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This new edition of one of Shakespeare's greatest history plays offers a freshly considered text fully alert to its intense theatrical aspects. A helpful Introduction discusses the play's structure, language, and performance history, and the notes provide an illuminating commentary on details of the text.

Usually classifed as a ''problem comedy'', All''s Well that Ends Well invites a fresh assessment. Its psychologically disturbing presentation of an agressive, designing woman and a reluctant husband wooed by trickery won it little favour in earlier centuries, and both directors and critics have frequently tried to avoid or simplify its uncomfortable elements. More recently, several distinguished productions have revealed it as an exceptionally penetratingstudy of both personal and social issues. In her introduction Susan Snyder makes the play''s clashing ideologies of class and gender newly accessible. She explains how the very discords of style can be seen as a source of theatrical power and complexity, and offers a fully reconsidered, helpfully annotated text for both readers and actors. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

This edition in the Oxford Shakespeare series completes the trilogy of Henry VI plays. In his introduction Michael Taylor considers the implications of the gap between first performance in 1592 and the play's first printed appearance in the 1623 folio. He discusses key issues such as language, structure, performance history, and the role of women in the play.

This is the first scholarly edition of Othello to give full attention to the play's bold treatment of racial themes. Designed to meet the needs of theatre professionals, the edition includes an extensive performance history, a commentary illuminating the complexities of Shakespeare's language, and appendices on music in the play and a full translation of the Italian novella from which the story derives.

Coriolanus is perhaps the most brilliant political play ever written. Set in Ancient Rome, it remains a gripping psychological study of the relationship between personality and politics. The introduction to this new edition considers Shakespeare's adaptation of his historical material (Plutarch's Lives) in relation to the social and political conditions in London and Stratford at the time of the play's composition, also offering new evidence that it was written in 1608. Professor Parker examines the play's history and particularly its staging at the Blackfriars theatre, where it was probably the first of Shakespeare's plays to be presented and for which it may havebeen written. A thorough commentary pays special attention to the needs of actors and directors.

This edition of Shakespeare's King Lear is based on the first (1608) quarto and represents a significantly different version from that published in the Folio of 1623. Each has numerous unique passages and hundreds of variant readings, creating differences which affect the structure, characterisation and overall impact of the play.

As You Like It is one of Shakespeare's finest romantic comedies, variously lyrical, melancholy, satiric, comic and absurd.

The classic Henry V Shakespeare tale, re-edite in classic Propeller Theatre Company style

This edition of "The Comedy of Errors" bases itself directly on the 1623 Folio text and provides helpful explanatory notes. The introduction argues that it was written for and performed at the Gray's Inn Christmas revels on 28 December 1594 and was among the first plays composed by Shakespeare.

The 40 Minute Tempest recreates the world of Shakespeare's great play as told by Prospero and Ariel as they journey towards Prospero's retirement and Ariel's freedom. Using puppetry, the modern idiom and Shakespeare's verse it magically brings to life the world of Prospero's island. King Ram, based on King Lear, is the story of an old king with a foolish plan to split his lands between his two daughters, and of a ten year old boy's desperate search for a baby's father. Songs and verse create a roller-coaster dramatic ride for children.

Kenneth Branagh plays Shakespeare's Richard III in this new recording for the acclaimed Naxos AudioBooks series. A full supporting cast of distinguished actors performs the complete New Cambridge Shakespeare text of the play, with accompanying music. The set of three cds is accompanied by notes and a play synopsis.

This edition recognizes "Richard III" as a performance work: a perspective that informs the editing. The text is based on the 1597 Quarto which, it is argued, is closest to the play as it would have been staged in Shakespeare's theatre. There are commentaries and an analytical introduction.

Unrivalled School Shakespeare editions are ideal for use in class at Key Stages 3 and 4.

Unrivalled School Shakespeare editions are ideal for use in class at Key Stages 3 and 4.

This is a new edition prepared by English Touring Theatre's Artistic Director, Stephen Unwin and actor Michael Cronin, which simplifies both punctuation and stage direction, allowing directors, actors and readers to approach this most familiar of plays with a fresh and open mind.

From the acclaimed Naxos series of Shakespeare recordings. A full professional cast, headed by Sir Ian McKellen as Prospero and Emilia Fox as Miranda, records the complete, unabridged New Cambridge Shakespeare text of The Tempest, with sound effects and accompanying music. The set of two CDs is accompanied by notes and a synopsis of the play.