Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twel fth NightThe 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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... friends at Belmont in The Merchant of Venice, and the below-stairs camaraderie of Twelfth Night. Shakespeare often uses song, as well, to eXpress these harmonies, while again reminding us of the darker side of comedy. Feste's first song ...
... friends at Belmont in The Merchant of Venice, and the below-stairs camaraderie of Twelfth Night. Shakespeare often uses song, as well, to eXpress these harmonies, while again reminding us of the darker side of comedy. Feste's first song ...
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... friends as time in Padua shall beget. But stay awhile, what company is this? TRANIO Master, some show to welcome us to town. Enter Baptista with his two daughters, Katharina and Bianca; Gremio, a pantaloon; [and] Hortensio, suitor to ...
... friends as time in Padua shall beget. But stay awhile, what company is this? TRANIO Master, some show to welcome us to town. Enter Baptista with his two daughters, Katharina and Bianca; Gremio, a pantaloon; [and] Hortensio, suitor to ...
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... friends, it shall be so far forth friendly maintained till by helping Baptista'5 eldest daughter to a husband we set his youngest free for a husband, and then have 10'1139 afresh. Sweet Bianca! Happy man be his dole140! He that runs ...
... friends, it shall be so far forth friendly maintained till by helping Baptista'5 eldest daughter to a husband we set his youngest free for a husband, and then have 10'1139 afresh. Sweet Bianca! Happy man be his dole140! He that runs ...
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... friends, Visit his countrymen, and banquet them? LUCENTIO Basta, content thee, for I have it 11111199. We have not yet been seen in any house, Nor can we be distinguished by our faces For man or master. Then it follows thus: Thou shalt ...
... friends, Visit his countrymen, and banquet them? LUCENTIO Basta, content thee, for I have it 11111199. We have not yet been seen in any house, Nor can we be distinguished by our faces For man or master. Then it follows thus: Thou shalt ...
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... Tis a very excellent piece of work, madam lady. Would 'twere done! They sit and mark254. [1 .2] @JCU Enter Petruchio and his man, Grumio. PETRUCHIO Verona, fOr a while I take my leave To see my friends in Padua, but of all2 My.
... Tis a very excellent piece of work, madam lady. Would 'twere done! They sit and mark254. [1 .2] @JCU Enter Petruchio and his man, Grumio. PETRUCHIO Verona, fOr a while I take my leave To see my friends in Padua, but of all2 My.
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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