young Romeo is caught up in the fighting and as punishment is banished from the city - and sent away from Juliet for ever... Also includes essays on 'Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre' and 'Love and …
In Othello, Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (between the exotic Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona), with elopement, and with intense mutual devotion and that ends precipitately with jealous rage and violent deaths. He sets this story in the romantic world of the Mediterranean, moving the action from Venice to the island of Cyprus and gi…
Discover a conspiracy to betray an emperor, a vow of revenge and a war that rages across Europe. This is a tale of jealousy and betrayal, so as Shakespeare wrote, "lend me your ears"
An excellent introduction to Shakespeare for junior readers.
Shakespeare may have written Julius Caesar as the first of his plays to be performed at the Globe, in 1599. For it, he turned to a key event in Roman Caesar’s death at the hands of friends and fellow politicians. Renaissance writers disagreed over the assassination, seeing Brutus, a leading conspirator, as either hero or villain. Shakespeare’s play keeps this debate alive.
A simplified version of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. With notes on: Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre Revenge in Hamlet
It was probably written c. 1592–1594. It is labeled a history in the First Folio and is usually considered one, but it is sometimes called a tragedy, as in the quarto edition. Richard III concludes Shakespeare's first tetralogy (also containing Henry VI, Part 1, Henry VI, Part 2, and Henry VI, Part 3) and depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of King Richard III…
Buku ini merupakan lanjutan dari seri Na Willa pada edisi sebelumnya. Meski sejumlah cerita berdiri sendiri-sendiri, secara keseluruhan tetap memiliki benang merah, tentang Na Willa gadis kecil dengan sejumlah hal yang di alaminya. Reda masih berkolaborasi dengan Cecelia Hidayat yang menggarap ilustrasi sederhana tapi ciamik. Hari-hari Na Willa masih dipenuhi kegembiraan: bermain bersama …