Hamlet is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes.
Paré de toutes les vertus royales et chevaleresques, Henry V est le héros par excellence. Chef militaire vainqueur, soutenant l'assaut au milieu de ses troupes, il sait aussi courtiser Catherine de France, qu'il épouse pour sceller la paix retrouvée. Mais l'apparat glorieux de la geste épique ne parvient pas à faire oublier les implications tragiques du pouvoir royal et de ses responsabilités.
An ageing king makes a capricious decision to divide his realm among his three daughters according to the love they express for him. When the youngest daughter refuses to take part in this charade, she is banished, leaving the king dependent on her manipulative and untrustworthy sisters.
Du fameux Camp du Drap d'Or, où Henry VIII rencontre François I- en 1520, jusqu'au baptême d'Elizabeth I" en 1533, la dernière pièce historique de Shakespeare relate trois chutes successives : celle du duc de Buckingham (exécuté le 17 mai 1521), celle du cardinal Wolsey, et celle de la Reine, Catherine d'Aragon, répudiée par Henry VIII qui, désireux de se donner un héritier mâle et d'épouser Anne Boleyn, rompt avec la papauté pour faire annuler son mariage.
This new edition of Shakespeare's much-loved Sonnets, developed by and for the Royal Shakespeare Company, features a Foreword by the actor/director, Fiona Shaw. Its easily accessible layout and elegant design make it the ideal gift for any special occasion.
In its towering central characters, vast geographical and historical sweep, and its variety of style and mood, Antony and Cleopatra is perhaps the most ambitious of Shakespeare's designs. Yet the degree and nature of its success remain surprisingly contentious, and performances of the play have seldom matched the extravagant expectations of its admirers. Michael Neill's wide-ranging introduction from a number of angles, including those of gender and race. He examines the sources and discusses the theatrical challenge presented by Shakespeare's technique, with its extraordinary tensions between rhetoric and action. A full
