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  • Shakespeare on Toast

    Getting a Taste for the Bard

    by Ben Crystal ...
    Actor, producer and director Ben Crystal revisits his acclaimed book on Shakespeare for the 400th anniversary of his death, updating and adding three new chapters.Shakespeare on Toast knocks the stuffing from the staid old myth of the Bard, revealing the man and his plays for what they really are: modern, thrilling, uplifting drama.The bright words and colourful characters of the greatest hack ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    Magical Mischief! On a midsummer night a group of mortals becomes ensnared in a magical realm by Oberon the King of Fairies and Puck his faithful servant. This delightful romp is Shakespeare's most enduring and popular play. Captain of our fairy band, Helena is here at hand, And the youth mistook by me Pleading for a lover's fee; Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be! ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hamlet

    Series series The Annotated Shakespeare
    One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare’s Hamlet is unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. Now the first fully annotated version of Hamlet makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century. It has been carefully assembled with students, teachers, and the general reader in mind.Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Richard III

    Series series Folger Shakespeare Library
    The authoritative edition of Richard III from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.In Richard III, Shakespeare invites us on a moral holiday. The play draws us to identify with Richard and his fantasy of total control of self and domination of others. Not yet king at the start of the play, Richard presents himself as an ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Ricardo III

    Translated by Beatriz Viégas-Faria ...
    Ricardo III é uma das peças históricas de William Shakespeare e se passa no final da Guerra das Rosas (1455-1485), conflito sucessório pelo trono da Inglaterra ocorrido entre 1455 e 1485 que coloca em choque político os dois ramos da dinastia Plantageneta: a Casa Real de York e a Casa Real de Lancaster. A peça oferece uma visão rica dos bastidores políticos no que se refere à imoralidade e à ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Tempest

    Shakespeare's valedictory play is also one of his most poetical and magical. The story involves the spirit Ariel, the savage Caliban, and Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island who uses his magic to shipwreck a party of ex-compatriots. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Richard III

    Series series Modern Library Classics
    An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor

    "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or before 1597. The Windsor of the play's title is a reference to the town of Windsor, also the location of Windsor Castle, in Berkshire, England."The Merry Wives of Windsor" contains two important plotlines. The play's funniest plotline is the conflict between Sir John ... Read more

    $0.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor

    Series series Folger Shakespeare Library
    Shakespeare’s “merry wives” are Mistress Ford and Mistress Page of the town of Windsor. The two play practical jokes on Mistress Ford’s jealous husband and a visiting knight, Sir John Falstaff.Merry wives, jealous husbands, and predatory knights were common in a kind of play called “citizen comedy” or “city comedy.” In such plays, courtiers, gentlemen, or knights use social superiority to seduce ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Henry IV

    Family relationships are at the center of Henry IV, Part 1. King Henry IV and Prince Hal form one major father-son pair, with Henry in despair because Hal lives a dissolute life. The father-son pair of Hotspur (Lord Henry Percy) and his father, the Earl of Northumberland, is in seeming contrast; the king envies Northumberland "his Harry," wishing he could claim the gallant Hotspur as his own. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Julius Caesar

    Series series Modern Library Classics
    In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings–“Beware the ides of March”–and of moving public oratory, “Friends, Romans, countrymen!” Ironies abound and most of all for Brutus, whose fate it is to learn that his ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    'He could mingle sublimity with pathos, bitterness with joy and peace and love' Aldous HuxleyIn one of Shakespeare's most perennially popular comedies a young woman, Hermia, flees ancient Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by her would-be husband and her best friend. Unwittingly, all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where fairies and sprites take an interest in human affairs, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Henry IV, Part Two

    The stirring continuation of the themes begun in Henry IV, Part One again pits a rebellion within the State and that master of misrule, Falstaff, against the maturing of Prince Hal. Alternating scenes between bawdy tavern and regal court, between revelry and politics, Shakespeare probes at the sources, uses, and responsibilities of power as an old king dies and a young king must choose between a ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • TROILUS & CRESSIDA

