Julius Caesar
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2011
Price: $8.00
“It must be by his death.”
—Julius Caesar
Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this masterpiece of political power play and manipulation—along with more than a hundred pages of exclusive features, including:
• an original Introduction to Julius Caesar
• incisive scene-by-scene synopsis and analysis with vital...
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Shakespeare After All
Written by Marjorie Garber
Format: eBook, 1008 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $20.99
A brilliant and companionable tour through all thirty-eight plays,
Shakespeare After All is the perfect introduction to the bard by one of the country’s foremost authorities on his life and work. Drawing on her hugely popular lecture courses at Yale and Harvard over the past thirty years, Marjorie Garber offers passionate...
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Four Comedies
The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan
Format: Paperback, 736 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $6.99
The Taming of the ShrewRobust and bawdy, The Taming of the Shrew captivates audiences with outrageous humor as Katharina, the shrew, engages in a contest of wills–and love–with her bridegroom, Petruchio, in a comedy of unmatched theatrical brilliance, filled with visual gags and witty repartee.
A Midsummer Night's DreamFairy magic, love...
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William Shakespeare Complete Works
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: Hardcover, 2560 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2007
Price: $75.00
FROM THE WORLD FAMOUS ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE, MODERNIZED, AND CORRECTED EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST FOLIO IN THREE CENTURIES.
Skillfully assembled by Shakespeare’s fellow actors in 1623, the First Folio was the original Complete Works. It is arguably the most important literary work in the English language. But starting with...
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The Tempest
Written by William Shakespeare
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
This joyous play, the last comedy of Shakespeare's career, sums up his stagecraft with a display of seemingly effortless skill. Prospero, exiled Duke of Milan, living on an enchanted island, has the opportunity to punish and forgive his enemies when he raises a tempest that drives them ashore—as well as to...
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The Sunset Limited
Written by Cormac McCarthy
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 11, 2010
Price: $13.99
A startling encounter on a New York subway platform leads two strangers to a run-down tenement where a life or death decision must be made.
In that small apartment, “Black” and “White,” as the two men are known, begin a conversation that leads each back through his own history, mining the origins...
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Imaginary Friends
Written by Nora Ephron
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 25, 2009
Price: $11.99
Although Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy probably only met once in their lives, their names will be linked forever in the history of American literary feuds: they were legendary enemies, especially after McCarthy famously announced to the world that every word Hellman wrote was a lie, “including ‘and’ and ‘the.’” The...
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Henry V
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $8.00
With his family’s claim to the throne uncertain, Henry seeks to secure his position by turning the country’s attention abroad. But when his outnumbered army is trapped at Agincourt, disaster seems inevitable. Shakespeare probes notions of leadership and power in this iconic depiction of England’s charismatic warrior king.
Under the editorial...
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Five Modern No Plays
Written by Yukio Mishima
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $15.95
Japanese No drama is one of the great art forms that has fascinated people throughout the world. The late Yukio Mishima, one of Japan's outstanding post-war writers, infused new life into the form by using it for plays that preserve the style and inner spirit of No and are at the...
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