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1	The Wednesday Wars more books like this by Gary D Schmidt add to wishlist A Newbery Honor book, this wonderfully witty and compelling novel chronicles a teenage boy's mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967-1968 school year. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Macbeth more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist Shakespeare's dark portrait of ambition begins when three prophesying witches conspire to meet with Macbeth. Obliging his fate, he indeed encounters these "Weird Sisters," who mysteriously refer to him by the title Thane of Cawdor, and moreover, as the future king. Macbeth's companion Banquo is told that his descendants will inherit the throne. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Othello more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist This newly revised Signet classic includes an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, a unique introduction to the play, a comprehensive stage history of notable actors, and historical and contemporary dramatic criticism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare: An Introduction with Documents more books like this by Russ McDonald, Ph.D. (Editor) add to wishlist This text provides a combination of well written, up-to-date background information and selections from primary documents. "The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare" introduces students to the topics most important to the study of Shakespeare in their full historical and cultural context. This second edition contains many new documents, particularly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| SVS
5	Backwards and forwards : a technical manual for reading plays more books like this by David Ball add to wishlist This guide to playreading for students and practitioners of both theater and literature complements, rather then contradicts or repeats, traditional methods of literary analysis of scripts. Ball developed his method during his work as Literary Director at the Guthrie Theater, building his guide on the crafts playwrights of every period and style ... see all copies from $7.98! new only from $16.58! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Me and Orson Welles more books like this by Robert Kaplow add to wishlist Set in the 1930s, this novel tells the story of 17-year-old Richard Samuels, whose theatrical dreams are answered when Orson Welles, founder of the Mercury Theater, offers him a small role in his Broadway debut of "Julius Caesar." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Tales from Shakespeare more books like this by Charles Lamb add to wishlist "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist Shakespeare's classic tragedy of love, madness, and revenge, first enacted in London in 1602. Young Prince Hamlet, in mourning for his dead father, receives an apparition of his father's ghost telling him that he was murdered by his own brother Claudius, who then assumed the throne and married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Intent on revenge, Hamlet ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Macbeth: Modern English Version Side-By-Side with Full Original Text more books like this by William Shakespeare, Alan Durband (Editor) add to wishlist Shakespeare's dark portrait of ambition begins when the eponymous hero, a Scottish soldier, encounters three witches, who mysteriously refer to him as the future king. As, step by step, their prophecy begins to be fulfilled, the seeds of ambition are planted not only in Macbeth but in his scheming wife, who soon is plotting the murder of Duncan, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.69! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Shakespeare After All more books like this by Professor Marjorie Garber add to wishlist Richly informed by Shakespearean scholarship of the latter half of the 20th century, this book offers passionate and revealing readings of all 38 of Shakespeare's plays, in chronological sequence. see all copies from $11.00! new only from $11.96! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Complete Works of William Shakespeare more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist This single-volume edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare includes commissioned introductions to each of the plays and poems by a team of academics, including John Jowett and Philip Hobsbaum, with a textual introduction by the Shakespearean scholar Alec Yearling explaining the significance of the Alexander edition. This volume also ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Shakespeare's Secret more books like this by Elise Broach add to wishlist In this Junior Library Guild Selection, Broach weaves an intriguing literary mystery full of historical insights and discoveries, as a young girl tries to uncover the connections between a missing diamond, a mysterious neighbor, and a link to Shakespeare. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Richard III more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist Preceded by HENRY VI: Parts I, II, and III, RICHARD III concludes Shakespeare's four-part dramatic series chronicling the end of the Plantagenet family as rulers of England. Upon the defeat of Richard, the hunchbacked Duke of Gloucester, at the battle of Bosworth field in 1485, the Plantagenets are replaced by the Tudors, marking the end of a long ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	King of Shadows more books like this by Susan Cooper add to wishlist Nat, an orphan since he was very young, turns to acting to let off some steam. But soon, Nat discovers he has real talent and lands a part in an acting troupe that will be performing one of Shakespeare's plays in London's reconstructed Globe Theater. He's excited to get the chance to leave the United States, but when he arrives in London, life ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Speaking Shakespeare more books like this by Patsy Rodenburg add to wishlist From the director of voice at the National Theatre in London, this guide to speaking the words of Shakespeare emphasizes breathing, rhythm, and--perhaps most important--an understanding of Shakespeare himself and his world. see all copies from $9.95! new only from $14.16! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom add to wishlist Harold Bloom, author of THE WESTERN CANON and editor of hundreds of critical works, unpacks a lifetime of experience with Shakespeare and his characters. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Sonnets more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist This new edition focuses on Shakespeare's Sonnets as poetry - sometimes strikingly individual poems, but often subtly interlinked in thematic, imagistic, and other groupings. The volume also addresses the many questions that cast a veil of mystery over the genesis of the poems. To what extent are The Sonnets autobiographical? What is the nature of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) more books like this by Ann-Marie MacDonald add to wishlist In this story, Constance Ledbelly, an associate professor, dreams she has entered two of Shakespeare's plays and altered them by saving the lives of Juliet and Desdemona. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.56! \| signed copies \| SVS
19 view cover	Hamlet more books like this by Terri Mategrano, William Shakespeare add to wishlist One of the most famous dramas of all time, Hamlet is the story of a young prince torn between his dual roles of ruler and son, between introspective moral questioning and swift action. The play is filled with action and provocative inquiry. CliffsComplete Hamlet is a revised and expanded study edition. It contains Shakespeare's original play, a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet more books like this by Annaliese Connolly add to wishlist Set during five of the most intensely dramatic days ever portrayed, ROMEO AND JULIET was probably written in 1594 or 1595, and first published in a 1597 edition, as transcribed by actors who had performed it. Other editions appeared later, but even the more authoritative versions, such as that of 1599--probably drawn from Shakespeare's own ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.22! \| SVS
21 view cover	Soul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare more books like this by Jonathan Bate add to wishlist "Soul of the Age" is the most artful, intriguing, and satisfying study of the mind of William Shakespeare we now possess . . . A major achievement from a master of Shakespeare studies--David Armitage, professor of history, Harvard University. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Harvard Yard more books like this by William Martin add to wishlist There are many Harvard legends. One of the oldest is that John Harvard's parents were brought together by none other than William Shakespeare, who then gave them a gift of an original manuscript upon the birth of their son. Now Peter Fallon, the Harvard historian introduced in BACK BAY teams with other memorable characters from that novel and sets ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Shakespeare Stealer more books like this by Gary L Blackwood add to wishlist In Elizabethan England, an orphan named Widge goes to live with a cruel and unscrupulous man. Because of his unusual ability to write in a secret shorthand, Widge is forced by his master to transcribe a purloined copy of "Hamlet"--stolen from William Shakespeare himself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Shakespeare's Sonnets more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist David West is a highly distinguished classicist and literary critic. Here, he explores the sonnets of Shakespeare. The application of the techniques of classical scholarship to the sonnets results in the one of the most impressive and delightful contributions to Shakespeare studies in recent years. At a time when our familiarity with Shakespeare's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Love and Friendship more books like this by Allan Bloom add to wishlist The author of the national bestseller The Closing of the American Mind offers a provocative indictment of the devaluing of love and intimacy in today's culture. Allan Bloom explores the language of love from the Bible to Freud, shedding penetrating light on the true nature of our most basic human connections. "(A) rich mine of a book".--New York ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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