1 Henry IV (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

King Henry IV, Part 1 (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, King Henry IV Part 1 has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom through

Král Jindřich IV. - William Shakespeare

Nejslavnější historická hra Williama Shakespeara. V kulisách rozvrácené Anglie se odehrává příběh prince, který se z nezodpovědného floutka stává zodpovědným vládcem své země. Průvodcem na počátku cesty je mu ryíř John Falstaff, člověk veselé mysli a nevázaných

King Henry IV Part 1: Third Series (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry IV Part 1 and shows how these complicate any easy sense of what kind of play it is. Conventionally regarded as a history play, much of it is in fact conspicuously invented fiction, and Kastan argues

1 Henry IV (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Act and scene divisions are not indicated in the Quarto; those of the First Folio have been incorporated, with one exception: scene ii of Act V has been divided into two scenes, with the concluding scenes numbered accordingly. The Third Edition includes expanded annotations. 'Contexts and Sources'

Henry IV Part Two (Shakespeare William)(Paperback / softback)

Angered by the loss of his son in battle, the Earl of Northumberland supports another rebellion against King Henry IV, bringing the country to the brink of civil war. Sick and weary, the old King sends out his forces, including the unruly Sir John Falstaff, to meet the

King Henry V (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, King Henry V has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version of Henry V aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom through

Henry VI, Part II: The Oxford Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Shakespeare's Henry VI plays dramatize contemporary as much as Elizabethan issues: the struggle for power, the manoeuvres of politicians, social unrest, civil war. This edition draws on experience of the play in rehearsal and performance to focus on both its theatricality and contemporary relevance

Oxford School Shakespeare: Henry V (Shakespeare William)(Paperback / softback)

Henry V is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists and classroom

King Henry VIII: The Oxford Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

This is the first fully annotated modern-spelling edition of King Henry VIII to appear for over a decade and includes up-to-date scholarship on all aspects of the play, including dating authorship, printing, sources and stage history. The editor accepts the view that the play is a collaboration

Henry VI, Part I: The Oxford Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Henry VI: Part One is a dramatic tale of the lives of soldiers, diplomats, kings, and insurrectionists. It depicts the fractious instability of the court and nobility of fifteenth-century England, and their squabbles with their French counterparts.Despite its debut performance in 1592, however,

King Henry VIII: Third Series (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

King Henry VIII has one of the fullest theatrical histories of any play in the Shakespeare canon, yet has been consistently misrepresented, both in performance and in criticism. This edition offers a new perspective on this ironic, multi-layered, collaborative play, revealing it as a complex

Henry IV, Part I (Rasmussen Eric)(Paperback)

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's tragi-comedy of youth and age, introducing the immortal Sir John

King Henry V (Shakespeare William)(Pevná vazba)

First staged in 1599, Shakespeare's history of Henry V's remarkable victory over the French at Agincourt and the subsequent peace between the two nations is also a study of war and kingship. From his wild youth, Henry comes to embody all of the kingly virtues: courage, justice, integrity and

Henry V: The Oxford Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

The introduction includes an examination of the Quarto and texts, and of the relationship between them; a critical discussion of the play's historical and literary sources; an examination of conflicting critical attitudes to the play, and of its fluctuating theatrical fortunes; and a demonstration

Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Omnibus Edition) (Shakespeare William)(Pevná vazba)

Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. Henry V. Macbeth. A Midsummer Night's Dream. King Lear. Lovers of literature will immediately recognise these as signature works of William Shakespeare, whose plays still rank as the greatest dramas ever produced in the English language four centuries after they were

Ncs: King Henry V 2ed (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

For this updated edition of Shakespeare's most celebrated war play, Andrew Gurr has added a new section to his introduction which considers recent critical and stage interpretations. He analyzes the play's double vision of Henry as both military hero and self-seeking individual and demonstrates how

Henry VI Part One (Shakespeare William)(Paperback / softback)

After the death of Henry V, the French revolt and threaten to reclaim their country from English rule. Guided by his Lord Protector, the young King Henry VI journeys to Paris to reaffirm his rule over France. But while the British battle Joan of Arc abroad, discontent is also breeding at home

Král Jindřich V. / King Henry V - William Shakespeare

Král Jindřich V. završuje Shakespearovu druhou historickou tetralogii věnovanou anglickým panovníkům. Vypráví příběh mladého anglického krále, který se rozhodne bojovat za své právo na francouzský trůn, zázračně zvítězí nad Francouzi v bitvě u Azincourtu (1415) a získá

Henry VIII (Shakespeare William)(Paperback / softback)

Conspiracies and intrigue are rife in the court of Henry VIII as the Duke of Buckingham is executed for treason, having been tricked by his enemy Cardinal Wolsey. And when the King falls in love with Anne Boleyn and decides to divorce his wife, Katherine of Aragon, he causes an irrevocable rift

Henry VI Part Two (Shakespeare William)(Paperback / softback)

Part of Shakespeare's tetralogy dealing with the Hundred Years War and the Wars of the Roses, this second play includes an introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre and provides a separate introduction to Henry VI, Part

Sir Henry Neville Was Shakespeare: The Evidence (Casson John)(Paperback)

Who wrote the works of Shakespeare? Revealing newly discovered evidence, John Casson and William D. Rubinstein definitively answer this question, presenting the case that the man from Stratford simply did not have the education, cultural background and breadth of life experience necessary for him

Henry VI Part Three (Shakespeare William)(Paperback / softback)

Threatened by the Duke of York, King Henry makes a deal to disinherit his own son and make the Duke his heir. Queen Margaret is so angered by her husband's weakness that she declares war on the House of York. Can the vulnerable King hold out against the growing menace of the Duke's son, the future

Jindřich IV. - William Shakespeare

Jindřich IV. se od ostatních Shakespearových historických her liší hned v několika významných ohledech. Především je to jediná Shakespearova historická hra, která zřetelně (zvláště v prvním dílu) směřuje ke komedii. Její děj se odehrává v královských síních, v

Shakespeare's Sonnets (Shakespeare William)(Paperback / softback)