The cast of this unabridged version of ^IHamlet^R includes Anton Lesser who plays Hamlet, Edward de Souza, Susan Engel, Emma Fielding and Heathcote Williams.[...]

Kenneth Branagh plays Shakespeare?s Richard III in this new recording for the acclaimed Naxos AudioBooks series. A full supporting cast of distinguished actors performs the complete, unabridged New Cambridge Shakespeare text of the play, with sound effects and accompanying music. The set of three cd[...]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is perhaps Shakespeare’s most popular comedy, and also a profound, archetypal play. The Introduction describes the two main traditions in the stage history, one emphasising charm and innocence, the other stressing darker suggestions of violence and sexuality, and [...]

This 2008 book is an extensively-annotated edition of Macbeth, offering a thorough reconsideration of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. A full and accessible updated introduction studies the immediate theatrical and political contexts of Macbeth's composition, especially the Gunpowder Plot an[...]

John Dover Wilson's New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's plays and poems until the 1980s. The series, long since out-of-print, is now reissued. Each work is available both individually and as a set, and each contains a lengthy and li[...]

Classic / British English Othello is a popular soldier who is in love with his beautiful new wife. He also has good friends -- like Iago, another soldier. So when Iago tells him terrible stories about his wife, Desdemona, who should Othello believe? Will jealousy destroy all their lives? This is one[...]

"Othello" is one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, with its tragic portrayal of jealousy and deception, descending into madness and murder remaining as shocking today as when it was first written. Part of the "Barnes & Noble Shakespeare" series, this features newly edited texts prepared by leadin[...]

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of "The Comedy of Errors" on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare containsThe complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday lan[...]

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of The Tempest on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.Each No Fear Shakespeare containsThe complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA compl[...]

From the exquisite title page to the playful two-page spread that closes the book, this volume will surprise and delight the eye. There are 12 full-page color plates, but it is the sumptuous variety of W. Heath Robinson's black-and-white illustrations -- 32 full-page, along with plentiful vignettes [...]