Inexorably poisoned against the woman he loves by his trusted friend Iago, Shakespeare's Othello is a timeless tragic figure. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by Kenneth Muir with an introduction by Tom McAlindon.'O! beware, my lord, of jealousy;It is the green-eyed monster which doth mockThe meat it feeds on.'A popular soldier and newly married man, Othello seems to be in an enviable position. And yet, when his supposed friend Iago sows doubts in his mind about his wife Desdemona's...

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love. Theseus and Hippolyta, about to marry, are figures from mythology. In the woods outside Theseus’s Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves out into couples—but not before they form first one love triangle, and then another.

Also in the woods, the king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy; Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love wi...

This is the only fully annotated and modernized edition to bring together Shakespeare's sonnets as well as all his poems (including those attributed to him after his death) in one volume. A full introduction discusses his development as a poet, and how the poems relate to the plays, and detailed notes explain the language and allusions. While accessibly written, the edition takes account of the most recent scholarship and criticism.

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Romeo en Julia is een vroege tragedie van William Shakespeare over de onmogelijke liefde van Juliet Capulet en Romeo Montague, twee jongelingen uit elkaar vijandig gezinde families.

Het verhaal is ontstaan door verschillende hervertellingen van een verhaal uit 1476 van Masuccio Salernitano, Mariotto en Gianozza. De volledige titel van het toneelstuk is The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

Vanaf de eerste opvoering omstreeks 1596 en de vroegste edities (1597, 1599) ...

Performed variously as escapist fantasy, celebratory fiction, and political allegory, The Tempest is one of the plays in which Shakespeare's genius as a poetic dramatist found its fullest expression. Significantly, it was placed first when published in the First Folio of 1623, and is now generally seen as the playwright's most penetrating statement about his art. Stephen Orgel's wide-ranging introduction examines changing attitudes to The Tempest, and reassesses the evidence behind the variou...

Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

The Folger Library offers the definitive, updated edition of Shakespeare’s work, with newly edited text, explanatory notes, scene summaries, and more.

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It portrays the 44 BC conspiracy against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, his assassination and the defeat of the conspirators at the Battle of Philippi. It is one of several plays written by Shakespeare based on true events from Roman history, which also include Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra.

Although the title is Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar is not the most visible character in it...

De Koopman van Venetië is na Hamlet één van de meest bekende en opgevoerde toneelstukken van Shakespeare. Hoewel een blijspel, is er genoeg drama in te beleven. Dat drama speelt zich vooral af rondom de Jood Shylock, waar de koopman Antonio geld van had geleed. Shylock wordt geminacht omdat hij Jood is, maar vooral vanwege zijn woekerpraktijken. Shylock haat Antonio en zijn haat komt tot een hoogtepunt als Shylock Antonio wil doden, als deze in gebreke blijft. Tegenover de beroemde klachtr...