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Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
A rightful classic
This was my first Shakespeare and it certainly won't be my last. While some people dislike this book for the "love at first sight" "stupidity" of the two, I think you need to try to get past that. I definitely agree that Romeo and Juliet are morons, but it makes for a ...
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World of Shakespeare: The Complete Plays and Sonnets of William Shakespeare (38 Volume Library)
William Shakespeare
Penguin, 2006
Tremendous!
I couldn't believe my eyes: At the time I bought, 80% off for the highly regarded Penguin/Pelican Shakespeare in brand new individual hardcover volumes - $1.61 a volume. Unbelievable! Stop reading and buy this set immediately! (Either that or wait until the price drops ...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
Ill met by moonlight, proud reader?
I must say that until I saw a simple, highschool play of this particular work, I was deathly afraid of SHakespeare, thinking it boring and only something for people over fifty to discuss and teach. WEll, i was wrong.
This particular story brings in classical ...
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Othello (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
Villainy as art
The most beautiful aspect of the play is Iago's ingenious deception of Othello. In every phrase, Iago knows just what to say to swing his Moor closer to the belief in Desdemona's infidelity. The subtle strategist to his general (and the puppeteer to Roderigo and ...
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Julius Caesar (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
The Power Of Language
Julius Caesar is murdered very shortly into this play so while he bears the title the play is about the conspirators and the supporters of caesar and the struggle for power that comes after his asassination. The power of language to persude the masses and the fickle ...
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Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2003
If you want to read Shakespeare its has to be The new folger Library
If you ever thought about reading Shakespeare but was turned off or intimidated by the old english, not so with the new folger editions. Your basically reading the play on all the right sided pages , with the left pages reserved for all the definitions and explanations ...
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Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2003
Yale's may be the best edition of Macbeth
Virtually all editions of Macbeth will have at least some annotations. Rummaging through five different editions, I preferred the Yale University Press version, edited by Burton Raffel, as having the most comprehensive and comprehensible notes, as well as an excellent ...
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The Tempest (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
A later work of Shakespeare
This play is a fantasy and romance. The story is of a wise old magician and his unworldly daughter. There is a gallant young prince and a cruel, scheming brother. It is very much like a fairy tale written in Shakespeare's wonderful prose. In it ancient wrongs are ...
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The Taming of the Shrew (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
A hilarious play of the battle between the sexes.
This play is one of Shakespeare's most ribald, but I enjoyed it just the same. It's lusty, earthy and somewhat farcical. It's a very popular play because it is funny and fast-moving. And Shakespeare's wordplay is at its best here. I defy anyone not to laugh out ...
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King Lear (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
The tragedy of Lear.
I recently re-read KING LEAR prior to attending The Denver Theatre Company's performance of this play. Shakespeare (1564-1616) wrote this emotionally-moving tragedy between 1603 and 1606, and it was performed for the first time in 1606. With its insights into the ...
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Much Ado About Nothing (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
Much Ado About Nothing
Here's the deal. The best way to appreciate Shakespeare is on a DVD with subtitles. But it has to be performed by some folks with the proper appreciation of the Bard. Mayhap that comes naturally to actors, or at least it tries to, since he was one of them. I dunno.
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The Riverside Shakespeare
William Shakespeare, G. Blakemore Evans, ...
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996
great as a textbook, wonderful for personal use
This edition of the Complete Works of Shakespeare is excellent. I bought it as a textbook, but if I were looking for a complete works right now, I would buy it simply for its excellence.
Not only does it contain all of Shakespeare's works, but it has extensive notes ...
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Hamlet (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
To thine own self be true ...
William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is arguably the most famous play ever written in the English language; it presents the world with questions and characters that have been the subject of thespian and scholarly debate ever since the Prince of Denmark's first appearance on ...
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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, Deluxe Edition
William Shakespeare
Gramercy, 1990
Works of William Shakespeare
This was a gift for our son, who appreciated having all of Shakespeare's works in one attractive volume.
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Hamlet (No Fear Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare
SparkNotes, 2003
Golden Gate to Shakespeare
Bravo to the writers, editors, and publishers of the entire No Fear Shakespeare series. Rendering Shakespeare into prosaic, colloquial American English not only explains what Shakespeare was saying, but reveals how much better he said it! Here's a few examples from ...
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