Four Great Tragedies
Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth
By William Shakespeare
"Four Great Tragedies" was published by New American Library in 1982 05 - New York, USA, it has 576 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Four Great Tragedies” Metadata:
- Title: Four Great Tragedies
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 576
- Publisher: New American Library
- Publish Date: 1982 05
- Publish Location: New York, USA
“Four Great Tragedies” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ performing arts - Succession - Fathers - Regicide - Tragedy - classic literature - fathers succession - quartos - regicides - English literature - juvenile literature - production and direction - inheritance and succession - Britons - English plays - ageing parents - scripts - English young adult drama - fathers and daughters - English language - open_syllabus_project - Drama - Princes - English drama (Tragedy) - English drama - Texts - Kings and rulers - Murder victims' families - Revenge - Plays - Death - Homicide - Juvenile drama - Children's plays - English - Drama texts - Drama texts: from c 1900 - - Fiction - Shakespeare - Shakespeare plays - Chinese language materials - Bilingual - Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, tragedies - British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author) - Hamlet (Legendary character) - Othello (Fictitious character)
- People: ➤ Claudius - Hamlet - Polonius - Horatio - Laertes - Voltimand - Cornelius - Rosencrantz - Guildenstern - Osric - Gentleman - Priest - Marcellus - Bernardo - Francisco - Reynaldo - Players - Two Clowns - Fortinbras - Captain - English Ambassadors - Gertrude - Ophelia - Lords - Ladies - Officers - Soldiers - Sailors - Messengers - Attendants - Ghost of Hamlet's father
- Places: Denmark - Norway - Great Britain - Russia
- Time: 1066-1687 - 16th century - 17th century - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - Germanic invasions, 3rd-6th centuries
Edition Specifications:
- Format: Mass Market Paperback
- Pagination: xx, 576p.
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL7576804M - OL258888W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 863367659 - 928204395
- ISBN-13: 9780451519498
- ISBN-10: 0451519493
- All ISBNs: 0451519493 - 9780451519498
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Enter Barnardo and Francisco, two sentinels.
A recurring motif in Hamlet is of a seemingly healthy exterior concealing an interior sickness.
"Four Great Tragedies" Description:
The Open Library:
THE GREAT TRAGIC PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE What is tragedy? The Elizabethans defined it as a "lofty" play showing "personages of great state" caught up in a "lamentable" action that "beginners prosperously and endeth unfortunately." Whether judged by this or any other standard, the plays selected for this collection -- Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth -- are considered to be the four central works of Shakespearean tragedy and must be included in any list of the world's finest tragic literature. And to make these plays more accessible for the modern reader, this edition includes the following special features: An introduction by Sylvan Barnet, general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series Reliable texts by noted Shakespeare scholars Texts printed in the clearest, most readable type Name of each speaker given in full Detailed footnotes at the bottom of each page keyed to the numbered lines of the text Textual notes Extensive bibliographies
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