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If you are tired or bored with routine — or simply want to relax after a busy work schedule, this audiobook will prove the best companion. In fact, thrillers have always fascinated the young and old alike. There is no clear-cut demarcation line between myth and history, or between appearance and reality.

Shakespeare's plays - whether a comedy like A Midsummer Night's Dream, a history like Henry IV, or a tragedy like Hamlet - are treasure troves of insight into our very humanity. These 36 lectures introduce you to Shakespeare's major plays from each of these three genres and explain the achievement that makes him the leading playwright in Western civilization.

In September 1769, 3,000 people descended on Stratford-upon-Avon to celebrate the artistic legacy of the town's most famous son, William Shakespeare. Attendees included the rich and powerful, the fashionable and the curious, eligible ladies and fortune hunters, and a horde of journalists and profiteers. For three days, they paraded through garlanded streets, listened to songs and oratorios, and enjoyed masked balls. It was a unique cultural moment - a coronation elevating Shakespeare to the throne of genius. Except it was a disaster....

Professor Raphael Shargel channels his passion for teaching and expertise as a Shakespearean scholar into this illuminative study of the Immortal Bard's 10 great comedies. Shakespeare's genius is as readily apparent in these comedies as in his timeless tragedies. Often marked by internal and external conflicts, young lovers struggling for union, mistaken identities, and intertwining plots, Shakespeare's comedies to this day reveal the master's unparalleled insight into the human condition.

William Shakespeare had nothing to do with the actor and moneylender William Shaksper from Stratford-upon-Avon. The man behind the nom de plume "William Shakespeare" was, in fact, a very well-educated aristocrat who often frequented the court of Elizabeth and whose real name was Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. The dramas of Shakespeare were not written for the Globe Theatre but for the Queen's court.

(جعجعة بلا طحن) أو (كثير من اللغط حول لا شيء) لو أردنا ترجمتها حرفيا من اسمها بالإنجليزية (Much Ado About Nothing) وهي مسرحية كوميدية من تأليف ويليام شكسبير يتعقد أنها كتبت بين...

تعدُّ "عطيل" واحدة من مسرحيات شكسبير التراجيدية حيث تتألف من خمسة فصول وتدور أحداثها ما بين البندقية وقبرص لتحكي لنا قصّة الشابة الجميلة ديدمونة وهي ابنة عضو مجلس...

"All the world's a stage." —Jaques The complete play in five acts. A Shakespeare Recording Society Production. A full-cast performance featuring Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Michell, Max Adrian, Stanley Holloway and Others As You Like It is quintessential Shakespearean comedy, complete with a...

In all of literature, few antagonists have displayed the ruthless cunning and unscrupulous deceit of Iago, the antagonist to Othello. Often described as Machiavellian, Iago is a fascinating psychological specimen: at once a shrewd expert of the human mind and yet, himself a deeply troubled man.

Сонеты — замечательные стихотворения непревзойденного поэта Уильяма Шекспира (англ. William Shakespeare, 1564–1616). Цикл сонетов состоит из 154 стихотворений, различных по своей тематике (любовь, разлука, дружба, ревность и другие). Исследователи творческого наследия Шекспира досих пор спорят о подлинности авторства. Уильям Шекспир — автор всемирно известных сонетов, пьес "Ромео и Джульетта", "Гамлет", "Макбет" и "Отелло", а также великолепных комедий "Двенадцатая ночь, или Что угодно?", "Сон в летнюю ночь", "Бесплодные усилия любви", "Виндзорские насмешницы", "Два веронца' и "Как вам это понравится".

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's notorious portrait of a weak king in thrall to his passions, who pays the ultimate price for choosing his heart over his political responsibilities. Originally broadcast 13 September 2009 in the ‘Drama on 3’ slot. Edward...

Shakespeare's play adapted by renowned children's author E. Nesbit into an enjoyable and easily accessible short story perfect for students and children.