Drama in five acts by William Shakespeare, performed about1601-02 and printed in a quarto edition in 1609. Although this playis included among the tragedies in the First Folio, many criticsprefer to classify it with the "problem plays" or the "darkercomedies." Based on George Chapman's translation of the Iliad andon 15th-century accounts of the Trojan War by John Lydgate andWilliam Caxton, Troilus and Cressida is an often cynicalexploration of the betrayal of love, the absence of heroism, andthe emptiness of honor. The play was also influenced by GeoffreyChaucer's love poem Troilus and Criseyde, although Shakespeare'streatment of the lovers and his attitude toward their dilemma is insharp contrast with Chaucer's. Cressida, a Trojan woman whosefather has defected to the Greeks, pledges her love to Troilus, oneof King Priam's sons. However, when her father demands her presencein the Greek camp, she quickly switches her affections to Diomedes,the Greek soldier who is sent to escort her. The legendary Gree
¥17.70
RICHARD II(ISBN=9780553213034)
Amazon.co.uk Review One of Shakespeare'sfinest history plays, Richard II deals with one of the mostsensitive and politically explosive issues of its day--the rightsand wrongs of deposing a legitimately appointed king. Forerunner tothe two parts of Henry IV , the play deals with theabdication of King Richard II in 1399, the subsequent succession ofBolingbroke, the future King Henry IV, and Richard's death in thespring of 1400. But the play has been celebrated above and beyondits stature as historical drama. Richard II begins with aportrait of Richard as a pompous, arrogant and self-regardingsovereign, with little sense of his people or his politicalresponsibilities. As he consistently miscalculates in his attemptsto destroy Bolingbroke, and watches his own power wane, he becomesa far more appealing, Hamlet-like figure, more interested in "talkof graves, of worms and epitaphs", and "sad stories of the death ofkings". Richard's speeches become increasingly lyrical and poeticas his supporters desert him,
¥30.30
¥17.70
MEASURE/ALL'S WELL/TROILUS(ISBN=9780553212877)
¥30.30
KING JOHN AND HENRY VIII(ISBN=9780553212860)
¥26.00
¥15.40
AS YOU LIKE IT(ISBN=9780553212907)
Amazon.co.uk Review As You Like It has long been admired as one of Shakespeare's mostexuberant early comedies, complete with one of the Bard's funniestand toughest heroines, Rosalind. Based on Thomas Lodge'sElizabethan novel Rosalynde, As You Like It follows thediscontented Orlando as he is exiled from the tyrannical Frenchcourt of Duke Frederick. By chance Frederick also banishesRosalind, daughter of the usurped Duke Senior. The play then movesto the Forest of Arden, where chaos and misrule ensue, as Rosalindcross dresses "all points like a man", disguised as the saucyGanymede and encourages the naive Orlando to "woo me, woo me, fornow I am in a holiday humour". Meanwhile her clown Touchstonecauses hilarity and havoc amongst the exiled lords and the pastoralinhabitants of the forest. The play concludes with Rosalind'sextraordinary "unmasking" Epilogue addressed to the audience, whereshe offers to "kiss as many of you as had beards that pleasedme".
¥21.50
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA(ISBN=9780553212891)
¥21.50
¥19.70
TWELFTH NIGHT第十二夜(ISBN=9780553213089)
From School Library Journal Grade 9 Up-William Shakespeare's comedy of disguised anddeceptive love is entertainingly brought to listeners on thesehigh-quality audiocassettes. Using the complete text from the NewCambridge Shakespeare text, the production presents a full cast ofaccomplished Shakespearean actors and actresses who skillfullyconvey the emotion and meaning, confusion and humor of this popularplay. When twins Sebastian and Viola are shipwrecked and separatedoff the coast of Illyria, each believes the other is dead. Violadisguises herself as a boy, becomes a page of Duke Orsinio, andfalls in love with him. The Duke is hopelessly in love with Olivia,but she is in the process of mourning her brother's death andbecomes infatuated with Viola as she/he delivers messages for theDuke. When Sebastian shows up, Olivia confuses him with the Duke'spage (Olivia) and marries the astonished young man. All is clearedup eventually when Viola and Sebatian meet and recognize eachother. In the midst of all
¥21.50
Twelfth Night or, What You Will
From School Library Journal Grade 9Up-William Shakespeare's comedy of disguised and deceptive love isentertainingly brought to listeners on these high-qualityaudiocassettes. Using the complete text from the New CambridgeShakespeare text, the production presents a full cast ofaccomplished Shakespearean actors and actresses who skillfullyconvey the emotion and meaning, confusion and humor of this popularplay. When twins Sebastian and Viola are shipwrecked and separatedoff the coast of Illyria, each believes the other is dead. Violadisguises herself as a boy, becomes a page of Duke Orsinio, andfalls in love with him. The Duke is hopelessly in love with Olivia,but she is in the process of mourning her brother's death andbecomes infatuated with Viola as she/he delivers messages for theDuke. When Sebastian shows up, Olivia confuses him with the Duke'spage (Olivia) and marries the astonished young man. All is clearedup eventually when Viola and Sebatian meet and recognize eachother. In the midst of all of this ro
¥17.70
HENRY VI: PARTS I, II, AND III(ISBN=9780553212853)
¥30.50
ROMEO AND JULIET(罗密欧与朱丽叶)(ISBN=9780553213058)
¥21.50
RICHARD III(ISBN=9780553213041)
Amazon.co.uk Review "Now is the winter ofour discontent," intones Richard, Duke of Gloucester at thebeginning of Shakespeare's Richard III , one of his mostabidingly popular plays, and one of the most chilling portrayals ofpolitical tyranny ever seen on stage. Richard emerges from thechaos which surrounds the reign of Henry VI, already dramatised byShakespeare earlier in his career, determined to become king byremoving his elder brother Edward IV by convincing him that theirbrother Clarence is plotting against the crown. The deaths of bothClarence and Edward take Richard inexorably towards the crown, andthe series of murders and conspiracies that Richard mastermindsconfirms his claim that "I am determined to prove a villain".Richard's political and sexual charisma are truly chilling, and hisseduction of Lady Anne, over her husband's corpse is one of themost disturbing scenes in Shakespeare. At another level, the playis also a strongly anti-Yorkist play, which has a vested interestin portraying Richard as
¥27.20
OTHELLO(奥赛罗)(ISBN=9780553213027)
¥19.40
¥21.50
The Merchant of Venice(Signet Classic) 威尼斯商人
¥15.80
¥19.70
¥25.80
¥19.70