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In 'much ado about nothing', bickering between broadcasters beatrice (sarah parish) and benedick (damian lewis) gets too much to take so their colleagues at south west tv come up with a cunning plan to shut the pair upfinally, 'macbeth' stars james mcavoy and keeley hawesoxfam bookshop swanage four of shakespeare's best known plays are interpreted into modern settings by some of britain's leading television writers'a midsummer night's dream' is adapted by peter bowker and stars imelda staunton, bill paterson, rupert evans and johnny vegas see oxfam website for delivery information read more'the taming of the shrew' stars twiggy, stephen tompkinson, jamie murray and rufus sewell and is adapted by sally wainwright
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Oxfam books & music beeston oxford university press, , paperback like new oxford shakespeare topics provides students and teachers with short books on important aspects of shakespeare criticism and scholarshipthough its subject matter and style appeal to a broad audience, this book is grounded in recent scholarship in shakespeare and biblical studiesthis book also discloses ways in which shakespeare's plays offer both pious and irreverent interpretations of the scriptures comparable to those presented by his contemporary writers, artists, philosophers and politiciansits intertextual readings are framed by descriptions of the historical circumstances of each work's composition and reception and by an emergent theory of allusion as a principle of creation and understandingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit reveals the bible as a rich source for shakespeare's uses of myth, history, comedy and tragedy, his techniques of staging, and his ways of characterizing rulers, magicians and teachers in the image of the bible's multifaceted godeach book is written by an authority in its field, and combines accessible style with original discussion of its subjectafter an opening chapter comparing the bible as a fragmented yet unified collection of 46 books with the fragmented yet unified first folio collection of shakespeare's 36 plays, each of the following six chapters matches a book of the bible with a representative play: the creation myth of genesis with the first play in the folio, the tempest, the historical epic of exodus with henry v, the tragedy of job with king lear, the tragicomedy of the gospel of matthew with measure for measure, the homiletic disputation of paul's epistle to the romans with the merchant of venice, and the apocalyptic masque of the book of revelation with the tempest againnotes and a critical guide to further reading equip the interested reader with the means to broaden researchdespite the presence of hundreds of biblical allusions in shakespeare, this is the first book to explore the pattern and significance of those references in relation to a selection of his greatest plays
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Frontispiece photogravure of william shakespeareshe also published several books relating to the life and work of william shakespeareour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: fair to goodbookblock fairly good, handmade paper clean and of good, heavy qualitycontents: preface, part i -the name of shakespeare, localities of early shakespeares, later shakespeares before the poet's time, coat of arms, impalement of the arden arms, the ardens of wilmecote, john shakespeare, william shakespeare, shakespeare's descendants, collaterals, cousins and connections, contemporary warwickshire shakespeares, shakespeares in other countries, london shakespearespart ii -the park hall ardens, the ardens of longcroft, other warwickshire ardens, the ardens of cheshire, branches in other countriesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki' registered shippingsome small markings, lending history on inside back coveroriginal brown cloth binding with gilt print - vii, (v), 257 ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefrom a college library with all the characteristics: removed label at the bottom of the spine, bookplate on the inside front cover, perforation in title page and ppterminal notes, index 'charlotte brown carmichael stopes (née carmichael; 5 february february ), also known as cstopes, was a british scholar, author, and campaigner for women's rights
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Oxfam bookshop st albans your complete introduction to shakespearewith material on his poetry and discussions on aspects of his life too, this truly is a complete introduction to shakespearewilliam shakespeare has been hailed as one of the greatest thinkers of all time, one of the world's finest artists, poets and dramatiststhe best known and most popular plays are discussed in detail and even plays in which shakespeare may have had only the briefest creative and collaborative interest as a writer, get at least a mentionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshakespeare: a complete introduction introduces and explains the plays by looking at how they work, taking you on a journey through the genres of comedy, history and tragedy
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Rapunzel let down: a fairy tale retold, paperback by doman, regina (rtl), isbn , isbn-13
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Fifty famous stories retold, paperback by baldwin, james, isbn , isbn-13
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Oxfam bookshop brigg in this much anticipated addition to the eminent lives series, bill bryson's biography of william shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright following his international bestsellers 'a short history of nearly everything' and 'the life and times of the thunderbolt kid', bill bryson has written a short biography of william shakespeare for the eminent lives series - which seeks to pair great subjects with writers known for their strong sensibilities and sharp, lively points of viewsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions, some preposterous, some conflicting, arranged around the few scant facts known about the bard - from his birth in stratford to the bequest of his second best bed to his wife when he died
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Oxfam shop colne road in this much anticipated addition to the eminent lives series, bill bryson's biography of william shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwrightfollowing his international bestsellers 'a short history of nearly everything' and 'the life and times of the thunderbolt kid', bill bryson has written a short biography of william shakespeare for the eminent lives series - which seeks to pair great subjects with writers known for their strong sensibilities and sharp, lively points of viewshakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions, some preposterous, some conflicting, arranged around the few scant facts known about the bard - from his birth in stratford to the bequest of his second best bed to his wife when he diedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki"the tragedies of shakespeare" - oxford, london - edition - in fine blue leather binding - p, 15cmx13cm - condition: very good read more"the histories of shakespeare" - oxford, london - edition - in fine blue leather binding - p, 15cmx13cm - condition: very good 3""the comedies of shakespeare" - oxford, london - edition - in fine blue leather binding - p, 15cmx13cm - condition: very good 2please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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"the works of william shakespeare with a life, noes and references" by william shakespeare porter & coates, philadelphia - first thus american edition - 969p, 20cmx15cm - with engraved title page, frontispiece of shakespeake and all engraved plates - condition: very good, nicely rebound, complete and clean copy, lrs library stamp on title page, all plates presentour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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"shakespeare's comedy of "the merchant of venice"" by william shakespeare and illustrated by sir james linton hodder & stoughton, london - first uk edition - 144p, 25cmx20cm - tipped-in frontispiece and 36 tipped-in color plates, each with tissue guard, throughout text by linton - condition: good, original binding with minor wear and rubbing and foxing spots on spine, internally very good with all plates presentour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepresentation copy with presentation stamp on title page
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William shakespeare: les tragédies de shakespeareour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewith superb out of text black and white illustrations by edy-legrand (under serpente)a lovely high quality edition which is becoming increasingly rare to find nowadays, a very decorative set? ?paris, union latine d'editions, out of 5 volume (complete)inconsequential friction from use on the slipcases and bindings, insides wonderfully fresh, endpapers enhanced with stencil with cork style motifsthe shipping cost will be 105€, please check it on french post-office site for a weight of 10kg, thank you *** read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicoriola, timon d'athènes - titus andronicus, roméo et juliette - othello, macbeth*** you are advice before bidding that for non-european countries such as usa, japan, south corea, australia etclimited and numbered edition, one of the numbered copies on rag vellum paper, copy noslipcases embellished with stencil, leather edging; lovely light brown half leather shagreen bindings with wide corners, spines with 4 prominent raised bands, gilded upper edges; covers enhanced with stencilplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitejules césar, hamlet - le roi lear, antoine et cléopâtre
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"is shakespeare dead?" by mark twain harper & brothers, ny - first american edition, first printing - rare presentation copy by the publishing house - cmx15cm - condition: very good, name to ffep, frontispiece plates of shakespeare present is shakespeare dead? is a short, semi-autobiographical work by american humorist mark twainour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit explores the controversy over the authorship of the shakespearean literary canon via satire, anecdote, and extensive quotation of contemporary authors on the subjectplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Aebischer focuses on post- royal shakespeare company and royal national theatre productions but also covers film adaptations and landmark productions from the nineteenth century onwardssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford this study looks at the violation of bodies in shakespeare's tragedies, especially as revealed (or concealed) in performance on stage and screenher book will interest scholars and students of shakespeare, gender, performance and cultural studiespascale aebischer discusses stage and screen performances of titus andronicus, hamlet, othello and king lear with a view to showing how bodies which are virtually absent from both playtexts and critical discourse (due to silence, disability, marginalisation, racial otherness or death) can be prominent in performance, where their representation reflects the cultural and political climate of the production
