Shakespeare Philosophy

This short biography of William Shakespeare by world famous writer Bill Bryson brims with the author’s inimitable wit and intelligence. Includes an exclusive Q&A session with the author. Shakespeare’s life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket...

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it before by listening to internationally renowned actor Dame Judi Dench's SHAKESPEARE: The Man Who Pays The Rent - a witty, insightful journey through the plays and tales of...

All of the Shakespeare plays within the Argo Classics catalogue are performed by the Marlowe Dramatic Society and Professional Players. The Marlowe was founded in 1907 with a mission to focus on effective delivery of verse, respect the integrity of texts and rescue neglected plays by Shakespeare’s contemporaries and the less performed plays of Shakespeare himself. The Marlowe has performed annually at Cambridge Arts Theatre since its opening in 1936 and continues to produce some of the finest actors of their generations.

William Shakespeare found dozens of different ways to kill off his characters, and audiences today still enjoy the same reactions - shock, sadness, fear - that they did more than 400 years ago when these plays were first performed. But how realistic are these deaths, and did Shakespeare have the knowledge to back them up? Kathryn Harkup turns her discerning scientific eye to the Bard and the varied and creative ways his characters die.

Borghild Strandenes is a Norwegian woman living in France where she runs a small non-profit rescue association, specialised in helping blind dogs and dogs suffering from trauma. In 2020 she flies to Cyprus to bring three blind dogs to France. Whilst on the island she meets Shakespeare, a dog that has sat “frozen “in a concrete corner for five years. No one has seen Shakespeare stand up, nor eat, as he will only eat and move in the night when there is no humans at the sanctuary. Then, one winter morning a meeting at a shelter, on a plateau in Cyprus changes both their lives forever.

This entertaining introduction to Shakespeare's work weaves biographical information with excerpts from 33 of his plays. Informative, well-researched commentary, written by two Royal Shakespeare Company actors, provides a glimpse of the man and little-known lore about his work.

'Enchanting' Simon Russell Beale --- 'Remarkable' James Shapiro 'Wonderful . . . compulsively readable' Nicholas Hytner Why do the collected works of an Elizabethan writer continue to speak to us as if they were written yesterday? When Robert McCrum began his recovery from a life-changing stroke...

Shakespeare está considerado como el mayor escritor en lengua inglesa y el mejor dramaturgo del mundo. Sus obras han sido traducidas a todos los idiomas principales, y son las más representadas. Su obra contiene una visión sorprendentemente moderna, chistes ingeniosos y una pasión en alza; es una fuente inagotable de asombro e inspiración.

Vilket bättre sätt att utveckla din allmänna kunskap och kultur än genom de bästa tänkarnas egna ord som har vandrat jorden, med ett urval av viktiga citat som avgränsar deras arbete och introducerar till deras mest kraftfulla idéer med tydlighet. Upptäck eller gräva djupare i förståelsen av vår kultur med verk av Shakespeare, Einstein, Confucius, Sun Tzu, Winston Churchill, Napoléon, Laozi (även känd som Lao-Tsu), Platon, Nietzsche och Bouddha.

Shakespeare anses vara den största författare i den engelska och den bästa dramatiker i världen. Hans pjäser har översatts till alla större språk, och är de mest någonsin genomförts. Hans arbete omfattar förbluffande modern förståelse, kvicka skämt och stigande passion, Det är en oändlig källa till förundran och inspiration.

Bli bekant med de viktigaste författarna på 1600-talet genom ett noggrant urval av 600 citat som introducerar deras huvudsakliga idéer och avgränsar strukturen i deras arbete med klarhet. Upptäck nya aspekter eller fördjupa dig i tankarna hos Cervantès, Shakespeare, Beaumarchais, Goethe, Racine, La Bruyère, för att utöka ditt sinne och din kunskap om vår kultur.

Tales From Shakespeare was originally written in 1807 by Charles Lamb and his sister, Mary, as more comprehensible (and enjoyable) versions of the original Shakespearian texts, specifically but not exclusively for children.

Familiarize-se com os escritores ingleses mais importantes através das suas próprias palavras, graças a uma selecção de citações essenciais e de exercícios das principais obras de William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, e Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Este audiolivro irá ajudá-lo a descobrir e compreender o seu pensamento através de uma selecção cuidadosa das citações representativas das suas obras, de modo a apresentar-lhe as suas ideias através das suas próprias palavras e de uma forma muito eficiente.