    Including The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare

    Troilus and Cressida is Shakespeare's "problem" play about the Trojan War. As the opening Chorus tells us, the play begins in the middle of the epic conflict, and counterpoints the drama of battle with the romance of the title characters. Just as Agamemnon and his Greek forces attempt to woo the invincible Achilles to resume fighting on their side, the Trojan go between Pandarus tries to bring ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Third Series

    Series series The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
    This major new edition of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy of love argues that that play is ultimately Juliet's. The play text is expertly edited and the on-page commentary notes discuss issues of staging, theme, meaning and Shakespeare's use of his sources to give the reader deep and engaging insights into the play. The richly illustrated introduction looks at the play's exceptionally beautiful and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Shakeshafte and Other Plays

    Gathered together for the first time, these three plays by Rowan Williams-known throughout the world not only as a religious leader and theologian but also as a poet and critic-explore the inner life of words and images.Shakeshafte imagines an encounter between a young sixteenth century Englishman with a faintly familiar surname and an undercover Jesuit missionary. Two visions of how words change ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Henry IV, Part 1

    The second play in William Shakespeare’s tetralogy of plays which also includes “Richard II”, “Henry IV, Part 2”, and “Henry V”, “Henry IV, Part 1” is believed to have been written no later than 1597. A history play, the drama concerns the unquiet reign of Henry Bolingbroke. Following the usurpation of the throne, Henry IV is plagued with guilt over his role in the imprisonment and death of King ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Be Frank With Me

    A Novel

    AN AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION ADULT DEBUT HONOR BOOKWINNER OF THE AUDIE AWARD FOR BEST FEMALE NARRATORLOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLERA sparkling talent makes her fiction debut with this infectious novel that combines the charming pluck of Eloise, the poignant psychological quirks of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and the page-turning spirit of Where’d You Go, Bern... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Henry IV, Part 1

    Series Book 1 - Modern Library Classics
    Henry IV sits on a usurped throne, his conscience and his nobles in revolt, while his son Hal is immersed in a self-indulgent life of revelry with the notorious Sir John Falstaff. Shakespeare explores questions of kingship and honor in this masterly mingling of history, comedy, and tragedy.Under the editorial supervision of Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of today’s most accomplished ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Day One Widow

    by Chad Duo ...
    After three years of being in a relationship Melanie loss hope, due to the relationship not offering what she wants most. She drops a relationship she can't live without and for a diamond on her finger but later regrets it. After getting the crown she's been dying for from another man, she's starting to realise whom she really loves and wanna get married to. Realise how stupid and selfish her ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Habit of Art

    A Play

    by Alan Bennett ...
    Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W. H. Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first in twenty-five years, they are observed and interrupted by, among others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station.Alan Bennett's new play is as much about the theater as ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Merchant of Venice

    Deception and Pride-- Bassanio, a Venetian nobleman, wishes to woo the beautiful and wealthy Portia, but he is short on funds. So he turns to his friend Antonio, a wealthy merchant. Antonio agrees to help, but currently he is cash strapped as all of his ships are at sea. He agrees instead to guarantee a loan for Bassanio. Bassanio turns to Antonio's rival and enemy Shylock for the loan. I hold the ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Twelfth Night

    Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy devises a romantic plot around separated twins, misplaced passions, and mistaken identity. Juxtaposed to it is the satirical story of a self-deluded steward who dreams of becoming “Count Malvolio” only to receive his comeuppance at the hands of the merrymakers he wishes to suppress. The two plots combine to create a farce touched with ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Henry V

    Series series Shakespeare Library
    Classic Books Library presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's historical play, "Henry V". Featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare, it is a must for Shakespeare enthusiasts and newcomers alike. The play is the final part of Shakespeare’s second historical tetralogy. Set during the Hundred Years’ War, it portrays Henry V’s quest to extend his ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus