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Judi Dench
Britain's greatest Shakespearean actor reveals her secrets in a series of intimate conversations
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William Shakespeare
Including three bestselling deluxe mini classics, Shakespeare: The Bard’s Guide to Abuses and Affronts, William Shakespeare: The Complete Plays in One Sitting, and Love Sonnets of Shakespeare, the Shakespeare Box…
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The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed to encourage new interpretations of the plays and poems.
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STAGED- Timeless tropes, enduring stories - a new Puffin Classics collection
'The course of true love never did run smooth ...'
Hermia loves Lysander. But she must marry Demetrius or…
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A new edition of one of Shakespeare's most complex and enigmatic plays.
The New Oxford Shakespeare edition of As You Like It provides a friendly yet authoritative introduction to Shakespeare's beloved comedy.
The New Oxford Shakespeare edition of The Tempest provides a friendly yet authoritative introduction to Shakespeare's famous play.
The New Oxford Shakespeare edition of The Merry Wives of Windsor provides a friendly yet authoritative introduction to Shakespeare's beloved comedy.
The New Oxford Shakespeare edition of Romeo and Juliet provides a fresh and authoritative introduction to one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies.
Dark and violent, Macbeth is also the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare’s tragedies. Indeed, for 250 years - until early this century - it was performed with grand operatic additions…
This collection features superlative television productions of four of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays. Featuring electrifying performances from some of Britain’s most accomplished actors and leading…
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With seething rage Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's most influential works.
Corruption and treachery bring this story to life as the king's ghost demands that his son get revenge on…
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This gold-tooled design comes from a unique binding attributed to Christian Samuel Kalthoeber, a German bookbinder working in London. He created the beautiful new cover for this copy of Shakespeare…
This stately gold-tooled design comes from a unique binding attributed to Christian Samuel Kalthoeber, a German bookbinder working in London. He created the beautiful new cover for this copy of…
Ben Crystal
'It will have blood, they say- blood will have blood.'
On a bleak, stormy night, three witches prophesy- Macbeth…
Ramie Targoff
This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to…
This gold-tooled design comes from a unique binding attributed to Christian Samuel Kalthoeber, a German bookbinder working in London. He created the beautiful new cover for this copy of Shakespeare's…
Jorge Luis Borges
Includes the stories The Congress , Undr , The Mirror and the Mask , August 25, 1983 , Blue Tigers , The Rose of Paracelsus and Shakespeare’s Memory .
Clint Bracknell, Kylie Bracknell
The first adaption of a complete Shakespeare play entirely in one Australian Aboriginal language, this books track the passionate project of language recovery and restoration into a highly successful mainstage…
Colin Salter
Immerse yourself in the sublime language of Shakespeare every night of the year with this whimsical and accessible anthology.
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Discover the fascinating stories of the bold and brave women in Shakespeare's plays. Stories of twelve of Shakespeare's courageous, strong-willed and determined characters, including Viola, Cleopatra, Portia, Lady Macbeth and…
A stunning facsimile of the 1932 edition of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night illustrated by Eric Ravilious.
The New Oxford Shakespeare edition of Henry IV Part I provides a friendly yet authoritative introduction to Shakespeare's famous history play.
Margreta de Grazia (Emerita Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Professor of the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania)
For almost two centuries, Shakespeare had no biography. Neither did his life have a timeline, and historians and archivists did not have the materials to make one. Does this mean…
Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. Henry V. Macbeth. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. King Lear. Lovers of literature will immediately recognise these as signature works of William Shakespeare. The Complete Works of…
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Shakespeare
Sir John Oldcastle, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha…
Sir Thomas More, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha…
Mucedorus, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation…
Discover the real Judi Dench through a series of intimate conversations about the love of her life - Shakespeare
Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig…
Peter Raj
The religious truth behind England's Reformation was preserved in the plays of William Shakespeare. It was the only way to secure the truth from the grubby paws of plagiarisers and…
Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright.
From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet.
William Shakespeare, Billy Shakespear
Shakespeare got a major glow-up! Hamlet be a whole mood in this gen-z remix. Think ghosting, revenge plots, and drama that's extra AF. Get ready to spill the tea on…
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This ain't your English teacher's Shakespeare - it's ambition on overdrive, with side hustles that turn deadly. Think ruthless moves, backstabbing besties, and the OG "cancel culture" coming to collect…
When Shakespeare goes viral, The Merchant of Venice is the OG tea. Think "big yikes" energy, "we need to talk" vibes, and plot twists wilder than a TikTok challenge. Ditch…
The Tempest just got a major glow-up! Think shipwrecks, magical islands, and enough drama to make your whole squad shook. Betrayal, salty exes, and some seriously powerful magic - this…
Twelfth Night: Where the laughs are lit and the drama is even hotter.** Get ready for pranks, disguises, and characters with zero chill... this ain't your grandma's Shakespeare. Shakespeare meets…
Deborah C. Payne, Drew Lichtenberg
Co-authored by the resident dramaturg at Shakespeare Theatre Company and a long-time scholarly consultant, this book chronicles how a small repertory troupe at the Folger Theatre on Capitol Hill became…
Bradley J. Irish
Drawing on both historical analysis and theories from the modern affective sciences, Shakespeare and Disgust argues that the experience of revulsion is one of Shakespeare's central dramatic concerns. Known as…
Greg Doran
THE TIMES' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
This book charts the personal and professional journey of Greg Doran, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2012 until 2022 and…
This edited collection offers the first in-depth analysis and sourcebook for 'Lockdown Shakespeare'. It brings together scholars of stage, screen, early modern and adaptation studies to examine the work that…
From their inception, 'low culture' comics have intersected with the 'high culture' of Shakespeare. This is the first book-length collection dedicated entirely to the exploration of this collision.
Its chapters…
