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1) Shakespeare for snowflakes: on slapstick and sympathy

Author

Burrows, Ian

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

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An examination of how dramatists including Shakespeare, Sarah Kane and Samuel Beckett manipulated actors' bodies for laughter or sympathy, discussed in relation to the social construction of 'snowflake culture' as a 21st century phenomenon.

2) British drama; an historical survey from the beginnings to the present time

Author

Nicoll, Allardyce

Language

English

3) A history of English drama, 1660-1900

Author

Nicoll, Allardyce

Pub. Date

1952-59

Language

English

4) The complete works of William Shakespeare

Author

Shakespeare, William

Series

Masters library
The Shakespeare Head press edition
Knickerbocker classics
Classics club

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

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The collected comedies, histories, and tragedies of William Shakespeare, along with his sonnets and attributed poems.

5) Hamlet : notes

Author

Lowers, James K

Pub. Date

[1971]

Language

English

6) Much ado about nothing

Author

Shakespeare, William

Series

Plays
Oxford Shakespeare concordances
Stanford studies in language and literature volume 1, no. 2
Sparknotes
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Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, eComic, Kindle

Description

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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design The Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A.R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read...

7) Macbeth

Author

Shakespeare, William

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 4

Lexile measure

310L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, eComic, Graphic Novel, Kindle, Manuscript, Playaway

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This complete, line-by-line Macbeth translation makes the language of Shakespeare's play more modern while preserving the metrical rhythm, complexity, and poetic qualities of the original. The aim is to capture the sound and sense of Shakespeare's tragedy without the need for glosses or notes--to use contemporary language without simplifying or modernizing the play in any other way.