Macbeth torna vittorioso dal campo di battaglia e tre streghe gli profetizzano un glorioso destino, ivi compresa la Corona di Scozia. La sete di potere, condivisa e stimolata anche dalla moglie Lady Macbeth, lo spinge al delitto e infine all'amaro disinganno, per cui l'esistenza non e che 'una favola raccontata da un idiota, piena di rumore e furore, che non significa nulla'.
Uno "stanco" Cesare, un Bruto "intellettuale", Cassio, Antonio e poi Ottaviano sono tutti coinvolti nella moderna riflessione sulla condizione umana, in un dramma che anticipa l'Amleto e preannuncia la massima stagione dell'arte shakespeariana. Tutto passa e tutto cambia; i miti sorgono e decadono per essere sostituiti da altri che a loro volta crolleranno; la realta e inafferrabile e sfuggente, osservabile da mille interpretazioni. Testo originale a fronte.
Troilo y Crésidaversión de Luis CernudaBien está todo lo que bien acabaversión de José María ValverdeMedida por medidaversión de Circe MaiaPericles, príncipe de Tiroversión de Andrés EhrenhausCimbelinoversion de Javier MontesCuento de inviernoversion de Marcelo CohenLa tempestadversion de Marcelo Cohen y Graciela SperanzaDos nobles de la misma sangreversion de Amir HamedPor primera vez en lengua española, todo el teatro y la poesia de William Shakespeare al alcance de los lectores en nuevas ediciones de bolsillo. Romances es el cuarto volumen de una coleccion de cinco que reune las mejores traducciones contemporaneas, respetando el verso y la prosa originales. Un festin para los amantes de las buenas letras.Edicion de Andreu Jaume
Il duca di Vienna, Vincenzo, preoccupato dell'immoralità dei sudditi e del disprezzo dell'istituzione matrimoniale, affida a un vicario, Angelo, il governo per vedere se sarà in grado di far rispettare le leggi. Finge quindi di assentarsi e si traveste da frate per spiarne l'operato. Angelo si rivelerà incapace di governare con autentica equità e giustizia, attaccato al semplice dettato della legge e travolto dalle stesse passioni che dovrebbe punire. Una commedia a tinte fosche, con inganni e colpi di scena.
THESEUSNow, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hourDraws on apace; four happy days bring inAnother moon; but, oh, methinks, how slowThis old moon wanes! She lingers my desires,Like to a step-dame or a dowager,Long withering out a young mans revenue.HIPPOLYTAFour days will quickly steep themselves in nights;Four nights will quickly dream away the time;And then the moon, like to a silver bowNew bent in heaven, shall behold the nightOf our solemnities.
Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare''s original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand "translation" on the facing right-hand page. All dramas are complete, with every original Shakespearian line, and a full-length modern rendition of the text. These invaluable teaching-study guides also include:1.Helpful background information that puts each play in its historical perspective.2.Discussion questions that teachers can use to spark student class participation, and which students can use as springboards for their own themes and term papers.3.Fact quizzes, sample examinations, and other features that improve student comprehension of what each play is about.
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Dans la mesure où cette traduction du Roi Lear constitue, en regard de la tradition française, une sorte d''hérésie, quelques mots sur la forme du texte shakespearien, si
Treacherous, power-hungry, untempered by moral restraint, and embittered by physical deformity, Richard, the younger brother of King Edward IV, is ablaze with ambition to take England's throne. "Richard III", Shakespeare's long chronicle of Richard's machinations to be king, is a tale of murder upon murder. He gains the throne, but only briefly. In a terrible dream, the ghosts of his victims visit the now-despised monarch to foretell his demise. Richard's death in battle the next day concludes his reign of evil, ushering in at last a new and hopeful era of peace for England.
Shakespeare's valedictory play is also one of his most poetical and magical. The story involves the spirit Ariel, the savage Caliban, and Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island who uses his magic to shipwreck a party of ex-compatriots.
Deux frères jumeaux portant le même nom, Antipholus, et accompagnés de serviteurs, jumeaux eux aussi, sont dépareillés lors d un naufrage. Vingt-trois ans plus tard, le hasard les rapproche dans la m
While England is threatened by the Earl of Northumberland, Young Prince Hal cavorts in London's taverns, accompanied by the dissolute, entertaining Falstaff and his band of rogues. Much of this play's tension involves Prince Hal and Falstaff, as the former tries to live up to his duties and responsibilities. In creating Falstaff, Shakespeare gave us one of the theatre's most enduring and memorable characters.
Proposer au lecteur français une nouvelle traduction de Hamlet est une affaire périlleuse. Elle est problématique à deux niveaux : esthétique et financier. Pour l'aspect financier, la situation est d
