Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twel fth NightRandom House Publishing Group, 26 օգս, 2009 թ. - 736 էջ The Taming of the Shrew Robust and bawdy, The Taming of the Shrew captivates audiences with outrageous humor as Katharina, the shrew, engages in a contest of wills–and love–with her bridegroom, Petruchio, in a comedy of unmatched theatrical brilliance, filled with visual gags and witty repartee. A Midsummer Night's Dream Fairy magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood turn the mismatched rivalries of four young lovers into a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment, all touched by Shakespeare’s inimitable vision of the intriguing relationship between dreams and the waking world. The Merchant of Venice This dark comedy of love and money contains one of the truly mythic figures in literature–Shylock, the Jewish moneylender. The “pound of flesh” he demands as payment of Antonio’s debt has become a universal metaphor for vengeance. Here, pathos and farce combine with moral complexity and romantic entanglements, to display the extraordinary power and range of Shakespeare at his best. Twelfth Night Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy juxtaposes a romantic plot involving separated twins and mistaken identity with a more satiric one about the humiliation of a pompous killjoy. The hilarity is touched with melancholy, and the play ends, not with laughter, but with a clown’s plaintive song. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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... mistress and be happy rivals in Bianca's love, to labor and effect one thing specially. GREMIO What's that, I pray? HORTENSIO Marry, sir, to get a husband for her sister. GREMIO A husband? A devil. HORTENsIO I say a husband. GREMIO I ...
... mistress and be happy rivals in Bianca's love, to labor and effect one thing specially. GREMIO What's that, I pray? HORTENSIO Marry, sir, to get a husband for her sister. GREMIO A husband? A devil. HORTENsIO I say a husband. GREMIO I ...
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... fine musician to instruct our mistress. 50 511а11 I no whit be behind in duty To fair Bianca, so beloved Of me. GREMIO Beloved of me, and that my deeds shall prove. GRUMIO [aside] And that his bags]75 shall prove. HORTENSIO Gremio,
... fine musician to instruct our mistress. 50 511а11 I no whit be behind in duty To fair Bianca, so beloved Of me. GREMIO Beloved of me, and that my deeds shall prove. GRUMIO [aside] And that his bags]75 shall prove. HORTENSIO Gremio,
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... mistress' health, And do as adversaries275 do in lawStrive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. GRUMIO, BIONDELLO Oh, excellent motion277! Fellows, let's be gone. HORTENSIO The motion's good indeed, and be it so. Petruchio, I shall ...
... mistress' health, And do as adversaries275 do in lawStrive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. GRUMIO, BIONDELLO Oh, excellent motion277! Fellows, let's be gone. HORTENSIO The motion's good indeed, and be it so. Petruchio, I shall ...
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... Mistress, your father prays you leave your books And help to dress your sister's chamber up. You know tomorrow is the wedding day. BIANCA Farewell, sweet masters both. I muSt be gone. LUCENTIO Faith, mistress, then I have no cause to ...
... Mistress, your father prays you leave your books And help to dress your sister's chamber up. You know tomorrow is the wedding day. BIANCA Farewell, sweet masters both. I muSt be gone. LUCENTIO Faith, mistress, then I have no cause to ...
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... mistress, if thou be a man.Fear not, sweet wench, they shall not touch thee, Kate! 1'11 Ь11с1<1е1239 thee against a million. Exeunt Petruchio, Katharina, [and Grumio]. BAPTISTA Nay, let them gO-a couple of quiet ones! GREMIO Went they ...
... mistress, if thou be a man.Fear not, sweet wench, they shall not touch thee, Kate! 1'11 Ь11с1<1е1239 thee against a million. Exeunt Petruchio, Katharina, [and Grumio]. BAPTISTA Nay, let them gO-a couple of quiet ones! GREMIO Went they ...
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actors Antonio Athens audience BAPTISTA Bassanio Bianca BIONDELLO BOTTOM Christian comedy daughter Demetrius director doctor of laws doth Duke Egeus Enter Exeunt Exit eyes FABIAN fair fairies father FESTE film fool friends gentleman give GOBBO GRATIANO GREMIO hast hath hear heart Helena Hermia Hippolyta HORTENSIO husband Jessica Julina Kate KATHARINA lady Lancelot lion look lord LORENZO lovers Lucentio Lysander madam MALVOLIO MARIA marriage marry master Merchant of Venice Midsummer Night’s Dream mistress moon Nerissa never o’er Oberon OLIVIA ORSINO PETRUCHIO play’s PORTIA pray production Puck Pyramus and Thisbe Queen QUINCE SALERIO Sebastian servant Shakespeare Shakespeare’s play Shrew Shylock Signor Ansaldo Signor Giannetto Silla Silvio SIR ANDREW SIR TOBY sleep SOLANIO speak stage swear sweet Taming tell theater thee There’s THESEUS thou art Thou shalt Titania TRANIO Twelfth Night unto Vincentio VIOLA What’s wife young апс1