Henry IV, Part 2: The Oxford Shakespeare (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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hamlet: The Oxford Shakespeare Hamlet (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

This Oxford Shakespeare edition of Hamlet represents a radically new text of the best known and most widely discussed of all Shakespearean tragedies. Arguing that the text currently accepted is not, in fact, the most authoritative version of the play, this new edition turns to the First Folio of

Complete Sonnets and Poems: The Oxford Shakespeare the Complete Sonnets and Poems (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Much ADO about Nothing: The Oxford Shakespeare Much ADO about Nothing (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

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

Richard II: The Oxford Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Written in 1595, Richard II occupies a significant place in the Shakespeare canon, marking the transition from the earlier history plays dominated by civil war and stark power to a more nuanced representation of the political conflicts of England's past where character and politics are inextricably

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

Titus Andronicus: The Oxford Shakespeare Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

The introduction reviews the few known facts about this early Shakespeare play and discusses the puzzling problems of its date and authorship. The text has been freshly edited with the aim of presenting the play as revised for the first recorded performance in 1594, with the addition of stage

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

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: The Oxford Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Thought to be Shakespeare's earliest surviving play, The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy filled with passionate lovers, women disguised as men, sword fights and sudden revelations, and a happy denouement, all underscored by a farcical subplot featuring the character Launce and his dog Crab

Cymbeline (Oxford World´s Classics New Edition) - William Shakespeare

This is the first new, full-scale edition of Cymbeline in 37 years. One of Shakespeare's final works, Cymbeline uses virtuoso theatrical and poetic means to dramatize a story of marriage imperiled by mistrust and painfully rebuilt in the context of international conflict. Roger Warren's commentary

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'

The Winter's Tale: The Oxford Shakespeare the Winter's Tale (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

The Winter's Tale is Shakespeare's most fully realized tragicomedy, noted for the richness and complexity of its poetry. Though the title may suggest an escapist fantasy, recent criticism has seen in the play a profoundly realistic psychology and a keen commentary on the violence implicit in family

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