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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.

This play has been popular on the stage during the last three centuries and has proved itself admirable suited to adaptation as pure farce and musical spectacle.

An improved, larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays, extensively rewritten, expanded and produced in an attractive new design. An active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare's imaginative world in accessible and creative ways. Students are encouraged to share Shakespeare's love of language, interest in character and sense of theatre. Substantially revised and extended in full colour, classroom activities are thematically organised in distinctive 'Stagecraft', 'Write about it', 'Language in the play', 'Characters' and 'Themes' features. Extended glossaries are aligned with the play text for easy reference. Expanded endnotes include extensive essay-writing guidance for 'Hamlet' and Shakespeare. Includes rich, exciting colour photos of performances of 'Hamlet' from around the world.

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. Macbeth is one of the most popular texts for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes.

Penguin Readers are written by specialist ELT authors. The language, vocabulary, style and content of every book is carefully graded to make sure it suits the learner''s own language ability.Every Penguin Reader has a range of activities in the book and accompanying Factsheet to help increase comprehension and develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.

Venus y AdonisLa violación de LucreciaSonetosLamento de una amanteversiones de Andrés EhrenhausEl fénix y el tórtoloversión de Andreu JaumePor primera vez en lengua española, todo el teatro y la poesia de William Shakespeare al alcance de los lectores en nuevas ediciones de bolsillo. Poesias, que agrupa su obra lirica en presentacion bilingue, es el quinto y ultimo volumen de una coleccion que reune las mejores traducciones contemporaneas. Un festin para los amantes de las buenas letras.Edicion de Andreu Jaume

William shakespeare es fascinante en la medida en que sus personales lo son. Escritor eterno que aborda problemas universales. Este libro recoge 333 frases de esos personajes rehenes de sus sentimientos y pasiones, seres humanos con luces y sombras que componen juntos todo un compendio de filosifia de vida, de saberes populares, de inteligente reflexion. Son el mejor espejo de la esencia humana, la misma que marca nuestro rumbo, camino a veces de la gloria que encumbra y, a veces, del fracaso aniquilador.

Labelled as a 'problem play' for its marriage of comic overtones to serious moral inquiry, William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure is a peerless black comedy of justice, pride and desire. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by J.M. Nosworthy with an introduction by Julia Briggs. 'Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.' In the Duke Vincentio's absence from Vienna, his strict deputy Angelo revives an ancient law forbidding sex outside marriage. The young Claudio, whose fiancee Juliet is pregnant, is condemned to death by the law. His sister Isabella, soon to become a nun, pleads with Lord Angelo for her brother's life. But her purity so excites Angelo that he offers her a monstrous bargain - he will save Claudio if Isabella will visit him that night. This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to Measure for Measure, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced, including Romeo and Juliet (1595), Henry V (1599), Hamlet (1601), Othello (1604), King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606), as well as a collection of 154 sonnets, which number among the most profound and influential love-poetry in English. If you enjoyed Measure for Measure, you might like All's Well that Ends Well, also available in Penguin Shakespeare. "Language is his power. His characters are precisely the words they speak." (A.S.Byatt, author of Possession).

Cuando se cumple el 450 aniversario del nacimiento de William Shakespeare, la obra del genial dramaturgo inglés sigue influyendo poderosamente en la literatura, el cine e incluso la televisión. Entre la extensa produccion teatral de este genio, Macbeth no es un drama historico mas, extraido en esta ocasion de las famosas Chronicles de Holinshed. Shakespeare se propuso en esa obra reflejar el absurdo de la existencia, envolviendolo en tintes sangrientos. Esta es la historia del rey traidor victima del destino de su traicion. Durante dos años, Luis Alberto de Cuenca ha preparado su particular homenaje a Shakespeare, traduciendo su propia version de Macbeth en colaboracion con Jose Fernandez Bueno, que se ofrece en edicion bilingue, a gran tamaño, e ilustrada a color por Raul Arias.