William Shakespeare was born some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and died in 1616. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.Stanley Wells is Emeritus...

Shakespeare's dexterous comedy of two twin masters and two twin servants continually mistaken for one another is both farce and more than farce. The Comedy of Errors examines the interplay between personal and commercial relationships,...

William Shakespeare was born in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and died in 1616. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of...

The Sonnets explore many of Shakespeare's most common themes: jealousy, betrayal, melancholy. They ache with unfulfilled longing, and, for many, they are the most complete and moving meditations on love ever written.Part of the Macmillan...

Romeo und Julia ist die bekannteste Liebesgeschichte der Welt. Eigentlich ist es ein Theaterstück. Die Geschichte von Romeo und Julia spielt in Italien. Im 16. Jahrhundert. Romeo und Julia verlieben sich auf den ersten Blick ineinander....

Vieles, was im Zusammenhang mit diesem Drama diskutiert wurde, ist den falschen Erwartungen zuzuschreiben, die man Texten des Klassikers Shakespeare entgegenbringt. Wer von einer Komödie liebenswerte Figuren, komische Verwicklungen,...

William Shakespeare was born some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and died in 1616. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. Stanley Wells is Emeritus...

A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps Shakespeare's most popular play, particularly as a first introduction to Shakespeare for children--filled as it is with a marvelous mixture of aristocrats, workers, and fairies. For this edition,...

Twelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays in the modern theatre, and this edition places particular emphasis on its theatrical qualities throughout. Peopled with lovers misled either by disguises or their own...

This Roman story is one of Shakespeare's last tragedies, best known for its political and military themes. This is a major new edition of the often overlooked play, which was recently made into a film starring Ralph Fiennes and Gerard...

This edition of The Merchant of Venice, based on a fresh examination of the early editions, includes an exceptionally lucid and accessible introduction which addresses Shakespeare's attitude toward Semitism and establishes the cultural,...

Band 37. Tragödie.Saturninus und Bassianus, Söhne des verstorbenen Kaisers, bewerben sich um seine Nachfolge. Der einflussreiche Titus Andronicus, der gerade siegreich von seinem Feldzug gegen die Goten zurückkehrt, lehnt die ihm...