Shakespeare S Strangest Tales

Author : Iain Spragg
Publisher : Portico
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781911042396

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Shakespeare's Strangest Tales by Iain Spragg Pdf

A fascinating playbill of stories from the weird and wonderful world of Shakespearean theatre through the centuries, including distinguished actors falling off stages, fluffed lines, performances in the dark, and why you must never, ever say the name of that Scottish play, especially if you are Peter O'Toole. Discover a wealth of Shakespearean shenanigans over the years, including the terrible behaviour of the groundlings at Shakespeare's Globe, how the 'rude mechanicals' in A Midsummer Night's Dream got recast as a bunch of ladies from the WI, and how Dame Maggie Smith got even with Sir Laurence Olivier. Published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, this treasury of curious tales is a must-read for all Shakespeare lovers and theatre fans. Word count: 45,000

Author : Iain Spragg
Publisher : Portico
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-23
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781849941891

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London's Strangest Tales: Historic Royal Palaces by Iain Spragg Pdf

London's Royal Palaces are still some of the most visited places in England. A great deal of their official histories are well known. But London's Strangest Tales: Historic Royal Palaces reveals the bizarre, funny and surreal events and episodes that have occurred over the centuries on the grounds of these beautiful buildings. It gives an alternative history: from the wandering inebriated zebras at the Tower of London, the cricket ball that probably killed a king, and the mystery of Kew's disappearing mosque. This is a wonderful collection for anyone with an interest in the history and heritage of our palaces and in London life generally.

Author : Charles Lamb,Mary Lamb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Readers
ISBN : HARVARD:32044097048730

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Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb,Mary Lamb Pdf

Author : Katharine Kerr,Martin Harry Greenberg
Publisher : D A W Books, Incorporated
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0886776058

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Weird Tales from Shakespeare by Katharine Kerr,Martin Harry Greenberg Pdf

Gathers stories featuring themes from Shakespeare by Brian Aldiss, Mike Resnick, Gregory Benford, Kate Daniel, and Teresa Edgerton

Author : Iain Spragg
Publisher : Portico
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781911042594

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Teachers' Strangest Tales by Iain Spragg Pdf

A hilarious assortment of the weirdest and wackiest tales ever to come out of the classroom – and they’re all true. Featuring the flamboyant swimming teacher who spent his spare time fighting bears, the story of how a fight with his teacher paved the way for Al Capone’s infamous crime empire, and the bizarre tale of the American teacher who sued her own pupils for not paying attention in her lesson, this book is a real education. An ideal end-of-year teacher gift, this fascinating book is also a must-read for anyone who’s ever been to school. So stop talking at the back, pay attention and start reading! Word count: 45,000

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590899582

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Shakespeare's plays for schools, abridged and annotated by C.M. Yonge. (Standards vi and vii). [5 pt. Henry iv. pts. 1 and 2; Henry v; Richard ii and Julius Caesar]. by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : James Machin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319905273

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Weird Fiction in Britain 1880–1939 by James Machin Pdf

This book is the first study of how ‘weird fiction’ emerged from Victorian supernatural literature, abandoning the more conventional Gothic horrors of the past for the contemporary weird tale. It investigates the careers and fiction of a range of the British writers who inspired H. P. Lovecraft, such as Arthur Machen, M. P. Shiel, and John Buchan, to shed light on the tensions between ‘literary’ and ‘genre’ fiction that continue to this day. Weird Fiction in Britain 1880–1939 focuses on the key literary and cultural contexts of weird fiction of the period, including Decadence, paganism, and the occult, and discusses how these later impacted on the seminal American pulp magazine Weird Tales. This ground-breaking book will appeal to scholars of weird, horror and Gothic fiction, genre studies, Decadence, popular fiction, the occult, and Fin-de-Siècle cultural history.