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It shows how the shakespeare cult used quasi-religious (verbal and ritual) means of reverence, how it made use of some romantic notions, and how the ensuing quasi-transcendental authority was utilized for political purposesfocusing on england, hungary and on some other european countries, the book explores the latent religious patterns in the appropriation of shakespeare from the stratford jubilee to the tercentenary of shakespeare's birth insee oxfam website for delivery information read morenot price-clippedoxfam bookshop cotham hill light creasing to dust cover, but otherwise in excellent conditionpages clean, bright and tight to spinethe book suggests a theoretical framework and a comprehensive anthropological context for the interpretation of literatureblack boards with gilt lettering to spine
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen this short biography of william shakespeare by world famous writer bill bryson brims with the author's inimitable wit and intelligencefollowing his international bestsellers 'a short history of nearly everything' and 'the life and times of the thunderbolt kid', bill bryson has written a short biography of william shakespeare for the eminent lives series - which seeks to pair great subjects with writers known for their strong sensibilities and sharp, lively points of viewall cds in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreshakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions, some preposterous, some conflicting, arranged around the few scant facts known about the bard - from his birth in stratford to the bequest of his second best bed to his wife when he diedincludes an exclusive q&a session with the author
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Li ruru's intimate knowledge of her subject makes this the most up-to-date research available on staging shakespeare in chinathe study traces the history of shakespeare performance in china over the past hundred years, focussing in detail on eleven productions in mainstream, operatic and experimental forms in the post-mao eradedication and signature from author on ffep: "to my dearest alistair, ruru" shashibiya is an intriguing discussion of the levels of 'filtering' that any shakespeare performance in china undergoes, and a close examination of how these filters reflect the continually-changing political, social and cultural practicessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop leeds ppfirst edition, paperback
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50 the complete works of shakespeare the alexander text paperbackshop / curiosities the complete works of shakespeare the alexander text paperback * * ÂŁ9used 1 in stock 1 add to basket category: curiosities tags: book, craigkiddltd, curiosity, hardback, paperback, reading, shakespeare
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Antique bronze commemorative tea caddy shakespearethis item is very heavy, rare and unusual it celebrates famous writer shakespeare along with building and shields associated with where shakespeare grew upitem is in used conditioninside the box is made from rosewood
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400th anniversary of shakespeare's death! the first cd by reading all shakespeare workswilliam shakespeare, an english dramatist, poet and representative of the british renaissance dramaoriginally, these were recorded by the argo label in the late s and s and released on lp, and many famous actors participated in the recording of all readings
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This set contains five unmounted mint stamps featuring images of shakespeare's the globe theatre through the ages, with shakespeare himself featuring on the central stamp commemorating the opening of the replica globe theatre on london's south bankissued by the royal mail on 8th augustthe 25p stamps depict 'the swan, ', 'the rose, ', 'the globe, ', 'the hope, ', and 'the globe, collection, will post if you pay the costshakespeare's globe commemorative set, set of 5
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Oxfam bookshop newport songs and sonnets words by william shakespeare music by george shearing £795 published by hindon publications george shearing, famous jazz pianist and composer of music to hear, has done it again, this time in a collection featuring texts by william shakespearedimensions 11 x 7 ins & 46 pages contents: 1these seven settings, some a cappella, some satb with piano and string bassfie on sinful fantasy 7it was a lover and his lass 4 the owner's initials are on the cover but otherwise, it is in very good condition with no markingshey, ho, the wind and the rain see oxfam website for delivery information read morelive with me and be my love 2when daffodils begin to peer 3who is silvia? 6
