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King Lear by William Shakespeare
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Category: Theatre | Series: Penguin Shakespeare
An ageing king makes a capricious decision to divide his realm among his three daughters according to the love they express for him. When the youngest daughter refuses to take part in this charade, she is banished, leaving the king dependent on her manipulative and untrustworthy sisters. In the scheming ...Show more
Othello by William Shakespeare
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Category: Theatre | Series: Penguin Shakespeare Ser.
A popular soldier and newly married man, Othello seems to be in an enviable position. And yet, when his supposed friend sows doubts in his mind about his wife's fidelity, he is gradually consumed by suspicion. In this powerful tragedy, innocence is corrupted and trust is eroded as every relationship is ...Show more
Richard III by William Shakespeare
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Category: Plays | Series: Penguin Shakespeare
The bitter, deformed brother of the King is secretly plotting to seize the throne of England. Charming and duplicitous, powerfully eloquent and viciously cruel, he is prepared to go to any lengths to achieve his goal and, in his skilful manipulation of events and people, Richard is a chilling incarnatio ...Show more
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
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Category: Theatre | Series: New Penguin Shakespeare S.
Hilarious fun, this early comedy is filled with the merry violence of slapstick and farce. When two sets of twins, separated and apparently lost to each other, all end up in the rowdy, rollicking city of Ephesus, the stage is set for mix-ups, mayhem, and mistaken identity--plus the timeless puns, jokes, ...Show more
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
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Category: Theatre | Series: Penguin Shakespeare S.
The beautiful but sharp-tongued Katherina has sworn, never to accept the demands of any would-be husband. But when she is pursued by the wily Petruchio, it seems that she has finally met her match. And as he meets her own caustic words with a feigned, capricious cruelty, Katherina quickly comes to under ...Show more
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
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Category: Theatre | Series: Penguin Shakespeare
An embittered Roman General returns from war, having captured the Queen of the Goths and her three sons. Sacrificing the eldest, in memory of his own sons killed in battle, he provokes the queen's unending hatred. And when she is made empress by the new emperor of Rome, she quickly begins to plot a murd ...Show more
Twelfth Night:new Penguin Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
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Category: Theatre | Series: New Penguin Shakespeare S.
Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Twelfth Night" 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 Royal Shakespeare Company.
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