Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]
Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]

Author: Adam Long

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2023-09-15

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 1476850550

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Originally performed by its creators, this 1987 Edinburgh Fringe hit remains the second longest-running West End comedy in history and has been translated into over thirty languages. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is not so much a play as it is a vaudeville show in which three charismatic, wildly ambitious actors attempt to present all thirty-seven of Shakespeare's plays in a single performance. They have a rudimentary concept of the stories and have imperfectly memorized a smattering of famous lines. Backstage there's a meager assortment of costumes and props. Thus armed, the three brazenly launch into their task with an earnest focus and breakneck enthusiasm.

The Poems
The Poems

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992-01-09

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780521294119

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This is a fully annotated edition of all the poems which are now generally regarded as Shakespeare's, excluding The Sonnets. It contains Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, The Passionate Pilgrim, and A Lover's Complaint. The introduction to the two long narrative poems examines their place within the classical and Renaissance European traditions, an issue which also applies to The Phoenix and the Turtle. The Passionate Pilgrim is a miscellany of twenty sonnets and lyrics, containing only five poems which are certain to be Shakespeare's. John Roe analyses the conditions in which the collection was produced, and weighs the evidence for and against Shakespeare's authorship of A Lover's Complaint and the much-debated question of its genre. He demonstrates how in his management of formal tropes Shakespeare, like the best Elizabethans, fashions a living language out of handbook oratory.

Who's who in Shakespeare
Who's who in Shakespeare

Author: Peter Quennell

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9780415260350

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From Antonio to Yorrick, Macbeth to Mercutio, this is a complete and handy A-Z guide to the men and women who throng Shakespeare's plays. An invaluable reference for Shakespeare lovers, it includes quotations from famous critics.