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Henry VI Part III is the third of William Shakespeare`s plays set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England, and prepares the ground for one of his best-known and most controversial plays: the tragedy of King Richard III (Richard III of...

Prince Hal, the son of King Henry IV, spends his time in idle pleasure with dissolute friends, among them the roguish Sir John Falstaff. But when the kingdom is threatened by rebellious forces, the prince must abandon his reckless ways. Taking...

Shakespeare`s 154 sonnets are among the most eloquent and psychologically complex ever written. Those assressed to a `lovely boy` idealize his beauty in the remainder, Shakespeare explores his disgust at his entanglement with a mysterious...

The jealous King of Sicily becomes convinced that his wife is carrying the child of his best friend. Imprisoned and put on trial, the Queen collapses when the King refuses to accept the divine confirmation of her innocence. The child is abandoned to...

A king and his lords form an austere academy, swearing to have no contact with woman for three years. But when the Princess of neighbouring France arrives with fer female attendants, their pledge is quickly placed under strain. Soon all are smitten...

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Losy bohaterów ocierają się o życie Cezara i Kleopatry, ukazują świat ich epoki z perspektywy brata...

Hamlet należy do najwybitniejszych sztuk Shakespeare`a. Utarło się - chyba słusznie - że rola tytułowa w tym dramacie jest marzeniem każdego aktora, a sam tekst stanowi poważne (i niebezpieczne) wyzwanie nawet dla najbardziej wprawnych...

A peerless general is offered the consulship of Rome after his triumph over the city of Corioles. Too proud to respect the will of the people, however, he soon finds himself despised by the mob, and speaks out passionately against popular rule....

Leaving behind both home and beloved, a young man travels to Milan to meet his closest friend. Once there, however, he falls in love with his friend`s new sweetheart and resolves to seduce her. Love-crazed and desperate, he is soon moved to...

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The New Pengiun Shakespeare offers a complete edition of the plays and poems. Each volume has been prepader from the oroginal texts and includes and introduction, a list of further reading, a full and felpful commentary, and a short account of...

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` unending hatred. And when she is made empress by the...

Two sets of identical twins, separated at sea as children, find themselves in the same city for the first time as adults. Soon, their friends mistake the twins for one another and bewilderment abounds, as the wife of one man declares the other to be...

Controversy has surrounded Pericles for centuries, due to the fact that critics and editors have argued that much of the play was written between 1607 and 1608 by one of Shakespeare`s inferior collaborators, and that it shows in both its style...

In need of money, the fat and foolish Falstaff devises a scheme to seduce two married women and steal their husbands` wealth. By talking to each other, however, the wives soon discover his plan and begin to plot their own revenge....

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...

Conspiracies and intrigue are rife in the court of Henry VIII as a Duke is executed for treason, having been tricked by the Cardinal. And when the King falls in love with Anne Bullen and decides to divorce his wife, he causes an irrevocable rift...

One of Shakespeare`s late romances - along with Pericles, The Tempest and The Winter`s Tale - Cymbeline tells three connected stories: the resistance of a British king to Roman rule the story of two lovers Imogen and Posthumous driven apart by the...

Angered by the loss of his son in battle the Earl of Northumberland supports another rebellion against King Henry IV bringing the country to the brink of civil war. Sick and weary the old King sends out his forces including the unruly Sir John...