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Wie es euch gefällt
This play has two principal settings: the court that Frederick has usurped from his brother, the rightful Duke, and the Forest of Arden, where the Duke and his followers (including the disgruntled Lord Jaques and the jester Touchstone) are living.
Gemeinsame Themen: Stage history, Children's plays, Juvenile drama, Textual Criticism
König Lear
King Lear divides his kingdom among the two daughters who flatter him and banishes the third one who loves him. His eldest daughters both then reject him at their homes, so Lear goes mad and wanders through a storm. His banished daughter returns with an army, but they lose the battle and Lear, all his daughters and more, die.
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Gemeinsame Themen: Stage history, Textual Criticism, Poetry, Drama
Coriolan
A proud Roman general conquers the Volscians, leads them against Rome in revenge for his banishment, and is killed by the Volscian general when Coriolanus is persuaded to spare the city.
Gemeinsame Themen: Children's plays, Juvenile drama, Drama
Viel Lärm um nichts
Shakespeare's comedy play Much Ado About Nothing pivots around the impediments to love for young betrothed Hero and Claudio when Hero is falsely accused of infidelity and the "lover's trap" set for the arrogant and assured Benedick who has sworn of marriage and his gentle adversary Beatrice. The merry war between Benedick and Beatrice with the promptings of their friends soon dissolves into…
Gemeinsame Themen: Juvenile drama, Courtship, Textual Criticism, Drama
Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung
This play within a play is a delightful farce about a fortune hunter who marries and tames" the town shrew. The comedy, often produced today because of its accessibility, is one of the plays Shakespeare intended for the general public rather than for the nobility.
CliffsComplete combines the full original text of The Taming of the Shrew with a helpful glossary and CliffsNotes-quality commentary…
Gemeinsame Themen: Stage history, Juvenile drama, Drama
Was ihr wollt
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with discussion questions, role-playing scenarios, and other study activities.
Gemeinsame Themen: Children's plays, Juvenile drama, Drama
Richard III.
"containing his treacherous plots against his brother Clarence, the pittiefull murther of his innocent nephewes, his tyrannicall usurpation, with the whole course of his detested life and most deserved death"
(Subtitle of the 1597 edition.)
Gemeinsame Themen: Stage history, Textual Criticism, Drama
Hamlet
In this quintessential Shakespeare tragedy, a young prince's halting pursuit of revenge for the murder of his father unfolds in a series of highly charged confrontations that have held audiences spellbound for nearly four centuries. Those fateful exchanges, and the anguished soliloquies that precede and follow them, probe depths of human feeling rarely sounded in any art.
The title role of…
Gemeinsame Themen: Stage history, Graphic Novels, Drama
Romeo und Julia, 1750
Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
Gemeinsame Themen: Juvenile drama, Graphic Novels, Drama
Othello
Shakespeare's tragedy of jealousy and suspicion presented scene by scene in comic book format.
Gemeinsame Themen: Stage history, Textual Criticism, Drama
Die Canterbury-Erzählungen
A collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In a long list of works, including Troilus and Criseyde,…
Gemeinsame Themen: Textual Criticism, Poetry, Drama
Der Kaufmann von Venedig
In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. When Antonio's business falters, repayment becomes impossible--and by the terms of the loan agreement, Shylock is able to demand a pound of…
Gemeinsame Themen: Juvenile drama, Drama
Peter Pan
The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.
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German-language description:
Peter Pan, das ist der Junge, der nie erwachsen wird und auf einer Insel lebt, auf der alles möglich st. Wendy und ihre Brüder können noch nicht ahnen, was sie erwartet, als sie auf der Insel landen: Zusammen mit anderen Kindern geraten sie in…
Gemeinsame Themen: Children's plays, Drama, Fantasy
Heinrich IV., Teil 1
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Gemeinsame Themen: Juvenile drama, Drama