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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Pyramus: `Now die, die, die, die, die.' [Dies] A Midsummer Night's Dream 'Shakespeare's Dead' reveals the unique ways in which Shakespeare brings dying, death, and the dead to life. It establishes the cultural, religious and social contexts for thinking about early modern death, with particular reference to the plague which ravaged Britain during his lifetime, and against the divisive background of the Reformation. But it also shows how death on stage is different from death in real life. The dead come to life, ghosts haunt the living, and scenes of mourning are subverted by the fact that the supposed corpse still breathes. Shakespeare scripts his scenes of dying with extraordinary care. Famous final speeches - like Hamlet's `The rest is silence', Mercutio's `A plague o' both your houses', or Richard III's `My kingdom for a horse' - are also giving crucial choices to the actors as to exactly how and when to die. Instead of the blank finality of death, we get a unique entrance into the loneliness or confusion of dying. 'Shakespeare's Dead' tells of death-haunted heroes such as Macbeth and Hamlet, and death-teasing heroines like Juliet, Ophelia, and Cleopatra. It explores the fear of `something after death', and characters' terrifying visions of being dead. But it also uncovers the constant presence of death in Shakespeare's comedies, and how the grinning jester might be a leering skull in disguise. This book celebrates the paradox: the life in death in Shakespeare. Features Summary This books chronicles the ingenious ways of dying in Shakespeare, from suicide to murder, and from workaday dagger to baroque pie recipe. Illustrated with contemporary images... Author Emma Smith (Author), Simon Palfrey (Author) Publisher The Bodleian Library Release date 20160422 Pages 192 ISBN 1-85124-247-3 ISBN 13 978-1-85124-247-4

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Hard cover with dust jacket.  From the library of one time Cape Times critic, Ivor Jones.  With his name on the fep and press cutting stuck to front board.  Some underscoring and notes.  Otherwise good condition with some age related spotting.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Discovering Shakespeare is a special edition for the American market. It consists of a collection of photocopiable activity sheets which will enable teachers to construct a course in Shakespearean language. Guidance is provided for the simple units but there is also scope for more in-depth extension work. The help provided is based on examples from the whole range of the plays, including all those studied in high school. Features Summary Discovering Shakespeare is a special edition for the American market. Author Rex Gibson (Author), Janet Field-Pickering (Author) Publisher Cambridge UniversityPress Release date 19981013 Pages 160 ISBN 0-521-63739-2 ISBN 13 978-0-521-63739-8

  Full of feuding royalty, family melodrama, comical fools, and fantastic creatures, Star Wars has always been the most Shakespearean of Hollywood blockbusters. Now it's presented in a manner that Shakespeare himself would recognize - with classic iambic pentameter and Elizabethan-style stage directions. Fans will love the Star Wars jokes and Shakespearean flourishes (R2-D2 launches into dramatic soliloquies whenever the other characters leave the stage). Text will be accompanied by fantastic Elizabethan woodcut illustrations of Chewbacca, C-3PO, and more.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days A old widow is killed in the parlour of her cottage...Mrs McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion fell immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes revealed traces of the victim's blood and hair. Yet something was amiss: Bentley just didn't look like a murderer.Poirot believed he could save the man from the gallows - what he didn't realise was that his own life was now in great danger... Features Summary A old widow is killed in the parlour of her cottage... Author Agatha Christie Publisher HarperCollinsPublishers Release date 20081001 Pages 192 ISBN 0-00-728053-X ISBN 13 978-0-00-728053-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Author Andrew Dickson Publisher St. Martin's Griffin Release date 20170103 Pages 512 ISBN 1-250-11704-6 ISBN 13 978-1-250-11704-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Full comprehension of the plays is gained from the line-by-line modern English translation given on facing pages. Understanding of the plays is increased as pupils take part in the variety of related activities included in each book. The significance of the plays is reinforced by sections discussing Shakespeare's life, works and theatre. Pupils are encouraged to understand the language, characters, structure and themes of the plays by completion of practical exercises. Features Summary The Shakespeare Made Easy series aims to take the fear out of Shakespeare. By having Shakespearean and Modern English facing each other, pupils will find it easier to comprehend the text... Author Alan Durband (Author), William Shakespeare (Author) Publisher Nelson Thornes Release date 19841101 Pages 256 ISBN 0-7487-0384-5 ISBN 13 978-0-7487-0384-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Summary A brilliant way to discover famous characters from Shakespeare's plays, with over 160 reusable stickers to dress them for their performances. There are star-crossed lovers... Author Rachel Firth (Author), Diego Diaz (Illustrator) Publisher Usborne Publishing Ltd Release date 20170119 Pages 34 ISBN 1-4749-2900-1 ISBN 13 978-1-4749-2900-4

 Hard cover, with orange boards in fairly good condition.  Some fading at the spine.  188 pages.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days In the same series as "A Music Lover's Diary," "A Book Lover's Diary" and "A Movie Lover's Diary" this new addition is a beautifully illustrated, richly worded tribute to the greatest writer of all time. For lovers of Shakespeare and all things Shakespearean, "A Shakespeare Lover's Diary" is a journal in which to keep track of it all: favorite quotes, favorite plays, favorite actors, favorite festivals. This book is illustrated with stunning woodcut drawings and contains dozens of quotes from famous fans of Shakespeare. Features Summary In the same series as A Music Lover's Diary, A Book Lover's Diary and A Movie Lover's Diary this new addition is a beautifully illustrated, richly worded tribute to the greatest writer of all time... Author Wallace Publisher Firefly Books Release date 20010503 Pages 144 ISBN 1-55209-406-5 ISBN 13 978-1-55209-406-8