Author : Michael D. Bristol
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441120472

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Shakespeare and Moral Agency by Michael D. Bristol Pdf

Shakespeare and Moral Agency presents a collection of new essays by literary scholars and philosophers considering character and action in Shakespeare's plays as heuristic models for the exploration of some salient problems in the field of moral inquiry. Together they offer a unified presentation of an emerging orientation in Shakespeare studies, drawing on recent work in ethics, philosophy of mind, and analytic aesthetics to construct a powerful framework for the critical analysis of Shakespeare's works. Contributors suggest new possibilities for the interpretation of Shakespearean drama by engaging with the rich body of contemporary work in the field of moral philosophy, offering significant insights for literary criticism, for pedagogy, and also for theatrical performance.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1771
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555064142

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The plays of Shakespeare, from the text of S. Johnson, with the prefaces, notes &c. of Rowe, Pope and many other critics. 6 vols. [in 12 pt. Followed by] Shakespeare's poems by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Frank Harris
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752358704

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The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Liffe Story by Frank Harris Pdf

Reproduction of the original: The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Liffe Story by Frank Harris

Author : Frank Harris
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387323733

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The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story by Frank Harris Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : Bernard J. Dobski,Dustin A. Gish
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739170960

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Shakespeare and the Body Politic by Bernard J. Dobski,Dustin A. Gish Pdf

mate Shakespeare’s corpus, and one of the most prominent is the image of the body. Sketched out in the eternal lines of his plays and poetry, and often drawn in exquisite detail, variations on the body metaphor abound in the works of Shakespeare. Attention to the political dimensions of this metaphor in Shakespeare and the Body Politic permits readers to examine the sentiments of romantic love and family life, the enjoyment of peace, prosperity and justice, and the spirited pursuit of honor and glory as they inevitably emerge within the social, moral, and religious limits of particular political communities. The lessons to be learned from such an examination are both timely and timeless. For the tensions between the desires and pursuits of individuals and the health of the community forge the sinews of every body politic, regardless of the form it may take or even where and when one might encounter it. In his plays and poetry Shakespeare illuminates these tensions within the body politic, which itself constitutes the framework for a flourishing community of human beings and citizens—from the ancient city-states of Greece and Rome to the Christian cities and kingdoms of early modern Europe. The contributors to this volume attend to the political context and role of political actors within the diverse works of Shakespeare that they explore. Their arguments thus exhibit together Shakespeare’s political thought. By examining his plays and poetry with the seriousness they deserve, Shakespeare’s audiences and readers not only discover an education in human and political virtue, but also find themselves written into his lines. Shakespeare’s body of work is indeed politic, and the whole that it forms incorporates us all.

Author : John Drakakis,Dale Townshend
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134104277

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Gothic Shakespeares by John Drakakis,Dale Townshend Pdf

In Gothic Shakespeares, Shakespeare is considered alongside major Gothic texts and writers - from Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis and Mary Shelley, up to and including contemporary Gothic fiction and horror film. This volume offers a highly original and truly provocative account of Gothic reformulations of Shakespeare, and Shakespeare’s significance to the Gothic.

Author : William Shakespeare,William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1450 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015081453089

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Shakespeare's Dramatic Works by William Shakespeare,William Henry Davenport Adams Pdf

Author : Julia Reinhard Lupton,Donovan Sherman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781108910439

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Shakespeare and Virtue by Julia Reinhard Lupton,Donovan Sherman Pdf

This volume maps Shakespearean virtue in all its plasticity and variety, providing thirty-eight succinct, wide-ranging essays that reveal a breadth and diversity exceeding any given morality or code of behaviour. Clearly explaining key concepts in the history of ethics and in classical, theological, and global virtue traditions, the collection reveals their presence in the works of Shakespeare in interpersonal, civic, and ecological scenes of action. Paying close attention to individual identity and social environment, chapters also consider how the virtuous horizons broached in Shakespearean drama have been tested anew by the plays' global travels and fresh encounters with different traditions. Including sections on global wisdom, performance and pedagogy, this handbook affirms virtue as a resource for humanistic education and the building of human capacity.