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6 volumes - les chefs-d'œuvre de shakespeareeach illumination is protected6) le soir des rois - henry vthe illuminations on vellum paper are handmade in stencil with at least 80 passagesnumerous full-page illuminations by jean gradassi, including out of text miniatures protected by silk papercopy on lana vellum paper5) le roi jean - tout est bien qui finit bien1) gentilhommes de vérone - antoine et cléopâtreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeinsides clean and fresh - set in good conditiona l'enseigne du chant des sphères, nice x 26 cm quarto volumes3) comme il vous plaira - mesure pour mesuresplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefully adorned bindings in their original slipcasesthe works by théophile gautier are very numerous, capitaine fracasse, les milles et une nuit, les contes de jean de la fontaine, shakespeare… shipped with insurance by chronopost or similar depending on the country2) jules césar - beaucoup de bruit pour rientranslation by fcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevictor hugo full leather publisher’s bindings, ribbed spines, gilded upper edges, in lined slipcasesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki4) peines d'amours perdues - richard iijean gradassi was a french illustrator, painter and miniaturist born in antibes on 8 aprilwith certificate signed by joseph pardo
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham family life in shakespeare's england provides a detailed and fascinating picture of a typical busy market town in late tudor and early stuart england, and places william shakespeare and his family in their true contextsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Illustrated with 12 colour plates of scenes from shakespeare by various 18th/19th century artistsÂŁ30 see oxfam website for delivery information read moreintroduction by katherine duncan-jonesoxfam bookshop stratford upon avon tales from shakespeare, by charles and mary lambhardcover in slipcase, quarto xx+268ppsome light scuffing and marking on slipcase coversthe folio society, london, great britainvolume condition: near fine; tightly bound, no marks
30 €
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Lily doesn't care who did it, but as the suspicion of the police and local community falls on her, she soon realises if she doesn't unmask the murderer, her life might not just crumble: it might also endhowever her plan to live a quiet, unobserved life begins to crumble when she discovers the dead body of her nosy landlordsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop royal exchange square welcome to shakespeare, arkansasdisguising herself with short hair and baggy clothes, lily bard has started over as a cleaning lady in the sleepy town of shakespeare, where she can sweep away the secrets of her dark and violent past
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shakespeare mackerel rod and shakespeare reel combocollection only read morelittle used 2 piece 10ft
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The ebooks are accessed with the norton shakespeare digital edition registration code included in the print volumesoxfam books & music aberdeen published in third edition this volume covers early plays and poems these individual volumes extracted from the norton shakespeare bring to readers a meticulously edited new text that reflects current textual-editing scholarship and introduces innovative teaching featuressee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe print and digital bundles offer students a great reading experience in two ways - printed volumes for their lifetime library and digital editions ideal for in-class useevery introduction, note, gloss and bibliography has been reconsidered in light of reviewers' suggestions, and new textual introductions and performance notes reflect the extensive new scholarship in these fields
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoutstanding amon the play's characters are the ruthless margaret (brilliantly played by julia foster) and the increasingly alienated and enraged anti-hero richard of gloucester (ron cook)oxfam shop gillingham in , the bbc set itself the task of filming all of william shakespeare's plays for televisionthe resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors - henry vi part three () when defeat at st albans forces henry to cede succession to the house of york, an infuriated queen margaret fights on, determined her son will be the next kingshakespeare's final war of the roses instalment continues the descent of an ordered world into chaosbut with the duke of york's death in battle, the future of the throne is once again thrown into question
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Oxfam shop colne road simon callow stars in this one-man show which takes a look at the life and career of renowned english playwright william shakespearesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten by jonathan bate, the play's structure was inspired by the 'seven ages of man' speech from 'as you like it', portraying shakespeare's life from beginning to end and combining his story with extracts from many of his works such as 'romeo and juliet', 'hamlet', 'a midsummer night's dream', 'king lear' and 'the tempest'
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