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Shakespeares sonnets are lyrical, haunting, beautiful, and often breathtaking, representing one of the finest bodies of poetry ever penned. They demonstrate the writers skill in capturing the full range of human emotions within a carefully prescribed form and creating something unique in every one. Some are familiarShall I compare thee to a summers day?others unexpected, but together they form an extraordinary meditation on the nature of love, lust, beauty, and time.

as obras más conocidas de Shakespeare, contadas por un autor y una ilustradora de primera fila. Desde que las obras de William Shakespeare se representaron por vez primera, autores de todas las épocas las han contado a su manera. En este volumen, que supone la primera colaboracion del escritor Andrew Matthews y la prestigiosa ilustradora Angela Barrett, merecedores de varios premios por su labor profesional, se recrean algunas historias de Shakespeare con toda la emocion de las obras teatrales originales. Traducido por Carlos Mayor

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) These are the stories of some of Shakespeares most famous plays. We travel to Venice, Greece, Denmark and Rome, and meet many different people. There is a greedy money-lender, a fairy king and queen, some Roman politicians and a young prince who meets the ghost of his murdered father.

Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to be written in 1599. It is based on the life of King Henry V of England, and focuses on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years War.The play is the final part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II, Henry IV, part 1 and Henry IV, part 2. The original audiences would thus have already been familiar with the title character, who was depicted in the Henry IV plays as a wild, undisciplined lad known as "Prince Hal." In Henry V, the young prince has become a mature man and embarks on an attempted conquest of France.

Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeares plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. It is frequently performed at both amateur and professional levels, and has been adapted for opera, film, books, stage and screen. Often regarded as archetypal, the play tells of the dangers of the lust for power and the betrayal of friends. For the plot Shakespeare drew loosely on the historical account of King Macbeth of Scotland by Raphael Holinshed and that by the Scottish philosopher Hector Boece. There are many superstitions centred on the belief the play is somehow "cursed", and many actors will not mention the name of the play aloud, referring to it instead as "The Scottish play".

"To the Queen" (or "To The Queen by the players") is a short poem attributed to William Shakespeare. It was included in 2007 by Jonathan Bate in his complete Shakespeare edition for the Royal Shakespeare Company.The poem, written on the back of an envelope, is thought to have been written as an epilogue for a performance of As You Like It given at court on Shrove Tuesday in February 1599. American scholars William Ringler and Steven May discovered the poem in 1972 in the notebook of a man called Henry Stanford, who is known to have worked in the household of the Lord Chamberlain.It consists of 18 lines.

Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a play written (at least in part) by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite some questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. Many modern editors believe that Shakespeare is responsible for the main portion of the play after scene 9 that follows the story of Pericles and Marina, and that the first two acts, detailing the many voyages of Pericles, were written by a relatively untalented reviser or collaborator, possibly George Wilkins.

The First Part of King Henry the Sixth is history play by William Shakespeare, believed written in approximately 1588–1590. It is the first in the cycle of four plays often referred to as "The First

Cymbeline is a play by William Shakespeare, based on an early Celtic British King. Although listed as a tragedy in the First Folio, modern critics often classify it as a romance. Like Othello, Measure for Measure, and The Winters Tale, it deals with the themes of innocence and jealousy. While its date of composition is unknown, the play is known to have been produced as early as 1611.

Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second of Shakespeares tetralogy that deals with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV (2 plays), and Henry V. Henry IV, Part 1 depicts a span of history that begins with Hotspurs battle at Homildon against the Douglas late in 1402 and ends with the defeat of the rebels at Shrewsbury in the middle of 1403. From the start it has been an extremely popular play both with the public and the critics.

Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. First published in 1600, it is likely to have been first performed in the autumn or winter of 1598-1599, and it remains one of Shakespeares most enduring and exhilarating plays on stage. Stylistically, it shares numerous characteristics with modern romantic comedies including the two pairs of lovers, in this case the romantic leads, Claudio and Hero, and their comic counterparts, Benedick and Beatrice.

Loves Labours Lost is one of William Shakespeares early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s, and first published in 1598.The play opens with the King of Navarre and three noble companions, Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville, taking an oath to devote themselves to three years of study, promising not to give in to the company of women Berowne somewhat more hesitantly than the others.

Suitable as a present, this slip-cased edition contains over 500 line illustrations by Sir John Gilbert, which are coloured by Barbara Frith

De ben segur que és desconegut per al gran públic la faceta del poeta lleidatà Magí Morera com a traductor, entre d'altres, de grans noms de la literatura universal, com en aquest cas, William Shakespeare. Les dues traduccions que trobareu en aquest volum són precisament les que li quedaren inèdites. El text que trobeu aquí és especialment fidel a la voluntat del traductor de, per una banda, ser fidel a la normativa de l'Institut d'Estudis Catalans, i per l'altra, de conservar totes les característiques prosòdiques, sintàntiques, etc. que condicionen el recompte de síl·labes. Un llibre que farà les delícies dels amants de Shakespeare, Magí Morera i els bibliòfils en general. Traducció de Magí Morera Il·lustracions de Manuel Boix Edició a cura de Manuel Jorba Presentació d'Àngel Ros Introduccions de Manuel Jorba i Josep Palàcios

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Bassanio wants to get married, but he has no money and a lot of debts. He asks his friend Antonio for a loan, but Antonio is waiting for his ships to return. Until then, he has nothing to lend. To help Bassanio, he borrows money from a money-lender and agrees to an unusual condition. If Antonio cannot repay the loan in three months, the money-lender will cut a pound of flesh from his body. Will Antonio be able to repay the loan? Or will he die?