Eric Rasmussen Bücher

Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. Henry V. Macbeth. A Midsummer Night's Dream. King Lear. Lovers of literature will immediately recognise these as signature works of William Shakespeare, whose plays still rank as the greatest dramas ever produced in the English language four centuries after they were written. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare collects all thirty-seven of the immortal Bard's comedies, tragedies, and historical plays in a beautiful edition. This volume also features Shakespeare's complete poetry, including the sonnets. With this beautiful edition, you can enjoy Shakespeare's enduring literary legacy again and again. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare is one of Barnes & Noble's leatherbound editions. Each volume presents classic works by the world's best-loved authors in a beautifully designed edition bound in bonded leather. The attractive covers are embossed with colourful foils and the books have many special details including decorative endpapers, gilded edges, and ribbon markers. Elegant and affordable, these volumes are cornerstones for any home library

The first edition of Shakespeare's collected works, the First Folio, published in 1623, is one of the most valuable books in the world and has historically proven to be an attractive target for thieves. Of the 160 First Folios listed in a census of 1902, 14 were subsequently stolen-and only two of these were ever recovered. In his efforts to catalog all these precious First Folios, renowned Shakespeare scholar Eric Rasmussen embarked on a riveting journey around the globe, involving run-ins with heavily tattooed criminal street gangs in Tokyo, bizarre visits with eccentric, reclusive billionaires, and intense battles of wills with secretive librarians. He explores the intrigue surrounding the Earl of Pembroke, arguably Shakespeare's boyfriend, to whom the First Folio is dedicated and whose personal copy is still missing. He investigates the uncanny sequence of events in which a wealthy East Coast couple drowned in a boating accident and the next week their First Folio appeared for sale in Kansas. We hear about Folios that were censored, the pages ripped out of them, about a volume that was marked in red paint-or is it blood?-on every page; and of yet another that has a bullet lodged in its pages. -- Provided by publisher

From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare’s bleakest and most profound tragedy. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of King Lear in performance, takes a detailed look at specific productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are interviews with three leading directors – Adrian Noble, Deborah Warner and Trevor Nunn – providing an illuminating insight into the extraordinary variety of interpretations that are possible. This edition also includes an essay on Shakespeare’s career and Elizabethan theatre, and enables the reader to understand the play as it was originally intended – as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed. Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer a fresh, accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare’s works for the twenty-first century.

In Shakespeare's pointierter Komödie um Liebe und Intrigen, um Voyeurismus und Selbstdarstellung, ist nichts so wie es scheint. Klatsch und Tratsch und die überzogene Bewertung weiblicher Keuschheit führen fast in die Katastrophe, bevor sich zum Schluß der "Lärm" in "Nichts" auflöst und zwei Hochzeiten gefeiert werden! Dem Leser dieser Ausgabe wird Shakespeare's Wortwitz mit fundierten Lesehilfen und ausführlichen Annotationen nahegebracht. Eine spielerische Annäherung an den klassischen Text wird durch Bildmaterial und Zusatzinformationen zu den Figuren und zum historischen Hintergrund des Stückes verstärkt. (Eine DVD zur Lektüre ist bei Lingua-Video erhältlich.)

This first edition in over a century explores 'The Shakespeare Apocrypha,' featuring ten plays potentially influenced by Shakespeare. Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, it includes a comprehensive essay on authorship by Will Sharpe. This collection merges textual scholarship with elegant design, appealing to Shakespeare enthusiasts.