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Macbeth es una de las obras clásicas de la literatura de todos los tiempos. Es una de las obras más populares de Shakespeare a pesar de ser una tragedia, la gran tragedia de la ambición. La riqueza de las conversaciones que este texto ha mantenido con decenas de miles de interlocutores a lo largo de cuatrocientos años de lectura, escenificacion y critica, impiden que cualquier version de Macbeth sea el Macbeth. El texto shakesperiano sobrevive como desafio de la certidumbre. Esto es quiza lo mejor de una nueva traduccion de Shakespeare: renovadas oportunidades criticas, de amor y disension.
Shakespeare's history of Henry V's remarkable victory over the French at Agincourt and the subsequent peace between the two nations is also a study of war and kingship. From his wild youth, Henry comes to embody all of the kingly virtues: courage, justice, integrity and honour. Ironically these qualities are brought to the fore by the realities of war. Written at the end of the life of Elizabeth I, "Henry V" told the British people that with strong leadership, they had little to fear at a time of uncertainty.
Il romano Caio Marzio, detto Coriolano perché eroe della battaglia di Corioli, è personaggio chiuso nel proprio orgoglio ed egocentrismo, cieco al mondo e incapace di comunicare con gli altri: una vo
A series of outstanding productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company and others has recently demonstrated the theatrical vitality of Shakespeares plays about the reign of Henry VI. In The Third Part of King Henry VI Shakespeare extends his essay on monarchical politics by contrasting two kings, the good but ineffective Henry VI with his rival, the sensual and victorious Edward IV. He also offers more evidence of the perils of aristocratic factionalism in a series of scenes that display the grievous wounds caused by the Wars of the Roses. Here we watch the savage death of the Duke of York at the hands of Queen Margaret, the moving lament of King Henry as he witnesses the slaughter of the battle of Towton where the Lancastrians were defeated, and, finally, Henrys death at the hands of Richard of Gloucester, later King Richard III.
Macbeth is a feat of dramatic genius compelling, as it does, the audience to sympathize with a cold-blooded murderer. Encouraged by his ambitious wife and the prophecy of the witches, Macbeth, a noble warrior, slays Duncan the king and seizes the throne for himself. But in so doing, he has upset the natural order and cannot hope to prosper.
Otello e per antonomasia la tragedia della gelosia. Vittima e carnefice, Otello si lascia schiavizzare da un sentimento travolgente e incontrollato che si traduce inevitabilmente in destino, in morte. Sullo sfondo fortemente contrastato di questo titanico scontro di passioni spicca l'innocenza amorosa della bella Desdemona, vittima sacrificale di un mondo che ha perduto il suo centro.
