A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 (P.S.)
by James Shapiro

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1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England.
Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet; Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathered an...
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare

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Each edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play Scene-by-scene plot summaries A key to famous lines...
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Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare

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Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "The Taming of the Shrew" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the...
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Hamlet (Cliffs Complete) - Study Notes
by Terri Mategrano

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In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for...
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The Skin of Our Teeth (Perennial Classics)
by Thornton Wilder

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Instructor s Guide Note To Teachers Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel "The Bridge of San Luis Rey in 1928 and Pulitzer Prizes in drama for "Our Town (1939) and "The Skin of Our Teeth (1943), the only writer to have...
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Troilus and Cressida
by William Shakespeare

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Offers a complete edition of the play. Each volume in the series has been prepared from the original texts and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a full and commentary, and a short account of the textual problems of the play....
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Spring Storm
by Tennessee Williams

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The solid and deft characterizations of the four young people whose lives intertwine the sexually alive Heavenly Critchfield, her earthy lover Dick Miles, Heavenly's wealthy but tongue-tied admirer Arthur Shannon, and the repressed librarian...
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Oxford Shakespeare Complete Works 2ND Edition
by Oxford

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Hailed by The Washington Post as "a definitive synthesis of the best editions" and by The Times of London as "a monument to Shakespearean scholarship," The Oxford Shakespeare is the ultimate anthology of the Bard's work: the most authoritative edition of...
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"Shakespeare" by Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Man Who Was Shakespeare
by Mark Anderson

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A triumph of literary detective work about the true author of the works of Shakespeare.
William Shaksper of Stratford was an actor and entrepreneur who had little education, never left England, and apparently owned no books. In the centuries since...
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Three Plays (Perennial Classics)
by Thornton Wilder

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This omnibus volume brings together the definitive texts of three outstanding plays by one of America's most distinguished writers. Thronton Wilder was equally prolific and successful as a dramatist and novelist. Our Town(1938) and The Skin of Our...
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Julius Caesar (Cliffs Complete) - Study Notes
by Diana Sweeney

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In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for...
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Freaks and Fire: The Underground Reinvention of Circus
by J Dee Hill

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Beyond the historical confines of Ringling Bros. and the über-kitsch of Cirque du Soleil, tightly knit alternative circus troupes like Yard Dogs Road Show, Flam Chen, Circus Contraption, and other over-the-top groups bring thrill-starved audiences...
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All's Well That Ends Well
by William Shakespeare

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Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "All's Well That Ends Well" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the...
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As You Like It (Everyman Paperback Classics)
by William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare's As You Like It provides face to face text and notes, a chronology of Skakespeare's life and times, text derived from the earliest printings, often preserving puns and wordplay otherwise lost, and up-to-date commentary on the...
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Julie Taymor Playing With Fire 3RD Edition
by Eileen Blumenthal

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With more than 40 pages of new material including illustrations and unpublished sketches, this book illuminates Julie Taymor’s entire career, from her theatrical apprenticeship to her most recent work for stage and screen. There is an all-new...
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1000 Clowns
by Thomas H Steele

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The clown imagery gathered here ranges from beautiful to touching to funny to just plain disturbing. Find all kinds of clowns, from the most famous to the most obscure, in photographs, film and television, paintings, and graphics. The insightful text...
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Three Plays: Our Town, the Skin of Our Teeth, and the Matchmaker
by Thornton Wilder

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< blockquote> < p> Three of the greatest plays in American literature collected in one volume < /p> < /blockquote> < p> This important new omnibus edition features an illuminating foreword by playwright John Guare and an...
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Measure for Measure: Everyman Shakespeare Series
by William Shakespeare

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Part of the "Everyman" series on Shakespeare, this edition provides facing-page text and notes, a chronology of Shakespeare's life and times and a selection of critical and theatrical responses to the plays over the centuries. This is a recommended text...
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New Directions Paperbook #409: Sweet Bird of Youth
by Tennessee Williams

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The very title of Sweet Bird of Youth is one of ironic pity. The two chief characters--a raddled has-been actress from Hollywood, seeking to forget her present in drugs and sex, and her still handsome masseur-gigolo, who has brought her to his hometown...
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King Lear
by Shakespeare

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King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and Job-like Lear, who divides his kingdom, as he does his affections, according to vanity and whim. Lear' s failure as a father engulfs himself and his world...
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