Bøker av William Shakespeare

Othello, the general of the Venetian army, holds much power and influence but becomes the target of an insidious plot to steal his coveted position. He is overcome with paranoia and enthralled with rumors of his wife's potential infidelity.Othello has fallen in love with a senator's daughter, Desdemona, and the two secretly marry. Their partnership generates shock and confusion as Desdemona was also loved by Roderigo, who'd already asked for her hand. Othello's ensign, Iago, is envious of the general and is spurned when he promotes the young Cassio to a higher position. This marks the beginning of a plot in which Iago plans to destroy Othello's personal and professional life. He attacks his marriage by stoking the flames of jealousy, insinuating Desdemona's infidelity. This leads to a violent confrontation with a morbid outcome.Othello is one of William Shakespeare's most well-known plays. It tackles multiple topics including race, gender, politics and revenge. It's a gripping drama that details the dangers of greed, envy and their inescapable consequences.Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother.Hamlet is considered among the most powerful and influential works of world literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others". It was one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his most performed, topping the performance list of the Royal Shakespeare Company and its predecessors in Stratford-upon-Avon since 1879. It has inspired many other writers-from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Charles Dickens to James Joyce and Iris Murdoch-and has been described as "the world's most filmed story after Cinderella".The story of Shakespeare's Hamlet was derived from the legend of Amleth, preserved by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum, as subsequently retold by the 16th-century scholar François de Belleforest. Shakespeare may also have drawn on an earlier Elizabethan play known today as the Ur-Hamlet, though some scholars believe Shakespeare wrote the Ur-Hamlet, later revising it to create the version of Hamlet that exists today. He almost certainly wrote his version of the title role for his fellow actor, Richard Burbage, the leading tragedian of Shakespeare's time. In the 400 years since its inception, the role has been performed by numerous highly acclaimed actors in each successive century.

Features a duke who is so anxious about the decline in the moral quality of his subjects' lives that he temporarily removes himself from the government of his city-state and deputizes a member of his administration.

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601-1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as Cesario) falls in love with the Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man.The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion,[1] with plot elements drawn from the short story "Of Apollonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich, based on a story by Matteo Bandello. The first recorded public performance was on 2 February 1602, at Candlemas, the formal end of Christmastide in the year's calendar. The play was not published until its inclusion in the 1623 First Folio.

La Fameuse Histoire de la vie du roi Henri le huitième (The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth) est l'une des dernières pièces écrites par William Shakespeare en collaboration avec John Fletcher, basée sur la vie d'Henri VIII d'Angleterre.Un autre titre All Is True est répertorié dans les documents de l'époque ; le titre Henry VIII n'apparaît que dix ans plus tard, lors de la publication de la pièce dans le Premier Folio en 1623. C'est d'ailleurs sous le titre All Is True que la pièce est publiée dans The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works.Pendant l'une des premières représentations, l'après-midi du 29 juin 1613, la bourre enflammée d'un canon de théâtre, utilisé pour des effets spéciaux, a mis le feu au toit du théâtre du Globe qui était couvert de chaume, provoquant l'incendie de tout le bâtiment. L'accident est relaté dans une lettre du 2 juillet par Sir Henry Wotton, ambassadeur à Venise qui se trouvait alors à Londres. Selon une autre source, le théâtre était noir de monde, qui venait voir une pièce « qui n'avait été jouée que deux ou trois fois auparavant ». Personne ne fut blessé, sauf un homme légèrement brûlé en sauvant un enfant qui aurait péri dans les flammes sans son intervention.

La Vie et la Mort du roi Jean (The Life and Death of King John) est une pièce de théâtre de William Shakespeare évoquant le règne (1199-1216) de Jean d'Angleterre.La première représentation est attestée en 1598. On situe l'écriture de la pièce entre 1593 et 1596. Certains la voient antérieure à 15912. Elle pourrait s'inspirer de The Troublesome Reign of King John, pièce attribuée à Christopher Marlowe ou George Peele, mais l'antériorité de celle-ci est controversée.